South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

32.- In the Akshêsvara temple at Achcharapâkkam.^[1]

1 Svasti śrî [||*] Tribhuvanach[cha]kra[va]ttiga[ḷ] śr[î]-Vî[ra]-Pâṇḍi[ya]dêvarkku [y]âṇḍu 7[va]du Karkaḍaga-nâyarru apa[ra]-pakshattu N[â]-
2 yarru-k[i]lamai[yu]m saptamiyum perra Aśvati-nâ[ḷ].

“In the 7th year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Vîra-Pâṇḍyadêva,─ on the day of Aśvinî, which corresponded to a Sunday and to the seventh tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Karkaṭaka.”

If the equivalent found for the date No. 31, which is of the 15th year of the king’s reign, is the true equivalent of that date, this date No. 32, which is of the 7th year of the same reign, will in the first instance be expected to fall in A.D. 1259. The date actually corresponds to Sunday, the 13th July A.D. 1259, which was the 17th day of the month of Karkaṭaka, and on which the 7th tithi of the dark half (of the month Âshâḍha) ended 11 h. 3 m., and the nakshatra was Aśvinî for 19 h. 3 m., after mean sunrise.

The two dates Nos. 31 and 32 together shew that the reign of Vîra-Pâṇḍya commenced between (approximately) the 11the November A.D. 1252 and 13th July A.D. 1253.

B.─MARAVARMAN PARAKRAMA-PANDYA.
33.─ In the Ṛishabhêśvara temple at Śeṅgama.^[2]

1 Svasti śrîḥ [||*] Śakâ[bda] [m*] 1262n mêl kô Mârapanmar T[i]ru(ri)bu- [va*]naśakravattigaḷ śrî-Parâkrama-Pâṇḍiyadêvarkku yâṇḍu 6[vadu] Vṛiś chika-nâyarru pûrvva-pakshattu dvâdaśiyum Budan-ki[lamaiyum perra*]
2 Uttaraṭṭâdi-n[â] [ḷ*].

“After the Śaka year 1262 (had passed), in the 6th year (of the reign) of king Mâravarman (alias) the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Parâkrama-Pâṇḍyadêva, ─ on the day of Uttara-Bhadrapadâ, which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the twelfth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Vṛiśchika.”

For Saka-Saṁvat 1262 expired this date regularly corresponds to Wednesday, the 1st November A.D. 1340, which was the 5th day of the month of Vṛiśchika, and on which the 12th tithi of the bright half (of the month Kârttika) ended 22 h. 56 m., and the nakshatra was Uttara-Bhadrapadâ for 1 h. 19 m., after mean sunrise.

34.─In the Kailâsanâtha temple at Mannârguḍi.^[3]

1 Svast[i] śr[î] [||*] Kô [M]ârapanmar Tr[i]bhu[va]nachakra[vatti]gaḷ [śrî]- Parâkrama-Pâ[ṇ]ḍiyadêvarkku yâ[ṇḍu 8vadu] Dhanu-[n]âyarru apara pakshattu navamiyu[m] V[e]ḷḷi-kk[i]lam[ai]yum per[ra]
2 Attattu nâḷ.

“In the [8th] year (of the reign) of king Mâravarman (alias) the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Parâkrama-Pâṇḍyadêva,─ on the day of Hasta, which corresponded to a Friday and to the ninth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Dhanus.”

If this date were one of the 8th year of the king’s reign, it ought, in accordance with the result obtained under No. 33, to fall in Śaka-Saṁvat 1263 or 1264 expired ; but for either of these years it would be incorrect. The date, in my opinion, is really one of the 18th (not the 8th)
_________________________

^[1] No. 243 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1901.
^[2] No. 113 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1900.
^[3] No. 100 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1897.