Epigraphia Indica Vol 33

SR No.: 032587
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: D C Sircar
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1959
Total Pages: 514
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 29 MB

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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
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Now Kattiyaradēva mentioned in the Managoli inscription referred to above as an ancestor of the later Chalukyas of Kalyana is, in my opinion, none other than the same Kirtivarman II, though Fleet was not inclined to accept this identification. The record expressly states that this Kattiyaradēva was of the Chalukya family and that his hereditary capital was at Kisuvolal, i.e. modern Pattadakal. It is not clear why Fleet says that Kirtivarman II did not stand in the relationship with Ayyana I of the later Chalukyas as asserted in the Managoli record. For, the inscription clearly states (text lines 5-6) that Ayyana belonged to the Chalukya lineage descended froin the younger brother of Kirtivarman's father, i.e. Bhima I who was the younger brother of Vikramaditya II and uncle of Kirtivarman II. And exactly this is the relationship which is mentioned in the Kauthem plates of Vikramaditya V and the Nilgund plates' of Vilaramaditya VI and is accepted by Fleet.
In view of the identification of Kattiyars of the Didgur inscription suggested above, let us now see whether Dosi who is mentioned therein as the governor of Banavāsi-12000 could also be identified. From the Vakkalēri plates of Kirtivarman II, we learn that certain villages included in Panungal-vishaya were granted by the king at the request of one D3sirāja. This would suggest that Dösirāja was a subordinate of the king, probably in charge of the Pānungal-v ishaya which was included in the larger territorial division of Banavāsi-12000 and comprised the area round about modern Hangal in the Dharwar District. As the provenance of the Didgur inscription is not far from Hangal, it is tempting to identify D35i of the Didzar record with Dõsirāja of the Vakkalēri plates. Incidentally, it may be observed that the Didgur inscription provides the earliest reference krown so far to the Banavasi province as a twelve-thousand division in the records of the Chalukyas of Bādāmi.
Ahuve, Vol. V. p. 20, note 4. * [id. n., Vol. XVI, pp. 15 ff. : Above, Vol. XII, pp. 142 ff.
Bomb. Gnz., Vol. 1, Part ii, p. 379.