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867.-Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 176, No. 81. Date of a Mannargudi (Rajagopala-Peruma! temple) Tamil inscription of the 21st year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Rajendra-Chôladeva [III.] :
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In the 21st year... on the day of Rohini, which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the eleventh tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Karkataka.'
[S. 1188]: Wednesday, 30th June A.D. 1266.
868.-Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 177, No. 82. Date of a Mannârguḍi (Appâmalainâtha temple) Tamil inscription of the 22nd year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Rajendra-Chôladēva [III.] :
'In the 22nd year . . . on the day of Visakha, which corresponded to a Sunday and to the fourteenth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Rishabha.'
[S. 1189]: Sunday, 8th May A.D. 1267.
869.-S. 1236.-Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 70. Tiruvallam (Bilvanâthêsvara temple) inscription of Vira-Champa, surnamed Nidravasanavijayin, the son of a Chola king:1
(L. 4). Tungarika-Sakābda-bhâ[ji] samayð.
870.-S. 1236.-Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 71. Tiruvattiyâr (Arulala-Perumal temple) inscription of Champa (i.e. Vira-Champa), the son of Vira-Chôla; (composed by Champa's minister Vanabhid) :
(L. 1). Tagadka-faran-mité Saka-zipë.
871.- South-Ind. Insor. Vol. I. No. 52, p. 77. Gânganûr (near Vêlûr) Tamil inscription of the 17th year (of the reign) of the Sakalalókachakravartin Venrumankonda Sambuvaraya:
No. 4.
'On the day of Rohini, which corresponds to Monday, the first lunar day of the former half of the month of Rishabha of the Pramâthin year, (which was) the 17th year (of the reign)
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[Pramathin S. 1261]: Monday, 10th May A.D. 1339; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXII. p. 137,
872.-South-Ind. Inser. Vol. I. No. 90, p. 126. Notice of a Mamallapuram Tamil inscription of apparently the 5th year of the reign of [Raja]narayana Sambuvarayar.3
873.- South-Ind. Inser. Vol. I. No. 70, p. 102. Tirumalai Tamil inscription of the 12th year (of the reign) of Rajanarayana Sambuvaraja.
874.-S. 1403.-Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 72, and Plate. Srirangam (Jambukêsvara temple) Tamil inscription of the Mahamandaléśvara Valaka-Kamaya alias Akkalaraja, lord of Uraiyar':5
'At the auspicious time of Mahâmagam (Mahâmâgha), (when) Jupiter (was in) Simha, on the day of Magam (Maghá), which corresponded to a Sunday and to the fall-moon tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Kumbha of the Plava samvatsara, which was current after the Saka year 1403.
Sunday, 3rd February A.D. 1482; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIV. p. 205, note 56, and Vol. XXV. p. 270.
1 See below, No. 870.
1 I.e. he who took the earth by conquest.'
According to Mr. Venkayya, Report for 1899-1900, p. 34, his accession took place in Saka-samvat 1259.-For a Virinchipuram Tamil inscription which mentions the Sakalalókachakravartin Rajanarayana Sambuvaraya, see South-Ind. Insor. Vol. I. No. 128, p. 135.
He claims to be a suecessor of the Chola dynasty. According to Mr. Krishnasvami he probably was a dependent of one of the last kings of the first Vijayanagara dynasty.
Now a suburb of Trichinopoly.
