Epigraphia Indica Vol 07

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

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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
[Vol. VII.
2 . . . . . köv=Iråjakéśarivatmar=&pa udaiyar Sri-[R]đjêndra-Śladevarkku
Fându 4âvadu . . . 3 . . . ivv-attai Mți(vpi)schika-nâyarra pûrvva-pakshattu shashtiyut
Tiruv pamum perra Vi[y]ála-kkilamai-n&[]ru. "In the 4th year of the reign) of king Rajakesarivarman alias the lord, the glorious Rajendra-Chôļadēva,- on a Thursday which corresponded to the day of) Sravana and to the sixth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Vrischika in this year."
A date of the fourth year of the king's reign will be expected to fall in A.D. 1073 or 1074, and this date actually corresponds to Thursday, the 7th November A.D. 1073. This was the 12th or 13th day of the month of Vrischika, and on it the 6th tithi of the bright half of the month Margasira) commenced 1 h 38 m. after mean sunrise, while the nakshatra was Sravana, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 23 h. 38 m. after mean sunrise, and by the Brahma-siddhanta the whole day.
C. - VIKRAMA-CHOLA. For reasons suggested partly by the new dates of this king, I must recapitulate here the data furnished by the dates already treated of," and the results derived from them.
No. 10 (above, Vol. IV. p. 73).-"In the ffth year . . . on the three-hundred-andfortieth day, which was the day of the nakshatra) Hasta, a Sunday, and the seventh tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Mithuna." Taking this date to have been correctly recorded, I found the best equivalent for it between A.D. 1110 and 1125 to be Sunday, the 22nd June A.D. 1113; and counting backwards from this day, I obtained the 18th July A.D. 1108 as the day of the commencement of the king's reign.
No. 21 (ibid. p. 263).-" In the 4th year . .. on the day of Satabhishaj, which corresponded to a Monday and to the eighth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Rishabha." Guided by the result obtained under No. 10, I found this date to correspond to Monday, the 20th May A.D. 1112, when, to omit other particulars, the nakshatra, by the equal space system only, was Satabhishaj for 0 h. 39 m. after mean sunrise.
No. 22 (ibid. p. 264).-"In the 5th year . .. on the day of Ardra, which corresponded to a Monday and to the eleventh tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Simha." Guided again by the result obtained under No. 10, I found that this date would correspond to Monday, the 19th August A.D. 1112; but there was the difficulty that on this day the nakshatra was Punarvasu, not Ardra.
No. 41 (above, Vol. VI. p. 279).-"In the ... sixteenth year... in the month of Vaisakha, in the second fortnight, at the time known as Monday combined with an Uttara (nakshatra)." Again guided by the result obtained under No. 10, I found that Monday, the 5th May A.D. 1124, would be an unobjectionable equivalent of this date.
No. 42 (ibid. p. 280).-"In the 9th year... in the Plava year which was the suks year 1049, on the occasion of an eclipse of the moon in the month of Jyaishtha." This date for Saka-Samvat 1049 expired (which was Plavanga, not Plava) was found to correspond to the 27th May A.D. 1127, but the result obtained under No. 10 led me to assume that the 9th year of the roign had been quoted erroneously instead of the 19th regnal year.
From this it will be seen that the results obtained under Nos. 21, 22 and 41, as well as the correction suggested with regard to the regral year of No. 42, mainly depend on the correctness of the data furnished by the text of No. 10, which it did not oocar to me to suspect. Setting aside the date No. 10, it may be asked, however, how the three dates N 08. 21, 22 and 41
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omit here the date No. 48, which will be reconsidered below,