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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA NOTE ON TWO PLATES OF TRIBHUVANAMAHADEVI FROM BAUD D. C. SIRCAR, OOTACAMUND Mr. S. C. De’s paper on the inscriptions in question has been published above.[2] We find it rather difficult to agree with some of Mr. De’s suggestions. In the following lines, some comments are offered especially on the most important of them, namely, the one concerning the identity and age of the Bhauma-Kara queen who issued the Dhenkanal plate.[3] In the Hindol[4] and Dharakota[5] plates of Śubhākara III, both dated in the year 103 of the Bhauma-Kara era, the said king is described as the son of Śāntikara I from Mahādēvī Tribhuvanamahādēvī who was śrīman-Nāg-ōdbhava-kula-lalāma-bhavā, i.e., ‘ born in the eminent family sprung from the illustrious Nāga.’ All the three Talcher plates[6] of the great-grandsons of this queen, viz., Śubhākara IV (one grant dated in the year 145, usually read as 141) and Śivakara III (two grants both dated in the year 149), clearly state that Tribhuvanamahādēvī ascended the Bhauma-Kara throne after the death of her son Kusumahāra or Siṁhakētu, i.e., Śubhākara III. The Talcher plate of Śubhākara IV further says that, when Tribhuvanamahādēvī’s naptā or grandson, named Lōṇabhāra alias Śāntikara II, became sufficiently aged, she abdicated the throne in his favour. The corresponding portion of the Talcher plates of Śivakara III, which seems to be corrupt in the original and more so in the published transcript, does not specify the relationship between Tribhuvanamahādēvī and her successor Gayāḍa II, i.e., Śāntikara II.
The Dhenkanal plate, issued by Tribhuvanamahādēvī as a ruling queen, bears a date which looks like 100 but may also be read as 120.[7] The queen, whose other name is given in her record as Sindagaurī and who was the queen of Lalitahāra, is stated to have been the daughter of Rājamalladēva described as the ornament of the southern quarter (dakshiṇ-āśā-mukha-tilaka). It is further stated in the record that the queen ascended the Kara (i.e., Bhauma-Kara) throne after the circle of the Mahāsāmantas (feudatories) had pointed out to her the case of an ancient queen _________________________________________________
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