Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s3.t1.4

c23.s3.t1.4

The dynastic name 'Pāṇṭiya' is not mentioned in the inscriptions. But there can be no reasonable doubt on this score, considering that the name Neṭuñceḻiyaṉ occurs only in the Pāṇṭiya dynasty and that one of the donors, probably a vassal or kinsman, is named Vaḻuti, another characteristic dynastic name of the Pāṇṭiyas. The unusual manner of invoking a rather distant relationship to Neṭuñceḻiyaṉ by the donor of the second inscription clearly implies that the former was a very important personage, most probably the reigning Pāṇṭiya king, judging from his name. The close proximity of Mangulam, the site of the inscriptions, to Madurai, the capital city of the Pāṇṭiya kingdom, makes it all but certain that these are indeed records of the Pāṇṭiya king of the time.