South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

the Sinda Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Permâḍi I., ruling at Erambarage ; records a grant which is stated to have been made^[1]─

(L. 47).─Sa(śa)ka-varsha 872neya Saumya-saṁvatsarada Pushya-su(śu)ddha-puṇṇime Sômavâra soma-grahaṇam=uttarâyaṇasaṁkrântiy-aṁdu.

The tithi of the date ended on Monday, 7th January A.D. 950 ; but there was no eclipse, and the Uttarâyaṇa-saṁkrânti had taken place already on the 23rd December A.D. 949 ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIV. p. 12, No. 173.

In the Sinda family, Âchugi [I.] ; his younger brothers Nâka, Siṅga [I.], Dâsa, Dâva, Chauṇḍa (Châvuṇḍa) [I.], and Châva ; Âchugi’s son Bamma ; after him, Âchugi (Âcha) [II.] (put to flight the Poysaḷa, took Gôve, put to flight Lakshma, seized upon the Koṅkaṇa, etc.), married Mahâdêvî (Mâdêvî) ; their son Permâḍi [I.].^[2]

225.─Ś. 1045(?).─PSOCI. No. 146 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 4, p. 8. Chitaldurg Kanarese inscription of the W. Châlukya Jagadêkamalla II.,^[3] and of his feudatory, the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Vijaya-Pâṇḍyadêva,^[4] ‘lord of Kâñchîpura,’ residing at Uchchaṅgî and ruling the Noḷambavâḍi Thirty-two-thousand :─

‘ Śaka 1045 (in figures, the last two effaced, l. 28), the Śôbhakṛit saṁvatsara ; Sunday, the tenth day of the bright fortnight of Phâlguna ;’ (Mys. Inscr. : ‘ at the time of the equinox ‘?). The date is irregular.

226.─Ś. 1051*.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 212, No. 57. Date of an Iṅgḷêshwar Kanarese inscription of the W. Châlukya Sômêśvara III.,and of his feudatory, the Kaḷachurya Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Permâḍi :^[5]─

Śakha(ka)-varusha 1051neya Kîlaka-saṁvatsarada Kârttika-paurṇṇamâseyoḷ sômagrahaṇanimittaṁ.

8th November A.D. 1128, with a lunar eclipse, visible In India ; see ibid. Vol. XXIII. p.127, No. 84.

227.─PSOCI. No. 178 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 42, p. 87. Baḷagâṁve Kanarese inscription of the third year of the reign of the W. Châlukya Sômêśvara III. Bhûlôkamalla, and of his feudatory, the Kâdamba (of Hângal) Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Taila II.,^[6] ‘ lord of Banavâsapura :’─

‘The third year (in figures, l. 70) of his reign, the Kîlaka saṁvatsara ; Thursday, the day of the new-moon of Mâgha.’ [For Kîlaka = Ś. 1050] the date is irregular ; it would correspond to Wednesday, 20th February A.D. 1129.

228.─Ind. Ant. Vol. X. p. 132. Hunaśîkaṭṭi Kanarese inscription of the 6th year (of the reign) of the W. Châlukya (Sômêśvara III.) Bhûlôkamalla, recording a gift by the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Mârasiṁhadêvarasa :─

(L. 1).─śrîmad-Bhûlôkamalladêva varśa(rsha) 6neya Sâvâ(dhâ)raṇa-saṁvatsarada Phâlguṇa(na)-śu 5 Âdivârad=aṁdu.

[For Sâdhâraṇa = Ś. 1052] the date is irregular.

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^[1] The date, of course, has nothing to do with the reign of Vikramâditya VI. See Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 575, note 3.─ Compare below, No. 234.
^[2] Compare below, No. 243.
^[3] See Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 457, note 3 ; compare also below, No. 229. According to Dr. Fleet, Jagadêkamalla, at the time of the date, ‘ may possibly have held some administrative post under his grandfather (Vikramâditya VI.). But the record speaks of him as if he were himself the paramount sovereign.’
^[4] Described as ‘defeater of the designs of Râjiga-Chôḷa’ (i.e. Râjêndra-Chôḍa II., Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷa I.) ; see below, Nos. 250 and 571.
^[5] See Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 470 ; and compare below, No. 288, where the name (in Sanskṛit) is Paramardin.
^[6] The Tailapa II. in No. 210.