Velurpalaiyam plates explained

The Velurpalaiyam plates of Nandivarman III is a 9th-century copper-plate grant which was found at the village of Velurpalaiyam, around 7 miles from the town of Arakkonam in Tamil Nadu, India. The grant records the gift of a village to a temple of Shiva by the Pallava king, Nandivarman III . The inscriptions on the plates are in Tamil and partly in Sanskrit (employing the Grantha script) and additionally provide a valuable genealogical record of the Pallavas.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Venkayya. V. V. Venkayya. Velurpalaiyam Plates of Nandivarman III. The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. April 1911. 521–524. 25189883.
2. Web site: South Indian Inscriptions. 26 February 2022. Venkayya. V. V. Venkayya. https://web.archive.org/web/20210309142326/http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_2/no_98_velurpalaiyam_plates_nandivarman.html#_ftn12. 9 March 2021.