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No. 26.)
FOUR INSCRIPTIONS AT SOLAPURAM.
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feat is ascribed to the mythical king Konganivarman, who is, however, there represented as the father and not as the son of Madhava. The Solapuram inscription then states that in his (vis. Konganivarman's) family was born a king whose name is given in the corrupt form of Atvivarman, which may be meant for Atrivarman, Agnivarman, Arivarman, etc. Verse 2 praises & king whose name is lost; but the Tamil portion suggests that this is the person who is there called Prithivigangaraiyar. Verse 3, of which only the first and last words are preserved, opens with the name of Rajaditya, who is described in the Tamil portion as the son of Prithivigangaraiyar and the contemporary of Vijaya-Kampa. As regards Prithivigangaraiyar, he must be different from the Ganga chief Prithivipati I., because the latter was the father of Marasimha and the son of Sivamåra, while the former was the father of Råjåditya and apparently the son of the king whose name is hidden in the corrupt form Atvivarman.
ТЕХт. 1 Svasti sri [11] Gamgøya-vamsyð vijai (ja)y-abhirama[h] sri-Madhava[s=*] tasya
sutð va(ba) bhůva 18 chhêtt& 'fila-sta[m]bham=api pri(pra) siddha(s=*] tat(a)vamsa-jo=bhubhat) pri(pra)(thi]tô=tvisvarmmå]* [111] . . . . . . . .
2 nfipati[bo] parantapa[b 1'] npip-api(bhi) vandya[bo] Siva-bhaktiman kavi[re]
vikalpa-kallola-padartuha-tatpara[h*] 11 [2"] Rajadity-akhya-bhupa[h*] sura[ta]rusa[d]riso Narga[ti-nama] . .
ramasau 3 dåpay&m=sa v[i]ra[ho] l1 [3]5 KO Visaiya-Kamparkku yandu ettåvadu
Prithiviga[i][ga]raiyar at[{]tar-åyiņa pirpådu tat-putra-Rajaditya[n] ma[hå
d8]van para-nfipati-makuta-ghattita-chara4 [na]n tam=appapår[ai]=ppalli-paduttavaidattu Isvar-alayamum atiyta-garamtim
edu[p]pittu kandu(ndu) bevviytån? [1*] Prävasa(cha)na-śûttirattu Kausikagotrattu perum-bå[r*]ppån Tittaisarmma-
TRANSLATION OF THE TAMIL PORTION. (Line 3.) (In) the eighth year of king Vijaya-Kampa,-- after Pșithivigangaraiyar had died, his son, the great king Rajaditya, whose feet were rubbed by the diadems of hostile kings, caused to be built, constructed, and caused to be made a temple of Isvara (Siva) and & house for the deceased i.e. a tomb) on the spot where his father had been buried.
(L. 4.) (To) Tittaisarman, a great Brahmaņa of the Pravachana-sâ tra' (and) of the Kausika-gôtra . . . . . . . . .
B-INSCRIPTION OF VIJAYA-KAMPAVIKRAMAVARMAN. This Tamil inscription is engraved on the north wall of the Perumal temple at Solapuram. It has been edited before in South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. I. No. 53, but is now republished from a better impression prepared in 1902.
The inscription is dated in the 23rd year of king Vijaya-Kampavikramavarman10_- who is probably the same as the Vijaya-Kampa of A.- and records the building of a temple of Narayana
Above, Vol. III. p. 164 . and p. 186; South-Ind. Ingor. Vol. II. p. 380. • South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. II. p. 380. • This sign of punctuation is expressed by s visarga. • I am unable to correct with confidence this corrupt name. This is only half & verse. • Read atita.
7 Read leyvitta. · The remainder of the inscription is lost.
. See above, Vol. V. p. 52, note 11. 1. The same form of the king's name is found in an inscription at Dasi; South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. p. 8 and nole 6. Twelve farther inscriptions of Vijaya-Kampavarman and Vijaya-Kampavikramsvarman have been copied at Uttaramallar, and two of Kampa varman at Kavantandelam; 1 my Awwal Reports for 1897-98 and 1900-01, pp. 18-20 and p. 23, respectively.
