South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

787.─ Ś. 1037.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 222. Bhîmavaram (Nârâyaṇasvâmin temple) Sanskṛit and Telugu pillar inscription of the 45th year of the reign of king Parântaka . . . the asylum of the whole, the glorious Vishṇuvardhana-mahârâja (i.e. the Chôḷa king Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷa I.) :─

(L. 11).─ Sarvvalôkâśraya-śrî-Vishṇuvarddhana-mahârâjula pravarddhamâna-vijayarâjya-saṁvatsaraṁbulu 45gu śrâhi Sa(śa)ka-va[r*]shaṁbulu 1037gunêṇḍi(ṇṭi) Chaitravishuvusaṁkrâṁtti-ni[mitt]muna.^[1]

788.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 76, p. 168. Śrîraṅgam (Jambukêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 47th year (of the reign) of king Râjakêsarivarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [I.].─ The historical introduction is the same as in No. 777.

789.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 48, No. 26. Date of a Mannârguḍi (Râjagôpâla-Perumâḷ temple) Tamil inscription of the 48th year (of the reign) of king Râjakêsarivarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [I.] :─

‘ In the 48th year . . . on the day of Ȃrdrâ, which corresponded to a Monday and to the thirteenth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Makara.’ [Ś. 1039] : Monday, 7th January A.D. 1118.

790.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 31, p. 71. Maṇimaṅgalam (Râjagôpâla-Perumâḷ temple) Tamil inscription of the 48th year (of the reign) of king Râjakêsarivarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [I.] :─

‘ In the [48]th year . . . on the day of Śatabhishaj, which corresponded to a Friday and to the second tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Kumbha.’

[Ś. 1039] : Friday, 25th January A.D. 1118 ; see Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 262, No. 20. The inscription mentions the king’s consort (by the title) Ulaguḍaiyâḷ (i.e. ‘ the mistress of the world ’).

791.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. No. 32, p. 74. Another Maṇimaṅgalam (Râjagôpâla-Perumâḷ temple) mutilated Tamil inscription of the 48th year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [I.].

The date of this inscription is the same as that of No. 790, except that the twelfth is wrongly quoted instead of the second tithi ; see Ep. Ind. V. p. 198, No. 28.

792.─ Ś. 1040.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 221, No. 9. Date of a Drâkshârâma (Bhîmêśvara temple) Sanskṛit and Telugu inscription of the 250th day of the 49th year of the reign of the Mahârâjâdhirâja^[2] Vishṇuvardhana, the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḍadêva [I.] :─

(L. 3).─ Śâ[k]-âbdê vyôma-vêd-âṁba[ra-śaśi]-ga[ṇi]tê . . . Śaka-va[r*]shaṁbulu 104[0]ṇḍa . . . [râ*]jya-divya-saṁvatsa 49yagu śr[â*]hi dinamulu 250 . . . uttarâyaṇa-saṁkr[â*]ṁ[ti-ni]mtittamuna.^[3]

793.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 155, p. 168 ; Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 103, and Plate. Chidambaram inscription of the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷa [I.], who subdued the five Pâṇḍyas, burnt the fort of Kôṭṭâra, and crushed the army of the Kêraḷas.^[4]

794.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 263, No. 21. Date of a Tiruviḍaimarudûr (Mahâliṅgasvâmin temple) Tamil inscription of the 4th year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the

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^[1] The date would correspond to the 24th March A.D. 1115, but does not admit verification.
^[2] The inscription gives many more titles and names of the king.
^[3]Read –nimittamuna.
^[4]Compare above, No. 764.