South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

564.─Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 140, and Plate. Masulipatam (now Madras Museum) plates of the E. Châlukya Mahârâja Râjâdhirâja^[1]Ammarâja II. Vijayâditya VI., surnamed Râjamahêndra, the son of Châḷukya-Bhîma II. and Lôkamahâdêvî ; recording a grant to the Yuvarâja Ball[â]ladêva-Vêlâbhaṭa, also called Boḍḍiya, the son of (the lady) Pammavâ of the Paṭṭavardhinî family. Genealogy with lengths of reigns substantially^[2] as in No. 563.

565.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 91, and Plates. Elavarru plates^[3] of the E. Châlukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Ammarâja II. Vijayâditya VI., the son of Châlukya-Bhîma II. and Lôkamahâdêvî:^[4]─

(L. 54).─uttarâyaṇa-nimittê.

Genealogy with lengths of reigns substantially as in No. 564.

566.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XIII. p. 249, and Plate. British Museum (formerly Sir W. Elliot’s) plates of the E. Chalukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Ammarâja II. Vijayâditya VI., surnamed Râjamahêndra, the son of Châlukya-Bhîma II. and Lôkamahâdêvî ; recording a grant made at the request of the king’s wife’s parents Kâma and Nâyamâmbâ :^[5]─

(L. 28).─uttarâyaṇa-nimittê.

Genealogy with lengths of reigns as for as Bhîma (i.e. Châlukya-Bhîma I.) substantially as in No. 560. His son Kollabigaṇḍa-bhâskara [Vijayâditya IV.] (reigned 6 months) ; his eldest son Ambarâja [Ammarâja I.] (7 ys.) ; his eldest son Vijayâditya [V.] (half a month) ; having put him in prison, Tâla, the son of Yuddhamalla [I.] who was the paternal uncle of Châlukya-Bhîma [I.] (one month) ; Vikramâditya [II.] (1 y.) ; Kollabigaṇḍa’s son Bhîma [Châlukya-Bhîma II.], surnamed Karayilladâta (12 ys.) ; his son Ammarâja [II.].

567.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 38, p. 47. Masulipatam (now Madras Museum) plates^[6] of the E. Châlukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Ammarâja II. Vijayâditya VI., the son of Châlukya-Bhîma II. and Lôkamahâdêvî.

Genealogy with lengths of reigns as far as Ammarâja [I.] substantially as in No. 560. After him, Tâlapa (reigned one month) ; having expelled him, Châlukya-Bhîma’s son Vikramâditya [II.] (1 y.) ; Yuddhamalla [II.] (7 ys.) ; having expelled him, Ammarâja’s younger brother [Châlukya-] Bhîma [II.] (12 ys.) ; his son Ammarâja [II.].

568.─Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 351, and Plates. Raṇastipûṇḍi^[7] plates^[8] of the 8th year (of the reign) of the E. Châlukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Vimalâditya Vishṇuvardhana :^[9]─

(L. 97).─ashṭama-varsha-varddhanê Siṁha-m[â*]sê.

Date of Vimalâditya’s coronation :─

(L. 42).─Anal-ânala-randhra-gatê Śaka-varshê Vṛishabha-mâsi sita-pakshê [|*] yash= shashṭhyâṁ Guru-Pushyê Siṁhê lagnê prasiddham=abhishiktaḥ | (||)

[Ś. 933] : Thursday, 10th May A.D. 1011 ; but the tithi which ended on this day was the 5th, not the 6th ; see ibid. p. 349.

Mythical genealogy from Nârâyaṇa (Vishṇu), through the Moon, to Udayana who was the first of 59 kings of Ayôdhyâ. Descended from them, Vijayâditya, was killed in battle with Trilôchana-Pallava ; his posthumous son Vishṇuvardhana ; his son (from a

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^[1] Perhaps a mistake for Mahârâjâdhirâja.
^[2] But the length of the reign of Jayasiṁha I. is given (correctly) as 33 years ; and Tâlapa is called Tâl-âdhipa
and Tâl-âdhipati.
^[3] The grant is partly a quasi-palimpsest.
^[4] The poetry of the grant is by Pôtanabhaṭṭa.
^[5] The poetry of the grant is by Mâdhavabhaṭṭa.
^[6] They are all much worn, and of the third plate one entire half is lost.
^[7] This is the name of the village granted ; the plates were found in the Amalâpuram tâluka and belong to an inhabitant of Amalâpuram.
^[8] The description of the boundaries of the village granted is in Sanskṛit and Telugu.
^[9] The poetry of the grant is by Bhîmanabhaṭṭa.