South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

1062.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 115. Tirupparuttikkunru (near Conjeeveram) Tamil inscription, recording a grant made by the minister Irugappa.^[1] the son of the Daṇḍanâtha Vaichaya, for the merit of the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Bukkarâja [II.], the son of Arihararâja (i.e. Harihara II.) :─

‘ (In) the Dundubhi year, (on) the day of Kâttigai (Kṛittikâ), which corresponded to a Monday and to the full-moon tithi of the first fortnight in the month of Kâttigai.’

[For Dundubhi = Ś. 1304] the date is irregular ; see ibid Vol. VI. p. 329, No. 1.

1063.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 116. Tirupparuttikkunru (near Conjeeveram) inscription, recording that the maṇḍapa on which it is found was built by the general Irugappa, the son of the Daṇḍanâtha Vaichaya, at the command of (the Jaina priest) Pushpasêna.

(L. 1).─ saṁvatsarê Prâbhavê.

[Prabhava = Ś. 1309]

1064.─Ś. 1437.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 20. Amarâvatî (Amarêśvara temple) inscription of Kṛishṇarâya, the son of Narasa and Nâgamâmbâ, of Vijayanagara :─

(L. 35).─ Âshâḍhê=bdê Yuv-âkhyê muni-pura-jaladh-îmdv-aṁkitê . . Śak-âbdê . . dvâdaśyâṁ.^[2]

The king took Śivanasamudra, Udayâdri, Vinikoṇḍa and Bellakoṇḍa, captured the Gajapati king’s son Vîrabhadra, and took Koṇḍavîḍu.

1065.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 185. British Museum (formerly Sir W. Elliot’s) plates^[3] (Kaluchumbarru grant) of the E. Châlukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Ammarâja II. Vijayâditya VI.,^[4] lord of Vêṅgî, recording a grant to the Jaina teacher Arhanandin (the disciple of Ayyapôṭi who was the disciple of Sakalachandra-siddhânta), made at the instance of Arhanandin’s pupil, the lady Châmekâmbâ of the Paṭṭavardhika^[5] lineage :─

(L. 62).─ uttarâyaṇa-nimittêna.

Genealogy with lengths of reigns as far as Kali-Vishṇuvardhana [Vishṇuvardhana V.] Substantially^[6] as in No. 560. His son Guṇaga-Vijayâditya [Vijayâditya III.] (‘ had his arms honoured ’ by the Vallabha king ;^[7] reigned 44 years) ; his younger brother the Yuvarâja Vikramâditya’s son [Châlukya-] Bhîma [I.] (conquered Kṛishṇavallabha ;^[8] 30 ys.) ; his son Vijayâditya [IV.] Kollabigaṇḍa (6 months) ; his eldest son Ammarâja [I.] Râjamahêndra (7 ys.) ; having expelled his son Vijayâditya [V.], Tâlapa, the son of Yuddhamalla [I.] (one month) ; having conquered him, Châlukya-Bhîma’s son Vikramâditya [II.] (9 months) ; Tâlapa’s eldest son Yuddhamalla [II.] (7 ys.) ; the son of Kollabigaṇḍa [Vijayâditya IV.] and brother, from a different mother, of Râjamahêndra [Ammarâja I.], viz. [Châlukya-] Bhîma [II.] (Râjabhîma, conquered Râjamayya,^[9] Dhalaga,^[10] Tâtabikki,^[10] Bijja,^[11] Ayyapa,^[12] Gôvindarâja,^[13] the Chôḷa Lôvabikki, and [his own predecessor] Yuddhamalla [II.] ; reigned 12 ys.) ; his son, from Lôkamahâdêvî, Ammarâja [II.].

1066.─ Ś. 1238.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 130. Conjeeveram (Aruḷâḷa-Perumâḷ temple) Sanskṛit and Tamil inscription of the time of the Kâkatîya^[14] Mahâmaṇḍalachakravartin

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^[1] See above, No. 469.
^[2] The date is identical with that No. 508, and would therefore correspond to the 23rd June A.D. 1515.
^[3] They contain a short Telugu passage and otherwise a few Telugu words.
^[4] See above, No. 563 ff.
^[5] See above, Nos. 559 and 564.
^[6] But Kubja-Vishṇuvardhana is called Kubja-Vishṇu (compare No. 581), and Indra-bhaṭṭâraka Indrarâja.
^[7] I.e. the Râshṭrakûṭa Amôghavarsha I. or Kṛishṇarâja II.
^[8] I.e. the Râshṭrakûṭa Kṛishṇarâja II.
^[9] Perhaps the Râjavarman in No. 127 above.
^[10] Compare above, No. 562.
^[11] Perhaps the Bijja-Dantivarman of Banavâsî, above No. 127.
^[12] Perhaps the Ayyapadêva in No. 126 above.
^[13] I.e. the Râshṭrakûṭa Gôvindarâja IV.
^[14] See above, No. 584 ff.