South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

Vishṇugôpa-mahâdhirâja ; his son Mâdhava-mahâdhirâja [II.] ; his son Avinîta Koṅgaṇi-mahâdhirâja, sister’s son of the Kadamba Kṛishṇavarma-mahâdhirâja.^[1]

113.─Ind. Ant. Vol. VII. p. 174 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 157, p. 294, Bangalore Museum (spurious^[2]) plates^[3] of the third year of the reign of the W. Gaṅga Koṅgaṇi-mahârâja :- (L. 37).─âtmana pravarddhyamâna-vipul-aiśvaryê tritiyê savatsarê Śrâvaṇê mâsê tithâv= âma . . .

In the Jâhnavêya family and Kâṇvâyana gôtra, Koṅgaṇivarma-dharmamahâdhirâja ; his son Mâdhava-mahâdhirâja [I.] (composed a Dattakasûtra-vṛitti) ; his son Harivarma-mahâdhirâja; his son Vishṇugôpa-mahâdhirâja ; his son Mâdhava-mahâdhirâja [II.] ; his son Koṅgaṇi-mahâdhirâja, sister’s son of the Kadamba Kṛishṇavarma-mahâdhirâja ; his son Koṅgaṇi- maharâja.

114.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. V. p. 138, and Plates ; PSOCI . No. 268 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 159, p. 291. Mallohaḷḷi (spurious^[4]) plates of the 35th year of the reign of the W. Gaṅga Durvinîta Koṅgaṇi-vṛiddharâja :─

(L. 43).─ âtmanah=pravarddhamâna-vijayaiśvaryyê pañchtriṁśad-Vijaya-saṁvatsarê^[5] pravarttamânê.

Genealogy as far as Mâdhava-mahâdhirâja [II.] as in No. 113 ; his son Avinîta Koṅgaṇi-mahâdhirâja, sister’s son of the Kadamba Kṛishṇavarma-mahâdhirâja ; his son Durvinîta Koṅgaṇi-vṛiddharâja, daughter’s son of Skanadavarman ( Râjâ of Punnâḍa).

115.─Ś. 635.─ Ep. Carn. Vol. III. p. 107, No. 113, and Plates. Haḷḷegere (spurious^[6]) plates of the 34th year of the reign of Śivamâra I. Pṛithivi-Koṅgaṇi-mahârâja Navakâma, recording a grant made at the request of the Pallavâdhirâjas Jaya and Vṛiddhi, the sons of Pallava-yuvarâja, issued from Talavanapura :─

(L. 34)─pañchatriṁśôttara-shaṭchhatêshu Śaka-varshêshv=atîtêshu âtmanah=pravarddhamâna-vijayaiśvaryya-saṁvatsarê chatustriṁśatkê pravarttamânê.

Genealogy as far as Mâdhava-mahâdhirâja [II.] as in No. 113 ; his son Avinîta Koṅgaṇi-mahâdhirâja, sister’s son of the Kadamba Kṛishṇavarma-mahâdhirâja ; his son Durvinîta Koṅgaṇi-vṛiddharâja (author of a commentary on 15 sargas or on the 15th sarga of the Kirâtârjunîya) ; his son Mushkara Koṅgaṇi-vṛiddharâja ; his son Śrîvikrama Koṅgaṇi-mahâdhirâja, son of a daughter of Sindhurâja ; his son Bhûvikrama Koṅgaṇi-mahâdhirâja Śrîvallabha (defeated the Pallavas at Veḷanda^[7]) ; his younger brother Śivamâra [I.] Pṛithivî-Koṅgaṇi-mahârâja Navakâma.

116.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. XIV. p. 230, and Plates. British Museum (formerly Sir W. Elliot’s, Spurious^[8]) Sanskṛit and Kanarese^[9] plates of the W. Gaṅga dynasty, recording a grant by a certain Eregaṅga.^[10]

The grant gives the genealogy from Koṅgaṇivarma-dharmamahâdhirâja to Navakâma, the younger brother of Bhûvikrama.

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^[1] For Kadambas named Kṛishṇavarman, see below, Nos. 613 and 614.
^[2] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XXX. p. 222, No. 51.
^[3] The second side of the fourth plate is illegible, and the following plate or plates are lost.
^[4] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XXX. p. 222, No. 52.
^[5] The year Vijaya according to Mr. Rice is here Ś. 435.
^[6] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XXX. p. 222, No. 54.
^[7] Or Viḷanda.
^[8] See ibid. p. 222, No. 55.
^[9] “ The language . . . is extremely corrupt ; . . . the text . . . goes backwards and forwards in a way that would render that text utterly unintelligible, but for the Merkara and Nâgamaṅgala (Dêvarhaḷḷi) grants.”
^[10] There is nothing to indicate whether this is another name of Navakâma (Sivamâra I.) or the name of one
of his feudatories.