South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

708.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 51, p. 104. Tiruvallam (Bilvanâthêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 16th year (of the reign) of king Râjarâja Râjakêsarivarman (i.e. the Chôḷa king Râjarâja I.).─ To the conquests enumerated in No. 704 the inscription adds those of Kollam and Kaliṅgam.

The inscription records the sale of some land to “ Śaṁkaradêva, (the son of) Koṅguṇivarmadharmamahârâja, the supreme lord of Nipuṇilapura,^[1] Śrînâtha, the glorious Śivamahârâja-Tiruvaiyan,” who granted it to a temple.

709.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 6, p. 9. Ukkal (Vishṇu temple) Tamil inscription of the l[7]th year (of the reign) of king Râjarâja Râjakêsarivarman (i.e. the Chôḷa king Râjarâja I.).─ The conquests enumerated are the same as in No. 708. 710.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 52, p. 106. Tiruvallam (Bilvanâthêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 20th year (of the reign) of king Râjarâja Râjakêsarivarman alias the glorious Râjarâjadêva (i.e. the Chôḷa king Râjarâja I.).─ To the conquests enumerated in No. 708 the inscription adds that of Ȋla-maṇḍalam.

The inscription records the gift of a lamp by a chief of the Vaidumba family.

711.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 66, p. 94. Tirumalai Tamil rock inscription of the 21st year (of the reign) of king Râjarâjakêsarivarman alias the glorious Râjarâjadêva [I.].^[2]─ The conquests enumerated are the same as in No. 710.

712.─Archæol. Surv. of South. India. Vol. IV. p. 206. The large Sanskṛit^[3] and Tamil Leyden grant^[4] (on 21 plates) of the 21st year of the reign of Râjarâja Râjâśraya Râjakêsarivarman (i.e. the Chôḷa king Râjarâja I.).

Mythical genealogy from the Sun to Chôḷa ; then Râjakêsarin and Parakêsarin (after whom the kings of this family are alternately called Râjakêsarin and Parakêsarin) ; in their family there were Suraguru Râjêndra Mṛityujit, Vyâghrakêtu, Pañchapa, Karikâla, Kôchchaṅkaṇṇân and Kôkkiḷḷi. Then Vijayâlaya ; his son Ȃditya [I.] ; his son Parântaka [I.] ; he had three sons, Râjâditya, Gaṇḍarâditya, and Ariṁjaya ; Gaṇḍarâditya’s son was Madhurântaka ; Ariṁjaya’s son, Parântaka [II.] ; his two sons were Ȃditya [II.] Karikâla and Râjarâja [I.].─ The succession from Vijayâlaya to Râjarâja I. was : 1, Vijayâlaya ; 2, Ȃditya [I.] ; 3, Parântaka [I Parakêsarivarman] ; 4, Râjâditya (conquered [the Râshṭrakûṭa] Kṛishṇarâja [III.],^[5] but fell in battle) ; 5, Gaṇḍarâditya (Gaṇḍarâdityavarman) ; 6, Ariṁjaya ; 7, Parântaka [II.] ; 8, Ȃditya [II.] Karikâla (while a boy, played sportively in battle with Vîra-Pêṇḍya) ; 9, Madhurântaka ; 10, Râjarâja [I. Râjakêsarivarman] (conquered [the W. Châlukya Irivabeḍaṅga] Satyâśraya^[6] and others).

713.─Ś. 928.─ Ep. Carn. Vol. III. p. 149, No. 44. Kaliyûr Kanarese inscription consisting of praises of Apramêya, ‘ lord of Kotta-maṇḍala,’ a general and minister under
Râjarâjadêva [I.] :─

(L. 1).─Sa(śa)kanṛipakâl-âtîta-saṁvatsaraśataṁga[ḷ*] 928neya^[7] [Par]âbhava-saṁvatsarada Chaitra-mâsada bahuḷa-paṁchamiyum=Ȃdityav[â*]rad=andu.

The date is irregular ; see Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 67, No. 2.

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^[1] “ A mistake for Kuvaḷâlapura.” Compare below, No. 724, and above, Nos. 650 and 660. See also No. 108 ff.
^[2] The inscription also gives Arumoḷi as a surname of Râjarâja.
^[3] The Sanskrit praśasti was composed by Nandanârâyaṇa.
^[4] The inscription will soon be properly edited. Its object is to record the grant of a village to a Buddhist temple at Negapatam, commenced to be built by Chûḷâmaṇivarman), king of Kaṭâha (or, in Tamil, Kiḍâram, apparently some portion of Lower Burma or of the Indo-Chinese peninsula), and completed by his son Mâravijayôttuṅgavarman. See Mr. Venkayya’s Report for 1898-99, p. 17.
^[5] Compare above, No. 95.
^[6] See above, No. 146 ff.
^[7] This is Dr. Fleet’s reading of the year of the date, from an impression sent to him by Dr. Hultzsch.