South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

Apramêya is said “ to have defeated the Poysaḷa (Hoysaḷa) minister Nâgaṇṇa ; and to have slain . . . the Hoysaḷa leaders Mañjaga, Kâliga (or ? Kâli-Gaṅga), Nâgavarmma.”

714.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 9, p. 14. Ukkal (Vishṇu temple) Tamil inscription of the 143rd day of the 24th year (of the reign) of king Râjarâjakêsarivarman alias the glorious Râjarâjadêva [I.], containing an order which was issued by the king at (his capital) Tañjâvûr on the 124th day of the 24th year of his reign.─ To the conquests enumerated in No. 710 the inscription adds that of the seven and a half lakshas of Ilaṭṭa-pâḍi (Iraṭṭa-pâḍi).

715.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. Nos. 40 and 41, pp. 64 and 67. Two Mâmallapuram Tamil inscriptions of the 25th and 26th years (of the reign) of king Râjarâja Râjakêsarivarman alias the glorious Râjarâjadêva [I.].─ The conquests enumerated are the same as in No. 714.

716.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. II. Nos. 1-6, 24-35, 37-39, 42, 44-53, 55, 56, 59, 63-66, 69, 70 and 57, with Plates of Nos. 1 and 29. Forty-one Tanjore (Râjarâjêśvara temple) Tamil^[1] inscriptions of king Râjakêsarivarman alias the glorious Râjarâjadêva [I.], engraved by his order of the 20th day of the 26th year (of his reign), that the gifts made by himself, by his elder sister (Kundavaiyâr, the daughter of Parântaka II. and queen of Vallavaraiyar Vandyadêvar, Nos. 2 and 6), his queens (Lôkamahâdêvî, No. 34, Chôḷamahâdêvî, Nos. 42 and 46, Abhimânavalli, No. 44, Trailôkyamahâdêvî, No. 48, Pañchavanmahâdêvî, Nos. 51 and 53) and others (such as the commander of his army Kṛishṇa Râma, Nos. 31 and 39) should be recorded on the walls of the Tañjâvûr temple.─ The conquests enumerated in No. 1 and others are the same as in No. 714. No. 1 specially mentions the conquest of Satyâśraya (i.e. the W. Châlukya Irivabeḍaṅga Satyâśraya).^[2]

717.─ Ś. 934.─Ep. Carn. Vol. III. p. 78, No. 140 ; Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 68, No. 3. Balmuri (Agastyêśvara temple) Kanarese inscription of the 28th year (of the reign) of Râjarâjadêva (Râjarâjakêsarivarman alias Râjarâjadêva [I.]) :─

‘ In the twenty-eighth year . . . the Paridhâvin year . . . the Śaka year 934 . . .at the Uttarâyaṇa-saṁkrânti in the month of Pausha of this year.’

The date would correspond to the 23rd December A.D. 1012, but contains no details for verification. 718.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. Nos. 15-17, p. 23 ff., and Plate of No. 17. Three Mêlpâḍi (Chôḷêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 29th year (of the reign) of king Râjarâjakêsarivarman[3] alias the glorious Râjarâjadêva [I.].─ The conquests enumerated are the same as in No. 714.

719.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 4, p. 7. Ukkal (Vishṇu temple) Tamil inscription of the 29th year (of the reign) of king Râjakêsarivarman alias the glorious Râjarâjadêva [I.].─ To the conquests enumerated in No. 714 is added that of twelve thousand ancient islands of the sea.

720.─Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p.47, and Plate. Shêrmâdêvi (Râmasvâmin temple) unfinished Tamil inscription [of Râjarâjakêsarivarman, i.e. the Chôḷa king Râjarâja I.].─ The conquests enumerated are the same as in No. 708.

721.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. II. No. 60, p. 245. Tanjore (Râjarâjêśvara temple) Tamil inscription, recording donations made until the 2nd year (of the reign) of the lord, the glorious Râjêndra-Chôḷadêva (i.e. the Chôḷa king Râjêndra-Chôḷa I.).^[4]

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^[1] Nos. 1 and 31 open with a Sanskṛit ślôka.
^[2] See above, No. 712.
^[3] No. 17 has Râjarâja-Râjakêsarivarman.
^[4] The accession of Râjêndra-Chôḷa I. took place between (approximately) the 26th November A.D. 1011 and the 7th July A.D. 1012 ; See Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 7.