South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

Nirupama [Dhruvarâja] ; his son Jagattuṅga [I. Gôvindarâja III.] ; his son Śrîvallabha Vîra-Nârâyaṇa [Amôghavarsha I.] (defeated the [E.] Chalukyas) ; his son Kṛishṇarâja [II.] ; his son Jagattuṅga [II.], married Lakshmî, the daughter of the Chêdi Raṇavigraha who was a son of Kôkkalla of the Haihaya family ; their son Indrarâja [III.]^[1] (uprooted Mêru^[2]).

87.─Ś. 836.─ Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. XVIII. p. 261, and Plates. Other Bagumrâ plates of the Râshṭrakûṭa Mahârâjâdhirâja Indrarâja III. Nityavarsha, of the same date as, and, excepting the formal part of the grant, identical with, No. 86.

88.─Ś. 838.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 224. Hattî-Mattûr Kanarese inscription^[3] of the reign of the Râshṭrakûṭa^[4] Mahârâjâdhirâja Nityavarsha (Indrarâja III.), recording a grant by the Mahâsâmanta Leṇḍeyarasa :─

(L. 3).─Sa(śa)kabhûpâḷakâḷ-[â*]krânta-saṁ[va*]tsara-Prabâ(bha)v-âdi-nâmadê(dhê)yam= uttama-madhyama-jaghanya-pa(pha)ḷadâ(da)-prabhṛitigaḷ=eṇṭu-nûra-mûvatt-eṇṭe (ṇ ṭ a ) n e y a Dhâtu-saṁvatsar-[â*]ntarggata.

89.─Ś. 840.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 223. Daṇḍâpur Kanarese inscription of the reign of the Râshṭrakûṭa4 Prabhûtavarsha (Gôvindarâja IV.) :─

(L. 2).─eṇṭu-nûra-nâlvatt=avu tâ || Śaka-kâlaṁgaḷ=varshaṁ prakaṭaṁ persariṁ Pramâthi varttise dinapaṁ makarakke varppa saṁkramaṇa-kâladoḷ=kûḍe banda Paushada tithiyoḷ |^[5]

90.─Ś. 851.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 211, No. 48 ; see ibid. p. 249. Date of a Kaḷas Kanarese inscription of Gojjigadêva (Gôvindarâja IV.) :^[6]─

(L. 22).─[Śa]ka-varsha 851neya Vikṛita-saṁvatsarada Mâghada puṇṇamey=Âdityavâram= Âślêsha(shâ)-nakshatrado(?)ḷ(?)sôma-grahaṇaṁ samanise tuḷâ-pu[rusham=i?]ḷḍu tatsamayadoḷ, Sunday, 17th January A.D. 930 ; a lunar eclipse, visible in India ; see ibid. Vol. XXIII. p. 114, No. 7

91.─Ś. 853.─Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 36, and Plates. Cambay plates of the Râshṭrakûṭa Mahârâjâdhirâja Gôvindarâja IV. Suvarṇavarsha, (described as) the successor of the Mahârâjâdhirâja Nityavarsha (Indrarâja III.), settled at his capital Mânyakhêṭa :^[7]─

(L. 44).─Śakanṛipakâl-âtîka-saṁvatsara-śatêshv=ashṭasu dvâpañchâśad-adhikêshv=aṅkatô= pi Śaka-saṁvat 852 pravarttamâna-Khara-saṁvatsar-ântarggata-Jyêshṭha-śûddha-daśamyâṁ Śôma-dinê Hasta-samîpasthê chandramasi.

Monday, 10th May A.D. 930 ; see ibid. p. 28.

In the family of the Yadus (sprung from the Moon), Dantidurgarâja ; his paternal uncle Kṛishṇarâja [I.] ; his son Gôvindarâja [II.] ; his younger brother Iddhatêjas Nirupama [Dhruvarâja] ; after him, Jagattuṅga [I. Gôvindarâja III.] ; his son Amôghavarsha [I.] (defeated the [E.] Châlukyas at Viṅgavallî) ; his son Akâlavarsha [Kṛishṇarâja II.] (conquered Khêṭaka), married a daughter of Kôkkala ; their son Jagattuṅga [II.], married Lakshmî, the daughter of Kôkkala’s son Raṇavigraha ; their son Indrarâja [III] (uprooted Mahôdaya), married Vijâmbâ, the daughter of Ammaṇadêva who was the son of Kôkkalla’s son Arjuna ; their son Gôvindarâja [IV.] Prabhûtavarsha Suvarṇavarsha.^[8]

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^[1] Also called Raṭṭa-Kandarpa and Kîrti-Nârâyaṇa.
^[2] I.e. probably, Mahôdaya ; see below, No. 91.
^[3] This inscription is followed on the same stone by another Kanarese inscription, of the 11th or 12th century
A.D., recording private grants.
^[4] The name Râshṭrakûṭa does not occur in the inscription.
^[5] See Dr. Fleet in Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 177, note 7.
^[6] See Dr. Fleet ibid. p. 177.
^[7] But, when making the grant, the king had gone to Kapitthaka on the Gôdâvarî for the festival of the paṭṭabandha.
^[8] Also called Sâhasâṅka, Nitya-Kandarpa, Vikrânta-Nârâyaṇa, etc.