South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

Vîra-Śalâmêgan and Śrîvallabha-Madanarâja ; and also, in the northern reign, Gaṇḍar-Dinakaran (Gaṇḍarâditya ?), Nâraṇaṇ (Nârâyaṇa), Kaṇavadi (Gaṇapati), and Madiśûdanan (Madhusûdana).^[1]

742.─ Ś. 970*.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 207, and Plate. Miṇḍigal (Sômêśvara temple) Kanarese inscription of the 30th year (of the reign) of king Râjakêsarivarman alias the lord, the glorious Râjâdhirâjadêva [I.] (who took the head^[2] of the glorious Vîra-Pâṇḍya and the Sâle of Sêrama i.e. the Chêra king),^[3] and of his Daṇḍanâyaka Appimayya alias Râjêndra-Chôḷa-Brahmamârâya :─

(L. 1).─Sa(śa)ka-varisha 970nê yî Sabbajitu-saṁvatsaradal . . . śrî-Râjâdhirâjadêva[r*]gge yâṇḍu muvattaneya ; see ibid. Vol. IV. p. 216, No. 11.

743.─Ś. 975.─ Ep. Carn. Vol. IV. p. 131, No. 114. Koḷagâla (Mâri temple) Kanarese inscription of the 35th year (of the reign) of the glorious Râjâdhirâjadêva [I.] :─

(L. 1).─ . . . [35]âvadu [Sa]kha-va[ri]śaṁ^[4] 975[ne]ya Vijayôschaiva-saṁvatsara[da] Jêshṭa-mâsada sukla-pakshada tra[yô*]daśi Ȃdityavârad=andu.

Probably Sunday, 23rd May A.D. 1053 ; but the tithi which ended on this day was the 3rd, not the 13th tithi of the bright half ; see Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 22, No. 35.

744.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 55, p. 112. Tiruvallam (Bilvanâthêśvara temple) incomplete Tamil inscription of the 3rd year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the lord, the glorious Râjêndradêva (i.e. the Chôḷa king Râjêndradêva).^[5]─ The inscription mentions Râjêndradêva’s elder brother (viz. Râjâdhirâja I.) and refers to the conquest of Iraṭṭapâḍi, the setting-up of a pillar of victory at Kollâpuram, and the defeat of (the W. Châlukya) Ȃhavamalla (Sômêśvara I.) at Koppam.

745.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 29, p. 59. Maṇimaṅgalam (Râjagôpâla-Perumâḷ temple) Tamil inscription of the 82nd day of the 4th year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the lord, the glorious Râjêndradêva :─

‘ On the 8^[2]nd day of the fourth year . . . on the day of Rôhiṇî, which corresponded to a Thursday and to the eighth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Siṁha in this year.’

[Ś. 977] : Thursday, 17th August A.D. 1055 ;^[6] see Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. No. 38.

The inscription opens with a list relatives on whom the king conferred certain titles. It gives a detailed account of the defeat of the Śaḷukki (i.e. W. Châḷukya) Ȃhavamalla Sômêśvara I.) at Koppam. It also records the despatch of an army to Ceylon, where the Kaliṅga king Vîra-Śalâmêgan was decapitated and the two sons of the Ceylon king Mânâbharaṇa were taken prisoners.

746.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 127, p. 134, and Vol. II. p. 304, C. Viriñchipuram (Mârgasahâyêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 5th year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the lord, the glorious Râjêndradêva, who defeated (the W. Châlukya) Ȃhavamalla (Sômêśvara I.) at Koppam.

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^[1] The introduction states that Râjâdhirâja appointed seven relatives to be governors over the Chêra, Chalukya, Pâṇḍya and Gaṅga countries, Ceylon, the Pallava country and Kanyakubja. In the expedition to the north he destroyed the palace of the Châlukya at Kampili ; compare above, No. 171. ^[2] See above, p. 115, note 2.
^[3] No. 741 above states that the king destroyed the ships of the Chêra king at Kândaḷûr-Śâlai.
^[4] Read Śaka-varshaṁ . . . . . Jyêshṭha-mâsado śukla-.
^[5] The accession of Râjêndradêva took place on (approximately) the 28th May A.D. 1052 ; see Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 7.
^[6] On this date the tithi of the date (which was the Janm-âshtamî or Kṛishṇ-âshṭamî) commenced 14 h. 20 m. after mean sunrise.