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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE SILAHARAS OF KOLHAPUR
was made to Śrutakīrti Traividyadēva of the Pustakagachchha in the Deśīyagaṇa of the Mūlasaṅgha, who officiated as the priest of the Jaina temple called Rūpanārāyaṇa in Kōllāpura. This temple also was constructed by the same Nimbadēva, the aforementioned feudatory of the Śilāhāra King Gaṇḍarāditya, who bore that biruda, and is evidently identical with that in front of which the inscribed slab is set up. [1] ..The record is dated, in line 24, Monday, the fifth tithi of the dark fortnight of Kārttika in the Śaka year 1058 (expressed in words), the cyclic year being Rākshasa. As in some other records of the Śilāhāras of Kolhāpur, this Śaka year must be taken to be current. Then it would correspond to the cyclic year Rākshasa according to the southern system. Again, the fifth tithi of the dark fortnight of amānta Kārttika was not current at mean sunrise, but commenced 1 h. 30 m. thereafter, on Monday, the corresponding Christian date being the 28th of October A.D. 1135. Such small irregularities of dates are noticed also in other records of the Śilāharas.
.. Among those who agreed to levy the dues and taxes on the articles manufactured and sold (in Kavaḍegolla) the most noted was the Trading Corporation of Ayyavoḷe, also called Ahichchhatra, which was known as Vīra-Baṇañjas (the Heroic Traders). The present inscription contains a lengthy praśasti of the Corporation. It is said to have consisted of the Five- hundred Svāmīs, who were probably the original founders of the Corporation, and the Gavares, the Gātriyas, the Seṭṭis, the Seṭṭi-guttas, the Gāmaṇḍas and the Chief Gāmaṇḍas. They receive high praise here for their heroism as well as for their righteousness, knowledge and charity. They traced their descent from Vāsudēva, Khaṇḍaḷī and Mūḷabhadra, and proudly stated that they had the boon of the goddess Bhagavatī. Their banner had the design of a hill [2] and they claimed that they had won the goddess of victory in many encounters. This Trading Corporation was well-known in ancient times and had extensive trade not only in the different provinces of India but also in foreign countries such as Siam, Thailand, Sumāntrā, Burmā and Ceylon, where Tamiḷ records mentioning the Five Hundred have been found. [3] This substantiates their claim that they had penetrated into six continents. [4]
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As for the localities mentioned in the present inscription, Vaḷavāḍa has already been
identified. Kavaḍegoḷḷa, where the Jaina temple of Pārśvanātha was situated in favour of
which the dues and taxes were levied, must have been not very far from Kolhāpur; for the gift
was made to the Jaina priest Śrutakīrti Traividyadēva of the Rūpanārāyaṇa temple in Kolhāpur. Kavaḍegoḷḷa has not yet been identified, but it may be identical with the village Kavaḍegulanda in the Shiroḷ tālukā of the Kolhāpur District. Ayyavoḷe is well-known as modern
Aihoḷe in the Bijāpur District of the Karnāṭak State. Miriñje is, of course, modern Miraj in
the Sāṅglī District, and Kuṇḍi-paṭṭaṇa is probably Knṇḍalāpur in the Miraj tālukā.
Torambage is modern Turambe in the Rādhanagarī tālukā of the Kolhāpur District.
Barnett identified Baḷeyavaṭṭana with Baḷiapaṭṭam in the Chirakkal tālukā of the Malbār.
District, but it is more likely to be the place of the same name (Balipattana) which was the
capital of the Śilāhāras of South Koṅkaṇ, and which has already been shown to be modern
Khārepāṭaṇ in the Ratnāgiri District. Mayisige cannot be identified.
[1] The Terdāḷ stone inscription, dated Śaka 1045, states explicitly in line 64 that the temple of Rupanārāyaṇa at Kollāpura was constructed by Sāmanta Nimbadēva (Ind. Ant., Vol. XIV, p. 19).
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