South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

37.─Ś. 651.─Ind. Ant. Vol. VII. p. 112. Notice of a Lakshmêshwar (spurious^[1]) inscription^[2] (second part of the record) of the 34th year of the reign of the W. Chalukya Vijayâditya Satyâśraya, recording a grant to his father’s priest Udayadêva-paṇḍita, also called Niravadya-paṇḍita, who was the house-pupil of Pûjyapâda ; issued from Raktapura :─

Êkapaṁchâśaduttara-shaṭchhatêshu Śaka-varshêshv=atîtêshu pravartta(rdha)manna-vijayarâjya-saṁvatsarê chatustriṁśê varttamânê . . . Phâlguṇa(na)-mâsê paurṇṇamâsyâṁ.

38.─Ind. Ant. Vol. X. p. 103, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 50. Bâdâmi (Mahâkûṭa) Kanarese inscription of Vinâpoṭi, ‘ the heart’s darling ’ of the W. Chalukya[3] Mahârâjâdhirâja Vijayâditya Satyâśraya.

39.─Ind. Ant. Vol. X. p. 165, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 53. Paṭṭadakal Kanarese inscription of the W. Chalukya^[3] Mahârâjâdhirâjas Vijayâditya and Vikramâditya II.

40.─Ind. Ant. Vol. IX. p. 133. Nerûr (now India Office) plates^[4] of the W. Chalukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Vijayâditya Satyâśraya, apparently recording a grant made by his son, the Mahârâjâdhirâja Vikramâditya II. Satyâśraya.

Genealogy as in No. 33.

41.─Ś. 656.─Ind. Ant. Vol. VII. p. 106, lines 61-82. Lakshmêshwar (spurious^[5]) inscription[2] of the second year of the reign of the W. Châlukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Vikramâditya II.<

Satyâśraya, the son of Vijayâditya Satyâśraya, etc. ; issued from Raktapura :─

(L. 72).─ shaṭpaṁchâśaduttara-shaṭchhatêshu Śaka-varshêshv=atîtêshu pravarddhamâna- vijayarâjya-saṁvatsarê dvitîyê varttamânê Mâgha-paurṇṇamâsyâṁ.^[6]

42.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. VIII. p. 286, and Plate ; PSOCI. No.77. Aihoḷe Kanarese inscription of the reign of the W. Chalukya^[7] Mahârâjâdhirâja Vikramâditya II. Satyâśraya.

43.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 360, and Plate. Conjeeveram Kanarese inscription of the W. Chalukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Vikramâditya II. Satyâśraya.

44.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. X. p. 166, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 54. Paṭṭadakal Kanarese inscription ; records that Lôkamahâdêvî, the queen of the W. Chalukya Vikramâditya II., confirmed a grant made by the Mahârâjâdhirâja Vijayâditya Satyâśraya.^[8]

45.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. X. p. 167, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 57. Paṭṭadakal Kanarese inscription ; mentions Lôkamahâdêvî, the queen of the W. Chalukya Vikramâditya II.

46.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. X. p. 164, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 59. Paṭṭadakal Kanarese inscription ; mentions Lôkamahâdêvî, the queen of the W. Chalukya Vikramâditya II.

47.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. X. p. 164, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 58. Paṭṭadakal Kanarese inscription ; mentions the queen of the W. Chalukya Vikramâditya II.

48.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 4, and Plate. Paṭṭadakal duplicate^[9] pillar inscription of the reign of the W. Chalukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Kîrtivarman II. Satyâśraya :─ (L. 22).─ Śrâvaṇa-mâsê amâvâsyâyâṁ sarvva-grâsê sûryya-grahaṇê.

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^[1] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XXX. p. 218, No. 38.
^[2] Put on the stone in about the second half of the 11th century A.D.
^[3] The name Chalukya or Châlukya or does not occur in the inscription.
^[4] The authenticity of this grant is doubtful.
^[5] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XXX. p. 218, No. 37.
^[6] The date would correspond to the 13th January A.D. 735, when there was a lunar eclipse, visible in India.
^[7] In Nos. 42-47 the name Chalukya or Châlukya does not occur.
^[8] Below the above inscription, on the same pillar, is a short inscription, the language of which appears to be
Kanarese, and which seems to record the name of a certain Dhuliprabhu, perhaps a visitor to the temple ; see Ind.
Ant. Vol. X. p. 166, and PSOCI. No. 55.
^[9] In northern and in southern characters ; compare below, No. 254.