South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

451.─ Ś. 1208.─PSOCI. No. 148 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 6, p. 11. Chitaldurg Kanarese inscription of the Hoysaḷa Pratâpa-chakravartin Narasiṁha III., residing at Dôrasamudra and of his minister, the Daṇḍanâyaka Perumâḷedêva^[1] (also called Râuttarâya and Javanike-Nârâyaṇa) :─

(L. 14).─ Śaka-varusha 1208 sâ(sa)ṁda varttamâna-Bya(vya)ya-saṁ Chayatra-^[2]śu 10 Bri(bṛi)d=aṁdu.

Thursday, 7th March A.D. 1286.

452.─Coorg Inscr. No. 7, p. 10. Niduta Kanarese memorial tablet of the time of the Hoysaḷa Pratâpa-chakravartin Vîra-Narasiṁha (Narasiṁha III.).^[3]

453.─PSOCI. No. 147 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 3, p. 6.ChitaldurgKanarese inscription of the Hoysaḷa Mahârâjâdhirâja Ballâḷa III., the son of Narasiṁha III. who was the son of Sômêśvara, residing at Dôrasamudra :─

(L. 33).─ ^[4]Sâdhâraṇa-saṁvatsarada Vaiśâkha-su(śu 3 Su(śu).^[5]

[Sâdhâraṇa = Ś. 1232] : Friday, 3rd April A.D. 1310.

I.─The Dynasties of Vijayanagara.^[6]

454.─Ś. 1261 (for 1262).─Ind. Ant. Vol. X. p. 63. Bâdâmi Kanarese inscription of the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Vîra-Hariyappa-Voḍeyar (Harihara I.), and of Châmeya-Nâyaka (Châmarâja^[7]) :─

(L. 1).─Śaka-varusha 1261neya Vikrama-saṁvatsarada Chaitra-su(śu) 1 Gu.

Probably Thursday, 9th March A.D. 1340 ; but the tithi which ended on this day was the 10th, not the first tithi of the bright half of Chaitra ; see ibid. Vol. XXIV . p. 16, No. 196.

455.─Ś. 1276*.─Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. XII. p. 346 ; PSOCI, No. 22 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 131, p. 234. Harihar Sanskṛit and Kanarese plates of the Mahârâjâdhirâja Bukkarâja (Bukkarâya) I., the son of Saṁgama I. :─

(L. 20).─ nṛipa-Śâlivâhana-Śaka 1276neya Vijaya-saṁvatsarada Mâgha-śudha(ddha) 15 Chandravâra sômôparâma(ga)-parvvaṇi vu(u)shṇakâladallu.

The date is irregular ; see Ind. Ant. vol. XXIV. p. 17, No. 197.

456.─Ś. 1277.─PSOCI. No. 149 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 1, p. 2. Chitaldurg Kanarese inscription of the reign of the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Vîra-Bukkarâya-Voḍeyar (Bukkarâya I.), residing at Hosapaṭṭaṇa ; recording a grant by the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Mallinâtha-Voḍeyar ;^[8]─ (L. 13).─Sa(śa)ka-varusha 1277neya Manumatha-saṁvachhchha(tsa)rada Jêshṭa-(jyê shṭha)-śudhdha(ddha) 7 Sô. Monday, 18th May A.D. 1355 ;^[9] see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIV. p. 3, No. 134.

457.─Ś. 1278.─PSOCI. No. 150 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 2, p. 4. Chitaldurg Kanarese inscription of the reign of the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Vîra-Bukkarâya-Voḍeyar (Bukkarâya I.), residing at Hosapaṭṭaṇa ; recording a grant by the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Mallinâtha-Voḍeyar :─

(L. 17).─Sa(śa)kha(ka)-varusha 1278neya Durmmukha-saṁvatsarada Ȃshâḍha-bahuḷa- tadige Guruvâradalu.

Thursday, 16th June A.D. 1356.

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^[1] He slew (a king) Ratnapâla ; see Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 509.─ Compare above, No. 443.
^[2] Read Chaitra-.
^[3] The given date is valueless
^[4] The Śaka year is effaced.
^[5] I.e. Śukravâra
^[6] First dynasty, Nos. 454 500 ; second dynasty, Nos. 502-534 ; third dynasty, No. 535 ff.
^[7] For another Châmarâja see below, No. 488.
^[8] Bukka I. had a son whose name was also Mallinâtha (Mallapp-Oḍeyar) ; compare Ep. Ind Vol. VI. p. 327. and Ind. Ant. Vol. XXVI. p. 331, No. 10.
^[9] On this day the tithi of the date commenced 3 h. 53 m. after mean sunrise.