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| native_name_lang = Malayalam<br />
| material = Granite <br />
| writing = Early Malayalam<br />
| created = c. 1028 AD; [[Kerala]]<br />
| location = Thirumittacode Temple<br />
| image = Anchumurthi Thirumittakkodu - Mahadeva Temple.jpg<br />
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| image_caption = Thirumittacode Temple<br />
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'''Thirumittacode inscription''' (''c.'' 1028 AD) is an early 11th century [[Chola dynasty|Chola]] inscription from [[Thirumittacode (gram panchayat)|Thirumittacode]], near [[Pattambi]] (opposite to the [[Palakkad Gap|Palghat Gap]], on south bank of [[Bharathappuzha]]), in central [[Kerala]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Narayanan |first=M. G. S. |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Perum%C4%81%E1%B8%B7s_of_Kerala/0YDCngEACAAJ?hl=en |title=Perumals of Kerala |publisher=CosmoBooks |year=2013 |location=Thrissur (Kerala) |pages=460–61 |chapter=Index to Chera Inscriptions |orig-year=1972}}</ref> The old [[Malayalam]] inscription in [[Vatteluttu script|Vattezhuthu]] script (with additional [[Grantha script|Grantha]] characters) is engraved on the obverse side of a single granite block in the door frame of the Thirumittacode Temple.<ref name=":0" /> The epigraph is one of the rare [[Chola dynasty|Chola]] records found in Kerala proper.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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* The inscription, dated in the 8th regnal year of [[Chera/Perumal|medieval Chera]] king Ravi Goda (''fl.'' 11th century AD), relates to the rule of [[Chola dynasty|Chola]] emperor [[Rajendra Chola I|Rajendra]] (''r.'' 1012–1044 AD) in Kerala.<ref name=":0" /> [[Rajendra I]] (ruled 1012-14 AD) is known to have controlled the Kerala region in early 11th century AD.'''<ref name=":22">{{Cite book |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/a-concise-history-of-south-india-9780198099772?cc=us&lang=en& |title=A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-19-809977-2 |editor-last=Karashima |editor-first=Noboru |pages=125–26 |chapter=The Balance of Two Powers}}</ref>'''<br />
* It records the gift of gold equal to forty "pazhankashu" to the Thirumittacode Temple by "Chola Mutharaiyan" named Chekkizhan Shakthinjayan from Kavanur, Melur Kottam in Thondai Nadu, who was carrying out the royal orders of emperor [[Rajendra Chola I|Rajendra Chola]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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*The same donor is mentioned in one inscription from the temple of Mahadeva at Thiruchathurai (Odanavaneshwara Temple), in Tanjavur Taluk.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Gai |first=G.S. |year=1967 |title=No. 78 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.533818/page/n68/mode/1up?view=theater&q=sattimalaiyan |journal=South Indian Inscriptions |publisher=Archaeological Survey of India |volume=19 |pages=40}}</ref> It records an agreement given by the temple servants (pathipathamulathar) to burn a perpetual lamp for 25 kazhainju of pure tested gold received by them from Chekkizhan Shakthimalaiyan alias "Chola Mutharaiyan" of Kavanur in Melur Kottam.<ref name=":1" /> <br />
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* The record mention the old Malayalam name of the temple as "Thiruvitruvacode". It also notes the so-called "Agreement of Muzhikkulam".<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Mepara Inscription]]<br />
== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Kerala history inscriptions]]<br />
[[Category:Chola dynasty]]</div>Dutchhoek11