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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
No. 4.─ THREE MEMORIAL STONES. The stone which bears this inscription (No. 103 of 1899) was discovered by Mr. H. Krishna Sastri, B.A. It is set up near the Śiva temple at Baṅgavâdi in the Muḷubâgaḷ tâluka of the Kôlâr district of the Mysore State and bears the representation of a warrior riding on a horse at full gallop. The alphabet is archaic Tamil and resembles that of the published inscriptions of the same king.[6] The only Grantha letter which occurs is da of Daḍiyaº (l. 2). The language is Tamil. Au archaic form is nâlgâvadu (l. 2) for nângâvadu. Instead of kâṇga and Daḍiyargaḷ we find the vulgar forms kâṅga (l. 5) and Daḍiyaṅgaḷ (l. 2 f.). Mayindiramikkirama (l. 3) is a Prâkṛit corruption of Mahêndravikrama. The word tonru (l. 4) is a variant of toru, ‘cattleâ[7] The inscription is dated in the 24th year of the reign of the (Gaṅga-Pallava) king Vijaya-Narasiṁhavikramavarman.[8] It records the death of a hero, who was in the service of Skanda, the adhirâja of the Bâṇas,[9] and who fell in recovering cattle which had been seized by three persons. These were the Daḍiya,─ evidently the chief of Daḍigavâḍi,[10]─ an unnamed Bâṇa chief, and a certain Mahêndravikrama. The usual imprecation at the end of the inscription is only partially preserved.
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