South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

722.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. II. Nos. 7, 8, 40, 41, and 43. Five Tanjore (Râjarâjêśvara temple) Tamil inscriptions, recording donations made until (and in) the 3rd year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the lord, the glorious Râjêndra-Chôḷadêva [I.].─ The donations recorded in Nos. 7 and 8 were made by Kundavaiyâr, the elder sister of Râjarâja I. ; see above, No. 716.

723.─Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 47, and Plate. Shêrmâdêvi (Râmasvâmin temple) Tamil inscription of the 3rd year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the glorious Râjêndra-Chôḷadêva [I.].^[1]

724.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 53, p. 108. Tiruvallam (Bilvanâthêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 3rd year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the glorious Râjêndra-Chôḷadêva [I.].

The inscription records the sale of some land to “ Sômanâtha, (the son of) Koṅguṇivarmandharmamahârâja, the supreme lord of Nipuṇilapura,[2] Śrînâtha, the glorious Śivamahârâja, the Vaidumba Śaṁkaradêva.”

725.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 10, p. 16. Ukkal (Vishṇu temple) Tamil inscription of the 4th year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the glorious Râjêndra-Chôḷadêva [I.].

726.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 54, p.109. Tiruvallam (Bilvanâthêśvara temple) Tamiḷ inscription of the 4th year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the glorious Râjêndra-Chôḷadêva [I.].

727.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. II. No. 9, p. 90. Tanjore (Râjarâjêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 6th year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the lord, glorious Râjêndra-Chôḷadêva [I.], who conquered Iḍaiturai-nâḍu, Vanavâśi, Koḷḷippâkkai, the camp of Maṇṇai (Maṇṇaikkaḍagam or Maṇṇaikkaḍakkam), the crown of the king of Ȋlam, . . . the crown of Sundara and the pearl-necklace of Indra which the king of the South (i.e. the Pâṇḍya) had previously given to that (king of Ȋlam), the whole Ȋla-maṇḍalam, the crown etc. of the (king of) Kêraḷa, and many ancient islands.

728.─ Ś. 943*.─ Ep. Carn. Vol. IV. p. 115, No. 16. Beḷatûru (Bâṇêśvara temple) Kanarese inscription of the 9th year of the reign of the glorious Muḍigoṇḍa-Râjêndra-Chôḷa (i.e. the Chôḷa king Râjêndra-Chôḷa I.) :─

‘ Thursday, the moon being in Makara, the nakshatra being Uttarâshâḍhâ, during the full-moon tithi of the month of Ȃshâḍha in the Raudra year (which corresponded to) to nine-hundred-and-forty-third year of the Śaka years,─ in the ninth year of the reign . . . .’

Thursday, 7th July A.D. 1020 ; see Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 20, No.32.

729.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 18, p. 27. Mêlpâḍi (Chôḷêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 9th year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the glorious Râjêndra-Chôḷadêva [I.].─ To the conquests enumerated in No. 727 the inscription adds those of the crown of pure gold which Paraśurâma had deposited at Śândimattîvu, of the seven and a half lakshas of Ilaṭṭa-pâḍi (Iraṭṭa-pâḍi, Raṭṭa-pâḍi) of Jayasiṁha (i.e. the W. Châlukya Jayasiṁha II.)^[3] who was defeated at Muśaṇgi,^[4] and of the principal great mountains (which contained) the nine treasures (of Kuvêra).

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^[1] Certain names in this inscription suggest that Râjêndra-Chôḷa I. had the biruda Nigarili-Chôḷa i.e. ‘ the unequalled Chôḷa.’ Probably he also was called Uttama Chôḷa ; see South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. p. 14.
^[2] “ A mistake for Kuvaḷâlapura.” Compare above, No. 708.
^[3] Compare above, No. 152.
^[4] Some inscriptions have Muyaṅgi.