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APPENDIX.]
INSCRIPTIONS OF SOUTHERN INDIA.
Pallava princess) Vijayâditya; his son Polakêéivallabha (Pulakêsin I.); his son Kirtivarman [1]. Then genealogy with lengths of reigns from Kubja-Vishnuvardhana to Yuddhamalla [11] substantially as in No. 563. Having expelled Yuddhamalla [II.], Rajabhima (Bhima, Chalukya-Bhima [II]), the younger brother of Ammaraja [1.], (reigned 12 years); his son Ammaraja [II.] (25 ys.); Dâna or Dânârnava, his brother from a different mother (3 ys.); an interregnum of 27 years; Dâna's son Saktivarman (12 ys.); after him Vimalâditya (Tribhuvanâńkusa, Birudanka-Bhima, Mummaḍi-Bhima, Bhûpamahêndra), the son of Dâna and Arya-mahâdêvî.
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569.-Ind. Ant. Vol. XIV. p. 50, and Plates. Korumelli (formerly Sir W. Elliot's, now British Museum) plates of the E. Châlukya Mahdrájádhiraja Rajaraja I. Vishnuvardhana, the son of Vimalâditya and his wife Kundavâ who was the younger sister of [the Chôla king] Râjêndra-Chôda [I.] and daughter of [the Chola king] Rajaraja [I.] of the solar race:5
(L. 103)-indparkgl.
Date of Rajaraja's coronation :
(L. 65).-Yo rakshitum vasumatim Saka-vatsarêshu vêd-âmburasi-nidbi-varttishu Simhagê=rkkê [1] krishna-dvitiya-divavas-Ottarabhadri kâyâm vårê Guror-Vvapiji lagna-var= bhishiktaḥ ||
[S. 944.]: Thursday, 16th August A.D. 1022; see ibid. Vol. XXIII. p. 131, No. 110. Mythical genealogy, etc., as far as the interregnum substantially as in No. 568; Dana's son Chalukya-Chandra [Saktivarman] (reigned 12 ys.); his younger brother Vimaladitya (7 ye.); his son Rajaraja [I].
570.-Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 303. Madras Museum Sanskrit and Telugu' plates (Nandamapundi grant) of the 32nd year of the reign of the E. Chalukya Maharaja ihirajo Rajaraja I. Vishnuvardhana, the son of Vimalâditya and his wife Kundavâ of the solar race:8
(L. 78).-somagrahapa-nimittê.
(L. 92).-dvâttrimsattamê vijayarajya-varsh[8] varddha[mȧ*]nê.
The lunar eclipse mentioned is probably that of the 28th November A.D. 1033 [in 8. 975, which was visible in India; see ibid. p. 303.
Date of coronation and genealogy with lengths of reigns substantially as in No. 569.
571-Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 336, and Plates. Toki plates of the E. Chalukya Maharajáдhirája Chôdaganga Rajaraja Vishnuvardhana, ruler of Vêngi, of the 17th year of the reign (of Kulôttunga-Choda I.); issued from Jananathanagari :
(L. 108).-sri-vijayarajya-samvatsara (re) saptadasê.
Date of Chôdagaiga's appointment as ruler of Vêngi :
(L. 61).-Sak-Abdê rasa-kh-Ambar-êmdu-gapite Jyêshṭhê-dha (tha) másê sitê pakshe pârnna(rppa)-tidhau (thau) dinê Suraguror-Jyeshthâm sasâmke gate [1] Simha (he) lagna
[For S. 1008] the date is irregular.
1 But Indraraja (Indra-bhattaraka) is here stated to have reigned for 7 days, and Talapa is called Tadapa.
He amongst others defeated the Sakas, Latas and Gurjaras.
Compare Birudanka-Rams, above, in No. 309, note.
varê.
The first plate is a quasi-palimpsest.
The poetry of the grant is by Chetanabhatte, the son of Bhima (No. 568). For the Chola kings Rajaraja 1. and Rajendra-Choda (-Chola I.) see below, Nos. 696 ff. and 721 ff.
Read-divas.
The description of the boundaries of the village granted is in Telugu.
The poetry of the grant is by Nanniyabhatta.
Composed by Viddayabhatta; see Nos. 572 and 573.-The plates do not refer to a grant of land, but confer certain honorary privileges.
