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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
3 Kuṇḍikāḷḷu [ni]vabukā- Second side
10 koṭṭaṁbuna pā-
C. Uruturu inscription of Chola-Maharaja This inscription[1] is engraved on a slab near a well in the village of Uruṭūru, Kamalapuram taluk, Cuddapah district. The inscription is written in a cursive style of writing as shown by the letters l, n, k and f, which in the next inscription (ins. D) of the same king are found written in a square ornamental style and may be assigned on palaeographical basis to the first quarter of the 7th century A.D. The letters l and r are more developed than their usual form in this period. Attention may be drawn to the r subscript in nru in l. 7 which differs greatly from the r of l. 5 raising the question whether both signify the same consonant. More about this will be said below under ins. G, Rāmēśvaram Pillar Inscription of Puṇyakumāra. As regards the orthography of the inscription attention may be drawn to the forms Mahārājurla and Tugarājurla which contain the peculiar suffix rlu. Tugarāju, as has been noted under ins. B above, is a corruption of Yuvarāju. It records that while Chōla Mahārāja was ruling, a certain Erigal-Dugarāja granted a pannasa of 50 (mattars ?) of land to a Brāhmaṇa of Tiruvuḷa. The Chōla king may be identified with Mahēndravikrama Chōla-Mahārāja, one of whose records has been edited by Mr. M. S. Sarma[2]. Inscriptions issued by Chōla-Mahārāja are assigned to Mahēndravikrama on the following grounds : (1) Palaeographically, they fall in the early part of the 7th century A.D. and this period for Mahēndravikrama has been established on other grounds.[3] (2) The title Pariprāpta-Chōla-Mahārājaśabdaḥ is borne by Mahēndravikrama who further declares that he was a Muditaśilākshara, a title borne out by the numerous early Chōla-Mahārāja inscription. From this it may be concluded that inscriptions issued barely in the name of a Chōla-Mahārāja, of which there are several in the early period, are to be generally assigned to this king if their palaeography admits of this being done (See also H. K. Sastri, above, Vol. XI. p. 343). Although the successors of Mahēndravikrama used the title their personal names are invariably stated in their inscriptions. If the identity of Chōla Mahārāja with Mahēndravarman suggested above is accepted, Tugarāju has to be identified with the king’s eldest son Guṇamudita, who must have been the Tugarāju of Yuvarāja, while his father was king. ______________________________
[1] From impressions secured by Mr. M. V. R. The inscription has been copied by the Epigraphy Department | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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