South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

246.─PSOCI. No. 104 and No. 105. Two Hângal Kanarese memorial tablets of the time of the W. Châlukya Nûrmaḍi-Tailapa (Taila III.).

247.─Châ. Vi. 94.─Ind. Ant. Vol. IX. p. 97 ; PSOCI. No. 83. Aihoḷe Kanarese inscription of the Sinda Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Châmuṇḍa (Châvuṇḍa) II. and his sons (by Siriyâdêvî) Bijjala and Vikrama :^[1]─

(L. 23).─śrîmach-Châḷukya-[Vikrama-varshada] 94neya Virôdhi-saṁvatsarada . . .^[2] [Virôdhin = Ś. 1091.] 248.─ Ś. 1091.─ PSOCI. No. 141 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 13, p. 23. Dâvaṇgere Kanarese inscription of the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Vijaya-Pâṇḍyadêva, ‘ lord of Kâñchîpura,’ residing at Uchchaṅgî and ruling the Noḷambavâḍi Thirty-two-thousand :─

(L. 16).─ śrîmat-Saka-varshada^[3] 1091neya Virôdhi-saṁvatsarada Dvitîya-Śrâvaṇa-śuddha-puṇṇami Sômavârad=aṁdu.^[4]

In the given year Śrâvaṇa was intercalary, but otherwise the date is irregular ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIV. p. 15, No. 188.

249.─Ky. 4270 and 4272.─Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. IX. p. 278 ; Ind. Inscr. No. 32. Halsî Inscription^[5] of the 23rd year of the reign of the Kâdamba (of Goa) Śivachitta Paramardin, and of the 25th year (of his reign, and) of his younger brother Vishṇuchitta ; (the first part of the inscription was composed by Madhusûdanasûri, the second by Yajñêśvarasûri^[6]) :─

(L. 18).─Saṁnivṛittê Kalêḥ kâlê kha-sapta-dvi-payônidhau | pravardhamânê tad-râjyê trayô-viṁśê Virôdhini | saṁvatsarê Śuchau mâsê darśê vârê Vṛi(bṛi)haspatêḥ | dakshiṇâyana-saṁkrântau.

[Virôdhin = Ś. 1091 = Ky. 4270] : Thursday, 26th June A.D. 1169 ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XVII. P. 264, No. 15.

(L. 34).─Saṁnivṛittê Kalêḥ kâla(lê)=śva(śvi)-sapta-dvi-payônidhau | pravardhamânê tad-râjyê paṁcha-viṁśê samê Kharê | Mâghê cha śuddha-dvâdaśyâṁ mâsê vârê Vṛi(bṛi)haspatêḥ | saṁprâptê Vaidhṛitau yôgê.

[For Khara = Ś. 1093 = Ky. 4272] this date is irregular ; see ibid. p. 265, No. 16.

The mythical Jayanta (Trilôchana) ; in his race, Jayakêśin [I.], conquered the Âlupas and established the Châlukyas in their kingdom, and took his abode at Gôpakapaṭṭana (Goa) ; his son Vijayâditya [I.] ; his son Jayakêśin [II.] married Mailalamahâdêvî, the daughter of the [W.] Châlukya Vikramârka (Vikramâditya VI.) ; their son Paramardin Śivachitta ; his younger brother Vishṇuchitta.

250.─Ś. 1093* and 1095*.─PSOCI. No. 118 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 28, p. 51. Harihar Kanarese inscription of the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Vijaya-Pâṇḍyadêva,^[7] ‘ lord of Kâñchîpura,’ and of his Daṇḍanâtha Vijaya-Permâḍi :^[8]─

(L. 49).─Śaka-varsha 1093re(ra)neya Vikṛita-saṁvatsarada Pushya-bahuḷa-pâḍiva Śukravârad=uttarâyaṇa-saṁkramaṇad=aṁdu.

(L. 63).─Śaka-varsha 1095neya Naṁdana-saṁvatsarada Bhâdrapada-śuddha-tadige Bṛihaspativârad=aṁdu.

Friday, 25th December A.D. 1170;^[9] and Thursday, 24th August A.D. 1172.

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^[1] Compare above, No. 243.
^[2] The full details of the date are illegible.
^[3] Read śrîmach-Chhaka-
^[4] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XIX. p. 156, No. 37.
^[5] Professedly copied from a copper-plate (or copper-plates).─ The descriptions of the boundaries contain
Kanarese words and inflections.
^[6] Compare below, No. 269.
^[7] Described as ‘defeater of the designs of Râjiga-Chôḷa ;’ see above, No. 225.
^[8] The inscription also mentions a Kâdamba Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Kêtarasa, ‘ lord of Uchchaṅgîgiri ;’ see
Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 564.
^[9] On this day the tithi of the date commenced 2 h. 36 m. after mean sunrise.