South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

for one year) ; 13, his younger Gôvindarâja [IV.] Suvarṇavarsha ; 14, his paternal uncle Vaddiga, the younger brother of Nityaṁvarsha ; 15, Kṛishṇarâja [III.] ; 16, Khoṭṭiga ; 17, Nirupama’s son Kakkala (Kakkarâja II.), who was overthrown by [the W. Châlukya] Tailappa (Taila II.).

Then the genealogy of Aparâjita himself is given thus:─ The mythical beings Jîmûtakêtu and his son Jîmûtavâhana, ‘ the ornament of the Śîlâra family ;’ in his family, Kapardin [I.] ; Pulaśakti ; his son Kapardin [II.] ; Va[ppu]vanna ; his son Jhañjha ; his brother Goggirâja ; his son Vajjaḍa [I.] ; his son Aparâjita, surnamed Mṛigâṅka.

306.─ Ś. 939.─ As. Res. Vol. I. p. 357. Translation and lithograph of part of the text of the Ṭhâṇâ plates of the Śîlâra Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Arikêsarin, ‘ lord of Tagara :’─

‘ On the fifteenth of the bright moon of Cártica, in the middle of the year Piṅgala, when nine hundred and forty years, save one, are reckoned as past from the time of King Śaca, or, in figures, the year 939, of the bright moon of Cártica 15 . . . the moon being then full and eclipsed.’

6th November A.D. 1017 ; a lunar eclipse, visible in India ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 115, No. 11.

Genealogy as far as Aparâjita as in No. 305 ; his son Vajjaḍa [II.] ; his brother Arikêsarin.

307.─ Ś. 948.─Ind. Ant. Vol. V. p. 277. Bhâṇḍûp plates of the Śîlâra (or Śilâhâra) Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Chhittarâjadêva, ‘ lord of Tagara,’ ruler of the whole Koṅkaṇa country :─

(L. 32).─ Sa(śa)kanṛiapakâl-âtîta-saṁvatsara-sa(śa)têshu navasu(sv=) ashṭachatvâriṁśad- adhikêshu Kshaya-saṁvatsar-ântarggata-Kârttika-su(śu)ddha-paṁchadasyâṁ(śyâṁ) yatr= âṁkatô=pi saṁvat 948 Kârttika-su(śu)ddha 15 Ravau saṁjâtô(ta) âdityagrahaṇa-parvvaṇi.

The date is irregular ; see ibid. Vol. XXIV. p. 13, No. 179.

Jîmûtakêtu’s son Jîmûtavâhana ; in his lineage, the Śîlâra Kapardin [I.] ; his son Pulaśakti his son Kapardin [II.] (Laghu=Kapardin) ; his son Ghayuvanta (? Vappuvanna) ; his son Jhañjha ; his brother Goggi ; his son Vajjaḍa [I.] ; his son Aparâjita ; his son Vajjaḍa [II.] ; his elder (?) brother Kêsidêva (? i.e. Arikêsarin) ; his nephew, Vajjaḍa’s son Chhittarâja.

308.─Ś. 982 (?).─ Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. IX. p. 219 and Plate ; and Vol. XII. p. 329 and Plate. Kalyâṇ Ambarnâth temple inscription of the [Śîlâra] Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Mâmvâṇirâjadêva, recording the construction of a temple of the god (?) of the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara

Chhittarâjadêva :─

(L. 1).─Śaka-saṁvat 982 Śrâ[vaṇa ?]-śuddha 9 Su(śu)krê.^[1]
The date is irregular for Ś. 982 current and expired.

309.─ Ś. 1016.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. IX. p. 33, and Plates. Khârêpâṭaṇ plates o f the Śîlâra Mahâmaṇḍalêśvarâdhipati Anantapâla (Anantadêva), ‘ lord of Tagara,’ ruler of the whole Koṅkaṇa country :^[2]─

(L. 73).─ Sa(śa)kanṛipakâl-âtîta-saṁvatsara-daśa-sa(śa)têshu shôḍas(ś)-âdhikêshu Bhâva-saṁvatsar-ântarggata-Mâgha-su(śu)ddh-pratipadâyâṁ yatr=âṁkatô=pi samvat 1016. Jîmûtakêtu’s son Jîmûtavâhana ; in his lineage, the Śîlâra Kapardin [I.] ; his son Pulaśakti ; his son Kapardin [II.] (Laghu-Kapardin) ; his son Va[ppu]vanna ; his son Jhañjha ; his brother

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^[1] So the date is given in Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. XII. p. 329. Ibid. Vol. IX. p. 219, the reading is ‘ Śaka-samvat 782 Jêṭha-sudha 9 Sukrê,’ for which compare Ind. Ant. Vol. XVIII. p. 94, and Vol. XXIII. p. 113, No. 4. But a photograph of the date, taken by Mr. Cousens and given to me by Dr. Fleet, shews that the first figure of the year of the date is undoubtedly ‘ 9.’ The second figure of the year, the name of the month, and the number of the tithi seem to me doubtful.─ Compare also Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 543.
^[2] In lines 80 and 84 of the grant he is called Kuṅkaṇa-chakravartin.