South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

5.-Ind. Ant. Vol. XIX. p. 16, and Plate. Bâdâmi (Mahâkûṭa) pillar inscription^[1] of the 5th year of the reign of the W. Chalukya^[2] Maṅgalêśa Raṇavikrânta :-

(L.14).-uttarôttara-pravarddhamâna-râjya-pañchama-śrî-varshê pravarttamânê Siddhârthê Vaisâkha-paurṇṇamâsyâm.

The Jovian year Siddhârtha, if it is really intended here,^[3] by the mean-sign system lasted from the 25th October A.D. 601 to the 21st October A.D. 602 (in Ś. 523-524).

6.-Ind. Ant. Vol. VII. p. 161, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 11. Nerûr (now India Office) plates of the W. Chalukya^[5] Maṅgalarâja (Maṅgalêśa, who put to fight Śaṁkaragaṇa’s son Buddharâja,^[4] and killed Svâmirâja of the Châlikya family), the son of Vallabha (Pulakêsin I.) :-

(L. 14).-saṁvatsara-pûjyatamâyâṁ Kârttika-dvâdaśyâṁ.

7.-S. 532.-Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. X. p. 365, and Plates. Goa plates, recording a grant by Satyâśraya Dhruvarâja Indravarman of the Bappura family, who was staying at Rêvatîdvîpa[6] and acting with the permission of the Mahârâja Śrîpṛithivî-vallabha ; of the 20th year of the reign (according to Dr. Bhandarkar, of the W. Chalukya Maṅgalêśa, but according to Dr. Fleet of the 20th year of his own administration) :-

(L. 6).- Mâgha-paurṇṇamâsyâm.

(L. 17).- pravarddhamâna-vijayarâjya-saṁvatsaraṁ viñśatimaṁ^[7] Saka-kâlah=pañcha varsha-śatâni dvâtṛiṅśâni.^[8]

8.─Ś. 532 (?).─Kurtakôṭi (spurious) plates of the W. Châlukya Vikramâditya I. Satyâśraya ; see below, No. 21.

9.─Ś. 534.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. VI. p. 73, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 12.Haidarânâd plates of the third year of the reign of the W. Chalukya^[5] Mahârâja Satyâśraya (Pulakêśin II.), son of the Mahârâja Kîrtivarman I., and son’s son of the Mahârâja Satyâśraya Polekêśivallabha (Pulakêśin I.); issued from Vâtâpînagarî :─

(L. 11).-âtmanaḥ pravarddhamâna-râjyâbhishêka-saṁvatsarê tṛitîyê Śakanṛipati- saṁvatsara-śatêshu chatustriṁś-âdhikêshu pañchasv=atîtêshu Bhâdrapad-âmâvâsyâyâṁ sûryyagrahaṇa-nimittaṁ.

2nd August A.D. 612;^[9] a solar eclipse, not visible in India ; see ibid. Vol. XXIII. p. 130, No. 106.

10.-S. 556 (Ky. 3735^[10]).─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 4, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 73. Aihoḷe inscription, recording the construction of temple of Jinêndra by a certain Ravikîrti, during

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^[1] The inscription is read from the bottom upwards ; compare below, No. 641.
^[2] The original has Chaḷikya.
^[3] The earliest inscription in this List, in which a Jovian year undoubtedly is quoted, is No. 56 of Ś. 692.
^[4] Compare Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 294.
^[5] The original has Chalikya.
^[6] See below, No. 10.
^[7] Read viṁśatimaṁ.
^[8] Read dvâtriṁśâni.
^[9] This was the new-moon day of the pûrṇimânta Bhâdrapada.─On the 23rd July A.D. 613, which was the new-moon day of the pûrṇimânta Bhâdrapada of Ś. 535 expired, there was a total eclipse of the sun that was fully visible at Bâdâmi.
^[10] Described as the year 3735 since the Bhârata war.