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No. 16.)
SIX EASTERN CHALUKYA GRANTS.
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1. 83, pratapanda, 1. 35, and friman, 1. 38). Of these two, t is denoted by the ordinary sign for ta, and by a slightly smaller form of the ordinary sigo for na, with the sign of viráma, which hardly differs from the sign of the superscript r, placed above them. The size of the letters is between Aland - The language is Sanskrit. In addition to four benedictive and imprecatory verter and two others which give the names of the Ajnapti and the writer, the text contains five verses ealogizing the donor and his predecessors and the donee; the rest is in prose. Verse 3 does not admit of a proper construction, and in verse 5 an essentially necessary word is omitted. The orthography calls for no remarks.
The inscription is one of the tastern ChAlukya Vijayiditya (TII. Gunaka), the son of Vishnuvardhana (V.) who was the son of Vijayaditya (II. Narendramfigard ja], here also called Chaluky-Arjuna. It records that, apparently as a reward for advice which was given in the matter of the defeat of an enemy named Mangi, the king, on the occasion of a lunar oolipse, granted the village of Tranda para in the Gudravara-vishaya to the Brahmar Vinayadisarman, a son of Damodarafarman and son's son of Tarkasarman who was an inhabitant of Urputuru. The Ajfiapti of the grant was Paņdaranga (whose name occurs again below, p. 130, text 1. 46, where a grandson of his is mentioned), and the writer Katta[y]a.
Tho inscription is not dated. Of the localities, none of which have been identified, the GudravAra vishaya is also mentioned below, p. 137, text 1. 22, and in South-Ind. Insor. Vol. I. p. 48, 1. 25. Below, p. 141, 1. 22, the name of the district is spelt Gudrdvdra; and an earlier form of the name is Gudrahdra, in Ind. Ant. Vol. XIII. p. 138, 1. 17, and Vol. VII. p. 191, 1. 12, and a later one Guddavadi, ibid. Vol. XIV. p. 53, 1. 77, and Vol. XIX. p. 431, 1. 79. The name of the village of Urpatarud occurs ibid. Vol. XX. p. 416, 11. 25 and 35.
On the rather soapty pieces of historical information furnished by the insoription compare. Dr. Fleet, ibid. Vol. XX. pp. 100-103, and Dr. Hultzsch, above, Vol. IV. p. 226.
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First Plate. 1 Svasti (1") Srimata sa kala-bhuvana-samathyamdoa-Manavyasagðtranath
Haritipa2 tranan Kausiki-varaprasada-labdha-rajyanam Matpigana-paripálitâná Svámi. 3 Mahladna-padanudhyatanam
bhagavan-Nerdyana-prasada-samasadi4 ta-vera-varábalañch han-êkshapa-kebana-vasikfit-Ar&timandalanám=alvamadh-A vabhi. 3 [thajanana-pavitrikrita-vapushan
Chalukyanim
kulam-alamkarishpoh samastabhuva
Sinon writing the above, I have been able to examino impressions, kindly sent to me by Dr. Haltsch, of the insoription (or inscriptions) on the Madro Museum platos described in Mr. Bewell's List of Antiquities, Vol. II. P. No. 174. I And that lines 1-83 of these plates contain complete inscription of a Chole chief named Arikantha, who is recorded to have given the village of Mandars to the god siva (under the name of Préttivar P); mad that in this inscription, eintly as la the case in the inscription B, bere edited, the letters and throughout are denoted by the ordinary open and the open 6, while for bland l the latur cursive signs are used.-- A. Mr. Bowell ha pot been well served by his native Assistant, I may mention that the inscription referred to it is rather carelessly written gives the following line of cbiefs, who are said to belong to the family of the Chola Karikat Bandarananda, Navarima, Erogamma, VijayakAm, Virarjuna, Agrupipidaga (!), Kokili, Yobtadravarman, Elajos (). Nripakama, Divakar, and Srikantha who is described Cabla-bularyo Rdma. The Insorption luot dated, and contains Do historical luformation except what may be foruished by the given nama.
"Above, Vol. IV. p. 49, verse 18, . Gudraedra-doaya or pair of (districts called) Gudravira' is mentioned. . (On Gaddavidi see abovo, VOL. IV. p. 88, note 8.-R. H.) • Perhaps this is Vuppatura,' Indian Atlas, map 76, long. 80° 28E., lab. 16° 67Y N. • Prom BL W. Bilot'. Impressions, sapplied to me by Dr. Fleet. . This word ww perhape preceded in the original by an ornamental design.
