South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

331.─Ś. 991.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 119. Bassein plates^[1] of the Yâdava Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Sêuṇâchandra II. :─

(L. 24).─ Sa(śa)ka-saṁvat êkanavatyadhika-navasa(śa)têshu saṁvat 991 Saumya-saṁvatsarîya-Śrâvaṇa-sudi chaturdasyâṁ(śyâṁ) Guru-dinê.

The date is irregular ; see ibid. Vol. XXIV. p. 14, No. 182.

Dṛiḍhaprahâra came from Dvârâvatî and founded(?) Chandrâdityapura ; his son Sêuṇa-chandra [I.], founded Sêuṇapura in Sindinêra ; his son Dhâḍiyappa ; his son Bhillama [I.] ; his son Śrîrâja (or Râja) ; his son Vaddiga ; his son Bhillama [II.], married Lachchhiyavvâ (Lakshmî), the daughter of king Jhañjha^[2]and on her mother’s side] of the Râshṭrakûṭa lineage ; their son Vêsuka(?), married Nâyaladêvî, the daughter of the Maṇḍalikatilaka Gôgi of the Châlukya lineage ;^[3] their son Bhillama [III.], married Hammâ, also called Avvalladêvî, a daughter of the [W.] Châlukya Jayasiṁha [II.] ;^[4] in his family, Sêuṇachandra [II.].

332.─Ś. 1063 (for 1064).─ Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 126, and Plate. Anjanêri inscription of the reign of the Yâdava Mahâsâmanta Sêuṇadêva, ‘ lord of Dvârâvatî :’─

(L. 1).─ Śaka-saṁvat 1063 Duṁdubhi-saṁvatsar-âṁtarggata-Jyêshṭha-sudi paṁchadaśyâṁ Sômê Anurâdhâ-nakshatrê Siddha-yôgê asyâṁ saṁvatsara-mâsa-paksha-divasa-pûrvvâyâṁ tithau.

Monday, 11th May A.D. 1142 ; see ibid. Vol. XXIV. p. 4, No. 140.

333.─Ś. 1075.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. VIII. p. 39, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 283. Pâṭṇâ (in Khândêś) inscription of the Nikumbha family. Date of the foundation of a temple by Indrarâja :─

(L. 20).─ Varshâ[ṇâṁ] paṁchasaptatyâ sahasrê sâdhikê gatê | 1075 | Śakabhûpâla-kâlasya tathâ Śrîmukha-vatsarê ||

In the race of the mythical king Nikumbha who was of the solar race, Kṛishṇarâja [I.] ; his son Gôvana [I.] ; his son Gôvindarâja ; his son Gôvana [II.] ; his son Kṛishṇarâja [II.] ; his son Indrarâja (whose minister was Chaṅgadêva) married Śrîdêvî of the lineage of Sagara ; their son Gôvana [III.].^[5]

334.─ Ś. 1113.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 219. Gadag inscription of the Devagiri-Yâdava Mahârâjâdhirâja Pratâpa-chakravartin Bhillama, recording a grant which was made at the request of his minister Jaitasiṁha,^[6] from the camp at Hêrûrâ :─

(L. 13).─Śakanṛipakâl-âtîta-saṁvatsara-śatêshu trayôdaś-âdhikêshv=êkâdaśasu varttamâna-Virôdhakṛit-saṁvatsar-âṁtargata-Jyêshṭha-âmâvâsyâyâm=Âdityavârê sûrya-grahaṇê.

Sunday, 23rd June A.D. 1191 ; a solar eclipse, visible in India ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 125, No. 71.

In Yadu’s family. Sêvaṇa;^[7] his son Mallugi ; his son Amaragaṅga ; his younger brother Karṇa ; his son Bhillama.

335.─Ś. 1113.─PSOCI. No. 109.Chanḍadâmpur Kanarese inscription of the Gutta Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Vîra-Vikramâditya II.,^[8] and his Nâyaka Khaṇḍeya-Kâra-Kâmeya-nâyaka :─

(L. 72).─Sa(śa)ka-varshaṁ 1113neya Virôdhikri(kṛi)tu-saṁvatsarada Mârgaśirad= amâvâse sûryya-grahaṇad=aṁdu.^[9]

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^[1] The plates were bought by Dr. Bhâu Dâji, but it is not known where they are now.
^[2] Perhaps the Jhañjha of No. 305 ff.
^[3] For a Goggirâja who may be intended here, see North. Inscr. No. 354. According to Dr. Bhandarkar perhaps the Goggirâja of No. 305 ff., above.
^[4] See above, No. 151 ff.
^[5] See below, No. 337.
^[6] I.e. the Jaitrasiṁha of No. 419.
^[7] Probably Sêuṇachandra II. of Nos. 330 and 331.
^[8] Compare Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 582, and see above, Nos. 223, 292, and 298.
^[9] In line 80 there is another date of the month Pausha of the same year, but it is irregular.