South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

730.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. No. 42, p. 68. Mâmallapuram Tamil inscription of the 9th year (of the reign) of the glorious Râjêndra-Chôḷadêva^[1] (i.e. probably, the Chôḷa king Râjêndra-Chôḷa I.). 731.─ Ś. 943*.─ Ep. Carn. Vol. III. p. 204, No. 134. Nandigunda (Mallêdêva temple) Kanarese inscription [of the Chôḷa king Râjêndra-Chôḷa I.] :─ (L. 1).─Sa(śa)ka-varishaṁ 943ne[ya] Raudra-saṁvatsarada Phâlguṇa-mâsa[da] su(śu)kla- [pa]kshaṁ Budhavâraṁ puṇṇame Uttare-nakshatraṁ sôma-grahaṇad=andu. Wednesday, 1st March A.D. 1021 ; a lunar eclipse, visible in India, see Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 68, No.4. The inscription records the conquests enumerated in No. 729.

732.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. II. Nos. 10-19, and 54. Eleven Tanjore (Râjarâjêśvara tample) Tamil inscriptions of the 10th year^[2] (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the glorious Râjêndra-Chôḷadêva [I.].─ The conquests enumerated are the same as in No. 729.

733.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 67 and 68, pp. 98 and 100. Two Tirumalai Tamil rock inscriptions of the 12th year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the lord, the glorious Râjêndra-Chôḷadêva [I.].─ To the conquests enumerated in No. 729 the inscriptions add those of Śakkara-kôṭṭam (Chakrakôṭṭa), Madura-maṇḍalam, Nâmaṇaikkôṇai, Pañchappaḷḷi, Mâśuṇi-dêśam, the treasures of Indiradan (Indraratha ?)^[3] of the race of the Moon (whom he defeated in the hall at Ȃdinagar), Oḍḍa-vishayam, Kôśalai-nâḍu, Taṇḍabutti (Daṇḍabhukti) of Dharmapâla, Takkaṇalâḍam (Dakshiṇa-Lâṭa) of Raṇaśûra, Vaṅgâḷa-dêśam of Gôvindachandra, elephants etc. of Mahîpâla,^[4] Uttiraḷâḍam (Uttara-Lâṭa), and the Gaṅgâ.

734.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. II. No. 20, p. 106, and Plates. Tanjore (Râjarâjêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 242nd day of the 19th year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the lord, the glorious Râjêndra-Chôḷadêva [I.].─ After recording the conquests enumerated in No. 733, the inscription adds that the king, having despatched many ships and caught Saṁgrâmavijayôttuṅgavarman, the king of Kaḍâram,^[5] took his treasures etc., Śrîvishayam,[6] Pannai, Malaiyûr, Mâyiruḍiṅgam,(surrounded by the sea), Ilaṅgâśôgam (i.e. Laṅkâśôka), Pappâḷam,[5] Mêvilimbaṅgam, Vaḷaippandûru, Talaittakkôlam, Mâdamâliṅgam, Ilâmuri-dêśam, Nakkavâram (i.e. the Nicobar Islands),[5] and Kaḍâram.

735.─Ś. 954.─Ep. Carn. Vol. III. p. 208, No. 164. Suttûru (Sômêśvara temple) Kanarese inscription of the 31st (really 21st) year (of the reign) of kingParakêsarivarman alias the lord, the glorious Râjêndra-Chôḷadêva [I.], who took the Eastern country, the Gaṅgâ, and Kaḍâram :─

(L. 3).─Sa(śa)ka-var[sha] 9[54]neya Ȃṁgira-saṁvatsarada Kârttika-mâsa . . [rṇ]nam[i]^[7] tale-devasam=âge bidige Sômavâra Rôhiṇi-nakshatradal.

Monday, 23rd October A.D. 1032 ; see Ep. Ind. Vol. p. 69, No. 5, and Vol. VI. p. 22.

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^[1] The published text has Vî[ra*]-Râjêndra-, but the above is in accordance with a correction communicated to me by Dr. Hultzsch.
^[2] Nos. 12 and 13 have : “ After (the harvest of) paśân in the tenth year.”
^[3] For an Indraratha who probably was a contemporary of Râjêndra-Chôḷa I., see North. Inscr. No. 340.
^[4] Perhaps the Pâla king Mahîpâla I. ; compare ibid. No. 59.
^[5] See Mr. Venkayya’s Report for 1898-99, p. 17, and compare above, No. 712, note. See also South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. p. 194 f.
^[6] [This is the reading of an inscription at Kaṇḍiyûr (No. 23 of 1895). According to l. 80 of the large Leyden grant, Śrîvishaya was the country ruled over by the king of Kaṭâha or Kaḍâram.─E. H.]
^[7] Read paurṇami(?).