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730.-South-Ind. Insor. Vol. I. No. 42, p. 68. Mamallapuram Tamil inscription of the 9th year (of the reign) of the glorious Rajendra-Choladóval (.e., probably, the Chola king Rajendra-Chola I.).
731.-8. 948,- Ep. Carn. Vol. III. p. 204, No. 134. Nandiganda (Mallødeva temple) Kanarese inscription [of the Chôļa king Rajendra-Chola I.] :
(L. 1).-Sa(sa)ka-varisham 943ne[ya) Raudra-samvatsarada Phalguņa-masa [da] sn (én)kla[pa]ksharh Budhaváram paņpame Uttare-nakshatram sðma-grahaņad-andu.
Wednesday, 1st March A.D. 1021; & lunar eclipse, visible in India ; see Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 68, No. 4.
The inscription records the conquesta enumerated in No. 729.
782.-South-Ind. Insor. Vol. II. Nos. 10-19, and 54. Eleven Tanjore (Rajarajesvara temple) Tamil inscriptions of the 10th years of the reign) of king Parakösarivarman alias the glorious Rajendra-Choladeva (1.).- The conquesta enumerated are the same as in No. 729.
783.-South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. Nos. 67 and 68, pp. 98 and 100. Two Tirumalai Tamil rock inscriptions of the 12th year (of the reign) of king Parakesarivarman alias the lord, the glorious Rajendra-Chladevs [1.]. --To the conquests enumerated in No. 729 the inscriptions add those of Sakkara-kottam (Chakrakotta), Madura-mandalam, Námaņaikkoņai, Panohappalli, Meuni-dôśam, the treasures of Indiradan (Indraratha P)' of the race of the Moon (whom he defeated in the hall at Adinagar), Odda-vishayam, Kobalai-nadu, Tandabutti (Dandabhukti) of Dharmapala, TakkanalAdam (Dakshiņa-Lata) of Ranasúra, Vangaļa-desam of Govindachandra, elephants etc. of Mahipala, Uttiraladam (Uttara-Lata), and the Ganga.
734.-South-Ind. Insor. Vol. II. No. 20, p. 106, and Plates. Tanjore (Rajarajdávara temple) Tamil inscription of the 242nd day of the 19th year of the reign) of king Parakesarivarman alias the lord, the glorious Rajendra-Choladeva (1.). After recording the conquests enumerated in No. 733, the inscription adds that the king, having despatched many ships and caught Samgråmavijayottungavarman, the king of Kadaram, took his treasures etc., Śrivishayam, Paggai, Malaiyur, Mâyirudingam (surrounded by the sea), Langåsbgam (ie. Lankagöka), Pappalam, Mēvilimbangam, Valaippandoru, Talaittakkolam, Madamalingam, Ilâmuri-dosam, Nakkaváram (i.e. the Nicobar Islands),' and Kadaram.
735.-S. 954.- Ep. Carn. Vol. III. p. 208, No. 164. Suttúru (Sömékvara temple) Kanarese inscription of the Slst (really 21st) year of the reign of king Parakesarivarman alias the lord, the glorious Rajendra-Chladeva [I.], who took the Eastern country, the Ganga, and Kadåram :
(L. 3).-Sa (fa)ka-var[sha] 9[54]neya Âmgira-samvatsarada Kårttika-masa ..[ro]nam[i]? tale-devasam=åge bidige Somavåra Rəhiņi-nakshatradal.
Monday, 23rd October A.D. 1032; see Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 69, No. 5, and Vol. VI. p. 22.
1 The published text has Ve[ra]. Rajendra., but the sbove is in accordance with correction communicated to me by Dr. Holtzsch.
• Nou. 12 and 13 have: "After (the harvest of) paid in the tenth year." . For an Indraratha who probably was a contemporary of Rajendra-Chola I., se North, Insor, No. 840. • Perhaps the PAL king Mahipals I.comparo ibid. No. 59.
• Seo Mr. Venkayya's Roport for 1898-99, p. 17, and compare above, No. 712, note. See also south-Ind. Inser. Vol. III. p. 194 f.
[This is the reading of an inscription at Kandiyur (No. 28 of 1896). According to L. 80 of the large Leyden grant, Srivishays was the country ruled over by the king of Kaţáha or Kaderam.-E. H.]
7 Bead paurrami(P).
