South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

Monday, 24th May A.D. 812 ;[1] see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIV. p. 9, No. 161. Gôvindarâja [I.] ; his son Kakkarâja [I.] ; his son Ind[r*]arâja [II.] ; his son Vairamêgha [Dantidurga] ; his father’s brother Akâlavarsha Kaṇṇêśvara [Kṛishṇarâja I.] ; his son Prabhûtavarsha [Gôvindarâja II.] ; his younger brother Dhârâvarsha Vallabha [Dhruvarâja] ; his son Prabhûtavarsha [Gôvindarâja III.], also called Vallabhêndra.

67.─Ś. 735.─Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 54, and Plate. Tôrkhêḍê (in Khândêsh district) plates of the reign of the Râshṭrakûṭa^[2] Mahârâjâdhirâja Gôvindarâja III. Prabhûtavarsha, and the time of his nephew and feudatory Gôvindarâja of Gujarât ; recording a grant of the latter’s subordinate, the Mahâsâmanta Buddhavarasa (the son of Râjâditya and grandson of Maṇiṇâga) of the Śalukika family :─

(L. 1).─ Śakanṛipakâl-âtîta-saṁvatsara-śatêshu saptasu pañchatṛiṁ(triṁ)śaty(d)-adhikêshu Pausha-śuddha-saptamyâm=aṅkatô=pi saṁvatsara-śatâni 735 Nandana-saṁvatsarê Paushaḥ śuddha-tithiḥ 7 asyâṁ saṁvatsara-mâsa-paksha-divasa-pûrvvâyâṁ . . .

(L. 43).─vijaya-saptamyâm.

Sunday, 4th December A.D. 813 ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXV. p. 345, No. 1.

Prabhûtavarsha Gôvindarâja [III.] Jagattuṅga^[3] [I.] ; his brother, Indrarâja, was made by him ruler of Lâṭa (Lâṭêśvara-maṇḍala) ; Indrarâja’s son Karkarâja ; his younger brother Gôvindarâja.

68.─Ś. 738.─Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. XX. p. 135. Nausârî (now Bombay As. Soc.’s) plates of the Râshṭrakûṭa Mahâsâmantâdhipati Karkarâja^[4] Suvarṇavarsha of Gujarât, issued from Khêṭaka :─

(L. 67).─Śakanṛipakâl-âtîta-saṁvatsara-śatêshu saptasv=ashṭatriṅśad-^[5]adhikêshu Mâghaśuddha-paurṇṇamâsyâṁ | chandragrahaṇa-parvvaṇi.

5th February A.D. 817 ;^[6] a lunar eclipse, visible in India.

Genealogy from Gôvindarâja [I.] to Gôvindarâja [II.] Vallabha as in No. 61 ; his younger brother Dhruvarâja ; his son Gôvindarâja [III.] Pṛithvîvallabha (defeated Stambha^[7] and other kings) ; his son Mahârâja-Śarva Amôghavarsha [I.] ; his paternal uncle Indrarâja ruled Lâṭa (Lâṭîyaṁ maṇḍalam), given to him by his master ;^[8]his son Karkarâja.

69. ─Ś. 749.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. V. p. 145 ; PSOCI. No. 282. Kâvî plates of the Râshṭrakûṭa Mahâsâmantâdhipati Gôvindarâja Prabhûtavarsha of Gujarât, issued from Bharukachchha ;─

(Plate iii. l. 7).─Śakanṛipakâl-âtîta-saṁvatsara-[sapta]śatêshv=êkânnapaṁchâśat-samadhi-kêshu mahâ-Vaiśâkhyâṁ.

Genealogy from Gôvindarâja [I.] to Gôvindarâja [III.] as in No. 68 ; his brother Indrarâja, was made by him ruler of Lâṭa (Lâṭêśvara-maṇḍala) ; Indrarâja’s son Karkarâja ; his young brother Gôvindarâja.

70.─Ś. 757.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. XIV. p. 199, and Plates. Baroda third and fourth plates^[9] only of the Râshṭrakûṭa Mahâsâmantâdhipati Dhruvarâja I. Dhârâvarsha Nirupama of Gujarât, issued from Sarvamaṅgalâsattâ outside Khêṭaka :─

(L. 36).─ Śakanṛipakâl-âtîta-saṁvatsara-śatêshu saptasu saptapañchâśad-adhikêshu Kâttika-śûddha-pañchadaśyâṁ mahâ-Kârttikî-parvvaṇi.

[Kṛishṇarâja I.] ; his son Gôvindarâja [II.] Vallabha ; his younger brother Dhruvarâja ; his son Gôvindarâja [III.] ; his son Mahârâja-Śarva [Amôghavarsha I.] ; his paternal uncle

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^[1] But the nakshatra is irregular.
^[2] The name Râshṭrakûṭa does not occurs in the inscription.
^[3] The name here (in verse) is spelt Jagatuṅga.
^[4] In the signature the name is spelt Kakkarâja.
^[5] Read ºtriṁśad-.
^[6] This, by the rules of mean intercalation, was the full moon day of the second Mâgha, otherwise of Phâlguna.
^[7] Compare above, No. 60.
^[8] Viz. Gôvindarâja III.
^[9] The second of these two plates has four notches, and the first three, on the lower edge.