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by the phrase Chalukya-Vikrama-Darsha, and the seventh year of it, the year Dundubhi, should correspond to Saka-Samvat 1004 expired. But the date does not work out satisfactorily either for this year or for the years immediately. preceding and following it; for the first tithi of the bright half of Kärttika ended, in Saka-Samvat 1003 expired on Wednesday, the 6th October, A.D. 1081, and in Saka-Samvat 1004 expired on Tuesday, the 25th October, A.D. 1082; and in Saka-Samvat 1005 expired it commenced 0 h. 9 m. before mean sunrise of Saturday, the 14th October, A.D. 1083, and ended 2 h. 29 m. before the end of the same day.
Of the localities mentioned, Takkalika, one of the group of the Vâyvada-Twelve, may perhaps be the village of Takulkee,' about twelve miles north-west of the city of Bijapur and fourteen miles south-west of Tidgundi. Pratyandaka, after which the PratyandakaFourthousand district was named, and the city of Bhôgåvati, from which Muñja took one of bis birudas, I am unable to identify.
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First Plate. 1 'Jayaty=&vishkri(shkļi)taṁ Vishņôr=vvåraham kshobbit-arạnavam [*] dakshiņ-Ô2 nnata-damshţr-&gra-visramta-bhavanam vapuh 11 Vapur-dalana-sambhrama3 tsvanakha-ramdhra-nashtë ripau k va yata iti vismayât=prahi4 ta-lôchanas=garyvatah [1] vri(vri)th-êti kara-dhùnanê nipatitam pu5 rô7 rênuvan=nirikshya bhuvi Dånavam jayati játa-håsô 6 Harih
! Påmdu-pankaja-samlîna-madhup-ali-saman
g a7 lam [1] yê vi(bi)bhartti vidhêyât=tê na kapali sa mangalam !! 8 Svasti [1] Samastabhuvanábraya- Sri-Pri(pri)thvf-Vallabha- mabi9 rajadhirajaparamêsva(fva)ra- paramabhattâraka
Satya10 srayakulatilaka
Chalukyabharaṇa
sri-Tribhuvanama11 lladêvasyal vijaya-rdjyê ári-Kalyanapuré va(ba)ha-divasa
Second Plate; First Side. 12 sthira-nivåsini pri(pri)thvi[m] pålayati sati srl-Viku(kra)makala13 samvatsaréshu shatgullatitêshu saptamê Dumdubhi-samvatsaré prava14 rttamanê tasya Kå[r"]ttika-su(gu)ddha-pratipad-Ådivarê [11] Tatpâdapa15 dm-ôpajivin Mumja-mahipatêr=anvayaḥ [1 ] Pratyandaka-chatuḥ8816 hasra(sra)dês(8)-adhipatiḥ Simda-vansa (sa)-prabhavaḥ raņångañ@shv=aga17 pita-bhîr=Bhimô
Dama tad-agrasutaḥ
prakhyata-kirtti 18 ranâmgan-árjjit-ôrjita-jayagri-vallabhah
Simdara19 jô nâma tat-butasya Mu[m]ja-mahipatêḥ prasa (sa)sti-sta[m]bhaḥ I Sva20 sti [1°) Samadhigatapamchamah&savda(bda)- mahamandalesva(sva)ram18 Bhôga21 vatipura-paramêsva (sva)ra. Phaņindra-vamsodbhava- Någa-kulatilaka
1 See Ind. Ant. Vol. XXII. p. 109 ff. * Compare ibid. Vol. VIII. p. 6; Dr. Fleet's Kanarea Dynasties, p. 97; above, p. 281; and below, p. 316. . From impressions supplied by Dr. Fleet.
• Metre: śloks (Anushtabh). • Metre: Prithvi.
• Originally sárkontaḥ was engraved. 1 Originally puraw was engraved, but the superscript line which turns into aw has been struck out. Over tbe va of the following word there is a sign of an avára which has been struck out.
& Thig akshara, kahya, looks rather like chohhya in the original. • Metre: sloks (Anushțubb). 10 In accordance with what follows, we should have expected here "déré, without vijaya-rdjye. 11 Bead shafst= * Read Bható. In the following word the sign of anusvdra is engraved above ga, not above d. 13 Read vara.
