Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s6.t2.1

c23.s6.t2.1

Two of the Pugalur inscriptions (Nos. **65** & **66**, late 2nd century A.D.) record the gift of the daughter of Pi(t)taṉ alias Pi(ṭ)ṭantai. In another inscription (No. **67**, early 3rd century A.D.) at this site, Korṟantai (I)ḷavaṉ (that is, Iḷavaṉ, son of Korṟantai) figures as the donor. The names Piṭṭaṉ and Korṟantai occurring in such close proximity to the Irumporai inscriptions (Nos. **61** & **62**) on the same hill, remind one of Piṭṭaṉ, the famous chieftain of Kutiraimalai and commander of the Cēra army and his equally famous son Piṭṭaṅkorṟaṉ or Korṟaṉ. Though the evidence is circumstantial, it is not improbable that Piṭṭaṉ and Korṟantai mentioned in the Pugalur inscriptions are the same as Piṭṭaṉ and Korṟaṉ celebrated in Caṅkam literature.⁹ It is interesting that, as in the Irumporai records (Nos. **61** & **62**), three generations of Piṭṭaṉ's family also figure in these inscriptions (Nos. **65**-**67**).