South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

the Sinda Mahâsâmanta Nâgâtiyarasa (Nâgâditya, Nâgâtya), ‘ lord of Bhôgâvatî,’ the son of Pulikâla :─

(L. 52).─Sa(śa)ka-varsha 955[ne*]ya Śrîmukha-saṁvatsara pravarttise.

(For an earlier date in the same inscription see above, No. 144).

The inscription after Nâgâtya mentions his son Polasinda, and after him Sêvya (the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Sêvyarasa) as a vassal of the W. Châlukya (Sômêśvara II.) Bhuvanaikamalla.

157.─Ś. 957.─ PSOCI. No. 155 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 71, p. 146. Baḷagâṁve Kanarese inscription of the W. Châlukya Jayasiṁha II. Jagadêkamalla, reigning at Poṭṭaḷakere :─

(L. 10).─Śaka-varsha 957neya Yuva-saṁvatsarada Pushyada paurṇṇamâsey=uttarâ- yaṇasaṁkrâṁti-vyatipâram=Âdityavârad=aṁdu.

The date is irregular.

According to Mys. Inscr. p. 148, the above inscription is followed by a grant, the greater part of which has been defaced, of apparently a W. Gaṅga chief.

158.─Ś. 962.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. XIX. p. 164. Maṇṭûr Kanarese inscription of the reign of the W. Châlukya (Jayasiṁha II.) Jagadêkamalla, reigning at Poṭṭaḷakere, and of (his feudatory) the Raṭṭa Mahâsâmanta Ereyammarasa (Erega),^[1] ‘ lord of Lattalûr :’─

(L. 5).─Sa(śa)ka-varsha 962neya Vikrava(ma)-saṁvatsarada śrâheya Mârggaśira-śuddha 5 Âdityavârad=aṁdu.

The date is irregular ; see ibid. Vol. XXIV. p. 13, No. 180.

159.─Ś. 966.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 209, No. 14. Date of a Hûli Kanarese inscription of the W. Châlukya Sômêśvara I. :─

(L. 20).─ Śakanṛipakâḷ-âtîta-saṁvatsara-śataṁgaḷu 966neya Târaṇa-saṁvatasarada Puśya(shya)-su(śu)dhdha(ddha) 10 Âdivâram=a(u)ttarâyaṇasaṁkrântiy-aṁdu.

Sunday, 23rd December A.D. 1044 ; but the tithi which ended on this day was the first, not the 10th tithi of the bright half of Pausha ; see ibid. Vol. XXIV. p. 6, No. 148.

160.─PSOCI. No. 216 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 108, p. 204. Tâḷgund Kanarese inscription of the reign of the W. Châlukya (Sômêśvara I.) Trailôkyamalla, and of his feudatory, the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Siṅgaṇadêvarasa :^[2]─

‘ The Pârthiva saṁvatsara ; Sunday, the tenth day (in figures, l. 13) of the bright fortnight of Pushya ; at the time of the sun’s commencing his progress to the north.─ The year is effaced.’ (Mys. Inscr. : ‘ the 9th^[3] day ’).

[For Pârthiva = Ś. 967] the date is irregular.

161.─Ś. 968.─ PSOCI. No. 156 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 92, p. 183. Baḷagâṁve Kanarese memorial tablet of the time of (the W. Châlukya Sômêśvara I. Trailôkyamalla, and of his feudatory) the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Châvuṇḍarâya :─

‘ Śaka 968 (in figures, l. 3), the Vyaya saṁvatsara ; Wednesday, the fifth day of the bright fortnight of Mârgaśîrsha ; ’ (Mys. Inscr. : ‘ the 13th day of the moon’s increase, Friday ‘ P).

Wednesday, 5th November (or Friday, 14th November ?) A.D. 1046.

162.─Ś. 970.─Ind. Ant. Vol. IV. p. 179, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 157 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 53, p. 114. Baḷagâṁve Kanarese inscription of the reign of the W. Châlukya (Sômêśvara I.) Trailôkyamalla, and of his feudatory, the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Châvuṇḍarâya, ‘ lord of Banavâsî :’─

(L. 12).─Śaka-varsha 970neya Sarvvadhâri-saṁvatsarada Jyêshṭha śuddha-trayôdaśi Âdityavârad=andu.

The date is irregular ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIV. p. 13, No. 181.

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^[1] See below, No. 181
^[2] See Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 439.
^[3] The original appears to have ‘ 10.’