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South Indian Inscriptions

 

 

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Dr. Bhandarkar

J.F. Fleet

Prof. E. Hultzsch

Prof. F. Kielhorn

Prof. H. Luders

J. Ramayya

E. Senart

J. PH. Vogel

Index-By V. Venkayya

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Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume 2, Part 2

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Kalachuri-Chedi Era Part 1

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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

Pallava princess) Vijayâditya ; his son Polakêśivallabha (Pulakêśin I.) ; his son Kîrtivarman [I.]. Then genealogy with lengths of reigns from Kubja-Vishṇuvardhana to Yuddhamalla [II.] Substantially[1] as in No. 563. Having expelled Yuddhamalla [II.], Râjabhîma (Bhîma, Châlukya-Bhîma [II.], the younger brother of Ammarâja [I.], (reigned 12 years) ; his son Ammarâja [II.] (25 ys.) ; Dâna or Dânârṇava, his brother from a different mother (3 ys.) ; an interregnum of 27 years ; Dâna’s son Śaktivarman (12 ys.) ; after him Vimalâditya[2] (Tribhuvanâṅkuśa, Birudaṅka-Bhîma,[3] Mummaḍi-Bhîma, Bhûpamahêndra), the son of Dâna and Ȃryâ-mahâdêvî.

569.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XIV. p. 50, and Plates. Korumelli (formerly Sir W. Elliot’s, now British Museum) plates[4] of the E. Châlukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Râjarâja I. Vishṇuvardhana, the son of Vimalâditya and his wife Kundavâ who was the younger sister of [the Chôḷa king] Râjêndra-Chôḍa [I.] and daughter of [the Chôḷa king] Râjarâja [I.] of the solar race :[5]

(L. 103).─iṁdûparâgê.

Date of Râjarâja’s coronation :─

(L. 65).─Yô rakshituṁ vasumatîṁ Śaka-vatsarêshu vêd-âṁburâśi-nidhi-varttishu Siṁhagê-=rkke [|*] kṛishṇa-dvitîya-divavas-[6]Ôttarabhadrikâyâm vârê Gurôr=Vvaṇiji lagna-varê= bhishiktaḥ ||

[Ś. 944.]: Thursday, 16th August A.D. 1022 ; see ibid. Vol. XXIII. p. 131, No. 110. Mythical genealogy, etc., as far as the interregnum substantially as in No. 568 ; Dâna’s son Châlukya-Chandra [Śaktivarman] (reigned 12 ys.) ; his younger brother Vimalâditya (7 ys.) ; his son Râjarâja [I.].

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570.─Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 303. Madras Museum Sanskṛit and Telugu[7] plates (Nandamapûṇḍi grant) of the 32nd year of the reign of the E. Chalukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Râjarâja I. Vishṇuvardhana, the son of Vimalâditya and his wife Kundavâ of the solar race :[8]

(L. 78).─sômagrahaṇa-nimittê.

(L. 92).─dvâttriṁśattamê vijayarâjya-varsh[ê]varddha[mâ*]nê.

The lunar eclipse mentioned is probably that of the 28th November A.D. 1053 [in Ś. 975], which was visible in India ; see ibid. p. 303.

Date of coronation and genealogy with lengths of reigns substantially as in No. 569.

571.─Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 336, and Plates. Ṭêki plates[9] of the E. Châlukya Mahârâjâdhirâja

Chôḍagaṅga Râjarâja Vishṇuvardhana, rules of Vêṅgî, of the 17th year of the reign (of Kulôttuṅga-Chôḍa I.) ; issued from Jananâthanagarî :─

(L. 108).─śrî-vijayarâjya-saṁvatsara(rê) saptadaśê.

Date of Chôḍagaṅga’s appointment as ruler of Vêṅgî :─

(L. 61).─Śak-âbdê rasa-kh-âṁbar-êṁdu-gaṇitê Jyêshṭhê=dha(tha) mâsê sitê pakshê pûrnna(rṇṇa)-tidhau(thau) dinê Suragurôr=Jyêshṭhâṁ śaśâṁkê gate [|*] Śiṁha(hê) lagna-varê.

[For Ś. 1006] the date is irregular.

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[1] But Indrarâja (Indra-bhaṭṭâraka) is here stated to have reigned for 7 days, and Tâlapa is called Tâḍapa.
[2] He amongst others defeated the Śakas, Lâṭas and Gurjaras.
[3] Compare Birudaṅka-Râma, above, in No. 309, note.
[4] The first plate is a quasi-palimpsest.
[5] The poetry of the grant is by Chêtanabhaṭṭa, the son of Bhîma (No. 568).─ For the Chôḷa kings Râjarâja I. and Râjêndra-Chôḍa (-Chôḷa I.) see below, Nos. 696 ff. and 721 ff.
[6] Read -divas-.
[7] The description of the boundaries of the village granted is in Telugu.
[8] The poetry of the grant is by Nanniyabha­ṭṭa.
[9] Composed by Viddayabhaṭṭa ; see Nos. 572 and 573.─ The plates do not refer to a grant of land, but confer certain honorary privileges.

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