South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

867.—Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 176, No. 81. Date of a Mannârguḍi (Râjagôpâla-Perumâḷ temple) Tamil inscription of the 21st year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Râjêndra-Chôḷadêva[III.] :—

‘ In the 21st year . . . on the day of Rôhiṇî, which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the eleventh tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Karkaṭaka.’

[Ś. 1188] : Wednesday, 30th June A.D. 1266.

868.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 177, No. 82. Date of a Mannârguḍi (Aṇṇâmalainâtha temple) Tamil inscription of the 22nd year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Râjêndra-Chôḷadêva[III.] :─

‘ In the 22nd year . . . on the day of Viśâkhâ, which corresponded to a Sunday and to the fourteenth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Ṛishabha.’

[Ś. 1189] : Sunday, 8th May A.D. 1267.

869.─ Ś. 1236.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 70. Tiruvallam (Bilvanâthêśvara temple) inscription of Vira-Champa, surnamed Nidrâvasânavijayin, the son of a Chôḷa king :^[1]─

(L. 4).─ Tuṁgaśrîka-Śakâbda-bhâ[ji] samayê.

870.─ Ś. 1236.─Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 71. Tiruvattiyûr (Aruḷâḷa-Perumâḷ temple) inscription of Champa (i.e. Vîra-Champa), the son of Vîra-Chôḷa ; (composed by Champa’s minister Vanabhid) :─

(L. 1).─ Tuṁgaśrîka-śaran-mitê Śaka-nṛipê.

871.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 52. p. 77. Gâṅganûr (near Vêlûr) Tamil inscription of the 17th year (of the reign) of the Sakalalôkachakravartin Venrumaṇkoṇḍa^[2] Śambuvarâya :─

‘ On the day of Rôhiṇî, which corresponds to Monday, the first lunar day of the former half of the month of Ṛishabha of the Pramâthin year, (which was) the 17th year ( of the reign)

[Pramâthin=Ś. 1261] : Monday, 10th May A.D. 1339 ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXII. p. 137, No. 4.

872.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 90, p. 126. Notice of a Mâmallapuram Tamil inscription of apparently the 5th year of the reign of [Râja]nârâyaṇa Śambuvarâyar.^[3]

873.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 70, p. 102. Tirumalai Tamil inscription of the 12th year (of the reign) of Râjanârâyaṇa Śambuvarâja.

874:─ Ś. 1403.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 72, and Plate. Śrîraṅgam (Jambukêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Vâlaka-Kâmaya alias Akkalarâja,^[4] ‘ lord of Uraiyûr’:^[5]─

‘ At the auspicious time of Mahâmagam (Mahâmâgha), (when) Jupiter (was in) Siṁha, on the day of Magam (Maghâ), which corresponded to a Sunday and to the full-moon tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Kumbha of the Plava saṁvatsara, which was current after the Śaka year 1403.’

Sunday, 3rd February A.D. 1482 ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIV. p. 205, note 56, and Vol. XXV. p. 270.

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^[1] See below, No. 870.
^[2] I.e. ‘ he who took the earth by conquest.’
^[3] According to Mr. Venkayya, Report for 1899-1990, p. 34, his accession took place in Śaka-saṁvat 1259.─For a Viriñchipuram Tamil inscription which mentions the Sakalalôkachakravartin Râjanârâyaṇa Śambuvarâya, see South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 128, p. 135.
^[4] He claims to be a successor of the Chôḷa dynasty. According to Mr. Krishnasvami he probably was a dependent of one of the last kings of the first Vijayanagara dynasty.
^[5] Now a suburb of Trichinopoly.