South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

D. ─The Western Châlukyas of Kalyâṇi and their Feudatories.^[1]

140.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XXI. p. 167. Part of a Gadag Sanskṛit and Kanarese inscription,^[2] recording the restoration of the W. Châlukya sovereignty by Taila II., the son of Vikramâditya IV. and Bonthâdêvî.─ Taila destroyed some Raṭṭas, killed [the Paramâra] Muñja,^[3] took is battle the head of [the W. Gaṅga] Pañchala,^[4] possessed himself of the Châlukya sovereignty, and reigned for 24 years, beginning with the year Śrîmukha.

[Śrîmukha=Ś. 895.]

141.─Ś. 902.─Supplied by Dr. Fleet (compare his Dynasties, p. 553). Date of a Sogal (in Beḷgaum district) Kanarese inscription of the reign of the W. Châlukya Taila II., and of his feudatory, the Raṭṭa Kârtavîrya I.,^[5]lord of the Kûṇḍi country :─

Sa(śa)ka-varsha 902neya Vikrama-saṁvatsarad=Âshâḍa(ḍha)d=amavâsyey=Âdiv[âraṁ] sûryyagrahaṇa-nimittadoḷ.

The date is irregular as regards both the week-day and the eclipse.

142.─Ś. 902.─ Jour Bo. As. Soc. Vol. X. p. 204. Saundatti Kanarese inscription of the reign of the W. Châlukya Tailapa (Taila II.), and of his feudatory, the Raṭṭa Mahâsâmanta Śântivarman (Śânta), the son of Piṭṭuga (who defeated Ajavarman, and) who was the son of Pṛithivîrâma :^[6]─

(L. 34).─Sa(śa)kauṛipakâl-âtîta-saṁvatsara-śataṁga[ḷ*] 902neya Vikrama-saṁvatsarada Paushya(sha)-śuddha-daśamî Bṛihaspativârad=aṁdin=uttarâyaṇa-śa(sa)ṁkramaṇadoḷ.

Thursday, 23rd December A.D. 980 ; but the tithi which ended on this day was the 14th, not the 10th tithi of the bright half of Pausha ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIV. p. 6, No. 147.

143.─Ś. 904.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 206. Nîlgund inscription of the reign of the W. Châlukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Tailapa Âhavamall (Taila II., who defeated, amongst others, king Utpala^[7]), and of his feudatory Śôbhana,^[8] the younger brother and successor of Kannapa (or Kennapa) :─

(L. 17).─ Sa(śa)kanṛipa-saṁvatsarêshu chaturadhika-navaśatêshu gatêshu Chitrabhânu-saṁvatsarê Bhâdrapada-mâsê sûryya-grahaṇê sati.

20th September A.D. 982 ; a solar eclipse, visible in India.

144.─Ś. 911 (for 912).─ Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 232 ; PSOCI. No. 86. Bhairanmaṭṭi Kanarese Sinda inscription.[9] Date of the reign of the W. Châlukya Tailapayya (Taila II.), and of the Sinda Pulikâla, born in the Nâga race, ‘ lord of Bhôgâvatî,’ a son of Kammara (Kammayyarasa):─

(L. 4).─Sa(śa)ka-varsha 911 Vikri(kṛi)tam=eṁba saṁvatsara pravarttise.

(For a later date in the same inscription see below, No. 156).

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^[1] These include (among others) ;─
(a).─ The Raṭṭas ; see Nos. 141, 142, 158, 163, 181, 189, 192, 193, 201, 220, 263-268, (and, of earlier inscriptions, No. 79).
(b).─The Sindas ; see Nos. 144, 156, 189, 218, 224, 233, 234, 238, 243, 247 (and perhaps 253),
(c).­─The Kâdambas ; see Nos. 147, 164, 168, 173, 210, 227, 235, 241, 242, 249, 254, 255, 260, 261, 262, 269,
270 (and below, Nos. 424 and 425).─For the early Kadambas see No. 602 ff.
(d).─ The Pâṇḍyas of the Koṅkaṇa and Noḷambavâḍi (Noṇambavâḍi); see Nos. 212, 219, 225, 231, 236, 238, 244, 248, 250, 251, 252.─ For the Pâṇḍyas of Madhurâ see below, section N.
^[2] According to Dr. Fleet, of the time of the W. Châlukya Vikramâditya VI.; see his Dynasties, p. 426, note 3.
^[3] Compare below, No. 328.
^[4] See Nos. 132 and 259, and compare Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 432.
^{[ 5]} See below, No. 181.
^[6] See above, No. 79.
^[7] I.e. the Paramâra Muñja ; see below, No. 150. In my edition of the Nîlgund inscription I have wrongly altered Utpaḷa to Utkaḷa.
^[8] See below, No. 146.
^[9] Put on the stoen about A.D. 1070.