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amounts of money
The occurrence of these Taniil inscriptions at
Periyak4ant clearly suggests the presence of Tanii]. settlers in
that area in the Ca period. It is not possible to say whether
there were any Tamil settlers in this region before the Ca
period. Presumably the Tamil settlement of Periyakuain
originated during the period of Ca rule.
Four Ca inscriptions have been found on the
north-western littoral. Three of them are from Nahtittha (ntai).
One is a fragmentary record and only the praasti of 2jndra I
is preserved in it The second inscription is the longest of
those belonging to this period, running into more than ninetyfour
short lines with the first and the last few lines missing
It is a grant by one Ti Kumara, the headmen of
Citu-1ra-nall1!r in Vr -ntu, in the K atr iya4 i chmai-v4anu
of Ca-maalam. The grant was made to the temple of Rjarãvaram
at ttam alias RjarIjapurain (Mahltittba), which
was built by the donor himself. Certain provisions made by him
for the seven-day celebration of the festival of Vickam (Vi]tha)
as well as the grant of a plot of tax-free land. and the assignment
1. Unpublished - Nos. 775 B, 776 B, 357 etc.
2. S.I.I., IV, lklk A.
3. Ibid., No, 1k12.