South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

Genealogy, etc., as far as Vimalâditya substantially as in No. 569. His son Râjarâja [I.] (reigned 41 years), married Ammaṅgadêvî, the daughter of [the Chôḷa] Râjarâja-Chôḍa [I.] of the solar race. Their son Râjarâja-Chôḍa [II.], at first ruler of Vêṅgî, as Kulôttuṅgadêva (Kulôttuṅga-Chôḍa I.) was anointed in the Chôḍa kingdom.^[1] He had many queens and from them several sons. He first appointed his son Mummaḍi-Chôḍa [Râjarâja] to the sovereignty of Vêṅgî (which had been held before by Kulôttuṅga’s paternal uncle Vijayâditya [VII.]^[2] for 15 years), and Mummaḍi-Chôḍa held it for one year. Kulôttuṅga then appointed the latter’s younger brother Vîra-Chôḍa, but recalled him after six years. He then appointed his eldest son Chôḍagaṅga.

572.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 39, p. 53 ; Ind. Ant. Vol. XIX. p. 427. Chellûr (formerly Sir W. Elliot’s, now British Museum) plates^[3] of the E. Châlukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Vîra-Chôḍa Vishṇuvardhana, rules of Vêṅgî, of the 21st year of the reign (of Kulôttuṅga-Chôḍa I.):^[4]─

(L. 113).─śrî-vijayarâjya-saṁvatsarê êkaviṁśê.

Date of Vîra-Chôḍa’s appointment as ruler of Vêṅgî :─

(L. 76).─Śak-âbdê śaśi-khadvay-êṁdu-gaṇitê Siṁh-âdhirûḍê(ḍhê) ravau chaṁdrê vṛiddhimati trayôdaśa-tithau vârê Gurôr=Vvṛiśchikê [|*] lagnê=tha Śravaṇê.

[Ś. 1001*] : Thursday, 23rd August A.D. 1078 ;^[5] see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIV. p. 2, No. 128. Genealogy, etc., as Kulôttuṅga (Kulôttuṅga-Chôḍa I.) substantially as in No. 571. He married Madhurântakî, the daughter of [the Chôḍa] Râjêndradêva, and appointed his son Vîra-Chôḍa to the sovereignty of Vêṅgî (which had been held before by Kulôttuṅga’s paternal uncle Vijayâditya [VII.] for 15 years, and by Vîra-Chôḍa’s elder brother [Mummaḍi-Chôḍa] Râjarâja for one year).

573.─Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 74 ; specimen plate in Dr. Burnell’s South-Ind. Palæography, 2nd ed., Plate xxix. Piṭhâpuram (now Madras Museum ?) plates^[6] of the E. Châlukya Mahârâjâdhirâja Vîra-Chôḍa Vishṇuvardhana, ruler of Vêṅgî, of the 23rd year of the reign (of Kulôttuṅgi-Chôḍa I.) :^[4]─

(L. 186).─uttarâyaṇa-nimitt[ê*].

(L. 279).─śrî-vijayarâjya-saṁvatsarê tryutta[ra*]-viṁśati-saṁvatsarê.

Date of Vîra-Chôḍa’s appointment as ruler of Vêṅgî and genealogy, etc., substantially^[7] as in No. 572.

574.─Ś. 1056 (for 1065).─ Ind. Ant. Vol. XIV. p. 56, and Plates. Chellûr (formerly Sir W. Elliot’s, now British Museum) plates^[3] of the reign of the E. Châlukya Kulôttuṅga-Chôḍa II., recording a grant by his Daṇḍâdhinâtha Kâṭa, otherwise called Kolani-Kâṭama-Nâyaka, i.e. Kâṭama-Nâyaka of Kolanu :─

(L. 49).─Śâk-âbdânâṁ pramâṇê rasa-viśikha-viyach-chaṁdra-saṁkhyâṁ prayâtê . . . s-Ȃrdra-rkshê pûrvva-ma(pa)kshê vishuvati sutithâ(thau).

For Ś. 1056 the date is irregular ; for Ś. 1065 it regularly corresponds to the 24th March A.D. 1143 ;8 compare Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 9.

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^[1] See below, No. 756 ff.
^[2] See below, No. 754.
^[3] In the description of the boundaries the language is a mixture of Sanskṛit and Telugu.
^[4] The poetry of the grant is by Viddayabhaṭṭa ; see No. 571.
^[5] On this day the tithi of the date commenced 0 h. 30 m. after mean sunrise.
^[6] In the description of the boundaries the language is a mixture of Telugu and Sanskrit.─ The grant is remarkable for the large number of donees (536 Brâhmaṇs whose names are given).
^[7] But Guṇaga-Vijayâditya (probably by a mistake of the writer) is stated to have reigned 40 (instead of 44) years.
^[8] The writer of the date has written rasa-viśikha- instead of viśikha- rasa-.