South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

841.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 62, p. 122. Tiruvallam (Bilvanâthêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the ^[3]4th year (of the reign) of Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [III.].─ The inscription records a gift by Ariyapiḷḷai, the queen of (the Gaṅga chief) Amarâbharaṇa-Śîyagaṅga, mentions in No. 837.

842.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 199, No. 30. Date of an Uttaramallûr (Vaikuṇṭha-Perumâḷ temple) Tamil inscription of the 37th year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin Tribhuvanaviradêva, who was pleased to take Madurai, Ȋlam, Karuvûr, and the crowned head of the Pâṇḍya ; (i.e. the Chôḷa king Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷa III.) :─

‘ In the 37th year . . . on the day of Hasta, which corresponded to a Sunday and to the ninth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Mithuna.’ [Ś. 1137] : Sunday, 7th June A.D. 1215.

843.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 174 f., Nos. 75 and 76. Two dates of a Mâgaral (Tirumâlîśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 4th and 5th years (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Râjarâjadêva (i.e. the Chôḷa king Râjarâja III.):^[1]─

‘ In the fourth year . . . on the day of Śatabhishaj, which corresponded to a Monday and to the fifth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Mithuna.’

[Ś. 1142] : Monday, 22nd June A.D. 1220.

‘ In the 5th year . . . on the day of Aśvinî, which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the fifth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Siṁha.’

[Ś. 1142] : Wednesday, 19th August A.D. 1220.^[2]

844.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 175, No. 77. Date of a Kôvilveṇṇi (Ikshupurîśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the year opposite the 6th (i.e. the 7th year of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Râjarâjadêva [III.] :─

‘ In the year which was opposite the 6th year . . . on the day of Uttarâshâḍhâ, which corresponded to a Thursday and to the seventh tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Tulâ.’

[Ś. 1144] : Thursday, 13th October A.D. 1222.

845.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 175, No. 78. Date of a Kîl-Kâśâkuḍi (Ȃdiyappan temple) Tamil inscription of the 10th year (of the reign) of Râjarâjadêva [III.] :─

‘ In the tenth year . . . on the day of Śravishṭhâ, which corresponded to a Tuesday and to the eighth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Mêsha.’

[Ś. 1148] : Tuesday, 21st April A.D. 1226.

846.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 38, p. 85. Maṇimaṅgalam (Râjagôpâla-Perumâḷ temple) Tamil inscription of the 13th year (of the reign) of Râjarâjadêva [III.?].

847.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 167. Tiruvêndipuram (Dêvanâyaka-Perumâḷ temple) Tamil inscription of the year opposite the 15th year (i.e. the 16th year of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Râjarâjadêva [III.] :─

The inscription records that, when the Pratâpa-chakravartin, the Hoysaṇa (Hoysaḷa) Vira-Nârasiṁhadêva (i.e. Narasiṁha II., above, Nos. 434 and 435), heard that Kôpperuñjiṅga^[3] held Râjarâja [III.] captive at Śêndamaṅgalam, he started from Dôrasamudra, conquered the Mahara^[4] kingdom and seized its king ; and that then his Daṇḍanâyakas Appaṇa and Samudra-

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^[1] The accession of Râjarâja III. took place between (approximately) the 23rd June and the 13th August A.D. 1214 ; see Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 169.
^[2] As the tithi of the date, the 5th commenced on this day 10 h. 38 m. after mean sunrise, it has probably been quoted erroneously instead of the 4th.
^[3] In order inscription he is called a Kâḍava or Pallava (compare above, No 642). For an account of inscriptions of his, from which it appears that, originally a Chôḷa feudatory, he became an independent king in A.D. 1243, see Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 163 ff.
^[4] Elsewhere called the Makara or Magara kingdom ; compare above, No. 434.