South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

543.─Ś. 1558.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XIII. p. 128. Koṇḍyâta^[1] (now Madras Museum) plates of Veṅkaṭapati II. of Karṇâṭa ; (composed by Râma, the son of Kâmakôṭi and grandson of Sabhâpati) :─

(L. 121).─ Vasu-bâṇa-kaḷamb-êṁdu-gaṇitê Śaka-vatsarê | Dhâtṛi-saṁvatsarê(ra-)nâmni mâsi ch=Ȃshâḍha-nâmani | pakshê vaḷakshê puṇya-rkshê dvâdasyâṁ(śyâṁ) cha mahâtithau |

The greater part of the genealogical portion of this record id identical with the corresponding portion of No. 542.

544.─Ś. 1560*.─PSOCI. No. 237 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 119, p. 218. Haḷêbîḍ Kanarese inscription of the time Veṅkaṭâdri-Nâyaka Ayya, tha son of Kṛishṇappa-Nâyaka Ayya, of Bêlûr :─

‘ Śâlivâhana-Śaka 1560 (in figures, l. 9), the Îśvara saṁvatsara ;Thursday, the fifth day of the bright fortnight of Phâlguna.’

Thursday, 8th February A.D. 1638 ;^[2] see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIV. p. 3, No. 136. 545.─Ś. 1566.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XIII. p. 156. Kaḷḷakurśi^[3] plates of Śrîraṅgarâya VI. (usually described as II.) of Karṇâṭa, the son of Pina(China)-Veṅkaṭa III. who was the younger brother of Veṅkaṭapati II., and adopted son of Gôpâla who was the son of Śrîraṅga V. and grandson of Veṅkaṭâdri, the youngest brother of Râmarâja II.;^[4] (composed by Râma, the son of Kâmakôṭi and grandson of Sabhâpati) :─

(L. 105).─Rasa-rtu-bâṇa-chaṁdr-âkhya-gaṇitê Śaka-vatsarê [|] Têru(ra)ṇ-âkhyê mahâvarshê mâsi Phâlguṇa(na)-nâmakê | pakshê vaḷakshê puṇya-rkshê dvâdasyâṁ(śyâṁ) cha mahâtithau |

546.─Ś. 1615.─Coorg Inscr. No. 11, p. 16. Kaṭṭepura Kanarese plates of Kṛishṇappa-Nâyaka, the son of Veṅkaṭâdri-Nâyaka and grandson of Kṛishṇappa-Nâyaka, of Bêlûr :─ Śâlivâhana-Śaka-varushagaḷu 1615neya Śrîmukha-nâma-saṁvatsarada Pushya-śu 12lu . . . . . . Makarasaṅkramaṇa-puṇyakâladalli.

29th December A.D. 1693.

J.─ The Eastern Chalukyas (or Châlukyas, including those of Piṭhâpuram and Śrîkûrmam) and minor chiefs of the Telugu country.^[5]

547.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. XIX. p. 309, and Plate. Sâtârâ (now British Museum) plates of the E. Chalukya^[6] Yuvarâja Vishṇuvardhana^[7] I. Vishamasiddhi ; of the 8th year (of the reign) of the Mahârâja (the W. Chalukya Pulakêśin II.^[8]) ; issued from Kurumarathyâ :─

(L. 13).─Kârttika-paurṇṇamâsyâṁ.

(L.35).─śrî-mahârâjasya pravarddhamânaka-saṁvatsarê ashṭamê.

In the family of the Chalikyas, Raṇavikrama Satyâśraya [Pulakêśin I.] ; his son Kîrtivarman [I.] ; his son Vishṇuvardhana [I.] Vishamasiddhi.

548.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XX. p. 16 ; Dr. Burnell’s South-Ind. Palæography, 2nd ed., Plate xxvii.

Chîpurupalle plates of the 18th year (of the reign) of the E. Chalukya Mahârâja Vishṇuvar-

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^[1] This is the name of the village granted ; I do not know where the plates were found.
^[2] On this day the tithi of the date commenced 3 h. 12 m. after mean sunrise.
^[3] This is the name of the village granted ; the grant was edited from Sir W. Elliot’s impressions.
^[4] Compare Ep. Ind. Vol. III., Table facing p. 238.
^[5] Viz. the chiefs of Koṇḍapaḍmaṭi, Velanâṇḍu and Kônamaṇḍala (Nos. 581-583), the Kâkatîyas (Nos. 584-589), the chiefs of Amarâvatî and Nâtavâḍi (Nos. 590-592), the Reḍḍis of Koṇḍavîḍu and Râjamahêndranagara (Nos. 593-599), the Matsyas of Oḍḍavâdi (No. 600) and Nâmaya-Nâyaka of Pîṭhâpurî (No. 601).
^[6] The original has Chalikya.
^[7] On the seal called Biṭṭarasa.─ He is the Kubja-Vishṇuvardhana of No. 557 ff.
^[8] See above, No. 9 ff.