South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

24th September A.D. 757 ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 113, No. 2.

Kakkarâja [I.] ; his son Dhruvarâja ; his son Gôvindarâja, married a daughter of Nâgavarman ; their son Kakkarâja [II.].─ The grant mentions, as dûtaka, Âdityavarmarâja.

55.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 161, and Plate. Hattî-Mattûr Kanarese memorial tablet^[1] of the reign of Akâlavarsha (Kṛishṇarâja I.).

56.─Ś. 692.─Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 209, and Plate. Alâs plates of the Râshṭrakûṭa Yuvarâja Gôvindarâja II. Prabhûtavarsha Vikramâvalôka, recording a grant made at the request of Vijayâditya Mâṇâvaḷôka Ratnavarsha (son of Dantivarman and grandson of Dhruvarâja) ; issued at the confluence of the rivers Kṛishṇaverṇâ and Musî :─

(L. 29).─shaṭchhatê dvinavaty-adhikê Śaka-varshê Saumya-saṁva[tsa]rê Âshâḍha-śukla- pakshê saptamyâṁ.^[2]

Gôvindarâja [I.] ; his son Kakkarâja [I.] ; his son Indrarâja [II.] ; his son Dantivarman [II.],^[3] vanquished the Karṇâṭaka army which had defeated Harsha [of Kanauj], Vajraṭa and others ; and conquered Vallabha (i.e. the W. Chalukya Kîrtivarman II.) ; after him, Kakkarâja’s son Kṛishṇarâja [I.] Śubhatuṅga Akâlavarsha ; his son Gôvindarâja [II.] (defeated the lord of Vêṅgî).

57.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XI. p. 125, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 60. Paṭṭadakal Kanarese inscription of the reign of the Râshṭrakûṭa^[4] Mahârâjâdhirâja Dhârâvarsha Kaliballaha (Kalivallabha Dhruvarâja).

58.─Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 163, and Plate. Naregal Kanarese memorial tablet^[5] of the reign of Dôra (i.e. Dhôra, Dhruvarâja), and of his feudatory Mârakkarasa.

59.─Ep. Ind. Vol. p. 166, and Plate. Lakshmêshwar Kanarese inscription^[6] of the reign of Śrîballaha (Śrîvallabha, according to Dr. Fleet in all probability Dhruva]râja).

60.─Inscr. at Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa, No. 24, p. 3. Fragmentary Kanarese inscription of the Mahâsâmantâdhipati Kambayya (Stambha^[7]) Raṇâvalôka, a son of [the Mahârâjâdhirâja] Śrîvallabha (Dhruvarâja ?).^[8]

61.─Ś. 716.─Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 105, and Plate. Paiṭhan plates^[9] of the Râshṭrakûṭa Mahârâjâdhirâja Gôvindarâja III. Prabhûtavarsha, issued from outside Pratishṭhâna.─

(L. 60).─ Śakanṛipakâl-âtita-saṁvatsara-sa(śa)têshu saptamu(su) jê(shô)ḍaś-ôttarêshu Vaiśâkha-va(ba)hul-âmâvâsyâm=âdityagrahaṇa=parvvaṇi. 4th May A.D. 794 ; a solar eclipse, visible in India ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 131, No. 107.

Genealogy from Gôvindarâja [I.] to Dantidurgarâja as in No. 53 ;[10] after him, Karkarâja’s son Kṛishṇarâja [I.] Śubhatuṅga Akâlavarsha (defeated Râhappa) ; his son Gôvindarâja [II.] Vallabha ; his younger brother Dhruvarâja Nirupama Dhârâvarsha ; his son Govindarâja [III.] Prabhûtavarsha.

62.─ Ś. 726.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XI. p. 126, and Plate, Kanarese country (formerly Sir W. Elliot’s, now British Museum) Kanarese plates of the Râshtrakûta^[4] Mahârâjâdhirâja Gôyinda (Gôvindarâja III.) Prabhûtavarsha :─

(L. 1.).─Śakanṛipakâḷ-âtîta-saṁvatsaraṁgaḷ=êl-nûr-î(i)rpatt-âraneyâ Subhânu embhâ(mbâ) varshadâ Vaisâ(śâ)khamâsa-kṛishṇapaksha-pañchamê(mî)-Bṛihaspatî(ti)varam=âgî(gi).

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^[1] By Dr. Fleet assigned to about A.D. 765.
^[2] This date fell in A.D. 770, not in 769.
^[3] Also called Vallabharâja.
^[4] The name Râshṭrakûṭa does not occur in the inscription.
^[5] By. Dr. Fleet assigned to about A.D. 78
^[6] By. Dr. Fleet assigned to about A.D. 7
^[7] Compare below, No. 68.
^[8] See Mr. Rice in Ep. Carn. Vol. IV. Introduction, p. 5 ; Dr. Fleet in Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 195.
^[9] Compare Ind. Ant. Vol. XXX. p. 515.
^[10] But the name of Kakkarâja is spelt here Karkarâja, and Dantidurgarâja is also called Vallabharâja.