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(L. 8.) When (we) advanced against Sendamangalam and were going to encamp (there), Kopperuñjinga became afraid and submitted to the king that (he) would release the Chola emperor.
(L. 9.) As he (vis. the king) agreed and despatched a messenger to us, (tre) liberated the Chôla emperor, went (with him), and let (him) enter (his) kingdom.
DATES OF CHOLA KINGS.
No. 24.-DATES OF CHOLA KINGS.
BY F. KIELHORN, PH.D., D.LITT., LL.D., C.I.E.; GÖTTINGEN.
(Continued from page 10.)
Dr. Hultzsch again has sent me a large number of dates of Chola kings, of which I now publish twenty-three, with the results of my calculations. Of these, the dates Nos. 61-74 show that the times previously found for the commencements of the reigns of the five kings to whom they belong-Rajaraja I., Rajendra-Chola I., Kulôttunga-Chola I., Vikrama-Chôla, and Kalôttungs-Chola III-are correct. The dates of Rajaraja III., Nos. 75-78, reduce the time during which this king must have commenced to reign, to the period from (approximately) the 23rd June to the 13th August A.D. 1816. And the dates Nos. 79-83, belonging to RajendraChôla III., of whom no dates had yet been examined, prove that this king commenced to reign between (approximately) the 31st March and the 8th May A.D. 1946. The remaining dates sent to me are very difficult to deal with; their publication will probably have to be deferred to the time when more dates of the kings to whom they belong have been discovered.
A-RAJARAJA I.
61.- In the Mûlêsvara temple at Bahûr." Kanda [!]ûr-Chch[4]1[ai] ka [lam-aru]tta
ivv-âṭṭai
1 Svasti sri [*] k[4][i]nmarku ya[p]
2 da lla (A) vadu 3 apara-pakshatta Nayagru-kkilamai perra Katti[g]ai-gru pagal.
I[râ]jaraja
Midhu (thu)na-nayaɣru
169
kô
"In the 11th year (of the reign) of king Rajarajakesarivarman who destroyed the ships (at) Kandalar-Salai,-in daytime on the day of Krittiks, which corresponded to a Sunday of the second fortnight of the month of Mithuna in this year."
The date corresponds to Sunday, the 14th June A.D. 996, which was the 22nd day of the month of Mithuna, and on which the 11th tithi of the dark half (of Jyaishtha) ended 12 h. 58 m., while the nakshatra was Krittika, by the Brahma-siddhanta for 13 h. 47 m., according to Garga for 15 h. 6 m., and by the equal space system from 2 h. 38 m., after mean sunrise.
B. RAJENDRA-CHOLA I.
62. In the Karavandisvara temple at Udaiyarköyil.
1 Sva[st]i ári [1] Tiru manni valara.
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ko-Pparare (ke) saripan [ma]. [v=U]daiyar ári-Rajendra-Śôladêva[rku yan]ḍu 31a[vadu]
1 They apparently belong to three kings of whom no dates have yet been published in this list.
No. 178 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1902.
Read -ndaru.
No. 433 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1902.
