South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

486.─Inscr. at Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa, No. 82, p. 63. Inscription recording donations by the Daṇḍanâtha Irugapa, the son of Maṅgapa who was the youngest son of Bukkarâyâ’s minister Baicha (Baichapa) :─

Śubhakṛiti vatsarê jayati Kârttika-mâsi tithau Muramathanasya pushṭim upajagmushi śîtaruchau.

[Śubhakrit = Ś. 1344.]^[1]

Baicha (Baichapa) had three sons, Irugapa, Bukkaṇa, and Maṅgapa ; Maṅgapa’s sons were Baichapa and Irugapa.^[2] 487.─Ś. 1346.─Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 37, and Plate. Satyamaṅgalam plates of Dêvar ya II., reigning at Vijayanagara :─

(L. 40).─ Tat[t*]valôkê Śakasy=âbdê Krôdhi-saṁvatsarê śubhê | Ȃshâḍh-âmâtithau puṁṇyê^[3] Sômavâra-virâjirtê |

Monday, 26th June A.D. 1424 ;^[4] (with a solar eclipse, not visible in India).

In the lineage of Yadu, Saṁgama [I.] ; his son Bukka [I.] ; his son, from Gaurî. Harihara [II.] ; his son, from Malâmbikâ, Pratâpa-Dêvarâya (Dêvarâya I.) ; his son, from Hêmâmbikâ, Vîra-Vijaya ; his son, from Nârayaṇâmbikâ, Dêvarâya [II.] ; he had a younger brother, named Pratâpa-Dêvarâya.^[5]

488.─Ś. 1346.─PSOCI. No. 128, Mysore Inscr. No. 23, p. 39. Harihar Kanarese inscription of the time (?) of Virapratâpa Dêvarâya (Dêvarâya II.), and of (the Daṇḍanâtha) Châmarâja :^[6]─

(L. 16).─Śaka-varusha 1346neya Krôdhi-saṁvachchha(tsa)rada Kârttika-śuddha 12 Sômavâraṁ kûḍida puṇya-tithiyoḷu.

The date is irregular.

489.─Ś. 1347.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 56, p. 83. Viriñchipuram Tamil inscription of the reign of the Mahârâjâdhirâja Vîrapratâpa Dêvarâya (Dêvarâya II.) :─

‘ On the day of Anusham (i.e. Anurâdhâ), which corresponds to Wednesday, the sixth lunar day, the 3rd (solar day) of the month of Paṅguṇi of the Viśvâvasu year, which was current after the Śaka year 1347.’

Wednesday, 27th February A.D. 1426 ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 132, No. 113. 490.─Ś. 1348.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 153, p. 162. Vijayanagara Jaina inscription of Dêvarâja II., residing at Vijayanagara :─<

(L. 25).─Śâkê=bdê pramitê yâtê vasu-siṁdhu-guṇ-êṁdubhiḥ | Parâbhav-âbdê Kârttikyâṁ.

In the Yâdava lineage, Bukka [I.] ; his son Harihara [II.] ; his son Dêvarâja [I.] ; his son Vijaya (Vîra-Vijaya) ; his son Dêvarâja [II.] (Abhinava-Dêvarâja, Vîra-Dêvarâja).

491.─Ś. 1343*.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 54, p. 79. Teḷḷûr (near Vêlûr) Tamil inscription of the reign of the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Virapratâpa Dêvarâya (Dêvarâya II.) :─

‘ On the day of Tiruvôṇam (i.e. Śravaṇa), which corresponds to Monday, the fifth lunar day of the former half of the month of Karnaṭaka of the Sâdhâraṇa year (and) the Śaka year 1353.’

Monday, 20th November A.D. 1430 ; but see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIV. p. 6, No. 146.^[7]

492.─Ś. 1353*.─PSOCI. Nos. 227 and 26 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 116, p. 213, and No. 145, p. 259. Muḷbâgal Kanarese inscription and Telugu plates of the reign of Dêvarâya II., the son of Vijaya :─

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^[1] By Mr. Rice the year is taken to be Ś. 1284.
^[2] Compare above, No. 469.
^[3] Read puṇyê.
^[4] This date fell in the first Ȃshâḍhaof Ś. 1346.
^[5] Compare below, No. 496.
^[6] For another Châmarâja see above, No. 454.
^[7] The above equivalent of the date is correct only on the supposition that the word Karnaṭaka of the date has been put erroneously instead of Kârttigai.