Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t12.11

c28.s7.t12.11

The name *kaṭikaippaṭṭaṇam* occurs in the Tirupparappu Plates (*TAS.* I, 1988 reprint, p. 295, ca. 9th century A.D.) of the Āy dynasty. As the site of the present inscription is quite near Āykuṭi, the ancient capital of this dynasty (*Puṟa.* 132, note by U.Ve. Swaminathaiyar at p. 609), it is probable that the *kaṭikai* mentioned in the present inscription was at Kaṭikaippaṭṭaṇam which may be identified as the village now known as Kaḍayam situated to the north-west of Mannarkoil. See Table 4.3.