South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

[Ś. 676] : 25th June A. D. 754 ;^[1] a total eclipse of the sun, visible in India ; see ibid. p. 3.

The inscription mentions the Mahârâjâdhirâja Vijayâditya Satyâśraya ;^[2] his son, the Mahârâjâdhirâja Vikramâditya [II.] Satyâśraya ;^[3] and his queens (of the Haihaya family) Lôkamahâdêvî and her younger sister Trailôkyamahâdêvî (the mother of Kîrtivarman II.).

49.─Ś. 679.─Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 202, and Plates. Vakkalêri plates of the 11th year of the reign of the W. Chalukya the Mahârâjâdhirâja Kîrtivarman II. Satyâśraya, recording a grant made at the request of a certain Ḍôsirâja ;^[4] issued from Bhaṇḍâragaviṭṭage :─

(L. 61).—ga(na)vasaptatyuttara-shaṭchhatêshu Śaka-varshêshv-atîtêshu pravardhamâna- vijayarâjya-saṁvatsarê êkâdaśê varttamânê . . . Bhâdrapada-paurṇamâsyâṁ.

Genealogy as far as Vijayâditya Satyâśraya as in No. 33 ; his son, the Mahârâjâdhirâja Vikramâditya [II.] Satyâśraya (defeated the Pallava Nandipôtavarman^[5]) ; his son, the Mahârâjâdhirâja Kîrtivarman [II.] Satyâśraya.—The inscription mentions [the Pallava] Narasiṁhapôtavarman.^[6]

50.—Ind. Ant. Vol. XI. p. 69. Âḍûr Sanskṛit and Kanarese damaged inscription of the reign of the W. Chalukya^[7] Râjâdhirâja Kirtivarman II. ;^[8] mention a king Sinda of Pâṇḍîpura, and a king Mâdhavatti.

51.─Ep. Ind. Vol. p. 253, and Plate. Diḍgûr Kanarese inscription^[9] of the reign of a [W. Chalukya ?] king Kattiyara,^[10] under whom a certain Dôsi^[11] was governing the Banavâsi twelve-thousand province :─

(L. 4).─ grahaṇa[do]ḷ.

52.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XX. p. 69, and Plate. Kôṭûr Kanarese inscription^[12] of the time of Chalukya prince named Parahitarâja ; records the ceremony of walking through fire and the death of a Śaiva ascetic named Sambu (Śambhu).

B.─ The Râshṭrakûṭas of Mâlkhêḍ and Gujarât (Lâṭa).

53.─Ś. 675.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XI. p. 111, and Plates. Sâmângaḍ (now Royal As. Soc.’s) plates of the Râshṭrakûṭa Mahârâjâdhirâja Dantidurgarâja (Dantivarman II.) Khaḍgâvalôka :─

(L. 30).-paṁchasaptatyadhika-Śakakâlasaṁvatsara-śatashaṭkê vyatîtê saṁvata(t) 675 pai (? pô or pau)hachchhikâyâ Mâghamâsa-rathasaptamyâ[ṁ*] tulâpurusha-sthitê . . .

Gôvindarâja [I.] ; his son Kakkarâja [I.] ; his son Indrarâja [II.] ; his son Dantidurgarâja,^[13] conquered Vallabha (i.e. the W. Chalukya Kîrtivarman II.), and defeated the Karṇâṭaka army which had defeated Harsha [of Kanauj], Vajraṭa and others.

54.─Ś. 679.─Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. XVI. p. 106, and Plates. Ântrôlî-Chhârôli (in Surat district) plates of the Râshṭrakûṭa Mahârâjâdhirâja Kakkarâja II. of Gujarât :─

(L. 29).─vishuva-saṁkrântau . . .

(L. 36).─Śakanri(nṛi)pakâl-âtîta-saṁvatsara-śatashaṭkê êkû(kô)nâśîty-adhikê Âśvayuja- śuddhâ(ddhê=ṅ)katê(tô)=pi saṁ 600 70 9 tithi 7.

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^[1] This was the new-moon day of the first pûrṇimânta Śrâvaṇa (or, by the system of mean intercalation, of the pûrṇimânta Śrâvaṇa).
^[2] With the epithet or biruda Niravadya (?).
^[3] He has the epithets or birudas Anivârita and Nṛipasiṁha.
^[4] See below, No. 51.
^[5] I.e. Nandivarman ; see below, No. 633 ff.
^[6] I.e. Narasiṁhavarman ; see below, No. 634.
^[7] The name Chalukya or Châlukya does not occur in the inscription.
^[8] See Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 377.
^[9] According to Dr. Fleet “ the characters of it are fairly referable to closely about A.D. 800.”
^[10] Compare below, No. 232.
^[11] See above, No. 49.
^[12] Of about the ninth century A.D.
^[13] In the concluding verse called Dantivarman.