South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

884.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 63, p. 123. Tiruvallam (Bilvanâthêśvara temple) Tamil inscription, recording a remission of taxes from the 3rd year (of the reign) of (the Telugu-Chôḍa^[1]) Vijaya-Gaṇḍagôpâladêva,^[2] made by Alagiya-Pallavan (alias) Edirili-Śôla-Śambuvarâyan.^[3]

885.─ Supplied by Dr. Hultzsch. Date of a Conjeeveram (Aruḷâḷa-Perumâḷ temple) Tamil Inscription^[4] of the 7th year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Vijaya-Gaṇḍagôpâladêva :─

‘ In the 7th year . . . on the day of Śatabhishaj, which corresponded to a Monday and to the twelfth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Tulâ.’

[Ś. 1178] : Monday, 2nd October A.D. 1256

886.─Ś. 1178.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XXI. p. 122. Date of a Conjeeveram (Aruḷâḷa-Perumâḷ temple) Tamil inscription of the 15th year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Vijaya-Gaṇḍagôpâladêva :─

‘ In the 15th year . . . which corresponded to the Śaka year 1187, on the day of Rôhiṇî, which corresponded to Saturday, the thirteenth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Mithuna.’

Saturday, 13th June A.D. 1265 ; see ibid. Vol. XXII. p. 220

887.─ Ś. 1187.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. XXI. p. 122. Date^[5] of a Conjeeveram (Aruḷâḷa-Perumâḷ temple) Tamil inscription of the 16th year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Vijaya-Gaṇḍagôpâladêva :─

‘ In the 1[6]th year . . . which corresponded to the Śaka year 1187, on the day of Uttara-Bhadrapadâ, which corresponded to Saturday, the third tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Siṁha.’

Saturday, 1st August A.D. 1265 ; see ibid. Vol. XXII. p. 220

888.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 123, note. Notice of Madras Museum plates^[6] of Chôḷa^[7] chief named Śrîkaṇṭha.─ The inscription gives the following line of chiefs, who are said to belong to the family of the Chôḷa Karikâla : Sundarananda, Navarâma, Ereyamma, Vijayakâma, Vîrârjuna, Agraṇipiḍugu, Kôkiḷi, Mahêndravarman, Eḷajôla, Nṛipakâma, Divâkara, and Śrîkaṇṭha.

N.─ The Pâṇḍyas of Madhurâ.^[8]

889.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 302, No. 2 Date of a Tinnevelly (Nellaiyappar temple) Tamil inscription of the year opposite the 13th (i.e. the 14th) year (of the reign) of the glorious [Pâṇḍya] king Jaṭâvarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulaśêkharadêva :^[9]─ ‘ In the year opposite the thirteenth year . . . on the day of Pûrvâshâḍhâ, which corresponded to a Thursday, and to the tenth tithi of the second fortnight, and to the fourth solar day of the month of Mîna.’

[Ś. 1126] : Thursday, 26th February A.D. 1204.^[10]

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^[1] See Mr. Venkayya’s Report for 1899-1900, p. 20.
^[2] The accession of Vijaya-Gaṇḍagôpâla took place between (approximately) the 14th June and the 1st August
A.D. 1250.─ Compare also below, No. 904.
^[3] Compare above, Nos. 856, 860 and 862.
^[4] No. 47 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1893.
^[5] In Ind. Ant. Vol. XXI. p. 122, the same date is given from a Conjeeveram (Êkâmranâtha temple) Tamil
inscription of the same king ; but in it the nakshatra Uttarâshâḍhâ is wrongly quoted instead of Uttara-Bhadrapadâ.
^[6] See Mr. Sewell’s Lists of Antiquities, Vol. II. p. 24, No. 174.
^[7] According to Mr. Venkayya, Report for 1899-1900. p. 21, a Telugu-Chôḍa.
^[8] For Pâṇḍya feudatories of the W. Châlukyas see above, p. 26, note 1, d. The accession of Jaṭâvarman Kulaśêkhara took place between (approximately) the 27th February and the 29th November A.D. 1190
^[10] On this day the tithi of the date commenced 3 h. 33 m. after mean sunrise.