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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA 92.─Ś. 855.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 249, and Plates. Sâṅglî (now Sâwantwâḍî) plates[1] of the Râshṭrakûṭa Mahârâjâdhirâja Gôvindarâja IV. Suvarṇavarsha (described as) the successor of the Mahârâjâdhirâja Nityavarsha (Indrarâja III.), residing at Mânyakhêṭa :─ (L. 44.)─Śakanṛipakâl-âtîta-saṁvatsara-śatêshv=ashṭasu paṁchapaṁchâśad-adhikêshv= aṁkatô=pi saṁvatsarâṇâṁ 855 pravarttamâna-Vijaya-saṁvatsar-âṁtarggata-Śrâvaṇa-paurṇṇamâsyâṁ vârê Gurôḥ Pûrvvâbhadrapadâ-nakshattrê. Thursday, 8th August A.D. 933 ; see ibid. Vol. XXIII. p. 114, No. 8. Genealogy, etc., substantially as in No. 91. 93.─Ś. 862.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 192, and Plate. Dêôlî (in Wardhâ district) plates of the Râshṭrakûṭa Mahârâjâdhirâja Kṛishṇarâja III. Akâlavarsha, the successor of the Mahârâjâdhirâja Amôghavarsha III., recording a grant made for the spiritual benefit of the king’s younger brother Jagattuṅga III. ; issued from Mânyakhêṭa :─ (L. 47).─Śakanṛipakâl-âtita-saṁva[tsa]ra-śatêshv=ashṭâsu dvisha[shṭy-a]dhikê[shu] Śârvvari-saṁ[vatsar-â]ntarggata-Vaiśâkha-va(ba)hula-pañchanyâṁ(myâṁ).
In the lunar race, in Yadu’s family, there was the god Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa ; and kings of that family became known as Tuṅgas, belonging to the Sâtyaki branch of it ; in their lineage, Raṭṭa ; after him, named after his son Râshṭrakûṭa, the Râshṭrakûṭa family. From that family sprang Dantidurga ; his paternal uncle Kṛishṇarâja [I.] ; his son Gôvindarâja [II.] ; his younger brother Nirupama Kalivallabha [Dhruvarâja] ; his son Jagattuṅga [I. Gôvindarâja III.] ; his son Nṛipatuṅga [Amôghavarsha I.] (founded Mânyakhêṭa) ; his son Kṛishṇarâja [II.] ; his son Jagattuṅga [II.] (did not reign) ; his son Indrarâja [III.] ; his son Amôghavarsha [II.] ; his younger brother Gôvindarâja [IV.]. After him, the son of Jagattuṅga II., Amôghavarsha [III. Baddiga] ; his son Kṛishṇarâja [III.] (slew Dantiga and Vappuka ;[2] in Gaṅgapâṭî deposed Rachhyâmalla, i.e. Râchamalla I.,[3] and put in his place Bhûtârya, i.e. Bûtuga II.; he also defeated the Pallava Aṇṇiga). 94.─Ś. 867.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 60, and Plate. Sâlôṭgi (now Iṇḍî) pillar inscription[4] of the reign of Kṛishṇarâja III. Akâlavarsha, the son of Amôghavarsha III., residing at Mânyakhêṭa :─ (L. 3).─Śaka-kâlâd=gat-âbdânâṁ sa-saptâdhikashashṭishu śatêshv=ashṭasu tâvatsu samânâm=aṅkatô=pi cha | Varttamânê Plavaṁg-âbdê . . . (L. 45).─Pûrvv-ôktê varttamân-âbdê mâsê Bhâdrapadê=ṁchitê pitṛi-parvvaṇi tasy=aiva Kujavârêṇa saṁyutê sûryyagrahaṇa-kâlê tu madhya-gê cha divâkarê. Tuesday, 9th September A.D. 945 ; a solar eclipse, visible in India ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 123, No. 61 ; and Vol. XXV. p. 269. 95.─Ś. 872*.─Ep. Ind. Vol. II. p. 171 ; Ep. Carn. Vol. III. p. 92, No. 41, and Plate ; Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 53, and Plates. Âtakûr (now Bangalore Museum) Kanarese inscription of the time of Kṛishṇarâja III. Kannaradêva[5] (who killed in battle at Takkôla the Chôḷa Mûvaḍi-Chôḷa Râjâditya[6]) and of the W. Gaṅga Permânaḍi Bûtuga II. Satyavâkya-Koṅguṇivarman-dharmamahârâjâdhirâja, ‘ lord of Kôḷâla,’ ‘ lord of Nandagiri : ’─ (L. 1).─ Sa(śa)kanri(nṛi)pakkal-âtita-sa[ṁ]vatsava-s(śa)taṅgaḷ=eṇṭu-nûr-[e]lpatt-[e]raḍa-neya Śô(sau)myam=emba sa[ṁ]vatsaraṁ pravarttise. __________________________________ |
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