South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

In the family of the Chalukyas, Satyâśraya Kîrtivarmarâja [I.] ; his son Pulakêśivallabha (Pulakêśin II., defeated Harsha [of Kanauj]) ; his younger brother Dharâśraya Jayasiṁhavarmarâja ; his son Tribhuvanâśraya Nâgavardhanarâja (Jayâśraya ?).

18.─Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. XVI. p. 235, and Plate. Karṇûl district plates of the third year of the reign of the W. Chalukya^[1] Mahârâjâdhirâja Vikramâditya I. Satyâśraya, son of the Mahârâja Satyâśraya (Pulakêśin II., who defeated Harshavardhana [of Kanauj]), grandson of the Mahârâja Kîrtivarman I. (who defeated the kings of Vanavâsî, etc.), and great-grandson of the Mahârâja Polekêśivallabha (Pulakêśin I.) :─

(L. 20).-pravarddhamâna-vijayar[â*]jya-tṛitîya-saṁvatsarê . . . saṁgama-mahâyâtrâyâṁ paurṇṇamâsyâm.

19.─Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. XVI. p. 238, and Plate. Karṇûl district plates of the 10th year of the reign of the W. Chalukya^[2] Mahârâjâdhirâja Vikramâditya I. Satyâśraya (described as in No. 18) ; recording a grant made at the request of Dêvaśaktirâja of the Sêndraka family :─

(L. 18).─pravarddhamâna-vijayarâjya-daśama-saṁvatsarê Âshâḍa(ḍha)-paurṇmâsyâṁ.

20.-Ind. Ant. Vol. VI. p. 76, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 13. Haidarâbâd (spurious[3] ?) plates of the W. Chalukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Vikramâditya I. Satyâśraya (who defeated Narasiṁha, Mahêndra, and Îśvara or Îśvarapôtarâja[4] of Kâñchî), the son of the Mahârâjâdhirâja Satyâśraya (Pulakêśin II., who defeated Harshavardhana [of Kanauj]), grandson of the Mahârâja Kîrtivarman I., and great-grandson of the Mahârâja Pulakêśivallabha (Pulakêśin I.).

20.─Ind. Ant. Vol. VI. p. 76, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 13. Haidarâbâd (spurious^[3] ?) plates of the W. Chalukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Vikramâditya I. Satyâśraya (who defeated Narasiṁha, Mahêndra, and Îśvara or Îśvarapôtarâja^[4] of Kâñchî), the son of the Mahârâjâdhirâja Satyâśraya (Pulakêśin II., who defeated Harshavardhana [of Kanauj]), grandson of the Mahârâja Kîrtivarman I., and great-grandson of the Mahârâja Pulakêśivallabha (Pulakêśin I.).

21.─Ś. 532 (?).─Ind. Ant Vol. VII. p. 219, and Plate. Kurtakôṭi (now Royal As. Soc.’s, Spurious^[5]) first and second plates^[6] only of the 16th year of the reign of the W. Châlukya Mahârâjadhirâja Vikramâditya I. Satyâśraya (described much as in No. 20) ; issued from Kisulvoḷal :─

(L. 20).-batriṁśôttara-paṁchaśatêshu Saka-varshêshv=âtîtêshu vijayarâjya-sambachchara-shôsha(ḍa)śa-varshê pravarttamâna . . . tasya Vaiśâkha-Jêshṭhâ-mâsa-madhyam-amavâsya Bhâskara-dinê Rôhiṇya-ṛikshê madhyâhna-kâlê . . . Vṛishabha-râśâu sûryyagrâhaṇa-sarvvamâ(grâ)si(sî)bhûtê.

The date is irregular ; see ibid. Vol. XVIII. p. 285.

22.- Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. XVI. p. 240, and Plate. Karṇûl district (spurious[7]) plates of the W. Chalukya[8] Mahârâjâdhirâja Vikramaditya I. Satyâśraya (described much as in No. 18) :-

(L. 12).- . . . p[au*]rṇṇamâsyâ[ṁ*].

23.─Ind. Ant. Vol. VII. p. 163, and Plate. Nerûr (now India Office) plates of Vijayabhaṭṭârikâ, the queen of the Mahârâja [Cha]ndrâditya, who was the eldest brother of the
W. Chalukya Vikramâditya I., son of the Mahârâjâdhirâja Satyâśraya (Pulakêśin II.), etc. ; of the 5th years of the reign (of Chandrâditya ?)─

(L. 15).-svarâjya-pañchama-ssaṁ(saṁ)vatsara A(â)śvayuja-paurṇṇamâsasya dvitîyâyâm vishuvê.

[S. 581] : 23rd September A.D. 659.^[9]

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^[1] The original has Chale(li)kya.
^[2] The original has Chalikya.
^[3] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XXX. p. 219, No. 39 ; compare also Nachrichten Ges. d. Wise. Göttingen, 1900, p. 345 ff.
^[4] I.e. the Pallavas Narasiṁhavarman I., Mahêndravarman II., and Paramêśvaravarmaṇ I.; compare below, Nos. 628 and 634.─ In the verses which give the above information, Vikramâditya I, himself is referred to or described by the epithets or birudas Anivârita, Vallabha, Śrîvallabha, Raṇarasika and Râjamalla ; and the Pallava family is called the Mahâmalla kula ; compare below, Nos. 627, 629 and 632.
^[5] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XXX. p. 217, No. 30.
^[6] Not earlier than the ninth or tenth century A.D.
^[7] See ibid. p. 214, No. 8.
^[8] The original has Chalikya.
^[9] On this day the second tithi of the bright half of Âśvina commenced 4 h. 19 m., and the Tulâ-vishuva-saṁkrânti took place 9 h. 26 m., after mean sunrise. Compare Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 365, note 3.