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South Indian Inscriptions

 

 

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Dr. Bhandarkar

J.F. Fleet

Prof. E. Hultzsch

Prof. F. Kielhorn

Prof. H. Luders

J. Ramayya

E. Senart

J. PH. Vogel

Index-By V. Venkayya

Appendix

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Other South-Indian Inscriptions 

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Tiruvarur

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Konerirajapuram

Tanjavur

Annual Reports 1935-1944

Annual Reports 1945- 1947

Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume 2, Part 2

Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume 7, Part 3

Kalachuri-Chedi Era Part 1

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Epigraphica Indica

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Epigraphia Indica Volume 27

Epigraphia Indica Volume 29

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Epigraphia Indica Volume 31

Epigraphia Indica Volume 32

Paramaras Volume 7, Part 2

Śilāhāras Volume 6, Part 2

Vākāṭakas Volume 5

Early Gupta Inscriptions

Archaeological Links

Archaeological-Survey of India

Pudukkottai

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

966.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 202. Trivandrum[1] (Padmanâbhasvâmin temple) Sanskṛit and Tamil inscription[2] of the time of Gôda-Mârtâṇḍa, the lord of Gôḷamba (Kôḷamba) :─

(L. 3).─Dhanushi . . . . uttuṁga-Jîvê.[3]

967.─Ś. 856.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. X. p. 104, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 52. Bâdâmi (Mahâkȗṭa) unfinished Kanarese pillar inscription of the Mahâsâmanta Bappuvarasa :─

(L. 6).─Sa(śa)kanṛipakâḷ-âtîta-sa[ṁ]vatsara-śataṁgaḷ=eṇṭu-nu(nȗ)ra-ayivatta-â r a n e y a Jaya-sa[ṁ]vatsarada Kârtta(rtti)ka-su(śu)ddha-pañchamiyuṁ Budhavârad=andu[ṁ]. Wednesday, 15th October A.D. 934 ;[4] see ibid. Vol. XXIV. p. 2, No. 127.

Bappuvarasa[5] is described as ‘ a very Bhairava . . . to the assemblage of the enemies of the brave Gôpâḷa (Vîra-Gôpâḷa ?).’

968.─ Ś. 1041*.─ Inscr. at Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa, No. 139, p. 109. Sanskṛit and Kanarese inscription recording the date of the death of a female disciple of Divâkaranandi-siddhântadêva :─

Śaka-varshaṁ 1041neya Viḷambi-saṁvatsarada Phâlguṇa(na)-śuddha-pañchamî Budhavârad=andu.

The date is irregular.

Divâkaranandi-siddhântadêva’s disciple was Maladhâridêva, whose disciple was Śubhachandra-siddhântadêva.[6]

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969.─ Ś. 1050.─ Inscr. at Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa, No. 54, p. 41 ; Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 189, and Plate. Pillar inscription recording the date of the death of Mallishêṇa Mahadhâridêva, the disciple of Ajitasêna, ‘ preceded by a sort of historical sketch of the Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa branch of the Digambara branch of the Jainas ;’ (composed by Maladhâridêva’s lay-disciple Mallinâtha) :─

(L. 218).─ Śâkê śȗnya-śar-âṁbar-âvani-mitê saṁvatsarê Kîlakê mâsê [Ph]âlgunakê tri(tṛi)tîya-divasê vârê=sitê Bhâskarê Svâtau . . . madhyâhnê.

Sunday, 10th March A. D. 1129 ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 124, No. 68. Of royal personages the inscription mentions : Chandragupta (in connection with Bhadrabâhu) ; Sâhasatuṅga and Himaśîtala (in connection with Akalaṅka) ; Śatrubhayaṁkara (in connection with Vimalachandra) ; Kṛishṇarâja (in connection with Paravâdimalla) ; the Poysaḷa (Hoysaḷa) Vinayâditya (in connection with Śântidêva) ; and Âhavamalla (i.e. perhaps the W. Châlukya Sômêśvara I., in connection with Śabdachaturmukha, i.e. perhaps Śântinâtha).

970.─ Ś. 1059 (for 1051 ?).─Inscr. at Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa, No. 68, p. 60. Kanarese pillar inscription recording the date of the death of Tribhuvanamalla Chaladaṅkarâva Hoysaḷaseṭṭi, and the erection by his wife of a monument in his memory :─

Sa(śa)ka-varśa(rsha) 1059neya Saumya-saṁvatsarada Mâgha-mâsada śukla-pakshada saṅkramaṇad=andu.

Saumya would be Ś. 1051 expired.

971.─ Ś. 1121.─ PSOCI. No. 114. Hampe Kanarese inscription of Maiduna-Chauḍayya :─ ‘ Śaka 1121 (in figures, l. 11), the Siddhârthi saṁvatsara ; at the time of the sun’s commencing his progress to the north.’

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[1] In the inscription called Syânandûra ; compare above, No. 941.
[2] Of about the 14th century A.D.─ Mr. P. S. Pillai has taken the inscription to be dated in the Kollam year
365 ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIV. p. 280, and Vol. XXVI. p. 109.
[3] I.e. (in the month of Dhanus) when Jupiter was in the sign Karkaṭaka.─ Compare Raghuvaṁśa III. 13, S. P. Pandit’s note.
[4] On this day the tithi of the date commenced 2 h. 42 m. after mean sunrise.
[5]He appears to have the biruda Ratnâvalôka.
[6] Compare above, No. 398.


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