South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

601.─Ś. 1259 (for 1260 ?).─Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 358, and Plates in Vol. V. p. 265. Donepûṇḍi^[1] (now Madras Museum) Sanskṛit and Telugu plates of the Sâmanta Nâmaya-Nâyaka (Nâmi-Nêni), surnamed Pagamechchugaṇḍa^[2] (the son of Prôlaya-Nâyaka and Chôḍamâmbâ, and grandson of Koppulakâpa-Nâyaka), of Piṭhâpurî :─

(L. 31).─ Śâk-âbdê Naṁda-bâṇ-ârkka-mitê Bhâdrapadê tathâ | paurnna(rṇṇa)mâsyâṁ Ravêr=vvârê.

Probably Sunday, 30th August A.D. 1338 ; see Ibid. Vol. IV. p. 358.

K.─ The Kadambas.^[3]

602.─Ind. Ant. Vol. VI. p. 23, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 2. Halsî (now Dr. Fleet’s) plates of the Kadamba Yuvarâja Kâkusthavarman, of the 80th year ; issued at Palâśikâ :─

(L. 4).─ svavaijayikê aśîtitamê saṁvatsarê. 603.─ Ep. Carn. Vol. IV. Introduction, p. 1. Notice of a Tâḷgund pillar inscription,^[4] recording the foundation of a tank by the Kadamba Kâkustha (Kâkusthavarman) ; (composed by Kubja by order of Kâkusthavarman’s son Śântivarman).

In the Kadamba family was the Brâhmaṇ Mayûraśarman^[5] (who was anointed rules of a tract of country by the Pallavas^[6] of Kâñchî) ; his son Kaṅg[a]varman ; his son Bhagîratha ; his son Raghu ; his brother Kâkustha ; his son Śântivarman.

604.─Ind. Ant. Vol. VII. p. 35, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 3. Dêvagêri plates of the 3rd year of the reign of the Kadamba Mahârâja Mṛigêśavaravarman (Mṛigêśavarman), the son of Śântivaravarman, of the lineage of Kâkustha ; issued at Vaijayantî :─

(L. 7).─âtmanaḥ râjyasya tṛitîyâ varshê Paushê saṁvatsarê Kârttikamâsa-bahulapakshê daśamyâṁ tithau Uttarâbhadrapadê nakshatrê.^[7]

605.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. VII. p. 37, and Plates ; PSOCI. No. 4. Dêvagêri plates of the 4th year (of the reign) of the Kadamba Dharmamahârâja Vijaya-Śiva-Mṛigêśavarman,^[8] issued at Vaijayantî :─

(L. 4).─Mṛigêśavarmmaṇaḥ vijay-âyur-ârôgy-aiśvaryya-pravarddhana-karaḥ saṁvvatsaraḥ chaturtthaḥ varshâ-pakshaḥ ashṭamaḥ tithiḥ paurṇṇamâsî anay=ânupûrvyâ.

606.─Ind. Ant. Vol. VI. p. 24, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 5. Halsî (now Dr. Fleet’s) plates of the 8th year (of the reign) of the Kadamba king Mṛigêśa (Mṛigêśavarman), the eldest son of Śântivaravarman who was a son of Kâkustha ; issued at Vaijayantî :─

(L. 10).─ svavaijayikê ashṭamê Vaiśâkhê saṁvatsarê Kârttika-paurṇṇamâsyâm.

607.─Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 14, and Plate. Kûḍgere plates of the 2nd year (of the reign) of the Kadamba Dharmamahârâja Vijaya-Śiva-Mândhâtṛivarman, issued at Vaijayantî :─

(L. 6).─ savassarê^[9] dvitîyê Vaiśâkha-paurṇamâsyâm.

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^[1] This is the name of the village granted by this record.─ The plates are numbered with Telugu numeral figures.
^[2] I.e. ‘ the destroyer of the pride of adversaries.’
^[3] For the later Kâdambas see above, p. 26, note 1, c.
^[4] I owe a photograph (furnished by Mr. Rice) of the inscription to Dr. Fleet.─ Compare Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 286, and Nachrichten Ges. d. Wiss. Göttingen, 1899, p. 182.
^[5] Compare above, No. 210.─The genealogical Table in Ep. Carn. Vol. VI. Introduction, p. 4, is incorrect.
^[6] See below, No. 616 ff.
^[7] Here either the nakshatra Uttara-Bhadrapadâ has been quoted erroneously instead of Uttara-Phalgunî, or bahula-pakshê is a mistake for śukla-pakshê. Compare Nos. 480 and 853.
^[8] For other (Hiṭṇahebbâgilu) plates of the 7th year (of the reign) of the same king see Ep. Carn. Vol. IV. p. 136, No. 18, and Plates.
^[9] Read saṁvatsarê.