South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

560.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XIII. p. 213, and Plates. Pâganavaram (formerly Sir W. Elliot’s, now British Museum) was plates of the E. Chalukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Chalukya-Bhîma II. Vishṇuvardhana, surnamed Gaṇḍamahêndra,^[1] the son of Vijayâditya IV. and Mêlâmbâ. Genealogy with lengths of reign as far as Vishṇuvardhana [IV.] substantially as in No. 557. His son Narêndramṛigarâja [Vijayâditya II.] (reigned 48 ys.) ; his son Kali-Vishṇuvardhana [Vishṇuvardhana V.] (1½ ys.) ; his son Guṇaga-Vijayâditya [Vijayâditya III.] (slew Maṅgi, and burnt Kiraṇapura ;^[2] reigned 44 ys.) ; his younger brother the Yuvarâja Vikramâditya’s son Châlukya-Bhîma [I.] (30 ys.) ; his son Vijayâditya [IV.] (6 month) ; his eldest son Ammarâja [I.] (7 ys.) ; having expelled his son Vijayâditya [V.], Tâha (one month) ; having slain him, Châlukya-Bhîma’s son Vikramâditya [II.] (11 months) ; having defeated him, Amma’s son Bhîma (8 months); having killed him, Tâha’s eldest son Malla [Yuddhamalla II.] (7 ys.) ; having expelled him, [Chalukya-]Bhîma [II.].

561.─Ep. Ind. Ant. Vol. V. p. 135, and Plate. Masulipatam (?, formerly Sir W. Elliot’s, now British Museum) plates of the E. Châlukya Mahârâjâdhirâja [Châlukya-Bhîma^[3] II.] Vishṇuvardhana, the son of Vijayâditya IV. and Mêḷâmbâ :─

(L. 31).─ uttarâ[yaṇa-nim]ittê.

Genealogy with lengths of reigns as far as Vikramâditya [II.] substantially^[4] as in No. 560. The inscription then immediately goes on to the son of Mêlâmbâ and Vijayâditya [IV.].

562.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 37, p. 44. Kolavennu (now Madras Museum) plates^[5] of the E. Châlukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Châlukya-Bhîma II. Vishṇûvardhana, surnamed Râjamârtâṇḍa, the son of Vijayâditya IV. and brother of Ammarâja I. from a different mother ; recording a grant made at the request of the prince Vâjjaya of the Pânara family :─

(L. 30).─uttarâyaṇa-nimittê.

Genealogy with lengths of reigns as far as Ammarâja [I.] substantially^[6] as in No. 560. His son Vijayâditya [V.] (reigned half a month) ; Tâlapa (one month) ; having conquered him, Châlukya-Bhîma’s son Vikramâditya [II.] (one year) ; Châlukya-Bhîma [II.], the son of Vijayâditya [IV.] (conquered Tâtabikyana and Dhaladi).

563.─Ind. Ant. Vol. VII. p. 15, and Plates. British Museum (?, formerly Sir W. Elliot’s) plates of the E. Châlukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Ammarâja II. Vijayâditya VI., the son of Châlukya-Bhîma II. and Lôkamahâdêvî :^[7]─

(L. 51).─sômagrahaṇa-nimittam.

Genealogy with lengths of reigns as far as Ammarâja [I.] substantially^[8] as in No. 560. Having expelled his son Vijayâditya [V.], Tâlapa (reigned one month); having conquered him, Châlukya-Bhîma’s son Vikramâditya [II.] (11 months) ; Tâlapa’s son Yuddhamalla [II.] (7 ys.) ; having expelled his, Ammarâja’s younger brother Bhîma [i.e. Châlukya-Bhîma II.] (12 ys ). His son Ammarâja [II.] assumed the crown in the 12th year of his life on the date─

(L. 31).─Giri-rasa-vasu-saṁkhy-âbdê Śaka-samayê Mârggaśîrsha-mâsê=smin kṛishṇa-trayôdaśa-dinê Bhṛiguvârê Maitra-nakshatrê || Dhanushi ravau Ghaṭa-lagnê.

[Ś. 867] : Friday, 5th December A.D. 945 ; see ibid. Vol. XXIII. p. 123, No. 62.

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^[1] Compare above, No. 126.
^[2] See above, No. 559.
^[3] This name is not given in the inscription.
^[4] But Guṇaga-Vijayâditya is here called Guṇaka-Vijayâditya.
^[5] The grant on these plates was left incomplete.
^[6] But the length of the reign of Vijayâditya II. Narêndramṛigarâja is given as 40 years (see No. 557); and
Guṇaga-Vijayâditya is called Guṇakenalla-Vijayâditya.
^[7] The poetry of the grant is be Mâdhavabhaṭṭa.
^[8] But the length of the reign of Jayasiṁha I. is given (wrongly) as 30 years ; Guṇaga-Vijayâditya is called Guṇagâṅka-Vijayâditya ; and Vijayâditya IV. is called Kollabigaṇḍa-Vijayâditya.