South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

808.─ Ś. 1054 (for 1057).─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 281, No. 43. Date of a Niḍubrôlu Telugu inscription of the 17th year of the reign of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Vikrama-Chôḷadêva :─

(L. 63).─ vijayarâjya-saṁvatsaraṁbulu pa[d]iyêḍ=agunêṁḍu Śaka-varshaṁbulu 1054-gunêṁṭṭi Vaiśâkha-śuddha-ttṛitîyyayu^[1] Guruvâramu nâṇḍu.

[Ś. 1057] : Thursday, 18th April A.D. 1135 ; see ibid. Vol. VII. p. 5.

809.─ Ś. 1056 (for 1065).─ Chellûr plates of the reign of Kulôttuṅga-Chôḍa II., the son of Vikrama-Chôḍa ; above, No. 574 (the date of which corresponds to the 24th March A.D. 1143).

810.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 34, p. 77. Maṇimaṅgalam (Râjagôpâḷa-Perumâḷ temple) Tamil inscription of the 8th year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva (i.e., probably, the Chôḷa king Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷa II.).─ The inscription records the grant of a piece of land which had been purchased in the 13th year (of the reign) of Vikrama-Chôḷadêva.

811.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 89, p. 126. Notice of a Mâmallapuram Tamil inscription of the 14th year (of the reign) of king Râjakâsarivarman alias the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva (i.e., probably, the Chôḷa king Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷa II.).

812.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 35, p. 79. Maṇimaṅgalam (Râjagôpâla-Perumâḷ temple) Tamil inscription of the 8th^[2] year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Râjarâjadêva (i.e. the Choḷa king Râjarâja II.).─ The inscription mentions the king’s consort (under the name or title) Mukkôkkilânaḍigaḷ.^[3] 813.─ Supplied by Dr. Hultzsch.^[4] Date of a Conjeeveram (Êkâmranâtha temple) Tamil inscription of the 15th year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Râjarâjadêva (i.e. the Chôḷa king Râjarâja II.):^[5]─

‘ In the fifteenth year . . . on the day of Punarvasu, which was a Thursday and the fourteenth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Tai.’

814.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 85, p. 209. Tirumâṇikuli (Vâmanapurîśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 3rd year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva (i.e. the Chôḷa king Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷa III.),^[6] who was pleased to be seated together with (his queen) Bhuvanamuluduḍaiyâḷ (i.e. ‘ the mistress of the whole world ’) on the throne of heroes (which consisted of) pure gold :─

‘ In the third year . . . on the day of Aśvinî, which corresponded to a Monday and to the fifth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Siṁha.’

[Ś. 1102] : 12th August A.D. 1180 ; but the day was a Tuesday, not a Monday ; see Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 171, No. 66.

815.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 171, No. 67. Date of a Giḍaṅgil (Bhaktaparâdhîśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 3rd year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [III.] :─

‘ In the 3rd year . . . on the day of Aśvinî, which corresponded to a Wednesday which was the twenty-seventh solar day of the month of Siṁha.’ The date is irregular.

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^[1] Read –tṛitîyayu.
^[2] For an inscription which quotes the third year of apparently Râjarâja II., see below, under Addenda.
^[3] Compare above, Nos. 795 and 801.
^[4] Compare South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. p. 79, and note 4.
^[5] The inscription opens with the same panegyrical introduction as No. 812.
^[6] The accession of Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷa III. took place between (approximately) the 8th June and the 8th July A.D. 1178 ; see Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 8.