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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
VOL. IV.
other kings: Pandu; his five sons : Dharma, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva; Arjuna's son, Abhimanyu ; Parikshit; Janamêjaya (II.); Kshēmaka; Naraváhana; Satânika; Udayana, and, succeeding him, fifty-nine other emperors of Ayodhya.
Lines 13-23 relate, in the usual manner, Vijayaditya's expedition to the Dekhan, his death in a battle with Trilôchana-Pallava, and the birth of his posthumous son Vishņuvardhana at the agrahâra of Mudiv[@]mu, the dwelling-place of Vishnubhatta-Sômayajin.- "Having conquered the Kadamba, the Ganga, and other princes, this (Vishnuvardhana) ruled over the Dekhan (Dakshinapatha), (which is sitnated) between (Râma's) bridge and the Narmada (river), (and which contains) seven and a half lakshas (of villages)."
(L. 23.) "His (viz. Vishnuvardhana's) son by (his great queen, who was born from the Pallava race, was Vijayaditya."
(L. 24.) « To him (was born) Pulakôgin (I.); to him, Kirtivarman (I.) ; (and) to him, Satyasraya (Pulikesin II.) and Vishnuvardhana (I.). The elder of these two took possession of the dignity of king of Kuntala; the other, of the country [of Vengi)."
(L. 26.) This Kubja-Vishnuvardhana (I.), who was the brother of Satyagraya-Vallabhêndra (Pulikesin II.), (and) who adorned the race of the glorious Chalukyas, etc., ruled over the country of Vengi for eighteen years; his son, Jayasimha (I.)-Vallabha, for thirtythree years); his younger brother, Ind[rjaråja, for seven days; his son, Vishņuvardhana (II.), for nine years; (and) his son, Mangi-Yuvaraja, for twenty-five (years)."
(L. 35.) “Thus, in the unbroken lineage of the kings of the Chalukye race -
(V.5.) “Was born king [Ra]jarkja, the lord of the earth (and) abode of prosperity. He is ruling, by means of his statesmanship, the earth girt by the ocean."
(L. 38.) " And moreover,
(V. 6.) “In the race of the Yadus was born, to the lord Hari, a king named Haihaya. To him was born the wise (and) virtuous Ksitavirya, who fulfilled the desires of the multitude of (his) relatives."
(V. 7.) “From him was born Kårtavirye, who, like the sun, passed over the world on the wheels of (his) glittering chariot, (and was furnished) with a thousand strong arms (or rays)."
(V. 8.) When a great number of noble kings were living in such a way that) their body consisted only of (their) white fame, there was born from this (race) the fearless prince Mummadi-Bhima (I.), whose great power spread over the world."
(V. 9 f.) “ His excellent wife was Chhadvidevi, who was as slender as a creeper. The elder son of this couple was) prince Venna. His younger brother (was) the fortunate (and) glorious prince Râja parendu (L.), the lord of the Koriamandala, who married two noble queens, Lakshmi and Tondambika."
"A translation of this passage was given in South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. I. p. 68.
? Among the conquests of the two Chôļa kings Rajaraja and Rajendra-Chl, we find the corresponding term the seven and a half lakshas of Irattapadi. Rajendra-Chôļa took Irattapadi from the Western Chalukya king Jayasimha III. Consequently, Irattapadi appears then to bave been the designation of the Western Chalakya empire. The Khårêpatan plates of Rattardja (above, Vol. III, p. 294) state that, after the downfall of the Rashtrakūtns, the Western Chalukyas ruled over Rattapáti, and thus show that the original meaning of the term Irattap&di was, as its etymology already suggests, the empire of the Rattas or Rashtrakūtas.'
See South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. I. p. 58, note 5. * 4,. after many kings of Kirtavirya's ruce had passed away.'
Tat-ttunga-jagad-vibhitih appears to be meant for jagat-lat-6ttunga-tibdtim.
6 In dslch-Chhadvidevt, the letter chha may be only due to samdhi, and the actual name of the queen may as well have been Sadvidêvi.
