South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

The date apparently corresponds to Saturday, the 8th July A.D. 1301, which was the 12th day of the month of Karkaṭaka, and on which the nakshatra was Maghâ, by the Brahma-siddhânta for 13 h. 47 m., according to Garga for 16 h. 25 m., and by the equal space system from 3 h. 56 m., after mean sunrise. But the tithi which ended on this day, 12 h. 24 m. after mean sunrise, was the 2nd, not the 3rd, tithi of the bright half (of Śrâvaṇa).─ Accordingly, the word tr[i]t[î]yaiyyum of the original seems to be a mistake for dvitîyaiyyum.

51.─ In the Paśupatîśvara temple at Allûr.^[1]

1 Svasti śrî [||*] Kô [M]ârapanmar=âna
2 Tiribuvana[ch]chakkaravattiga-
3 ḷ śrî-Kulaśêgaradêvarku y[â]-
4 ṇḍu 29vadu Karkaḍa-
5 ga-nâyarru apara-pakshattu tra-
6 ^[2]yôdeśiyum Śani-k[i]lamaiyum pe-
7 rra Puṇapûśattu nâḷ.

“ In the 29th year (of the reign) of king Mâravarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulaśêkharadêva,─ on the day of Punarvasu, which corresponded to a Saturday and to the thirteenth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Karkaṭaka.”

For the 29th year of Mâravarman Kulaśêkhara I.^[3] this date would be expected to fall in A.D. 1296 or A.D. 1297 ; but neither of these years yields a satisfactory result. I can therefore only suggest that the date may be one of the 39th year of the king’s reign. For that year it would regularly correspond to Saturday, the 9th July A.D. 1306, which was the 12th day of the month of Karkaṭaka, and on which the 13th tithi of the dark half (of Âshâḍha) ended 8 h. 34 m. after mean sunrise, while the nakshatra was Punarvasu, by the Brahma-siddhânta the whole day, according to Garga from 2 h. 38 m., and by the equal space system from 14 h. 27 m., after mean sunrise.

The two dates Nos. 47 and 48 reduce the period, during which Mâravarman Kulaśêkhara I. must have commenced to reign, to the time from (approximately) the 19th March to the 27th June A.D. 1268.

D.─ JATAVARMAN SUNDARA-PANDAY II.^[4]

52.─ In the Dêvanâyaka-Perumâḷ temple at Tiruvêndipuram.^[5]

1 (symbol) Svasti śrî [||*] Kôr=Chchaḍai[pa]nmar Tiribuvaṇachchakkaravattigaḷ śrî- Śundara-Pâṇḍiyadêvarkku yâṇḍu 10[âvadu] pattâ[va]du Karkaḍaga-nâyarru
2 apara-pakshattu pañjamiyum Tiṅgaḷ-kilamaiyum perra Rêvati-nâḷ.

“ In the 10th─ tenth─ year (of the reign) of king Jaṭâvarman (alias) the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Sundara-Pâṇḍyadêva,─ on the day of Rêvatî, which corresponded to a Monday and to the fifth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Karkaṭaka.”

For Jaṭâvarman Sundara-Pâṇḍya II., whose reign has been found to commence between (approximately) the 13th September A.D. 1275 and the 15th May A.D. 1276,^[6] this date corresponds to Monday, the 23rd July A.D. 1285, which was the 27th day of the month of
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^[1] No. 379 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1903.
^[2] Part of the ô of yô is engraved at the end of the preceding line.
^[3] For Mâravarman Kulaśêkhara II. The date would be incorrect.
^[4] No. 56 may be a date of Jaṭâvarman Sundara-Pâṇḍya I.
^[5] No. 137 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1902.
^[6] See above, Vol. VI. p. 314.