South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

the reign of the W. Chalukya Pulakêśin II. Satyâśraya ; (composed by Ravikîrti himself, whose fame is compared to that of Kâlidâsa and Bhâravi):-

(L. 16).─Triṁśatsu tri-sahasrêshu Bhâratâd=âhavâd=itaḥ [|*] sapt-âbdaśata-yuktêshu śa(ga)têshv=abdêshu pañchasu [||*] Pañchâśatsu Kalau kâlê shaṭsu pañcha-śatâsu cha [|*] samâsu samatîtâsu Śakânâm=api bhûbhujâm ||

In the Chalukya lineage, Jayasiṁhavallabha [I.] ; his son Raṇarâga ; his son Polekêśin [I.] (acquired Vâtâpipurî) ; his son Kîrtivarman[I.] (defeated the Naḷas, Mauryas and Kadambas) ; his younger brother Maṅgalêśa (defeated the Kaṭachchuris and took Rêvatîdvîpa) ; Kîrtivarman’s son Polekêśin [II.] Satyâśraya (was at war with Âppâyika and Gôvinda ; besieged Vanavâsî ; subdued the Gaṅgas, Âḷupas, and the Mauryas in the Koṅkaṇas ; besieged Purî ; subdued the Lâṭas, Mâḷavas and Gûrjaras ; defeated Harsha [of Kanauj] ; conquered the three Mahârâshṭrakas ; was at war with the Kaliṅgas and Kôsaḷas ; took Pishṭapura ; fought at the Kaunâḷa, i.e. Kolleru lake ; defeated the Pallavas of Kâñchîpura ; crossed the river Kâvêrî and caused prosperity to the Chôḷas, Kêraḷas and Pâṇḍyas).

11.- Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 7, and Plate. Yekkêri rock inscription^[1] of the reign of the W. Chalukya^[2] Mahârâja Satyâśraya Pulekêśivallabha (Pulakêśin II.) :─

(L. 8).- Kârttikasya pûnnimâsâṁ^[3] likhitâ praśasti=îti || saṁvatsarâ . . 6(?) râjya iti.

12.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. VIII. p. 43, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 266. Nerûr (now India Office) fragmentary plates of the [W. Chalukya] Mahârâja Satyâśraya Polekêśivallabha^[4] (Pulakêśin II.), the son of Kîrtirâja (Kîrtivarman I.).

13.─Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 51, and Plate. Chipḷûṇ (now Bombay As. Soc.’s) plates of the W. Chalukya Satyâśraya (Pulakêśin II.), the son of Kîrtivarman I. ; recording a grant by this maternal uncle Śrîvallabha Sênânandarâja of the Sêndraka family.

14.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. XIV. p. 330, and Plate. Kândalgaon (spurious^[5]) plates of the 5th year of the reign of the W. Chalukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Satyâśraya Pulakêśivallabha (Pulakêśin II.):─

(L. 14).- vijayarâjya-saṁva[t*]sarê pañchamê Mâghamâsa-saptamyâṁ.

15.- Ind. Ant. Vol. VIII. p. 96, and Plate in Vol. IX. p. 304 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 159, p. 298. Hosûr (spurious^[6]) plate of the W. Chalukya Satyâśraya (Pulakêśin II.), recording a grant made at the request of his son or daughter (?) Ambêra or Ambêrâ :-

(L. 8).- mahâ-Mâgha-paurṇṇamâsyâyâ . . . . sôma-grahaṇê.

16.- Ind. Ant. Vol. VII. p. 106, lines 51-61 of the text. Lakshmêshwar (spurious7) inscription8 of Durgasakti, the son of Kundaśakti who was the son of Vijayaśakti, of the family of the Sêndra kings who belonged to the Bhujagêndra lineage ; contemporary (or feudatory) of the W. Chalukya Mahârâja Ereyya Satyâśraya (Pulakêśin II.?), the son of the Mahârâja Raṇaparâkramâṅka.

16.─ Ind.Ant. Vol. VII. p. 106, lines 51-61 of the text. Lakshmêśhwar (spurious^[7]) inscription^[8] of Durgaśakti, the son of Kundaśakti who was the son of Vijayaśakti, of the family of the Sêndra kings who belonged to the Bhujagêndra lineage ; contemporary (or feudatory) of the W. Chalukya Mahârâja Ereyya Satyâśraya (Pulakêśin II.?), the son of the Mahârâja Raṇaparâkramâṅka.

17.─Ind. Ant. Vol. IX. p. 124, and Plate. Nirpaṇ (spurious^[9] ?) plates of the W. Chalukya Tribhuvanâśraya Nâgavardhanarâja, recording a grant made at the request of a certain Balâmma-Ṭhakkura.

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^[1] The inscription contains numerical symbols for 4, 5, 6(?), 8, and 50.
^[2] The name Chalukya or Châlukya does not occur in the inscription.
^[3] Read paurṇṇamâsyâṁ likhitâ praśastir=iti.
^[4] In verse apparently called simply Vallabha.
^[5] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XXX. p. 217, No. 27.
^[6] See ibid. p. 222, No. 53.
^[7] See Ibid. p. 218, No. 37.
^[8] Put on the stone in about the second half of the 11th century A.D.
^[9] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XXX. p. 216, No. 26.