Epigraphia Indica Vol 04

Author(s): E Hultzsch
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India

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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
C.-KULOTTUNGA-CHOLA I.
6.- Inscription on a stone standing close to the north wall of the Samkarésvara temple at Sindhuvalli in the Kalale hôbali of the Nanjanaguḍi taluka.
1 Sva[sti] śri [*] Sakarai ya[n]du [Ayira] 2 [+]t-mappadu
perra
3 tsarattu
4 ladevar
5 [ḍu]
Dvaya-sam[va]ári-Kolôttumka-So
pridhi(vi*]-rjyattu muppatt-êlâvadu
yân
"In the Vyaya year which corresponded to the Saka year one thousand and thirty, (and) in the thirty-seventh year of the reign of the glorious Kulôttunga-Chôladeva
[VOL. IV.
This date contains no details for exact verification. Moreover, the Jovian year Vyaya put down in it does not correspond to the given Saks year 1030; for, according to the southern lunisolar system,3 Vyaya was Saka-Samvat 1028 expired, while Saka-Samvat 1030 current was Sarvajit and 1030 expired Sarvadhârin. Where there is a similar discrepancy between the Saka year and the Jovian year of a date, it is generally the Jovian year that is quoted correctly, and a priori it appears reasonable to assume that the same is the case here and that, accordingly, the year intended is really Saka-Samvat 1028 expired. This year, combined with the 37th year of the reign of Kulôttunga-Chôla I., would give us for the first year of his reign Saka-Samvat 992 expired=A.D. 1070-71. It remains to be seen how far this result would agree with the following dates, Nos. 7 and 8.5
éri-Kulót
7.-Inscription in the Nataraja temple at Chidambaram in the South Arcot district. ári Tiribavanachchakkaravattigal śri-Kulôttungatiru-tahrnighe Rajarajan Kundavaiy=Âlvår
1 || Svasti 2 Śôladevar 5.
nå-pilattai mulud-Anda Jaya6 dararku narpattu-nal-Andil Mina-nigal nayarru Velli peUrosani-nal-Iḍabam podál.
7 xa
"In the forty-fourth year (of the reign) of Jayadhara, who ruled all the four quarters,at the time (of the rising of the sign) Rishabha on the day of (the nakshatra) Rohini, which corresponded to a Friday in the month during which (the sign) Mina was shining,- Kundavai Alvar, (the daughter of) Rajaraja (and) the royal younger sister of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulôttunga-Chôladêva, [gave, etc.]"
8.- Inscription in the Âpatsahâyêsvara temple at Âlanguḍi in the Tanjore district. Svasti Pulgall sûlnda kov-Arajakêsaripatmar-âna Tribhuvanachchakrava[r]tti
1 ||
sri
30
||
1 No. 3 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for the year 1895; Ep. Cars. Part I. p. 191, No. 51.From Mr. Venkayya's transcript.
Rend Vyaya-samva-.
By the mean-sign system (which is out of the question here) Vyays would have commenced on the 15th December A.D. 1102, in Saka-Samvat 1024 expired.
+ Compare the dates given in Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIV. p. 4, No. 189 ff.
These dates have been already published by Dr. Hultasch in Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. pp. 297 and 298
• Read Minam.
7 This, according to Dr. Hultzach, was a biruda of Kulottunga-Chola I. Read Irája.