South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

816.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 172, No. 68. Date of a Tirumâṇikuḷi (Vâmanapurîśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 7th year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Virarâjêndra-Chôḷadêva (i.e. the Chôḷa king Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷa III.) :─

‘ In the seventh year . . . on the day of Śatabhishaj, which was the fourteenth tithi of the first fortnight and a Wednesday, which was the twenty-sixth solar day of the month of Siṁha.’

[Ś. 1106] : Wednesday, 22nd August A.D. 1184.

817.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 264, No. 23. Date of a Tiruveṇgâḍu (Śvêtâraṇyêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 8th year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [III.] :─

‘ In the eighth year . . . on the day of Anurâdhâ, which corresponded to a Monday and to the tenth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Karkaṭaka.’

[Ś. 1107] : Monday, 8th July A.D. 1185.^[1]

818.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 60, p. 121. Tiruvallam (Bilvanâthêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 8th^[2] year (of the reign) of Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [III.], dated ‘ from the month of Mâśi ; ’ recording a grant by Miṇḍan Attimallan Śambuvarâyan of the Śeṅgêṇi family.

819.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I No. 132, p. 136. Notice of a Viriñchipuram Tamil inscription of the 10th (?) year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, Kônêrimênkoṇḍa^[3] Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva (i.e. the Chôḷa king Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷa III.),^[4] recording a grant by the Śeṅgêṇi chief mentioned in No. 820.

820.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 61, p. 121. Tiruvallam (Bilvanâthêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 11th year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kônêrimêlkoṇḍa[5] Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva (i.e. the Chôḷa king Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷa III.), recording a grant by the Śeṅgêṇi chief Ammaiappan Kaṇṇuḍaipperumânalias Vikrama-Śôla-Śambuvarâyan.

821.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 36, p. 82. Maṇimaṅgalam (Râjagôpâla-Perumâḷ temple) Tamil inscription of the 12th year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [III.], who was pleased to take Madurai, Ȋlam, and the crowned head of the Pâṇḍya :^[6]─

‘ In the 12th year . . . on the day of Chitrâ, which corresponded to a Monday and to the ninth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Dhanus.’ [Ś. 1111] : Monday, 4th December A.D. 1189 ; but the tithi of the date ended 0 h. 51 m. before mean sunrise of this day ; see Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 220, No. 19.

822.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 6, No. 60. Date of a Sômaṅgalam (Sômanâthêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 14th year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [III.], who was pleased to take Madurai and Ȋlam :─

‘ In the 14th year . . . on a day which was Thursday, (the day of) Pushya, and the first tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Makara.’

[Ś. 1113] : Thursday, 2nd January A.D. 1192.^[7]

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^[1] The tithi of the date was either a current tithi or a prathama-daśamî.
^[2] For inscriptions of the 9th and 11th years see below, under Addenda.
^[3] Compare Kônêrinmaikoṇḍa, ‘ the unequalled among kings ’ ; on this title see South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. II.
p. 110.
^[4] See ibid. Vol. III. p. 121.
^[5] See No. 819.
^[6] Compare above, p. 115, note 2.
^[7] In the original date the first fortnight is wrongly quoted instead of the second.