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Date: ca 1075 CE
Subject: Inside inner prakara, northern mandapa
CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
A fragmentary inscription in the Nagesvara temple, with no regnal year or king's title mentions the names of Uttama Chola, his two queens, his mother Sembiyan Mahadevi and his father Gandaraditya. It seems plausible that Uttama Chola or Sembiyan Mahadevi built this temple, possibly in the early years of Uttama Chola (971 - 988 CE). Reference: M.W. Meister and M.A. Dhaky, 1963, pp. 179-181.