SII 12.164: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar No. 164. (A.R. No. 122 of 1906). JAMBAI, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE GŌPURA (LEFT OF ENTRANCE) OF THE JAMBUNĀTHA TEMPLE. author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0164 DHARMAbase

It is stated in this inscription dated in the 11th year, that Vāṇakōvaraiyan Rājarājadēvaṉ VanneñjarāyaṉSee Nos. 191 and 234 below. of Āṟagaḷūr, probably a subordinate of Kōpperuñjiṅgadēva, exempted, from the 7th year, the village Guṇamaṅgalam situated on the ‘southern bank of the Peṇṇai’ and belonging to the god Tiruttāntōṉṟi Āvuḍaiya-Nāyaṉār at Śeṇbai alias Vīrarājēndraśōḻapuram, from the payment of the taxes kāśāyam, poṉvari, āḷamañji and antarāyam, so that it might be brought under cultivation. The village Guṇamaṅgalam may be identified with the village of the same name in the Tirukkoyilur taluk.

It is learnt from this inscription that Vāṇagōppāḍi-nāḍu was on the north bank of the river Peṇṇai.The original province of the Bāṇas extended from Puṅganūr in the west to Kāḷahasti in the east. The river Pālār probably formed the southern boundary. But, after the transfer of their kingdom to the Gaṅga Pṛithvīpati II by the Chōḷa king Parāntaka I, the Bāṇas seem to have crossed the Pālār and settled on the north bank of the river Peṇṇār, forming a new division called Vāṇagōppāḍi-nāḍu. After the withdrawal of the Pāṇḍyas from Madura to the Tinnevelly district, members of this family even drifted further south and settled at Madura and the surrounding region wielding considerable influence in the Locality.

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svasti śrī . cakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ ci kopperuñciṅkatevaṟku yāṇṭu 10vatu peṇṇai vaṭakarai vāṇakoppāṭināṭṭu ceṇpaiyāṉa virarācentiraco ḻapurattu Uṭaiyār tiruttāntoṉṟi Āvuṭaiyaṉāyaṉār tevatānam peṇṇait tenkarai kuṇamaṅkalam payiṟceyyumpaṭikku Eḻāvatu mutal kācāyam poṉvari Āḷamañ ci Aṉtarāyam koḷḷakkaṭavatallavākac coṉnom Āṟakaḷuruṭaiya vāṇakovaraiyan Irācacatevaṉ vanneñcairāyaṉen . Ippaṭi caṉtirātittavarai ceyvate . Itu māṟuvāṉ tan miṇāṭṭiyai paraiyaṉ nukkuk kuṭuppāṉ . Itu panheśvara rakṣai .

Digital edition of SII 12.164 by converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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