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No. 25) INSCRIPTION FROM NAVALI, SAKA 936
168 Jayasimha II, the latter's earliest date would be Saka 937, Räkshasa, Uttarayana (.e., the 24th December 1015 A.D.) supplied by a recorda from Sidenūr in the Dharwar District.
The geographical names mentioned in the epigraph are Ededore 2,000, Navile and Karadikal. Ededore was a stretch of country lying between the rivers Krishn in the north and Tungabhadra in the south and comprising a large part of the present Raichur District. Navilo is the present Navali, the findspot of our record. Karadikal is Karadkal near Lingsugur.
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1 Svasti Samasta-bhuvan-āsraya Sriprithvivallabha-mahärä2 j-adhirāja-Paramēsva($va)ra-paramabhattāraka Satyaera(braya)3 kala-tilaka Chaluky-abharana srimat-Tribhuvanamalla döva-på4 da-pamkaja-bhramaram komara-gaja-kēsari ki[r]tti-vidya5 dharaṁ mma(ma)llik-āmādam mmā(mā)rppade bhimam kodaņdarāvam(mam) ga6 ndarolgandan tēja-märttandaṁ ganda-bamgäran aroha-kada7 bbukam Sriraj-Jayasinghadēvar-Edadoro yil-chäsiramu8 mam dushţa-nigraha-visi(si)shța-pratipāļaneyindam-aļdu sukha9 sankathä-vinodadi[m] rājyaria geyyuttum=ire tad-räja-guru-bha10 fārakar-Pparidhävi samvatsarada Kārttika bahula ashta11 mi somasvă]radot tirtha-sthānan=Navilēya Jedoyasam(ban)12 [ka"]ra-dēvara dakshiņamū[1*]ttiyol=si(l-Si)78-samanar-á13 [do]'d=avara pādukangaļa pājā-nimitya(tta)dim Sa(Sa)ka-varsha 14 [9]®36 noya Ananda-samvatsarada Vaisā(tā)kha su(ku) 3 Soma16 [vprarh (116) Svasti Yama-niyama-svädhyāya-dhyana-dha16 (raņa]-mon-anushtā(shthā)na-parāyana-samadhi-sampannarrappa 17 [bl]mat=Karadikalla Jógasi(si)vācharyar Navile18 (ya Je]"deyasam(Saṁ)karadēvara sthānapati Māņika-bhalärarggam 19 .. [bha]ļärarggam Tri(Tri)bhuvana-bhaļārarggam=amtu sthānapati-bhaļāra20 ... rgge 6 gadyāņa honnam koţgu sarvva-băda(dha)-pariharamu[m] 14. R. Ep., 1935-36, B. K. No. 92.
Above, Vol. XII, p. 296. • From impressions.
Road badambakas. . This letter is lost. • The figure 9 is partly broken away *These letters are broken off The letter ya is broken away Je is partly seen.