South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

579.─Ś. 1231.─Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 35. Śrîkûrman Sanskrit and Telugu pillar inscription of the [3rd] year of the reign of the (E. Châlukya) Sâmanta Viśvanâtha (Jagannâtha), a son of Purushôttama (see No. 578) ; and of the reign of Vîra-Bâṇudêva :^[1]─

(L. 1).─Svasti śrî-Śaka-varshê śaśi-guṇa-ravi-gê ch=Ȃ[śvayuk-śu]kla-pakshê mâsê Kauṁtêya-tithyâṁ Suraguru-divasê.

(L. 11).─ srî-Śaka-varshaṁbhu(bu)lu 1231gunêṁ[ṭṭi] śrî-Jaga[nn]âthadêvara vijayarâjya-saṁ[vva]tsaraṁbulu ^[3]gu śrâhi Kanya-śukla 5yu Guruvâramuna.

The date is irregular ; see ibid. p. 36, note 4.

580.─Ś. 1240.─Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 36. Śrîkûrmam pillar inscription of (the E. Châlukya) Purushôttama, the brother of Vijayârka (Vijayâditya II.) who was a son of Râjarâja (see No. 577) ; (composed by Nṛisiṁha) :─

(L.5).─Śakê vyôma-yug-ô[shṇa]dîdi(dhi)ti-yut(tê) vase(rshê) Nabhô-va(mâ)si.

581.─Ś. 1093.─Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 269. Tsandavôlu^[2] Sanskṛit and Telugu pillar inscription^[3] of the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Buddharâja of Koṇḍapaḍmaṭi─surnamed Aniyaṅkabhîma and Eladâyasiṁha, and described as ‘a worshipper of the feet of Kulôttuṅga-Chôḍadêva’ (i.e. the E. Châlukya Kulôttuṅga-Chôḍa II.)─ of the Durjaya family :─

(L. 49).─Śak-âbdê śakti-Naṁd-âṁbara-śaśi-gaṇitê . . saummyânê.

(L. 70).─Śaka-varshaṁbulu 1093nêṁṭi [u]ttâ(tta)râyaṇa-nimittamuna.

Buddhavarman (of the Chaturthâbhijana or Śûdra caste) was a feudatory of Kubja-Vishṇu^[4] of the lunar race. After some ancestors had passed away, there was in his family Maṇḍa (Maṇḍana) [I.] ; his son Gaṇḍa ; his son Maṇḍa [II.], married Kundâmbikâ ; their son Buddharâja (whose sister Aṅkama^[5] was the wife of Goṅka’s^[6] son Râjêndra-Chôḍa).

582.─Ś. 1108.─Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 39, and Plate in Vol. VI. p. 270. Piṭhâpuram Sanskrit and Telugu pillar inscription of (the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara) Pṛithvîśvara^[7] of Velanâṇḍu, recording a grant by his mother Jâyâmbikâ, the queen of the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Goṅka III. ; (composed by Ayyapillârya) :─

(L. 136).─Nâga-vyôm-êṁdu-rûpa-pramita-Śaka-śaran-Mêshasaṁkrâṁti-kâlê pu[ṇyê] . . .

(L.139).─Śakava[r*]shaṁbulu 1108gunêṁṭi Mêshasaṁkrâṁti-nimittamuna.

The inscription gives the following genealogy^[8] of the family which belonged to the Chaturthânvaya ; or Śûdra caste : After a number of fictitious personages, Malla [I.] ; his son Eriyavarman ; his son Kuḍiyavarman [I.] ; his son Mallla [II.] Piḍuvarâditya ; his son Kuḍiyavarman [II.] (feudatory of the E. Châlukya Vimalâditya ; above, No. 568) ; his son Erraya ; his son Nannirâja ; his sons Vedura [I.] Gaṇḍa, Goṅka [I.] (feudatory of the E. Châlukya Kulôttuṅga-Chôḍa I.), Mallaya, and Paṇḍa ; Gaṇḍa’s son Vedura [II.] (feudatory of the E. Châlukya Vîra-Chôḍa I.), Goṅka’s son Chôḍa (feudatory and adopted son of the E. Châlukya son Vîra-Râjêndra-Chôḍa^[9] (Râjêndra-Chôḍa, Velanâṇṭi-Kulôttuṅga-Râjêndra-Chôḍayarâja), married Akkâmbikâ ;^[10] their son Goṅka [III.] (Kulôttuṅga-Manma-Goṅkarâja), married Jâyâmbikâ (Jâyamâmbâ, Jâyamadêvî) ; their son Pṛithvîśvara.

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^[1] I.e. the E. Gaṅga king (of Kaliṅga) Bhânudêva II.; see North. Inscr. No. 369.
^{[2 ]} This is the modern name of Dhanadapura (Dhanadaprôlu), the capital of the chiefs of Velanâṇḍu ; see below, No. 582.
^[3] For abstracts of 14 other inscriptions of the Koṇḍapaḍmaṭi chiefs and for the pedigrees derived from them see Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 274 ff. Names of chiefs occurring in them, besides those given above, are Chôḍa (Chôḍaraja). Erra-Maṇḍa, Malla (Mallerâja), Maṇḍerâja and Manma-Maṇḍa.
^[4] I.e. the E. Chalukya Kubja-Vishṇuvardhana.
^[5] Called Akkâmbikâ in No. 582.
^[6] I.e. Goṅka. II. of No. 582.
^[7] See No. 583.
^[8] See Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 35.
^[9] He killed a certain Bhîma, who had taken refuge on an island in a lake (probably the Kollerulake).
^[10] Called Aṅkama in No. 581.