South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

936.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 69, p. 101. Tirumalai Tamil inscription^[1] of the 10th year (of the reign) of king Mâravarman, the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Vîra-Pâṇḍyadêva.

937.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. XXII. p. 69, and Plates. Madras Museum Sanskṛit and Tamil plates^[2] of the 17th year of the reign of the Pâṇḍya king Jaṭilvarman^[3] (in Tamil, Neḍuñjaḍaiyan), the son of king Mâravarman of the Pâṇḍya race, descended from the Moon.─ The âjñapti (or dûtaka) of the grant was the Mahâsâmanta Dhîrataran Mûrti-Eyinan of the Vaidya race, chief of Vîramaṅgalam. 938.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XXII. p. 67. Tamil inscription of the 6th year of the reign of Kô Mârañ=Jaḍaiyan,^[4] and of his Mahâsâmanta Śâttan Gaṇapati of the Vaidya race, who was the chief of Pâṇḍi-Amirdamaṅgalam.

O.─Kings and Chiefs of Kêraḷa.^[5]

939.─ Ś. 1188.─Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 146. Conjeevaram (Aruḷâḷa-Perumâḷ temple) incomplete Sanskṛit and Tamil inscription of the Mahârâja Ravivarman alias Saṁgrâmadhîra and Kulaśêkharadêva, the Tribhuvanchakravartin Kônêrinmaikoṇḍân,^[6] a son of the Kêraḷa Mahârâjâdhirâja Jayasiṁha^[7] (of the family of Yadu in the lunar race) and his wife Umâdêvî.─ Date of Ravivarman’s birth :─

(L. 1).─dêhavyâpya-^[8] Śakâbda-bhâji samayê. When 33 years of age (i.e. about A.D. 1299-1300), Ravivarman took possession of Kêraḷa which he ruled as he did his town of Kôḷamba ; he defeated a certain Vîra-Pâṇḍya,^[9] subjected the Pâṇḍyas and Chôḷas to the Kêraḷas, and at the age of 46 (i.e. about A.D. 1312-13) was crowned on the banks of the Vêgavatî ; he then apparently again made war against Vîra-Pâṇḍya and conquered the northern country ; in the fourth year of his reign (i.e. about A.D. 1315-16) he was at Kâñchî.

940.─Ś. 1188.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 149. Śrîraṅgam (Raṅganâtha temple) inscription of the Mahârâja Ravivarman alias Saṁgrâmadhira and Kulaśêkharadêva, the son of Jayasiṁha. of Kêraḷa ; (party composed by Kavibhûshaṇa).─ Date of Ravivarman’s birth as in No. 939, with which this inscription is party identical. In both Ravivarman, besides other epithets, has those of ‘ the Kûpaka universal monarch ’ and ‘ king Bhôja of the South.’ 941.─ Ś. 1296.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 203. Trivandrum^[10] (Padmanâbhasvâmin temple) inscription of a prince Sarvâṅganâtha :^[11]─

(L. 1).─ Siṁha-sthê cha Bṛihaspatau . . . . abdê cha Chôḷapriyê.^[12]

942.─Ś. 1312.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. II. p. 361. Śuchîndram inscription of the Kêraḷa king Mârtaṇḍavarman :─

Râkâlôkê[13] Śak-âbdê Surapati-sachivê Siṁha-yâtê Tulâyâm=ârûḍhê padminîśê=py=Aditidina-yutê Bhânuvârê cha.

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^[1] I am unable to state the times of this inscription and of Nos. 937 and 938.
^[2] The (seven) plates are numbered with Vaṭṭeluttu numeral figures.
^[3] He put to fight, amongst others, a certain Adiyan. With this name compare Adigan, above, Nos. 833 and 834, and Adiyama, e.g. in No. 415, note.
^[4] According to Mr. Venkayya he may be identical with the Jaṭilavarman of No. 937.
^[5] I give first inscriptions dated in Śaka years, then those dated in Kollam years, and finally undated inscriptions.─ For Kêraḷa kings see also above, No. 834.
^[6] See above No. 819.
^[7] Compare below, No. 959.
^[8] I.e. 1188.
^[9] For a Vîra-Pâṇḍya who apparently was a contemporary of Ravivarman, see below, No. 957.
^[10] In the inscription called Syânandûra ; compare below, No. 966.
^[11] According to the late Mr. P. S. Pillai, this would be the surname of an Âdityavarman who is mentioned in another Trivandrum inscription, translated in Ind. Ant. Vol. XXV. p. 186.
^[12] I.e. 1296.
^[13] I.e. 1312.