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DATES OF CHOLA KINGS.
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B.-VIKRAMA-CHOLA. 141.-In the Amritaghateśvara temple at Tirukkadaiy@r. 1 Svasti sri [ll"] Pa-målai m[i]daindu ... 16 . . . . . . . . ko-Pparabobripatmarna) Pribhuvana.
chchakravatti17 ga! śr-Vikrama-Soladêvapku yandu 6 4x[á]vade V[ri]schi . . . . . .
. ..'[y]aiyum [Ba]dag-kilamaiyum perra Mrigasirshatti-na!.
"In the 8th-sixth-year of the reign of king Parakesarivaran alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Vikrama-Chõladeva, on the day of Mpigaslesha, which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the second P] tithi of the
to the [second ?] tithi of the .
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. . . . . . [of the month of] Vfischi[ka]."
The reign of Vikrama-Chola has been found to commence on the 29th June A.D. 1118, and this date of the 6th year of his reign undoubtedly corresponds to Wednesday, the 7th November A.D. 1123. This was the 11th day of the month of Vfischika, and on it the second tithi (of the dark half of Kärttika) ended 4 h. 45 m., while the nakshatra was Mrigasirsha, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 7 h. 13 m., and by the Brahma-siddhanta for 5 h. 55 m., after mean sunrise.
0.-RAJARAJA II. 148.-In the Gramárdhanathêsvara temple at ElvAnAsar. 1 Svasti eri fuo Pa maru viya Tiru-mådum . . . . . . . 13 . : kô=Pparakesari(pa]tmar=ana
Tribhuvanachohakravar14 tiga! fri-Rajarajadávarku yandu [1]5(vadu) M815 sha-nayarru p ärvva-pakshatta ashtamisya]
m
B adan-ki16 lamaiyum perra Pusatti-nál.
“In the [1]5th year of the reign) of king Parakesarivarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious R&jar&jadêva, - on the day of Pushya, which corresponded to & Wednesday and to the eighth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Mesha."
With the result previously obtained for the commencoment of the reign of Rajaraja (IL.) Parakesarivarman, this dato regularly corresponds to Wednesday, the 5th April A.D. 1181, which was the 13th day of the month of Mêsha and on which the 8th tithi of the bright half (of Vaibhkha) ended 12 h. 54 m., while the nakshatra was Pushya, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 11 h. 10 m., and by the Brahma-siddhanta for 9h. 12 m. after mean sunrise.
148.-In the Gramárdhanåtheśvara temple at Elvanastr. 8
. . . . . . ko-Pparakesaripanmar-&na [Tri]ba5 vanachchakravattiga! Sri-Rajarajadêvarka påņdu 1[7]vadu Dha[nu-naya]ru
[s]para-pa6 kshe[t®]ta navamiyum Nayarru-ki[la]maiyum perra A . . ..
1 No. 80 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1906. 1 Perhaps doitlyaiyum is meant.
" See above, Vol. VII. p. 8. • No. 140 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1906. . The letter is engraved below the line. • The letters tads are written in group. 1 See above, Vol. VIII. Pp. 2 and 264. * No. 129 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1908.