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No. 7.]
DATES OF CHOLA KINGS.
31 tu[nga)-Bladêvarkı yandı 45&vada Told-nayanru pů [r]vv&-pakshattu Viyala
kkilamaiyum saptamiyum per[ra] 32 Uttira .[ti]-nál.
"In the 45th year of the reign) of king R&jakesarivarman, alias. the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulôttunga-Chôļadêve, . . . . . . . . . . on the day of the nakshatra) . . .. . . . . , which corresponded to a Thursday and to the seventh tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Tula."
The conclusion arrived at under No. 6 was to the effect that the first year of the reign of Kulottunga-Chô!s I. probably coincided with part of Saka-Samvat 992 expired. Supposing this to have been the case, the 44th year of his reign onght to have partly coincided with Saks-Samyat 1035 expired, and the 45th year with Saka-Samvat 1036 expired. And, as a matter of fact, the date No. 7 does work out faultlessly for Saka-Samvat 1035 expired, and the date No. 8 does so for Saka-Sarnyat 1036 expired.
For Saka-Sarvat 1035 expired the date No. 7 would correspond to Friday, the 13th March A.D. 1114, which was the 19th day of the month of Mina (the solar Chaitra). On this day (the 5th tithi of the bright half of the lunar Chaitra ended 10h. 16m., and) the moon was in the nakshatra Bôhiņi (by all systems for 17h. 4m. after mean sunrise. The sun rose in 19° 1' of the sign Mina, and the sign Rishabha therefore rose from about 2h. 44m. to about Ah. 44m. after sunrise (while the moon was in Röhiņi).
For Saka-Samyat 1036 expired the date No. 8 would correspond to Thursday, the 8th October A.D. 1114, which was the 11th day of the month of Tula (the solar Kårttika). On this day the 7th tithi of the first or bright half of the lunar Kârttika) ended 3h. 33m, and the moon was in the nakshatra Uttaråshådhå for 13h. 8m. (or, according to the Brahmasiddhanta, 6b. 34m.) after mean sunrise.
As stated by Dr. Haltzsch,: 'I have some time ago calculated the same dates, Nos. 7 and 8, on the supposition that Kulottunga-Chola I. ascended the throne in A.D. 1063. I then found that both dates work out properly for the year A.D. 1107 (No. 7 for Saka-Samvat 1028 expired, and No. 8 for Saka-Samyat 1029 expired); and, accepting my results, Mr. Dikshit has stated that, with them, the first year of the reign of Kulôttungs-Chôļa I. would have commenced some time between the 2nd March and 24th October (both days inclusive) of A.D. 1083. Bat I am obliged to point out that the results obtained for A.D. 1107, though perhaps acceptable each by itself, are not so satisfactory as those obtained for A.D. 1114, when compared with each other.
For Saka-Sarvat 1028 expired the date No. 7 would correspond to Friday, the lst March A.D. 1107, which was the 7th day of the month of Mina (the solar Chaitra). On this day (the 5th tithi of the bright half of the lanar Chaitra ended 17h. 53m., and) the moon was in the nakshatra Krittika, by the equal-space system 21h. 40m., by the Brahma-siddhanta Sh. 32m., and according to Garga 9h. 51m. after mean suprise, and afterwards in Rəhiņi. The sun rose in 6° 56' of the sign Mina, and the sign Rishabha therefore rose from about 3h. 32m. to about 5h. 32m. after sunrise (while the moon was in Krittika).
For Saka-Samvat 1029 expired the date No. 8 would correspond to Thursday, the 24th October A.D. 1107, which was the 27th day of the month of Tula (the solar Karttika). On this day (which was Kärttika-fudi 6) the 7th tithi of the bright half commenced Oh. 55m. after mean sunrise (ending 2h. 33m. after sunrise of the following day), and the moon was in the
* It is not clear if the actual reading is Ottiraffadi-ndi or Ottirddatti-nd! (for Ullirddattig nd!). • The nakshatra was either Uttara-Bhadrapad or UttarishadhA. • Ind. Ant. VoL XXIII. p. 298.
