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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA 780.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 104, and Plate. Tiruveṇgâḍu (Śvêtâraṇyêśvara temple) inscription of the 39th year of the reign of the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷa [I.] :─ (L. 1).─ . . . avati vasumatîṁ śr[î]-Kulôttuṁga-Chôḷê . . . tan-nava- ttriṁśa-varshê. 781.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 74, p. 163. Conjeevaram (Pâṇḍava-Perumâḷ temple) Tamil inscription of the 39th year (of the reign) of king Râjakêsarivarmanalias the lord, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [I.].─ The historical introduction is the same as in No. 761. 782.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 75, p. 165,[1] and Plate. Tirukkalukkunram (Vêdagirîśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 42nd year (of the reign) of . . . . the Chakravartin, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Choḷadêva [I.].─ The historical introduction is the same as in No. 777. 783.─ Ś. 1035.─ Ep. Carn. Vol. III. p. 190, No. 44. Êchiganahaḷḷi (Sômêśvara temple) Kanarese inscription of the reign of the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [I.] :─ (L. 1).─ Sa(śa)k[a-va]rishaṁ 1035neya Jaya-saṁvatsarada Pâ(phâ)guṇa-mâsada apara-pakshaṁ pâ[ḍi]va Âdityavâraṁ Hasta-nakshatraṁ. Sunday, 22nd February A.D. 1114 ; but the Jovian year was Vijaya, not Jaya ; see Ep. Ind. Vol. p. 72, No. 9. 784.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 105. Chidambaram (Naṭarâja temple) Tamil inscription of the 44th year (of the reign) of Jayadhara (i.e. the Chôḷa king Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷa I., originally named Râjêndra-Chôḷa [II.], recording donations by Kundavai Ȃlvâr, the daughter of (the E. Châḷukya) Râjarâja[I.] and younger sister of the Tribhuvanachakravartin Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷa [I.] :─
‘ In the year forty-four (of the reign) of Jayadhara . . . at the time (of the rising o the sign) Ṛishabha, on the day of Rôhiṇî, which corresponded to a Friday in the month during which (the sign) Mîna was shining.’ [Ś. 1035] : Friday, 13th March A.D. 1114 ; see ibid. Vol. IV. p. 70, No. 7. The second portion of the inscription states that a stone which the king of Kambôja had given to Râjêndra-Chôḷa (i.e. Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷa I.) by order of the latter was inserted into the wall of a hall in front of the shrine. 785.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. IV p. 70, No. 8. Date of an Âlaṅguḍi (Âpatsahâyêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 45th year (of the reign) of king Râjakêsarivarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [I.] :─ ‘ In the 45th year . . . on the day of Uttar[âshâḍhâ], which corresponded to a Thursday and to the seventh tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Tulâ.’ [Ś. 1036] : Thursday, 8th October A.D. 1114. 786.─ Ś. 1036.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 220, and p. 279, No. 40. Date of a Drâkshârâma (Bhîmêśvara temple) Telugu inscription of the 45th 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).─ Śaka-va[r*]shaṁbulu 1036 . . . [pra]varddhamâna-vijayarâjya-divya-saṁvatsa 45 Dhanu-mâsamuna śukla-pa[kshamu]na êkâda[ś]iyu Budhavâramu nâṇḍu uttarâyaṇa-vyatiyipâta-[2]nimittamuna. Perhaps Wednesday, 9th December A.D. 1114 ;[3] but this was not the day of the Uttarâyaṇa-saṁkrânti (which took place on the 24th December). ________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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