Studies in Cola History and Administration c13.s4.28

c13.s4.28

*ll. 16-17*: We, the members of the assembly of Uttarameru-caturvēdimangalam,—having been shown the gracious royal letter received from the lord of the gods, the emperor, the lover of scholars, the wrestler with elephants, the crest-jewel among heroes, the emulator of the *Kalpaka*, śrī Parakēsarivarma; Karañjai Koṇḍayakrama-vitta Bhaṭṭa *alias* Śōmāśiperumān of śrī Vaṅganagar in Puṟaṅgarambai-nāḍu of the Śōḻa-nāḍu, sitting with us by order and causing us to make this settlement—(we) made this settlement for the prosperity of our village and for the destruction of the wicked and the increase of the rest, viz., that in this manner, from this year as long as the sun and the moon last, we shall always appoint only pot-ticket-committees.