900s RASHTRAKUTA-CHOLA ERA INSCRIPTION, VELUR PADI (Velappadi, Vellore) & ITS VANDALISATION

Описание: 900s RASHTRAKUTA-CHOLA ERA INSCRIPTION, VELUR PADI (Velappadi, Vellore) & ITS VANDALISATION
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DETAILS - THIS IS EPIGRAPH NO.51. ON A ROCK ON THE TOP OF THE BAVAJI HILL NEAR VELUR/ VELLORE ~ This rock-inscription is written in bold archaic letters ; the lines are irregular and very close to each other. The inscription is dated in the twenty-sixth year of a king called Kannara-deva (KANNARA-DEVA = KRISHNA III - RAJ), and records that Velur-padi was given to the temple of Pannapesvara on the top of the hill of Sudaduparai (Sudaduparai-malai) by Nulamban Tribhuvanadhira, alias Mudi-melan Sri-Pallava-Murari. Another Nulamban, the first part of bhuvandadhira, seems to have received Velur-padi (VELUR-PADI = VELAPADI = PADI OF VELUR = PALLAVA CONTONMENT OF VELUR - RAJ) together with the hill of Sudaduparai from Vira-Chola. Velur-padi is probably the same as Velapadi, a suburb of Vellore, near which the Bavaji Hill is situated, and which is supposed to be the oldest part of the town. Sudaduparai-malai must have been the old name of the Bavaji Hill. It was situated in the north of Pangala-nadu, a division of Paduvur-kottam. The Siva temple on its top had been founded by, and was called after, a certain Pannappai. BESIDES the present Tamil inscription, 5 obliterated Telugu inscriptions are found on the top of the Bavaji Hill. Four of them mention a certain Nallaguruvayya ; one of these four inscriptions is dated in Saka 1539. the Pingala year. http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptio...
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TRANSLATION ~ Hail ! In the twenty-sixth year of (the reign of) the illustrious Kannara-deva, I, Nulamban Tribhuvanadhira, gave, with a libation of water, to (the temple of) Pannapesvara, which Pannappai had caused to be erected on the hill of Sudaduparai (Sudaduparai-malai), which is situated in the north of Pangala-nadu in Paduvur-kottam, to be enjouyed as longas the moon and the sun endure, Velur-padi, (a village) of this nadu, (which). . . . Nulamban had received from Vira-Sorar, together with the hill of Sudaduparai, as a lasting gift. I, Mudi-melan, the illustrious Pallava-Murari, (shall be) the servant of those who protect his charitable gift. He who injures this charitable gift, shall incur the sin committed by those who commit (a sin) near the Ganga (or) Kumari.
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