South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

Indrarâja ; his son Karkarâja (after defeating some Râshṭrakûṭas, placed Amôghavarsha on his throne) ; his son Dhârâvarsha Nirupama Dhruvarâja [I.].

71.─Archæol. Surv. of West. India, Vol. V. p. 87. Ellôrâ Daśâvatâra cave-temple fragmentary inscription of the Râshṭrakûṭa king ; contains the names of Dantivarman [I.], Indrarâja [I.], Gôvindarâja [I.], Karkarâja [I.], Indrarâja [II.], Dantidurgarâja,^[1] and Mahârâja-Śarva [Amôghavarsha I.].

72.─ Ś. 765 (?).─ Ind. Ant. Vol. XIII. p. 136. Kaṇheri inscription of the reign of the Râshṭrakûṭa^[2] Mahârâjâdhirâja Amôghavarsha I., and of the time of his feudatory, the [Śîlâra] Mahâsâmanta Pullaśakti, the successor of Kapardin I., ‘ the lord of Koṅkaṇa ; ’^[3]─ (L. 5).─samva [765].

73.─Ś. 775 (for 773).─Ind. Ant. Vol. XIII. p. 134. Kaṇheri inscription of the reign of the Râshṭrakûṭa^[2] Mahârâjâdhirâja Amôghavarsha I., the successor of Jagattuṅga I. (Gôvindarâja III.), and of the time of his feudatory, the [Śilâra] Mahâsâmanta Kapardin II., the successor of Pullaśakti, ‘ lord of the whole Koṅkaṇa : ’─

(L. 1).─Śakanṛipakâl-âtîta-saṁvatsara-śatêshu saptasu paṁchasaptatishv=aṁkataḥ [api saṁva]tsaraśaḥ 775 tad-antarggata-Prajâpati-sasva(ṁva)tsarântaḥpâti-Âśvina-va(ba)hula- dvitîyâ[yaṁ Budha]-dinê asyâṁ samva[tsara]-mâsa-paksha-divasa-pûrvâyâṁ tithau. Wednesday, 16th September A.D. 85) ; see ibid. Vol. XXIV. p. 4, No. 139.

74.─Ś. 782.─Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 29. Konnûr spurious inscription^[4] of the Râshṭrakûṭa Mahârâjâdhirâja Amôghavarsha I. Vîra-Nârâyaṇa, the successor of Jagattuṅga I. (Gôvindarâja III.), recording a grant to the Jaina Dêvêndra, made by the king, while residing at his capital of Mânyakhêṭa, at the request of his feudatory Baṅkêśa^[5] (Baṅkêya, Bâṅkêyarâja) alias Sellakêtana, the son of Adhôra (or Âdhôra) and grandson of Erakôri, of the Mukuḷa family. The inscription professes to be a copy (perpared^[6] by the agency of Vîranandin, the son of Mêghachandra-traividya^[7]) of a copper-plate charter. The date of the grant is :─

(L. 43.).─Śakanṛipakâl-âtîta-saṁvatsara-śatêshu saptasu dvâ(dvya)śîty-adhikêshu tadabhyadhika-samanantara-pravarttmâna-trayôśîtitama-^[8] Vikrama-saṁvatsara-ântarggat-Âśvayuja-paurṇṇamâsyâm sarvvagrâsi-sômagrahaṇê mahâ-parvvaṇi.

3rd October A.D. 860 ; a total eclipse of the moon, visible in India ; see ibid. p. 26.

Before Amôghavarsha the inscription mentions, in the Yâdava lineage of the Râshṭrakûṭas, Gôvinda, son of Pṛichchhakarâja ; Karkara, son of king Indra ; his son Dantidurga ; Śubhatuṅgavallabha Akâlavarsha ; Prabhûtavarsha, son of Dhârâvarsha ; his son Prabhûtavarsha Jagattuṅga.

75.─Ś. 788.─Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 102, and Plate. Nîlgund Sanskṛit and Kanarese inscription of the 52nd year of the reign of the Mahârâjâdhirâja Amôghavarsha I. Nṛipatuṅga, also called Atiśayadhavala, born in the race of the Raṭṭas, ‘ supreme lord of the town of Lattalûra :’─ (L. 18).─Śakanṛipakâ[l-â]tîta-saṁvastara-śâta[ṁ]gaḷ-êl-n[ûr-eṇbhatt-eṇṭa]neya Vyaya-[saṁva]tsara[ṁ] pra[va]rttise [śrî]ma[d-A]môghava[rsha]-Nṛi[pa]tu[ṁ]ga-[nâm-âṁkitanâ vijayarâ]jya-pravardhamâna-saṁvatsa[raṅ]gaḷ=ayva[tt-eraḍum=uttar-ô]ttaraṁ [râjy-

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^[1] He defeated the army of Vallabha (i.e. the W. Chalukya Kîrtivarman II.) and others, and acquired the position of Śrivallabha (śrîvallabhatâmsavâpa).
^[2] The name Râshṭrakûṭa does not occur in the inscription.
^[3] See below, No. 302 ff.
^[4] The inscription contains a verse and a prose passage in Kanarese.
^[5] Baṅkêśa invaded Gaṅgavâḍi, took the fort of Kêḍaḷa, put to flight the ruler of Talavanapura and, after crossing the Kâvêrî, conquered the enemy’s country.
^[6] About the middle of the 12th century A.D.
^[7] See below, Nos. 387 and 408.
^[8] Read –śryaśîtitama-.