South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

176.─ Ś. 993.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 215, and Plate. Jaṭiṅga-Râmêśvara Hill Kanarese inscription of the W. Châlukya Jayasiṁha III.,^[1] styled ‘ the lion of elder brother ’ (Sômêśvara II.), encamped (as viceroy) near Gondavâḍi :─

(L. 8).─Sa(śa)ka-varsha 993neya Virôdhikṛit-saṁvatsarada Pâ(phâ)lguṇa(na)d=amavâse Budhavâraṁ.

Wednesday, 21st March A.D. 1072 (?).^[2]

177.─Ś. 996.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. X. p. 127. Bijâpur Sanskṛit and Kanarese inscription of the reign of the W. Châlukya (Sômêśvara II.) Bhuvanaikamalla,^[3] and of his feudatory, the Daṇḍanâyaka Nâkimayya :─

(L. 10).─Sa(śa)ka-varshaṁ 996neya Ânaṁda-saṁvatsarada Puśya(shya)-su(śu)-dhdha(ddha) 5 Bri(bṛi)haspativârad=aṁdin=uttarâyaṇasaṁkrâṁti-parvva-nimittam=âgi.

Thursday, 25th December A.D. 1074 ; see ibid. Vol. XXIII. p. 115, No. 15.

178.─ Ś. 997.─Archæol. Surv. of West. India, Vol. III. p. 105 ; Vol. I Plate xiii; Ind. Ant. Vol. I. p. 141 ; PSOCI. No. 92 Kâdarôḷi Kanarese inscription of the reign of the W. Châlukya (Sômêśvara II.)Bhuvanaikamalla, and of his feudatory, the Daṇḍanâyaka Kêśavâditya :─

(L. 19).─ Sa(śa)ka-varsha 997neya Râkshasa-saṁvatsarada Pushyada puṇṇame Âdityavâra uttarâyaṇaśaṁ(saṁ)krânti-vyatîpâtad=aṁdu.

25th December A.D. 1075 ; but the day was a Friday, not a Sunday ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XIV. p. 7, No. 153.

179.─Ś. 997.─Ind. Ant. Vol. IV. p. 208 ; PSOCI. No. 161 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 69, p. 142. Baḷagâṁve Kanarese inscription of the reign of the W. Châlukya (Sômêśvara II.)

Bhuvanaikamalla, and of his feudatory Gaṅgapermânaḍi Bhuvanaikavîra Udayâditya :^[4]─

(L. 30).─Sa(śa)ka-varsha 997neya Râkshasa-saṁvatsarada Pushya-śudhdha(ddha) 1 Sômavârad=andin=uttarâyaṇasaṁkrânti-parbba(rvva)-nimittadin=

The date is irregular ; compare above, No. 178.

Before Bhuvanaikamalla the inscription enumerates Satyâśraya [Irivabeḍaṅga], Vikramâditya [V.], Ayyaṇa [II.], Jayasiṁha [II.], and Trailôkyamalla [Sômêśvara I.].

180.─ PSOCI. No. 162 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 61, p. 132. Baḷagâṁve incomplete Kanarese inscription of the reign of the W. Châlukya (Sômêśvara II.) Bhuvanaikamalla, and of his feudatory, Bhuvanaikavîra Udayâditya.

181.─ Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. X. p. 213. Saundatti fragmentary Kanarese inscription of the reign of the W. Châlukya (Sômêśvara II.) Bhuvanaikamalla, and of his feudatory, the Raṭṭa Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Kârtavîrya (Katta) II., ‘ lord of Lattalûr.’

Genealogy of Kârtavîrya II. : King Nanna ; his son Katta (Kârtavîrya) [I.] ;^[5] his son Ḍâyima (Dâvari) ; his younger brother Kanna (Kannakaira) [I.] ; his son Erega (Eraga) ;^[6] his younger brother Aṅka ;[7] Eraga’s son Sêna [I.], married Maiḷaladêvî ; their son Katta (Kârtavîrya) [II.], married Bhâgaladêvî ; their son Sêna [II.]

182.─ PSOCI. No. 177 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 73, p. 151. Baḷagâṁve Kanarese inscription, ‘ probably of ’ the W. Châlukya ‘ Vikramâditya VI. Tribhuvanamalla ’ (according to Mys. Inscr. of Sômêśvara II. Bhuvanaikamalla).^[8]

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^[1] The full name is Traiḷôkyamalla-Nolamba-Pallava-Permâḍi-Jayasiṁha ; see Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 453 ; and below, No. 188 ; compare also No. 753.
^[2] The tithi of the date only commenced 13 h. 6 m. after mean sunrise.
^[3] In line 42 commences a second inscription, undated and apparently unfinished, of (Vikramâditya VI.) Tribhuvanamalla.
^[4] He is described as belonging to the lineage of Brahmakshatras, and as ‘ lord of Kôḷâḷapura ’ and ‘ lord of Nandagiri.’
^[5] See above, No. 141.
^[6] See above, No. 158.
^[7] See above, No. 163. ^[8] The date is illegible ; Mys. Inscr. gives the year Râkshasa (which would be Ś. 997).