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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA Pillai was a title of the Pallavas.[1] The correctness of this view is proved by the Periyapurâṇam, in which, as Mr. Venkayya informs me, ‘the king of the Kâḍavas’ and ‘the Pallava’ are used as synonyms. The Kâḍava king whom the Hoysaḷa king Narasiṁha II. claims to have defeated[2] was probably one of Pallava chiefs of Noḷambavâḍi. It thus appears that a descendant of the Pallava dynasty was tributary to the Gaṅga-Pallava king Vijaya-Îśvaravarman. Pûdûr, the native village of the first of the two heroes (A. l. 5), is now a hamlet of Pennagaram.[3]
TRANSLATION OF A. In the seventeenth year (of the reign) of king Vijaya-Îśvaravarman, when Kanaiyûr fell into the possession of the enemies,[6] Śâttan of Pûdûr himself, the servant of Kâṭṭirai, was cut down. TRANSLATION OF B. In the seventeenth year (of the reign) of king Vijaya-Îśvaravarman, when Kâṭṭirai was victorious, Kâḍaḍi[7] Karakkan himself, who went among the enemies of the king, was cut down. III.-HEBBINI STONE OF VIJAYA-ISVARAVARMAN. The stone which bears this inscription (No. 101 of 1899) is lying near the Gôpâlakṛishṇa temple at Hebbiṇi in the Muḷubâgal tâluka of the Kôlâr district. It bears the representation of a bearded warrior with helmet, sword, shield and sword-belt.
The alphabet is Vaṭṭeluttu, and the language Tamil. The inscription is dated in the 12th
Year of the same king as No. II. and records the death of a hero, who was killed by a Bâṇa chief named Kârôniri at Śiraiyûr.
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