Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t15.9

c28.s6.t15.9

Cf. LT *Erukkāṭṭūr*, the native place of the Caṅkam poet Tāyaṅkaṇṇaṉār (author, *Puṟa.* 397). The place has been identified as Erukkaṅkāṭu in Thanjavur District by U.Ve. Swaminathaiyar (*Puṟa.*, 6th edn.: p. 597). However, the place mentioned in the present inscription has to be located in the Pāṇṭiya country, judging from the frequency and distribution of its name in the inscriptions of this region. Cf. ***erukāṭūr*** (**55.1**) and ***ekkāṭṭūru*** (**117.1**). The name *erukkāṭṭūru* also occurs in a newly-discovered label inscription at Sittannavasal assigned to ca. 7th cent. A.D. (S. Rajavelu 1995b). Erukkaṭṭa (Erukhāvūra) has been identified as a village occupied by Kulaśēkhara in his fight with the Sinhalese forces led by Laṅkāpura (Malala.).