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for one year); 13, his younger brother Govindaraja [IV.] Suvarnavarsha; 14, his paternal uncle Vaddiga, the younger brother of Nityamvarsha; 15, Krishnaraja [III.]; 16, Khoṭṭiga; 17, Nirupama's son Kakkala (Kakkaraja II.), who was overthrown by [the W. Chalukya] Tailappa (Taila II.).
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Then the genealogy of Aparajita himself is given thus: The mythical beings Jîmûtakêtu and his son Jimûtavâhana, 'the ornament of the Silâra family;' in his family, Kapaadin [I.] ; Pulasakti; his son Kapardin [II]; Va[ppu]vanna; his son Jhanjha; his brother Goggiraja; his son Vajjada [I]; his son Aparajita, surnamed Mriganka.
306.-S. 939.-As. Res. Vol. I. p. 357. Translation and lithograph of part of the text of the Thânâ plates of the Silâra Mahamandaléévara Arikesarin, 'lord of Tagara :'
On the fifteenth of the bright moon of Cártica, in the middle of the year Pingala, when nine hundred and forty years, save one, are reckoned as past from the time of King Saca, or, in figures, the year 939, of the bright moon of Cártica 15... the moon being then full and eclipsed.'
6th November A.D. 1017; a lunar eclipse, visible in India; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 115, No. 11.
Genealogy as far as Aparajita as in No. 305; his son Vajjada [II]; his brother Arikêsarin.
307.-S. 948.-Ind. Ant. Vol. V. p. 277. Bhandup plates of the Silâra (or Silâhara) Mahamandaléśvara Chhittarajadêva, 'lord of Tagara,' ruler of the whole Konkana country:(L. 32). Sa(sa) kanripakâl-âtita-samvatsara-sa (sa) têshu navasu (sv) ashṭachatvârimsadadhikêshu Kshaya-samvatsar-Antarggata-Karttika-su (su)ddha-pamchadasyam(syâm) Amkatô-pi samvat 948 Karttika-su (su)ddha 15 Ravau samjâtô (ta) adityagrahapa-parvvani.
The date is irregular; see ibid. Vol. XXIV. p. 13, No. 179.
Jimûtakêtu's son Jimûtavâhana; in his lineage, the Silâra Kapardin [I.] ; his son Pulasakti; his son Kapardin [II.] (Laghu-Kapardin); his son Ghayuvanta (? Vappuvanna); his son Jhanjha; his brother Goggi; his son Vajjada [1.]; his son Aparajita; his son Vajjada [II]; his elder (?) brother Kêsidêva (? i.e. Arikêsarin); his nephew, Vajjada's son Chhittaraja.
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308.-S. 982 (?). Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. IX. p. 219 and Plate; and Vol. XII. p. 329 and Plate. Kalyan Ambarnath temple inscription of the [Silara] Mahamandalésvara Mâm vâņirajadeva, recording the construction of a temple of the god (?) of the Mahamaṇḍalésvara Chhittarajadeva :
(L. 1).-Saka-samvat 982 Śrâ[vana ?]-suddha 9 Su(su) krê.1 The date is irregular for §. 982 current and expired.
309.-S. 1016.- Ind. Ant. Vol. IX. p. 33, and Plates. Khårêpâtap plates of the Silâra Mahamandaléévarádhipati Anantapala (Anantadeva), 'lord of Tagara,' ruler of the whole Konkana country:
shoḍas(6)-adhikêshu
(L. 73).- Sa (sa) kanripakal-Atita-samvatsara-dasa-sa(sa) têshu Bhava-samvatsar-ântarggata-Magha-su (sa)ddha-pratipadayam yatr=âmkato-pi samvat 1016.
Jimûtakêtu's son Jîmâtavahana; in his lineage, the Silara Kapardin [I.] ; his son Pulaśakti; his son Kapardin [II.] (Laghu-Kapardin); his son Va[ppu]vanna; his son Jhanjha; his brother
1. So the date is given in Jour. Bo. 4. Sov. Vol. XII. p. 329. Ibid. Vol. IX. p. 219, the reading is Sakasamvat 782 Jetha-sudha 9 Sukré,' for which compare Ind. Ant. Vol. XVIII. p. 94, and Vol. XXIII. p. 113, No. 4. But a photograph of the date, taken by Mr. Cousens and given to me by Dr. Fleet, shews that the first figure of the year of the date is undoubtedly 9. The second figure of the year, the name of the month, and the number of the tithi seem to me doubtful.- Compare also Dr. Fleet's Dynasties, p. 543.
In lines 80 and 84 of the grant he is called Kunkaya-chakravartin.
