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seem to have ruled over Conjoeveram and that the last of them, Manma-Gazdagopala, was a subordinate of Pratâ parudra, it becomes probable that the Månavira of the subjoined inscription was a member of the same family. Another point in favour of this theory is the fact that, at the time of the inscription, the standard coin of Conjeeveram was the "madai of Gandagôpâla”. (1. 4), which owes its name evidently to one of the later Chôļas, several of whom bore the surname Gandagopala. The latest known date of Raja-Gandagôpâladeva (i.e. ManmaGandagôpâla) is Saka-Samyat 1221, which was the 9th year of his reign, in an inscription at Nellore (No. 194 of 1894). This date is 17 years prior to the installation of Mânavira. In the meantime Conjeeveram had been in the possession of Ravivarman of Kerala, who was crowned at Kanchi in A.D. 1312-13 and made & grant to the Aruļļa.Perumal temple in A.D. 1815-16. Can it be that he was driven out by Muppiļi, who installed Månavira in June 1318 ? An allusion to this might be found in the statement (verse 3) that, before entering Kaichi, Muppiļi "put to flight the princes of the South."
TEXT, 1 Svasti eri [ll"] Yad-dehê tanu-loma-kûpa-vivarê saila nagâ dig-gajâ nadyas-sapta
[88]mudra-mudrita-mahi vistâram=adhyâsatê (1) darshtra-danda-karaļa-kalavadana[ho] str[1]-la[mgh]it-âge-âsano lila-kola-kalêba(va)ras=sa Murabhit påyåd= apâyât(da) bhuvam || [1] Sriman-maha-mandala-chakravartti Pratâ parudraḥ
kila Ke2 katiyaḥ karoti rajyam kamaniya-kirttib pratâpav&n=Êkasila[na]garyyâm ll []
*Tan-nayakas-samprati Muppid-i[n]draḥ pratapa-nishdshita-gatru-pakshaḥ 11() vidrávya bhupan=api dakshiņâtyan puriñ=cha Katchim-avisan-Nal-abdé [] Mdad Suchau Sarppadind cha kfishņê våre sa-sukrê divasê=paráhe 11(1)
ári-Månaviran-nija-pattabandhan(ndham) vya3 [dh]&t=tad-ja-Anuchariñ=cha Káñchim [4] Sakar varsham 1238&vadu
Nala-samvatsaram Åni-mêdam irubattu-oprân-disya]di Budan-kisamaiyum ek&dasiyum perra nå! svasti rimatu-Muppidi-nâyakkar ári-Kånchipura[t]tu Peruma! Arula/anathanukku sarvva-niyogattukku dakshina-sahitam=åga udakam
pannina ûr 2-ttara[m] Pasya)r-kkotta-stalattu Paiyyûrum pidagai Ayirachchêriyum Gumm[i]dippûndi
atspalda Gandagôpålan m ådai-ttaram 526m Kachchiyûr-nâţtil Pondaipakkam madai-ttaram 476 Aga úr iraņ[ano]m madai 1002kkum pisivu Peruma!-tâdar? kaiyyil 500 paņa-vilaiyaga koņda Velkávil ten. karaiyil tiru
The Tamil mddai and the Telugu moda form part of the names of various gold coins, e... Madurdutakay. mddai (above, Vol. V. p. 106 and note 3 ; South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. pp. 143 and 164), Bhejabala-inddai (see my
Annual Report for 1896-97, p. 4), Ganda-mdda (above, Vol. V. p. 32), Ksilottunga-mada, Birudy-mada, Jayamada, Chamara-mada, Gandhaodrana-mdda or Gandhakasti-.ida, Uttamaganda-nada and Rdjardja-mdda (see the Appendix of my Annual Report for 1897-98). Of these, the Rdjardja-mdda and Jaya-mdda are perhaps identical with certain gold coins published in Ind. Ant. Vol. XXV. p. 821, Nos, 24 and 25, and p. 822, No. 29. The Gandhardrana-ndda is mentioned in two inscriptions of Saka-Samvat 1039 and 1042 (Nos. 282 and 212 of 1897). It seems to be the coin which is known in the bozdrs of Southern India m Gajapati-randha and which, according to the Rajatarashginl, was imitated by Harshs of Kaimir compare Sir A. Cunningham's Coins of Mediaval India, pp. 84 f. and 86, and Mr. Rapoon's Indian Coins, Pp. 32 and 36. It may be that these coins were first struck by Vikramaditya VI., because the Rajatarangint (vii. 926) expressly states that Harsha copied his new gold coin from those of Karnata, and because the only king of Karnata who reigned during Harsha's time was Parmádi or Parmaņdi (Rdjatarangint, vii. 935 and 1119) of Kalyanapura (ibid. 1124), i.e. the Western ChAlukya Vikramaditya VI. * Above, Vol. IV. p. 146.
From two inked estampages. • The syllable ya of nayaka'is entered below the line. The syllable mu is entered below the line. . Read Paiyyúr-kkótta-sthalattu.
* The d of td is entered below the line,
