South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

âdhivṛiddhi salju[tt-i]re . . . ta[d-a]ntarggata-Jyêshṭa(shṭha)-mâsada kṛish[ṇ]a-pakshad= amâseyu[ṁ] sûryya-grahaṇamum=âgi . . . â grahaṇado[ḷ].

[Sunday],^[1] 16th June A.D. 866 ; a solar eclipse, visible in India ; see Ind. Ant Vol. XXIII. p. 123, No. 59.

Before Amôghavarsha the inscription eulogizes Nirupama Kalivallabha [Dhruvarâja], and Prabhûtavarsha Gôvindarâja [III.] Jagattuṅga [I.] Kîrti-Nârâyaṇa.

76.─Ś. 788.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 218. Śirûr Sanskṛit and Kanarese inscription of the 52nd year of the reign of the Mahârâjâdhirâja Amôghavarsha I. Nṛipatuṅga.

The date, etc., are practically the same as in No. 75.^[2]

77.─Ś. 789.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 181. Bagumrâ (now Vienna Oriental Museum) plates of the Râshṭrakûṭa Mahâsâmantâdhipati Dhruvarâja II. Dhârâvarsha Nirupama of Gujarât, issued from Bhṛigukachchha :─

(L. 64).─ Śakanṛipakâl-âtîta-saṁvatsara-śatêshu saptasv=êku (kô) nanavaty-adhikêshv= aṅkataḥ saṁvat 789 Jyêshṭh-âmâvâsyâṁ âdityagrahaṇa-parvvaṇi.

6th June A.D. 867 ; a solar eclipse, visible in India ; see ibid. Vol. XXIII. p. 131, No. 109.

Genealogy from Gôvindarâja [I.] to Indrarâja, the ruler of Lâṭa, as in No. 68 ; his son Kakkarâja (after defeating some Râshṭrakûṭas, placed Amôghavarsha on his throne) ; his son Nirupama Dhruvarâja [I.] ; his son Akâlavarsha Śubhatuṅga ; his son Dhârâvarsha Nirupama Dhruvarâja [II.] (defeated Mihira).─The grant mentions, as dûtaka, Gôvindarâja, a son of Śubhatuṅga and younger brother of Dhârâvarsha Nirupama [Dhruvarâja II.].

78.─Ś. 789.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 287, and Plates. Gujarât (now Dr. Bhandarkar’s) Plates^[3] of the Râshṭrakûṭa Mahâsâmantâdhipati Talaprahârin Duntivarman Aparimitavarsha, the younger brother of Dhruvarâja II., of Gujarat, recording a grant made, after bathing in the river Pûrâvî, in favour of a vihâra (or Buddhists monastery):─

(L. 65).─Śakanṛipakâl­-âtita-saṁvatsara-śatêshu sa[pta]su navâśîty-adhikêshv=aṁkatô=pi saṁvatsara-śatê 789 Pausha-va(ba)hula-navamyâṁ(myâ)m=uttarâyaṇa-mahâparvvam=uddiśya.^[4] 23rd December A.D. 867.

Genealogy as far as Dhruvarâja [II.] as in No. 77 ;^[5] his younger brother (the son of Akâlavarsha) Aparimitavarsha Dantivarman.─ The grant is signed by both Dantivarman and Dhruvarâja [II.].

79.─Ś. 797.─Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. X. p. 194 ; PSOCI. No. 88. Saundatti Sanskṛit and Kanarese Raṭṭa inscription, recording several grants. Date^[6] of the time of the Raṭṭa Mahâsâmanta Pṛithvîrâma^[7] (the son of Meraḍa), a feudatory of the Râshṭrakûṭa Kṛishṇarâja [II.?] :─

(L. 12.).─Sapta-sa(śa)tyâ navatyâ cha samâyukt[ê*]su(shu) saptasu Sa(śa)ka-kâḷêśv(shv)= atîtêshu Manmath-âhvaya-vatsarê ||

(For another date in the same inscription see below, No. 201.)

80.─Ś. 799.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XIII. p. 135. Kaṇheri inscription of the reign of the Râshṭrakûṭa^[8] Mahârâjâdhirâja Amôghavarshâ I., and of the time of his feudatory, the [Śîlâra] Mahâsâmanta Kapardin II., ‘ the lord of Koṅkaṇa :’─

(L. 1).─Śakanṛipakâl-âtîta-saṁvatsara-śatêshu saptasu navanavaty-adhikêshv=aṁkataḥ 799.

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^[1] See No. 76.
^[2] But the date actually quotes the week-day (Âdityavâra).
^[3] Compare Ind. Ant.Vol. XXXI. p. 254.
^[4] Read ºparvr=ôddiśya.
^[5] The defeat of Mihira by Dhruvarâja II. is not mentioned here.
^[6] According to Dr. Fleet, this date is plainly not authentic, so far, at least, as Pṛithvîrâma is concerned ; see his Dynasties, p. 411, note 1, and p. 552.
^[7] He is described as the disciple of Indrakîrtisvâmin, the disciple of Guṇakîrti who was the disciple of Muḷḷabhaṭṭâraka.─Compare also below, No. 142.
^[8] The name Râshṭrakûṭa does not occur in the inscription.