South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

368.─PSOCI. No. 142 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 12, p. 20 Dâvaṇgere Kanarese inscription of the reign of the Dêvagiri-Yâdava Râmachandra. Date of the time (?) of the Dêvagiri-Yâdava Mahâdêva :^[1]─

‘ The Prajâpati saṁvatsara. No further details of the date are given.’ [Prajâpati = Ś. 1193.]

369.─Ś. 1193.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XIV. p. 315. Paiṭhaṇ (now Bombay Secretariat’s ?) plates^[2] of the Dêvagiri-Yâdava Râma (Râmachandra) :─

(L.62).─Sa(śa)kê cha êkâdaśasu trinavaty-adhikêshv=atîtêshu 1193 varttamâna-Prajâpati-saṁvatsar-âṁtargata-Mâgha-śuddha-dvâdaśyâṁ Vu(bu)dhê.

Wednesday, 13th January A.D. 1272 ; see ibid. Vol. XXIII. p. 118, No. 35.

In the race of Yadu, in the Moon’s family, Siṅghaṇa ; his son Mallugi ; after him, Bhillama ; his son Jaitugi [I.] (killed the king of Trikalinga and liberated king Gaṇapati^[3] from prison) ; his son Siṅghaṇa (overthrewBallâla,^[4] the Andhra king, Kakkalla,^[5] the old of Bhambhâgiri, Bhôja,^[6] and Arjuna^[7]) ; his son Jaitugi [II.] ; his son Kṛishṇa ; his younger brother [Mahâdêva] (defeated Vîsala^[8]) ; his son Ȃmaṇa ; from him Kṛishṇa’s son Râma took away the kingdom. 370.─Ś. 1194.─Jour. Roy. As. Soc. Vol. V. p. 183. Ṭhâṇâ plates of the reign of the Dêvagiri-Yâdava Râmachandra, ‘ lord of Dvâravatî ;’ recording a grant by Achyuta-Nâyaka :─

Śâlivâhana-Śakê 1194 Aṁgirâ-nâma-saṁvatsarê Ȃśvina-śuddha 5 Ravau.

The date is irregular.

In the race of the Yadus, Bhillama ; after him, Jaitrapâla [I.] ; his son Siṅghaṇa ; after him, Kṛishṇa ; his Younger brother Mahâdêva ; Kṛishṇa’s son Râmachandra.

371.─Ś. 1194.─From an impression supplied by Dr. Fleet ;^[9] Graham’s Kolhapoor, p. 437, No. 15. Kôlhâpur inscription of the reign of the Dêvagiri-Yâdava Prau­ḍha-pratâpa-chakravartin Râmadêva (Râmachandra) :─

(L. 23).─ Śaka-varshêshu 1194 vêd-âṁka-Rudra-pramitêshu vyatîtêshu varttamân-Ȃṁgiraḥ-[saṁ] vatsara-Mâgha-pȗrṇṇimâyâṁ sômagrahaṇa-parvaṇi.

3rd February A.D. 1273 ; a lunar eclipse, visible in India ; see Ind. Ant, Vol. XXIII. p. 119, No. 36.

372.─Ś. 1199*.─From an impression supplied by Dr. Fleet ; Graham’s Kolhapoor, p. 451, No. 16. Sidnȗrle inscription^[10] of the reign of the Dêvagiri-Yâdava Prauḍha-pratâpa-chakravartin Râmachandra :─

(L. 13).─Śaka-varshêshu 119 raṁdhr-âṁka-Rudra-pramitêshu gatêshu varttamâna-Dhâtṛi-saṁvatsar-âṁ(â)ntargata-Śrâvaṇa-pȗrṇṇimâyâṁ Sôma-dinê yajñôpavîta-parvaṇi.

Monday, 27th July A.D. 1276 ; see Ind. Ant. Vol XXIII. p.128, No.93.

373.─Ś. 1199.─PSOCI. No. 125 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 26, p. 44 ; compare Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. XII. p. 4. Harihar Kanarese inscription of the Dêvagiri-Yâdava Prauḍha-pratâpa-

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^[1] See Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 528 and p. 529, note 1.
^[2] Compare Ind. Ant. Vol. XXX. p. 517.
^[3] I.e. the Kâkatîya Gaṇapati ; see below, No. 585 ff.
^[4] I.e. the Hoysaḷa Ballâḷa II.; see below, No 415 ff.
^[5] Perhaps some prince Kokkalla of the Kalachuri (Chêdi) family.
^[6] I.e. the Śilâhâra Bhôja II. ; see above, No.324.ff.
^[7] I.e., probably, the Paramâra Arjunavarman ; see above, No. 343.
^[8] Compare North. Inscr. No. 225.
^[9] Compare Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. II. p 264, No. iv.
^[10] The inscription contains a sculpture of an ass and a woman.