South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

24.─Ind. Ant. Vol. VIII. p. 45, and Plate. Kôchrêṁ plates of Vijayamahâdêvi, the queen of the Mahârâjâdhirâja Chandrâditya, who was the eldest brother of the W. Chalukya Vikramâditya I., son of the Mahârâjâdhirâja Satyâśraya (Pulakêśin II.), etc. :─

(L. 18).- Vaisâkha-śukla-dvâdaśyâṁ.

25.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XI. P. 67 ; Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. XVI. p. 233, and Plate. Karṇûl district plates of the first year of the reign of the W. Chalukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Âdityavarman,^[1] a son of the Mahârâjâdhirâja Satyâśraya (Pulakêśin II., who defeated Harshavardhana [of Kanauj]), grandson of the Mahârâja Kîrtivarman I., and great-grandson of the Mahârâja Satyâśraya (Pulakêśin I.) :─

(L. 15).-pravardhamâna-vijayarâjya-prathama-saṁvatsarê Kârttika-paurṇamâsyâṁ Paitâ-mahî-Hiraṇyagarbha-mahôtsava-samayê.

26.─Ś. 608.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. VII. p. 112. Notice of a Lakshmêshwar (spurious^[2]) inscription^[3] (fourth part of the record) of the 5th year of the reign of the W. Chalukya Vinayâditya Satyâśraya ; issued from Raktapura :─

Ashṭôttara-shaṭchhatêshu Śaka-varshêshv-atîtêshu pravarttamâna-vijayarâjya-paṁchama- saṁvatsarê . . . Mâgha-mâsê paurṇṇamâsyâṁ.

27.─ Ś. 611─Ind. Ant. Vol. VI. p. 86, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 14 ; Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. XVI. p. 242, and Plate. Togarchêḍu plates of the 10th year of the reign of the W. Chalukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Vinayâditya Satyâśraya ; issued from Pampâtîrtha :─

(L. 24).─êkâdaśôttara-shaṭchhatêshu Śaka-varshêshv=atîtêshu pravarddhamâna-vijayarâjya- saṁvatsarê daśamê varttamânê . . . Kârttika-paurṇṇamâsyâṁ.

In the family of the Chalukyas, the Mahârâja Pulakêśivallabha (Pulakêśin I.) ; his son, the Mahârâjas Kîrtivarman [I.] ; his son, the Mahârâjadhirâja Satyâśraya (Pulakêśin II., defeated Harshavardhana [of Kanauj]) ; his son Vikramâditya [I.] (took Kâñchîpura) ; his son, the Mahârâjâdhirâja Vinayâditya Satyâśraya.

28.─ Ś. 613.─Ind. Ant. Vol. VI. p. 89, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 15 Karṇûl district plates of the 11th year of the reign of the W. Chalukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Vinayâditya Satyâśraya, recording a grant made at the request of the Yuvarâja Vijayâditya ; issued from Elumpundale :─

(L. 24).-trayôdaśôttara-shaṭchhatêshu Śaka-varshêshv=atîtêshu pravarddhamâna- vijayarâjya-saṁvatarê êkâaśe varttamâne . . . Mâgha-paurṇamâsyâṁ.

Genealogy as in No. 27.

29.─Ś. 614.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. XIX. p. 149 ; PSOCI. No. 16. Sorab plates of the [11th] year of the reign of the W. Chalukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Vinayâditya Satyâśraya, recording a grant made at the request of the Mahârâja Chitravâha, the son of the Âḷupa king Guṇasâgara ;^[4] issued from Chitrasedu :─

(L. 18).- [cha]turddaśôttara-shaṭchhatêshu Śaka-varshêshv=atîtêshu pravarddhamâna- vijayarâjya-saṁvatsarê [êkâ]daśê varttamânê . . . dakshiṇâyana-âbhimukhê bhagavati bhâskarê Rôhiṇi(ṇî)-nakshatrê Śanaiścharavârê.

Saturday, 22nd June A.D. 692 ; but the nakshatra on this day was Âślêshâ or Maghâ, not Rôhiṇî ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIV. p. 9, No. 160.

Genealogy as in No. 27 ; but the name of Satyâśraya (Pulakêśin II.) is omitted through carelessness.

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^[1] Compare below, No. 150.
^[2] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XXX. p. 218, No. 38.
^[3] Put on the stone in about the second half of the 11th century A.D.
^[4] See Dr. Hultzsch’s Report for 1901, p. 5, where we find the name of the Âḷupa kings Raṇasâgara, Pṛithvîsâgara, Vijayâditya, etc.