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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
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816.- Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 172, No. 68. Date of a Tirumanikuli (Vamanapurisvars temple) Tamil inscription of the 7th year of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorions Virarajendra-Chôļadêve (i.e. the Chola king Kulôttungs-Chôļa III.) :
In the seventh year .. . on the day of Satabhishaj, which was the fourteenth tithi of the first fortnight and a Wednesday, which was the twenty-sixth solar day of the month of Simba.'
[$. 1106]: Wednesday, 22nd August A.D. 1184.
817.- Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 264, No. 23. Date of a Tiravengadu (svēt&ranyèsvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 8th year of the reign) of king Parakesarivarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulottunga-Choladeva [III.]
In the eighth year . .. on the day of Anuradha, which corresponded to a Monday and to the tenth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Karkataka.'
[$. 1107): Monday, 8th July A.D. 1185.1
818.- South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 60, p. 121. Tiruvallam (Bilvandthêsvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 8th year of the reign) of Kulôttunga-Chôļadēva (TII.), dated from the month of Mabi;' recording & grant by Mindan Attimallap Sambuvarayan of the Sengéņi family.
819.- South-Ind. Insor. Vol. I. No. 182, p. 136. Notice of a Virifichipuram Tamil inscription of the 10th (?) year of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin Kônêrimêņkonda: Kulottunga-Chóladêva (i.e. the Chola king Kulôttunga-Chola II.), recording a grant by the Sengêņi chief mentioned in No. 820.
820.- South-Ind. Insor. Vol. III. No. 61, p. 121. Tiruvallam (Bilvanath vara temple) Tamil inscription of the 11th year of the reign of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kônêrimêlkoņda Kulôttunga-Choladêve (i.e. the Chola king Kulôttunga-Cbola III.), recording a grant by the Sengêņi chief Ammaiappan Kannudaipperuma alias VikramaŚóla-Sambuvarayan.
821.- South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 36, p. 82. Mapimangalam (Rajagopala-Peruma! temple) Tamil inscription of the 12th year of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulottunga-Chôľadêve [I.], who was pleased to take Madurai, Ilam, and the crowned head of the Påndya :
In the 12th year .. . on the day of Chitra, which corresponded to a Monday and to the ninth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Dhanus.'
[$. 1111]: Monday, 4th December A.D. 1189; but the tithi of the date ended 0 h. 51 m. before mean sunrise of this day; see Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 220, No. 19.
822.- Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 6, No. 60. Date of a Somangalam (Somanåthêsvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 14th year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulottunga-Chôļadêve [III.], who was pleased to take Madurai and flam :
In the 14th year ... on a day which was Thursday, (the day of) Pushya, and the first tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Makara.'
[$. 1113] : Thursday, 2nd January A.D. 1192.7
1 The tithi of the date was either a current tithi or prathama-dalam. . For inscriptions of the 9th and 11th years seo below, under Addenda.
• Compare Konêrinmaikonda, the unequalled among kings'; on this title see South-Ind. Inser. Vol. II. p. 110. • See ibid. Vol. III. p. 121.
See No. 819.
Compare above, p. 116, note 2. In the original date the first fortnight is wrongly quoted instead of the second:
