South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

583.─Ś. 1117.─Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 87, and Plate in Vol. VI. p. 270. Piṭhâpuram Sanskrit and Telugu pillar inscription of the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvaras Mallidêva and Manma-Satya II. of Kônamaṇḍala (probably dependents of “ Kulôttuṅga-Pṛithvîśvara^[1] of Velanâṇḍu, who was again a vassal of [a king] Râjarâja, a descendant of the E. Châlukya dynasty ”) :─

(L. 109).─Śaka-vaṁrshaṁbaṁlu^[2] 1117gunêṁṭṭi Mêshasaṁkrânti-nimittamuna.

After giving the genealogy of the E. Châlukya dynasty with the lengths of the reigns as far as Maṅgi-yuvarâja, and a reference to a king Râjarâja of the Châlukya family who appears to be represented as reigning at the time, the inscription gives a genealogy of the chiefs of Kônamaṇḍala who derived their descent from Kârtavîrya, the grandson of Haihaya, a descendant of Yadu.’ The names given are :^[3] Mummaḍi-Bhîma [I.] ; Venna ; Râjapareṇḍu [I.] ; Mummaḍi-Bhîma [II.] ; Râjêndra-Chôḍa [I.] ; Satya [I.] (Satyâśraya) ; Bêta ; Mallidêva ; Manma-Chôḍa [II.] Sûrya ; Lôkabhûpâlaka (Lôkamahîpâla) ; Râjapareṇḍu [II.] Bhîma [III.] ; Vallabha ; Manma-Satya [II.] (Manma-Satti) ; Mahîpâlareṇḍu.

584.─Ś. 1084.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XI. p. 12, and Plates. Anmakoṇḍa Sanskrit and Telugu pillar inscription of the Kâkatya (Kâkatîya) Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Rudradêva, whose capital was Anumakoṇḍa (Anmakoṇḍa, Anmakuṇḍâ) ; (composed by Achintêndravara, the son of Râmêśvara-dîkshita and disciple of Advayâmṛita) :─

(L. 6).─Śaka-varshamulu 1084vunêṁṭi Chitrabhânu-saṁvatsara Mâgha-śu 13 Vaḍḍavâramu nâṁḍu.

Saturday, 19th January A.D. 1163 ;^[4] see ibid. Vol. XXIV. p. 2, No. 129.

In the Kâkatya family, Tribhuvanamala ; his son Prôlêrâja (Prôla ; made captive the [W.] Châlukya Tailapadêva, i.e. Taila III. ;^[5] defeated Gôvindarâja and Guṇḍa of Mantrakûṭa ; conquered but re-instead king Udaya, i.e. Chôḍôdaya ; put to flight Jagaddêva [compare No. 237] etc.), married Muppamadêvî ; their son Rudradêva (subdued a certain Ḍomma, conquered Maiḷigidêva,^[6] burnt the city of Chôḍôdaya, etc.).

585.─Ś. 1135.^[7]─Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 143. Chêbrôlu Sanskṛit and Telugu pillar inscription of Jâya (Jâyana),^[8] chief of the elephant-troop of the Kâkatîya Gaṇapati[9] (surnamed Chhalamattigaṇḍa) who granted to Jâya ‘ the city of Shaṇmukha ’ (i.e. Tâmrapurî, Chêbrôlu) on the date here given :─

(L. 82).─Paṁchattriṁśad-upêta-Rudra-śata-saṁkhyâtê Śak-âbdê Madhau mâsi Śrîmukhavatsarê.

In the solar race, in the family of the Raghus, Durjaya ; his son Bêta [Tribhuvanamalla] ; after him, Prôla ; his son Rudra ; his brother Mahâdêva ; his son Gaṇapati.

586.─Ś. 1153.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 84, and Plate. Gaṇapêśvaram Sanskrit and Telugu pillar inscription of the time of the Kâkatîya Gaṇapati, and of his general Jâya (Jâyana, Jâyapa-Nâyaka) :─

(L. 119).─Guṇa-śara-Bhava-mita-Śakê Khara-varshê Mâdhavê sitê Gauryyâḥ | tidhvâṁ(thyâṁ).

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^[1] I.e. the Pṛithvîśvara of No. 582.
^[2] Read -varshaṁbulu.
^[3] See Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 85.
^[4] On this day the tithi of the date commenced 2 h. 29 m. after mean sunrise.
^[5] See above, No. 239 ff.─The inscription mentions the death of Taila III.
^[6] According to Dr. Hultzsch probably the Dêvagiri-Yâdava Mallugi ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXI. p. 198, and above Nos. 351 and 369.
^[7] The inscription itself may have been incised some years later, because it records works of piety accomplished by Jâya at Chêbrôlu.
^[8] For an account of another inscription of Jâya and his sovereign Gaṇapati, at Tsandavôlu, the capital of the chiefs of Velanâṇḍu, see Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 150.
^[9] Compare above, Nos. 343 and 369.