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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
[Vol. VI.
The date is Saka-Samvat 1037 (1. 14 f.) and the 45th year of the reign (1. 13 f.) of a Chalukya king who bore the surnames Parântakal (1.1), Sarvalókåśraya and Vishnuvardhana-maharaja (1. 11 f.). If the regnal year is dedacted from the Saka year, the result is Saka-Sanivat 992 = A.D. 1070 as the date of the king's accession to the throne. Consequently he must be identical with the Chalukya-Chôļa king RAjêndra-Chôļa II. alias KulôttungaChola I. whose reign is known to have commenced in A.D. 1070.9
The purpose of the inscription is to record the gift of a lamp to Nirayana: (1. 18), the deity of the temple in which it is still found, and which is stated to have been built by a Vaisya named Mandayat (11.7 and 18). Bhimavaram bore the name of Chalukyabhimapura or "vura (11. 6 f. and 17) and belonged to the district of Sakatamantani-nându (1. 16 f.). The date of the grant was the vernal equinox (1. 15 f.). The donor of the lamp was a minister of the king, named Madhava (1. 3) and surnamed Rajavallabha (1.2). He was a native of the Chôļa country (1. 19), and his full Tamil name was Velån Madhavan, alias Rajavallabha-Pallavaraiyan (1. 21 f.). The small Leyden grant (11. 11 f. and 49), which was issued in the 20th year of the reign of Kulottunga I., contains the name of a minister (sandhivigrahin) R&javallabha-Pallavaraiyan, who is perhaps identical with the donor of the subjoined inscription.
The following is a list of other inscriptions of Kulottunga I. which contain both a Saka date and a regnal year. All are in the Bhimêávara temple at Dráksharama, with the exception of No. 1 which is near the Nagêśvara temple at Chêrôlu.?
A.- Inscriptions in which the king is designated only by his titles Sarvalókásraya-briVishnuvardhana-mahárája.8
1.-No. 151 of 1807. 1 Svasti Sakha-varshamblu 998 n-êrti Nala-samvatsa-10 2 rasrahi svasti Saryvalókásraya-sri3 Vishnuvardhana-mahârâjula pravarddhama4 na-vijaya-rajya-samvatsara (mblu]" 7 n=endu... 6 ..... Maglia-måsamuna 7 pannamayu 13Sukravåra muna magrahaņa8 nimittamunan= .....
2.-No. 180 of 1893. 1 4Saka-var[sha]mulu 1006 svasti [Sa]rvvalôkasraya-sri-Vishņuvarddhana-mahârájula
pravar[ddha]m2 na-vijaya-rajya-samvatsaramu 15 gu [sra®]hi dina 307 ndam .....
3.- No. 374 of 1893. 1 [Sva]sti Saka-va[r*]shambulu 1036 svasti Sarvvalókásraya-sri-Vishnuvarddhana
maharajula 16
1 This had been the name of two Chôļa kings; see South-Ind. Inger. Vol. I. p. 112. ? See above, Vol. IV. p. 266.
According to other inscriptions the name of the temple was Rajandrayana-Vinnagara ; see above, Vol. IV. p. 280 and note 8.
• In the Donepůndi grant the temple is referred to as Mande-Narisana; above, Vol. IV. p. 368. . This name is derived from that of Cbklukya Bhima I. ; see above, Vol. IV. p. 227. • See above, Vol. IV. p. 87, note 8.
" See above, Vol. V. p. 148, and Vol. VI. p. 38. # Prof. Kjelhorn's calculations of the dates 1 and 8 will be published shortly. . Read Saka. 10 Read - sais radia®.
11 Read Vishnu 1 The syllable tra is engraved below the line; rend -samvatsao. # Read Sukra. 14 Bead Saka
1 Read .malár ájula.
