Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t2.36

c28.s7.t2.36

***peruṅkaṭuṅkōṉ*** N. of the senior prince and son of King Ātaṉ Cel Irumporai. As he is not given the royal title *kō*, it can be inferred that he was still a prince when these inscriptions were engraved, although he was old enough to have had a son. The literary evidence indicates that he assumed the royal name Peruñceral Irumporai when he ascended the throne. He became famous as the victor of the battle of Takaṭūr and is the hero of the Eighth Decade of *Patiṟṟuppattu*. (*Puṟa.* 5:colophon, 50:colophon; *Patiṟ.* 78:9; *Patikam* 8).