South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

glorious Mâvali-Vâṇarâya (or Mahâvali-Vâṇarâya ), born from the family of Mahâbali, . . . was ruling the Vaḍugavali (i.e. ‘ the Telugu road ’) twelve-thousand.”

652 ─Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p.180. Notice of the Bâhûr Sanskṛit and Tamil plates of the 8th year of the reign of king Vijaya-Nṛipatuṅgavarman.^[1]─ Mythical genealogy from Brahman to Pallava ; in his family, Vimala, Koṅkaṇika and other kings ; after them, Dantivarman ;^[2] his son Nandivarman, married Śaṅkhâ^[3] of the Râshṭrakûṭa family ; their son Nṛipatuṅgadâva. 653.─Ep. Ind. Vol. IV . pp. 182 and 183, and Plate. Two Ȃmbûr Tamil memorial stone inscriptions of the 26th year (of the reign) of king Vijaya-Nṛipatuṅgavikramavarman, recording the death of servants of Pirudi-Gaṅgaraiyar (i.e., according to Dr. Hultzsch, perhaps the W. Gaṅga king Pṛithivîpati I. in No. 670). 654. ─Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 25, and Plate. Hebbiṇi Tamil memorial stone inscription of the 12thyear (of the reign) of king Vijaya-Ȋśvaravarman, recording the death of a hero who was killed by a Bâṇa chief named Kârôniri (Kârôniri-Bâṇarâja).

655.─Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p 24, and Plate. Two Hanumantapuram Tamil memorial stone inscriptions of the 17th year (of the reign) of king Vijaya-Ȋśvaravarman, recording the death of the heroes in the service of Kâṭṭirai^[4] ( i.e, ‘ the king of the forest,’ a title of the Pallavas).

656.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 53, p. 78 ; Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 194, and Plate. Śôlapuram (near Vêlûr) incomplete Tamil inscription of the 23rd year (of the reign) of king Vijaya-Kampa-vikramavarman.^[5]

657.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 8, p. 13. Ukkal (Vishṇu temple) Tamil inscription[6] of the 10th year (of the region) of Kampavarman.^[7]

658.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 5, p. 9, and Plate. Ukkal (Vishṇu temple) Tamil Inscription^[6] of the 15th year (of the region) of Kampavarman. 659.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III . No. 47, p. 99. Tiruvallam (Bilvanâthêśvara temple) Tamil inscription^[8], recording a gift by Vâṇa-mahâdêvî (i.e. ‘ the great queen of the Bâṇa ’), the daughter of Pratipati-Araiyar,^[9] the son of Koṅguṇi-dharmamahârâja, the supreme lord of Kuṇilapura,^[10] alias Śrînâtha, the glorious Śivamahârâja-^[11] Perumânaḍigaḷ, (and) the great queen of Vâṇavidyâdhararâya alias Vâṇarâya (i.e. the Bâṇa king Vâṇavidyâdhara^[12]), born from the family of Mahâbali.

660.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 48, p. 100. Tiruvallam (Bilvanâthêśvara temple) Tamil inscription,^[13] recording a gift by Kundavvaiyâr alias Vâṇa-mahâdêvî (i.e. ‘ the great

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^[1] For other plates (which cannot be traced now) of the 6th year of his regin see Mr. Sewell’s Lists of Antiquities, Vol, II. p. 30, No. 209.─ For inscriptions of the 21st year see below, under Addenda.
^[2] Perhaps identical with the Dantiga in No 62.
^[3] Perhaps a daughter of the Râshṭrakûṭa Amôghavarsha I. Nṛipatuṅga ; see above, No. 63 ff.
^[4] Compare Kâḍava, above, No. 642.
^[5] He was perhaps a brother of Vijaya-Nṛipatuṅgavikramavarman in Nos. 652 and 653 above ; see Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 196.─For an inscription of the 8th year of Vijaya-Kampa see below, under Addenda.
^[6] According to Dr. Hultzsch, the archaic alphabet of these inscriptions “ proves that Kampavarman must be anterior to the Chôḷa occupation of Toṇḍai-maṇḍalam. A stone inscription of the 9th year of the same king is quoted in the unpublished Madras Museum plates of Parakêsarivarman alias Uttama-Chôḷadêva.”
^[7] Probably identical with king Vijaya-Kampavikramavarman, above, No. 656.
^[8] The inscription professes to be a copy of an earlier stone inscription.
^[9] I.e., according to Dr. Hultzsch, the W. Gaṅga Pṛithivîpati I., the son of Śivamâra II., in No. 670.
^[10] A mistake of the copyist for Kuvaḷalâpura. Compare Nos. 660, 708 and 724.
^[11] I.e., Śîvamâra II. For Śîvamâra I. see above, No. 123.
^[12] I.e., according to Dr. Fleet and Dr. Hultzsch, the Bâṇa king Vikramâditya I. of No. 663 ; see also No. 662.
^[13] The inscription was copied from an earlier stone inscription.