South Indian Inscriptions

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Index
Introduction
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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
Appendix
List of Plates
Other South-Indian Inscriptions
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Volume 3	Vol. 4 - 8
Volume 9	Volume 10
Volume 11	Volume 12
Volume 13	Volume 14
Volume 15	Volume 16
Volume 17	Volume 18
Volume 19	Volume 20
Volume 22 Part 1	Volume 22 Part 2
Volume 23	Volume 24
Volume 26	Volume 27
Tiruvarur	Darasuram
Konerirajapuram	Tanjavur
Annual Reports 1935-1944	Annual Reports 1945- 1947
Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume 2, Part 2	Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume 7, Part 3
Kalachuri-Chedi Era Part 1	Kalachuri-Chedi Era Part 2
Epigraphica Indica	Epigraphia Indica Volume 3
Epigraphia Indica Volume 4	Epigraphia Indica Volume 6
Epigraphia Indica Volume 7	Epigraphia Indica Volume 8
Epigraphia Indica Volume 27	Epigraphia Indica Volume 29
Epigraphia Indica Volume 30	Epigraphia Indica Volume 31
Epigraphia Indica Volume 32	Paramaras Volume 7, Part 2
Śilāhāras Volume 6, Part 2	Vākāṭakas Volume 5
Early Gupta Inscriptions
Archaeological Links
Archaeological-Survey of India
Pudukkottai

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
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VOLUME VII.
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No. 1.- DATES OF CHOLA KINGS.
BY F. KIELHORN. PH.D., LL.D., C.I.E.; GÖTTINGEN.
(Continued from Vol. VI. page 285.)

A.- PARANTAKA I.
55.- In the Kêśava-Perumâḷ temple at Kûram.^[1]

1 Svast[i] śr[î] [||*] [Ma]d[irai ko]ṇḍ=Î[lam] pu[gun]da [kô]=Pparakkê[sa]ri[pan]- ma[r*]k[ku] yâṇḍu nârpadâvadu
2 i[v*]v-âṭ[ṭ]ai . . . [ḍa]ga-^[2]nâya[r]ru apara-pa[ksha*]t[tu]=Chchani-kkilamaiyum nava[m]iyum perra Uroyaṇi-nâḷ irâtri.

“In the fortieth year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman who took Madirai and entered Îlam,─ at night on the day of Rôhiṇi, which corresponded to a Saturday and to the ninth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of [Karkaṭa]ka in this year.”

Although I am unable to give with confidence the actual equivalent of this date, I may state that between A.D. 900 and 985 the only years for which the date would be quite regular are A.D. 919 and 946.

For A.D. 919 the date would correspond to Saturday, the 24th July, which was the 30th day of the month of Karkaṭaka, and on which the 9th tithi of the dark half (of the mouth Śrâvaṇa) ended 4 h. 41 m., and the nakshatra was Rôhiṇî for 17 h. 44 m., after mean sunrise.

And for A.D. 946 it would correspond to Saturday, the 25th July, which was the last day of the month of Karkaṭaka, and on which the 9th tithi of the half (of the month Śrâvaṇa) ended 13 h. 11 m. after mean sunrise, and the nakshatra was Rôhiṇî the whole day.

B.- KULOTTUNGA–CHOLA I.
56.- In the Lakshmînârâyaṇa temple at Kâvânṭaṇḍalam.^[3]

1 Svasti Srî [||*] Tiru ma[nni] viḷaṅga
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^[1] No. 34 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1900.
^[2] Read perhaps Karkaḍaga-.
^[3] No. 206 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1901 ; South-Ind, Inscr, Vol. III. No. 77.

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