South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

512.─Ś. 1448.─As. Res. Vol. III. p. 39. Translation with specimen lithograph of the text of Conjeeveram plates of Kṛishṇarâya :─

‘ One thousand four hundred and forty-eight years of the Sacâbda, or era established in memory of Sáliváhana, being elapsed ; in the year Vyaya, in the month of Pushya, when the sun was entering Macara, in the dark fortnight, on the day of Bhrigu, and on that venerable tithi, the tenth of the moon ; under the constellation Viśâchá.’

Friday, 28th December A.D. 1526.^[1]

513.─Ś. 1450 and 1451.─Ep. Ind. Vol. I. p. 399. Kṛishṇâpuram Sanskṛit and Kanarese inscription of the Mahârâjâdhirâja Vîrapratâpa Vîra-Kṛishṇarâya (Kṛishṇarâya), reigning at Vijayanagara :─

(L. 1).─Śâlivâhana-Śaka-varushaṁgaḷu 1451neya Virôdhi-saṁvatsarada Vaiśâkha-śuda-(ddha) 15 Śudalû (i.e. Śukravâradallû) . . .

(L. 22).─ Virôdhi-saṁvatsarada Vaiśâkha-śu 15 Śudallû sômagrâ(gra)haṇa-puṇyakâladalû.

Friday, 23rd April A.D.1529 ; a lunar eclipse, visible in India ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII p. 120, No. 45.

(L. 45).─ Śakê sârdaiḥś=chaturbhiḥr=^[2]daśabhir=api śataiḥ saṁmitê Sarvada(dhâ)riṇya-abdhê(bdê) Chaitr-âkhya-mâsê sita-Madana-tithau Jîvavârê=ryamarkshê |

Thursday, 2nd April A.D. 1528 ; see ibid. p. 120, No. 44.

514.─Ś. 1452.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. IV. p. 328 ; PSOCI. No. 129 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 22, p. 38. Harihar Sanskṛit and Kanarese inscription of the reign of the Râjâdhirâja Vîrapratâpa Achyutarâya, recording a grant by Nârâyaṇadêva, the son of Timmarasa :─

(L. 4).─Śâlivâhana-Śaka-varsha 1452 Vikru(kṛi)ti-saṁvatsarada Śrâvaṇa-bahuḷa Syu Sômavâra Jayaṁtî-^[3]puṁṇyakâladadalli śrî-Kru(kṛi)shṇâvatâra-samayadalli. Monday, 15th August A.D. 1530 ;^[4] see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIV. p. 2, No. 126.

515.─Ś. 1453.─PSOCI. No. 130 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 25, p. 43. Harihar Kanarese inscription of the time of Vîrapratâpa Achyutarâya, reigning at Vijayanagara :─

(L. 3)─Śâlivâhana-Śaka-varuśa(sha)ṁgaḷu 1453neya Khara-saṁva[tsa]rada Ȃśvija-śu 10 Saumyavâradalu.

Wednesday, 20th September A.D. 1531.^[5]

516.─Ś. 1455*.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. V. p. 19 ; PSOCI. No. 72. Toḷachguḍ (Bâdâmi) fragmentary Kanarese inscription of the reign of Vîrapratâpa Achayutarâya,^[6] and of his Sênâdhipati Chinnapa-Nâyaka :─

(L. 4).─Śâlivâhana-Śaka-varsha 1455neya Naṁdana-saṁvatsarada Jê(jyê)shṭha-śu 5 Guruvâradalû.

Thursday, 9th May A.D. 1532 ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 129, No. 97.

517.─Ś. 1460.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. IV. p. 330, and Plate in Vol. V. p. 362 ; PSOCI. No. 131 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 21, p. 36. Harihar inscription of the reign of Achyutarâya, recording a grant by his minister Achyutamallapaṇṇa (Akkapa) ; (the verses were composed by Vâdhûla Mallaṇârâdhya, the son of Timmaṇârâdhya, of the family of Kôṭiśa^[7]) :─

(L. 15).─Śâlivâhana-nirṇîta-Śaka-varuśa-^[8]kram-âgatê | vyôma-tarkka-chatuś-chaṁdra-saṁkhyayâ cha samanvitê || Viḷaṁbi-nâmakê varshê mâsê Kârttika-nâmani | paurṇmâsyâṁ sitê pakshê vârê Śaśisutasya cha || Sômôparâga-samayê.

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^[1] On this day the tithi of the date commenced 2 h. 29 m. after mean sunrise.
^[2] Read sârdhaiś=chaturbhir=.
^[3] Read -puṇyaº.
^[4] On this day the tithi of the date commenced 12 h. 45 m. after mean sunrise.
^[5] On this day the tithi of the date commenced 1 h. 46 m. after mean sunrise.
^[6] For an inscription of his of Ś. 1454, the year Nandana, see South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 123, p. 133.
^[7] Compare above, No. 475.
^[8] Read –varsha,.