South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

761.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 68, p. 141.^[1] Conjeeveram (Pâṇḍava-Perumâḷ temple)  Tamil inscription of the 5th year (of the reign) of king Râjakêsarivarman alias the lord, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [I.]

The inscription refers to the king’s victories, gained while he was heir-apparent, at Chakrakôṭṭa and Vayirâgaram (Vajrâkara) ; it when states that he vanquished the king of Kuntala, crowned himself as king of the country on the banks of the Kâvêrî, and decapitated an unnamed king of the South.

762.─Ś. 998.─Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 220, and p. 278, No. 39. Date of a Chêbrôlu Telugu inscription of the 7th year of the reign of the asylum of the whole world, the glorious Vishṇuvardhana-mahârâja (i.e. the Chôḷa king Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷa I.) :─

(L. 1).─Śakha(ka)-varshaṁblu 998nêṁṭi Nala-śaṁ(saṁ)vatsara śrâhi . . . pravarddhamâna-vijayarâjya-śaṁ(saṁ)vatsara[ṁblu] 7nêṇḍu . . . . . . . Mâgha-mâsamuna punnamayu Su(śu)kravâramuna sômagrahaṇa-nimittamunan=. Friday, 10th February A.D. 1077 ; a lunar eclipse, visible in India ; but the day was the full-moon day of Phâlguna, not Mâgha.

763.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 78, p. 174. Perumbêr (Tândônrîśvara temple)  Tamil inscription of the 11th year (of the reign) of king Râjakêsarivarman alias the lord, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [I.].─ To the account given in No. 761 the inscription adds that the king defeated Vikkalan (i.e. the W. Châlukya Vikramâditya VI.) and conquered Gaṅga-maṇḍalam and Śiṅgaṇam.^[2] 764.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 69, p. 144. Tirukkalukkunram (Vêdagirîśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 14th and 15th years (of the reign) of king Râjakêsarivarman alias the Chakravartin, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [I.].─ After the account given in No. 763 the inscription states that the king invaded the Pâṇḍya country, destroyed the forest in which the five Pañchavas (i.e. Pâṇḍyas) had sought refuge, “ subdued the south-western portion of the peninsula as far as the Gulf of Mannâr, the Podiyil mountain (in the Tinnevelly district), Cape Comorin, Kôṭṭâru, the Sahya (i.e. the Western Ghâṭa) and Kuḍamalai-nâḍu (i.e. Malabar).”

765.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. II. No. 58, p. 232. Tanjore (Râjarâjêśvara temple) apparently unfinished Tamil inscription of the 15th^[3] year (of the reign) of king Râjakêsarivarman alias the Chakravartin, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [I.].─ The historical account is the same as in No. 764. The inscription gives the name (Arumoli-Naṅgaiyâr) of the queen of Vîrarâjêndradêva I.[4]

766.─Têki plates of the E. Châlukya Chôḍagaṅga Râjarâja of Vêṅgî, of the 17th year of the reign (of Kulôttuṅga-Chôḍa. I.) ; see above, No. 571. 767.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 70, p. 149. Śrîraṅgam (Raṅganâtha temple) Tamil inscription of the 18th year (of the reign) of king Râjakêsarivarman alias the Chakravartin, the gloriousKulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [I.].─ The historical introduction is the same as in No. 764 . 768.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. II. No. 77, p. 391. Conjeeveram Tamil inscription of the 20th year (of the reign) of the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [I.].─ The inscription mentions the king’s consort (by the title) Bhuvanamuluduḍaiyâḷ (i.e. ‘ the mistress of the whole world ’).

769.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 71, p. 152.[1] Kîlappaluvûr (Vaṭamûlêśvara temple)  Tamil inscription of the 20th year (of the reign) of king Râjakêsarivarman alias the

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^[1] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XXI. p. 281.
^[2] According to Dr. Hultzsch this seems to refer to the dominions of Vikramâditya’s younger brother Jayasiṁha III.─ Instead of Śiṅgaṇam No. 777 has Koṅgaṇa-dêśam (the Koṅkaṇa country).
^[3] For an inscription of the 16th year see below, under Addenda.
^[4] See above, No. 753 f.