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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA or, more appropriately, a subordinate of the Rāshṭrakūṭa Dantidurga (c. 750 A.D.)[1] whose name Dantivarmmā he bears. The subjugation might have taken place when Dantidurga conquered Kāñchī and the Śrīsaila region.[2] L. TEXT
1 Śrī Mahēndran M[ā*]naravi Mārurāpi[ḍugu]
TRANSLATION While Kāpi-Bōḷa-Mutturāju, son of Śrī Mahēndra Mānaravi Mārurāpiḍugu, the ruler of Pudali, was looking on with wonder, he who was called Arivarajama (death to the best of enemies) fought with Dantiyamma-Maṁgu and piercing, fell. We may proceed to discuss the origin, genealogy and chronology of these rulers. Only a few inscriptions of the Chōlas of Rēnāḍu have so far been edited and their history contents elucidated. They are : 1) The Mālēpāḍu plates of Puṇyakumāra[4], three of whose stone inscriptions. E, F, and G are edited by us here. 2) The Mālēpāḍu stone inscription of Satyāditya[5]. 3) The Mālēpāḍu-Pōtlandurti record of Chōlamahārāja[6], two of whose inscriptions (C and D) are edited here.4) The Madras Museum plates of Śrīkaṇṭha-Chōḷa.[7] In a note on the date of the Mālēpāḍu plates of Puṇyakumāra,[8] Dr. N. Venkataramanayya has discussed the history and chronology of these rulers expressing certain views different from those held by the late Rao Bahadur H. Krishna Sastri. A brief account of their history has been furnished by Dr. M. Rama Rao.[9]
In regard to their origin, beyond the bare statement that they belonged to the family of Karikāla. We have no information in their inscriptions as to the date and manner in which they established themselves in the Telugu country. The circumstances of their migration to the north can, however, be ascertained by a study of the legendary traditions which are found embedded in their praśastis regarding their ancestry. As stated already, the Chōlas of the Telugu country included Karikāla among their ancestors in their inscriptions[10] from very early times. In them, the common fact mentioned is the construction by Karikāla of the Kāvērī banks to which an additional detail is sometimes added, viz., that the work was effected with the help of the dependent kings led by Trilōchana. Traditions like these may not constitute conclusive proof for the solution of historical problems. But what they reveal to us in a general way is that a live connection may have existed between these Telugu Chōḍa chiefs and Karikāla, who may be taken to be a historical figure. The nature of this connection has been envisaged by several scholars in a variety of ways. Venkayya[11] and _________________________
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