South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

272.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XIV. p. 141, and Plates. British Museum (spurious) Sanskṛit and Kanarese plates^[1] of the Châlukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Chakravartin Vîra-Satyâśraya, lord of, and residing at, Kalyâṇapura, the son of Gôvindarâya :─

(L. 20).─ Bhâva-saṁvachharê Jyêshṭa-mâsê kṛishṇa-pakshê Sasivârê saptamyâṁ tithau.

273.─ Ś. 366.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. VIII. p. 94, and specimen Plate. Bangalore Museum (spurious^[2]) Sanskṛit and Kanarese plates of the Châlukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Chakravartin Vîra-Noṇamba, lord of, and residing at, Kalyâṇapura :─

(L. 13).─ Saka-varusha 366 Târaṇa-saṁvachharê Phâlguna-mâsê kṛishṇa-pakshê Bihavâra amâvâsyayâṁ tithau.

For Ś. 366 the date would regularly correspond to Thursday, 22nd February A.D. 445 ; but Ś. 366 could be called Târaṇa only by the southern luni-solar system, which was not in use at so early a period ; see ibid. Vol. XXIV. p. 9, No. 163.

274.─ Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. II. p. 270 ; Graham’s Kolhapoor, p. 479, No. 23. Translation of a Kôlhâpur inscription^[3] of a Châlukya named Sômadêva (Sômêśvara).─ In a Châlukya family which flourished at Saṁgamêśvara in the Koṅkaṇ was born king Karṇa (who lived at ‘ Vijaypat ’) ; his son Vêtugidêva ; his son Sômadêva ; his younger brother (?) Sômadêva (Sômêśvara), whose queen was Mâṇikyadêvî.

E.─ The Kaḷachuryas.^[4]

275.─Ś. 1079.─ PSOCI. No. 219 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 102, p. 188. Tâḷgund Kanarese inscription of the Kaḷachurya Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Bhujabala-chakravartin Bijjaṇa,^[5] ‘ lord of Kâlañjara,’ and of his Daṇḍanâyaka Kêśimayya (Kêśava) :─

(L. 57).─ Sa(śa)ka-varshaṁ 1079ney-Îśvara-saṁvatcha(tsa)rada Pushyada puṇṇami Sômavâram=uttarâyaṇasaṁkramaṇa-vyatîpâtad=aṁdu.

The date is irregular.

The inscription mentions the W. Châlukya kings as far as Taila III., but conveys no district information as to the exact relations then existing between Taila III, and Bijjaṇa.[6]

276.─ PSOCI. No. 182 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 90, p. 182. Baḷagâṁve Kanarese memorial tablet of the third (?) year of the reign of the Kaḷachurya Bhujabala-chakravartin Bijjaṇa :─

‘ The second year^[7] (in figures, l. 3) of his reign, the Bahudhânya saṁvatsara ; Tuesday, the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of Chaitra ;’ (Mys. Inscr. : ‘ the month Kârttika, the last day of the moon’s decrease, new-moon day, Tuesday’).

[For Bahudhânya = Ś. 1080] the date would be irregular, with either reading.

277.─Ś. 1080.─ PSOCI. No. 183 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 74, p. 152. Baḷagâṁve Kanarese inscription. Date of the time of the Kaḷachurya Mahârâjâdhirâja Bhujabala-chakravartin Bijjala Tribhuvanamalla, ‘ lord of Kâlañjara,’ and of his Daṇḍanâyaka Kêśimayya (Kêśava, Kêśirâja):─

(L. 62).─ Śaka-varshaṁ 1080neya Bahudhânya-saṁvatcha(tsa)rada Puśya(shya)da puṇṇami Sômavâram=uttarâyaṇasaṁkrânti-vyatîpâta-sômagrahaṇad=aṁdu.^[8]

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^[1] According to Dr. Fleet referable to perhaps the 13th or 14th century A.D.─ Compare also Ind. Ant. Vol. XXX. p. 369.
^[2] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XXX. p. 221, No. 49 ; the grant apparently is a quite modern forgery.
^[3] See ibid. p. 207.
^[4] See also above, Nos. 226, 232, 238, 240 and 245.
^[5] Here and in other inscriptions Bijjaṇa has the biruda Niśśaṅkamalla.
^[6] See Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 473.
^[7] According to Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 474, the third year, and probably the month Bhâdrapada ; (for Ś. 1080 the 14th of the dark half of Bhâdrapada would correspond to Tuesday, 23rd September A.D. 1158).
^[8] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 212, No. 59.