South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

555.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XIII. p. 186, and Plates. Ahadanakaram (formerly Sir W. Elliot’s, now British Museum) Sanskrit and Telugu^[1] plates of the E. Châlukya Mahârâja Vishṇuvardhana V. (i.e. Kali-Vishṇuvardhana^[2]), the son of Mahârâja Vijayâditya II. and grandson of the Mahârâja Vishṇuvardhana IV.

556.─Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 123, and Plate. Masulipatam (?, formerly Sir W. Elliot’s plates^[3] of the E. Châlukya Mahârâja Vijayâditya III. (who in battle slew Maṅgi), the son of the Mahârâja Vishṇuvardhana V. who was son of the Mahârâja Vijayâditya II. (here also called Châlukya-Ȃrjuna^[4]) :─

(L. 27).─chandragrahaṇa-nimittê.

557.─Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 128, and Plate. Bezvâḍa plates^[5] of the E. Châlukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Bhîma I. Vishṇuvardhana (also called Châlukya-Bhîma I.) :─

(L. 20).─nija-paṭṭabandha-samayê.

In the Châlukya family, Satyâśraya’s[6] brother Kubja-Vishṇuvardhana [Vishṇuvardhana I.] (reigned 18 years) ; his son Jayasiṁha [I.] (33 ys.); his younger brother Indra-bhaṭṭâraka’s son Vishṇuvardhana [II.} (9 ys.) ; his son Maṅgi-yuvarâja (25 ys.) his son Jayasiṁha [II.] (13 ys.) ; his younger brother from a different mother, Kokkili (6 months) ; his eldest brother Vishṇuvardhana [[III.]^[7] (37 ys.); his son Vijayâditya-bhaṭṭâraka [Vijayâditya I.] (18 ys.) ; his son Vishṇurâja [Vishṇuvardhana IV.] (36 ys.) ; his son Vijayâditya [II.] (40 ys.) ; his son Kali-Vishṇuvardhana [Vishṇuvardhana V.] (1½ ys.) ; his son Vijayâditya [III.] (44 ys.) ; Bhîma [i.e. Châlukya-Bhîma I.] is the son of his brother, the Yuvarâja Vikramâditya [I.].

558.─Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 132, and Plate. Masulipatam (now Madras Museum) plates of the E. Chalukya Mahârâja Ammarâja I. Vishṇuvardhana, recording a grant to Mahâkâla, a general, and son of a foster-sister, of Ammarâja’s grandfather Bhîma I.

Genealogy with lengths of reigns as far as Vijayâditya [III.] substantially as in No. 557. From his younger brother, the Yuvarâja Vikramâditya [I.], sprang Bhîma [I., i.e. Châlukya-Bhîma I.] (who reigned 30 ys.) ; his son Vijayâditya [IV.] (6 months) ; his son Ammarâja [I.].

559.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 36, p. 39. Êḍêru (now Madras Museum) plates of the E. Chalukya Mahârâja Amma I. Vishṇuvardhana, surnamed Râjamahêndra ; recording a grant to one of the king’s military officers named Bhaṇḍanâditya-Kuntâditya, of the Paṭṭavardhinî family.

Genealogy with lengths of reigns from Kubja-Vishṇuvardhana^[8] to Vishṇuvardhana [IV.] substantially as in No. 557. Vishṇuvardhana’s son Vijayâditya [II.] (reigned 44 ys.) ; his son Kali-Vishṇuvardhana [Vishṇuvardhana V.] (1½ ys.) ; his son Vijayâditya [III.] (cut off the head of Maṅgi ; frightened Kṛishṇa and Saṅkila, and burnt their city [Kiraṇapura] ;^[9] reigned 44 ys.) ; his younger brother Vikramâditya’s son Chalukya-Bhîma[10] [I.] (30 ys.) ; his son Vijayâditya[11] [IV.] ; his son Amma [I.].

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^[1] The whole of the donative part of the grant is in Telugu.
^[2] See below, No. 557 ff.
^[3] There is no information as to what has become of the plates.
^[4] He also is described as a fire of destruction to the Gaṅga family.
^[5] The plates are quasi-palimpsests.
^[6] I.e. Pulakêśin II., above, No. 9 ff.
^[7] Compare below, No. 634.
^[8] The inscription mentions an enemy of his, (a king) Daddara.
^[9] See Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 226 ; the Kṛishṇa mentioned above is by Dr. Hultzsch suggested to be a Paramâra of Mâlava ; but he may be the Râshṭrakûṭa Kṛishṇarâja II. See below, No. 560.
^[10] Here also called Drôhârjuna.
^[11] Here also called Kaliyarttyaṅka.