South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

took Madirai (i.e. the Chôḷa king ParântakaI.), on a stone set up to mark the spot at which a tiger had killed by an inhabitant of Mukkuṭṭûr (i.e. the modern Kîl-Muṭṭugûr).

680.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. II. No. 75, p. 375. Uyyakkoṇḍân-Tirumalai (Ujjîvanâtha temple) Tamil pillar inscription of the 34th year (of the reign ) of king Parakêsarivarman who took Madirai (i.e. the Chôḷ a king Parântaka I.), recording donations by the queen of Pirântakan-Kaṇḍarâdittadêvar (i.e. Gaṇḍarâdityavarman, the second son of ParântakaI.).

690.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No.12, p. 19, and Plate. Ukkal (Vishṇu temple) Tamil inscription of the 37th year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman who took Madirai (i.e. the Chôḷa king Parântaka I.).

691.─Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 1, No. 55. Date of a Kûram (Kêśava-Perumâḷ temple) Tamil inscription of the 40th year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman who took Madirai and entered Ȋlam (i.e. the Chôḷa king Parântaka I.) :─

‘ In the fortieth year . . . at night on the day of Rôhiṇî, which corresponded to a Saturday and to the ninth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of [Karkaṭa]ka in year.’

Between A.D. 900 and 985 the date would be correct only for Saturday, 24th July A. D. 919 [in Ś. 841], and Saturday, 25th July A.D. 946 [in Ś. 868].

692.─Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 43, and Plate. Śuchîndram (Sthâṇunâtha temple) Tamil inscription of the month of Kumbha of the 40th year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman who took Madirai and Îlam (i.e. the Chôḷa king ParântakaI.).

693.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 145, p. 140 Conjeeveram (Kailâsanâtha temple) fragmentary Tamil inscription of the reign of king Parakêsari[varman] who took Madirai (i.e. the Chôḷa king ParântakaI.).

694.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 14, p. 21. Ukkal (Vishṇu temple) Tamil inscription of the 4th year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman^[1] who took the head of Vîra-Pâṇḍya.^[2]

695.─Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 331. Karikal Tamil inscription of the 5th year (of the reign) of king Râjakêsarivarman who took Madirai.^[3]

696.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 49, p. 102. Tiruvallam (Bilvanâthêśvara temple) incomplete Tamil inscription of the 7th year (of the reign) of king Râjarâjakêsarivarman (i .e. the Chôḷa king Râjarâja I.) :^[4]─

‘ In the 7th year . . . on the day of an eclipse of the moon at the equinox which corresponded to (the day of ) Rêvatî and to a full-moon tithi of the month of Aippaśi in this very year.’ [Ś. 913] : 26th September A. D. 991 ; a lunar eclipse, visible in India ; see Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 66, No. 1.

The inscription records a visit to the temple by a certain Gaṇḍarâditya, son of Madhurântaka.

─ According to Dr. Hultzsch, he perhaps was an (otherwise unknown) son of Madhurântaka, the son of Gaṇḍarâditya and immediate predecessor of Râjarâja I. ; compare below, No. 712.

697.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 50, p. 103. Another Tiruvallam (Bilvanâthêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 7th year (of the reign) of king Râjarâjakêsarivarman (i.e. the Chôḷa king Râjarâja I.).

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^[1] According to Dr. Hultzsch, this king may be identified with Âditya II. surnamed Karikâla, the elder brother of Râjarâja I. (see below, No. 712).─But Âditya II. would be expected to be a Râjakêsarivarman.
^[2] According to Dr. Hultzsch “ this phrase implies that the king, while seated on the throne, placed his feet on the crown of the Pâṇḍya king ; ” see South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. p. 215, note 4.
^[3] By Dr. Hultzsch identified with the “ Madhurântaka who, according to the large Leyden grant (below, No. 712), was the son of Gaṇḍarâditya [the second son of Parântaka I.] and ruled between Âditya II. and Râjarâja I.”─ But that Madhurântaka would be expected to be a Parakêsarivarman.
^[4] The accession of Râjarâja I. took place between (approximately) the 25th June and the 25th July A.D. 985 ; see Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 6