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1046, by the Brahma-siddhanta from sunrise, and by the equal-space system and according to Garga from 3h. 17m. after mean sunrise; but the tithi which ended on the day so found, 1lh, 54m. after mean sunrise, was the third, not the second tithi of the bright half. Considering that Wednesday, the 3rd December A.D. 1046, answers two of the requirements of the date, and that no satisfactory results can be obtained for either of the surrounding years Saka-Samvat 967 and 969 expired, I feel no hesitation in accepting that day as the true equivalent of this date, and in maintaining that the writer of the date has erroneously quoted the second instead of the third tithi of the bright half.
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15.- Inscription in the Vaidyanatha temple at Tirumalavați,
.... Ja[ya]ókoņda-bolan Q2 yarn[da]-perum-pugal k8 Raja[k]édariva[nma]r-ána [a]ai3 yår
ért-Rajadhirajadávarkku 4 ya[n]da
[3]2ávada 6 . . . . . . . . .
[iv]v-attai] 7 (Vira]chchiga-pâyazza Viyala-kkils[mai] perra Tiruvopatti-nân8 zu.
"In the [3]2nd year (of the reign) of Jayankonda-Chola, the king whose great fame was rising, Rajakesarivarman, alias the lord, the glorious Rajadhirajadova, on the day of Sravana, which corresponded to & Thursday in the month of Vfischika in this year."
This date, if really of the 32nd year of Rajadhiraja's reign, would in the first instance be expected to fall in Saka-Samvat 971 expired; but the date is incorrect both for that year and for the surrounding years Saka-Samvat 970 and 972 expired. In Saka-Samvat 071 expired the month of Vrischika lasted from the 26th October to the 24th November A.D. 1049, and during this time the moon was in the nakshatra Sravana on Friday, the 3rd November A.D. 1049, by the Brahma-siddhanta from sunrise, and by the equal-space system and according to Garga from 3h. 17m. after mean sunrise. In Saka-Samvat 970 expired the month of Vrischika lasted from the 26th October to the 23rd November A.D. 1048, and during this time the moon was in the nakshatra Sravana on Saturday, the 12th November, and Sunday, the 13th November, A.D. 1048. And in Saka-Samvat 972 expired the month of Vrifchika lasted from the 26th October to the 24th November A.D. 1050, and here the moon was in the nakshatra Sravana on Wednesday, the 21st November A.D. 1050, by the equal-space system and according to Garga for 21h. Im., and by the Brahma-siddhanta for 22h. 20m. after mean sunrise.
If the year of the date were the 22nd year of Rajadhiraja's reign, the date would be expected to fall in Saka-Samvat 961 expired, and for that year it would be correct. For in Saka-Samvat 961 expired the month of Vrischiks lasted from the 27th October to the 24th November A.D. 1039, and during this time the moon was in the nakshatra Sravaņa on Thursday, the 22nd November A.D. 1039, by the Brahma-siddhanta from sunrise, and by the equal-space system and according to Garga from lh. 58m. after mean sunrise.
Apart from this donbtful date, our examination of the three dates Nos. 12-14 has shown that the 14th March A.D. 1044 fell in the 26th year of Rajadhirkja's reign, the 13th February A.D. 1045 in his 27th year, and the 3rd December A.D. 1046 in bis 29th year; and the general conclusion to be drawn from this is, that the first year of Rajadhiraja's reign commenced in A.D. 1018, between the 16th March and the 3rd December (both days inclusive).
No. 81 of the Government Epigrapbist's collection for the year 1895.. • Of the preceding lines of this inscription no impressions were prepared. . [As the first figure of the date is indistinct, the reading " 22" is not absolutely impossible.-E.H.]
