South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

103.─Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 82, and Plate. Bâvâjî Hill (near Vêlûr) Tamil rock inscription of the 26th year (of the reign) of Kannaradêva (i.e. the Râshṭrakûṭa Kṛishṇarâja III.). The inscription mentions a Vîra-Chôḷa, who according to Dr. Hultzsch may be identical with the Gaṅga-Bâṇa Pṛithivîpati II. Hastimalla ; see ibid. p. 223.─Compare below, No. 671.

104.─Ś. 893.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 255. Adaraguñchi Kanarese inscription of the reign of the Mahârâjâdhirâja Koṭṭiga (Khoṭṭiga) Nityavarsha,^[1] and the time of his feudatory, the W. Gaṅga Permânaḍi Mârasiṁha II. ;^[2] recording grants by Pañchaladêva :─

(L. 7).─ Sa(śa)kanṛipakâl-âtîta-saṁvachchha(tsa)ra-sa(śa)taṅgaḷ=eṇṭu-nûra-toṁb h a t t a- mûraneya Prajâpati-sa[ṁ*]vachchha(tsa)raṁ sallutam-ire tad-varsh-âbhyâ(bhya)ntarad= Âshva(śva)yujad=amavâse Âdityavâra sûryya-grahaṇa

Sunday, 22nd October A.D. 971 ; a solar eclipse, visible in India ; see ibid. Vol. XXIII. p. 123, No. 63.

105.─Ś. 894.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 264 and Plates. Kharḍa^[3] (now Bombay As. Soc.’s) Plates^[4] of the Râshṭrakûṭa Mahârâjâdhirâja Kakkarâja II. (Kakkaladêva) Amôghavarsha, ‘ who meditated on the feet of the Mahârâjâdhirâja Akâlavarsha,’ residing at Mânyakhêṭa :─

(L. 47).─Śakanṛipakâl-âtîta-samvatsara-śatêshv=ashṭasu chaturṇṇa(rna)vaty-adhikêshv= aṅkataḥ samvat 894 Aṅgirâ(raḥ)-samvatsar-ântarggata-Âśvayuja-paurṇṇamâsyâyâm ’ Vu(bu)dha-dinê sômagrahaṇa-mahâparvvaṇi.

Wednesday, 25th September A.D. 972 ; a lunar eclipse, visible in India ; see ibid, Vol. XXIII. p. 115, No. 10.

In Yadu’s lineage, Duntidurga ; his paternal uncle Kṛishṇarâja [I.] ; his son Gôvindarâja [II.] ; his younger brother Nirupama [Dhruvarâja] ; his son Jagattuṅga [I. Gôvindarâja III.] ; his son Amôghavarsha [I.] (defeated the [E.] Châlukyas ; founded Mânyakhêṭa) ; his son Akâlavarsha Kṛishṇa[râja II.]. married the daughter of the Chêdi Kôkkalla, the younger sister of Śaṅkuka. Their son Jagattuṅga [II.] married Lakshmî, the daughter of the Chêdi Śaṁkaragaṇa, who bore to him Indra[râja III.]; he also married ‘ his maternal uncle ’ Śaṁkaragaṇa’s daughter Gôvindâmbâ who bore to him Amôghavarsha [III.]. Amôghavarsha [III.] married Yuvarâjadêva’s daughter Kundakadêvî, who bore to him Khoṭṭigadêva who became king after the death of his eldest brother Kṛishṇarâja [III.]. Amôghavarsha Nṛipatuṅga Kakkarâja [II.]^[5] is the son of Khoṭṭiga’s younger brother Nirupama.

106.─Ś. 896*.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 271. Guṇḍûr Kanarese inscription of the reign of the Mahârâjâdhirâja Kakkaladêva (Kakkarâja II.), and the time of his feudatory, the W. Gaṅga Permânaḍi Mârasiṁha II. Noḷambakulântaka, and of Pañchaladêva :^[6]─

(L. 13).─Sa(śa)kha(ka)-varsham=eṇṭu-nûra-toṁbhatt-âraneya Śrîmakha-saṁvatsar-Âshâḍa(ḍha)-dakshiṇâyaṇa(na)-saṁkrântiyum=Âdityavârad=anduṁ.

Perhaps Sunday, 22nd June A.D. 973, but the Saṁkrânti took place on Tuesday, 24th June A.D. 973 ; see ibid. Vol. XXIV. p. 12, No. 174.

107.─Ś. 904.─Inscr. at Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa, No. 57, p. 53. Eulogy, in Kanarese, of the Râshṭrakûṭa Indrarâja IV., the son’s son of Kṛishṇarâja III. Date of his death :─

Vanadhi-nabhô-nidhi-pramita-saṁkhyê (khya)-Sakâvanipâḷa-kâḷamaṁ neneyise Chitrabhânu parivarttise Chaitra-sitêtar-âshṭamî-dina-yuta-Sômavâradoḷu.

Monady, 20th March A.D. 982 ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 124, No. 64.

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^[1] Also called Raṭṭa-Kandarpa.
^[2] See below, No. 129 ff.
^[3] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XXXI. p. 220.
^[4] The third plate is now missing.
^[5] Also called Vîra-Nârâyaṇa, etc.
^[6] See Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 307 ; Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 173, note 1.─ See also below, No. 132.