South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

472.─Ś. 1315.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 229. Conjeeveram inscription of Harihara II. :─

(L. 1).─Śaktyâlôkê Śak-âbdê pariṇama[ti] śubhê Śârî(śrî)mukh-Ȃshâ[ḍha]-mâsê śuddhê pakshê daśamyâṁ Ravisuta-divaśê Mitra-bhê.

The date is irregular ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIV. p. 211, notes 65.

473.─ Ś. 1317.─ PSOCI. No. 24 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 149, p. 277. Hâsan Sanskṛit and Kanarese plates of Harihara II. :─

(L. 36).─Śak-âvda(bda) ṛishi-chaṁdr-âshni(gni)-vidhun=âyata-vatsarê | Yuv-âkhyê Mâgha (?)-mâsê(?) cha śukla-pakshê śubh[ê*] dinê | saptamyâṁ cha mahâ-parvaṇi.^[1]

474.─Ś.1317 (for 1318).─ As. Res. Vol. IX. p. 420 ; Colebrooke’s Misc. Essays, Vol. II. p. 262. Chitradurg (Chitaldurg) Sanskrit and Kanarese plates of Harihara II. :─

Ṛishi-bhû-vahni-chandrê tu gaṇitê Dhât[ṛi]-vatsarê | Mâgha-mâsê śukla-pakshê paurṇamâsyâṁ mahâtithau || nakshatrê pitṛi-daivatyê Bhânuvârêṇa saṁyutê |

Sunday, 14th January A.D. 1397 ; but the tithi which ended on this day was the first tithi of the dark half, not the full-moon tithi ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIV. p. 7, No. 149.

In Yadu’s family, Saṁgama [I.] ; had five sons, Harihara [I.], Kampa [I.], Bukkarâya [I.], Mârapa, and Mudgapa.^[2] Bukkarâya made Vidyânagarî his capital, and married Gaurâmbikâ ; their son Harihara [II.].

475.─Ś. 1321.─Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 120. Nallûr^[3] plates of Vîrapratâpa Harihara (Harihara II.), residing at Vijayanagara ; (the verses were composed by Mallanârâdhyavṛittika, the son of Koṭiśârâdhya^[4]) :─

(L. 50).─Dhâtri-nêtra-guṇa-kshapêta(śva)ra-yutê śri(śri)-Sâlivâhê gatê [Śâkhê(kê) gô]- tradhacha (?) Pramâdi(thi)ni tidhau (?) mâsy=Ûrjakê nâmanî (?) | pakshê tatra vaḷakshakê Budha-dinê śri-paurṇimâsyâṁ tidhau(thau) | kâle pu[ṇya]ma[haṁ]tarê śubha-karê sômôparâgê varê |

Wednesday, 15th October A.D. 1399 ; a lunar eclipse, visible in India. In the race of the Yâdavas, Saṁgama [I.] ; his son Vîra-Bhukka or Bhukka (Bukka I.), married Gaurî ; their son Harihara [II.].

476.─PSOCI. No. 238 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 125, p. 222. Bêlûr Kanarese inscription of Harihara II. and his Daṇḍanâtha Guṇḍa.^[5]

477.─PSOCI. No. 239 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 128, p. 226. Bêlûr Sanskrit and Kanarese unfinished inscription of Harihara II. and his Daṇḍanâtha Guṇḍa.

478.─Inscr. at Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa, No. 126, p. 95. Kanarese inscription recording the date of the death of Harihararâya :^[6]─ (L. 1).─Târaṇa-saṁvatsarada Bhâdrapada-bahuḷa-daśamiyû Sômavâradalu.

The date is irregular for both Târaṇa = Ś. 1266 and Târaṇa = Ś. 1326.^[7]

479.─Ś. 1328 [and 1327].─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 55, p. 80. Vêppambaṭṭu (nera Vêlûr) Tamil inscription recording a sale (which took place on the first date here given) concerning two villages that were granted (on the second date here given) by the Mahârâjâdhirâja Vîrapratâpa Bukkamahârâya (Bukkarâya II.) :^[8]─

First date : ‘ On Thursday. the new-moon day of the dark half of Jyaishṭha of the Vyaya year, which follows the Pârthiva year (and) which was current after the Śaka year 132^[8].'

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^[1] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 213, No. 70.
^[2] Really Muddapa ; see above, No. 459.
^[3] This is the name of the village granted. The grant was edited from Sir W. Elliot’s impression. The plates
are numbered with numeral figures.
^[4] Compare below, No. 517.
^[5] Compare below, No. 501.
^[6]I.e., according to Mr. Rice, Harihara II.
^[7] For Ś. 1326 the date would correspond to Saturday, 30th August A.D. 1401.
^[8] A son of Harihara II. ; see Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 36, note 3.─ For a list of inscriptions of his see ibid. Vol. VI. p. 329 f.