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INSCRIPTIONS OF SOUTHERN INDIA.
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902.- Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 306, No. 13. Date of a Tirumalavadi (Vaidyanatha temple) Tamil inscription of the 3rd year of the reign) of king Jaţåvarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Sundara-Påndyadeva [I.] :
In the 3rd year .. . on the day of Uttarâshådhå, which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the sixth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Vrischika."
[$. 1175] : Wednesday, 29th October A.D. 1253.
903.- Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. P 307, No. 17. Date of a Tiruppandarutti (Pushpavanêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 7th year (of the reign) of the glorious king Jatavarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Sundara-Pandyadeva [I.] :
'In the 7th year. .. on the day of Hasta, which corresponded to a Sunday and to the thirteenth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Kanya.'
[$. 1170] : Sunday, 7th October A.D. 1257; but the day fell in the month of Tula, not of Kanya."
904.- Ind. Ant. Vol. XXI. p. 343. Date of a Tirukkalukkupram (Védagiri vara temple) Tamil inscription of the 9th year of the reign) of the Maharajadhiraja, the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Sundara-Pândyadêva [I.], the ornament of the race of the Moon, the Madhava of the city of Madhura, the uprooter of the Kerala race, & second Råma in plundering the island of Lanka, the thunderbolt to the mountain-the Chola race, the dispeller of the Karnata king, the fever to the elephant- the Kathaka (king),5 . . the jungle-fire to the forest - Vira-Gandagôpåla, the tiger to the deer- Ganapati? (who was) the lord of Kanchi, be who performed the anointment of heroes at Nelldrapura :
In the 9th year .. . on the day of Panarvagn, which corresponded to a Tuesday and to the fifth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Rishabha.'
[$. 1181]: Tuesday, 29th April A.D. 1259 ; see Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 307, No. 14.
905.- Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 307, No. 15. Date of a Tirukkalukkuņram (Vôdagirisvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 9th year of the reign of the glorious king Jaţåvarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Sundara-Pandyadêva [1.] who was pleased to take every country :
In the 9th year . .. on the day of Revati, which corresponded to a Sunday and to the ninth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Mithuna.'
[$. 1181]: Sunday, 15th Jane A.D. 1259.
906.- Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 11, No. 32. Date of an Achcharapakkam (Akshobvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 7th year of the reign) of the Tribhuvanuchakravartin, the glorious Vira-Pandyadeva:8
In the 7th year .. on the day of Aśvini, which corresponded to a Sunday and to the seventh tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Karkataka.
[$. 1181]: Sunday, 13th July A.D. 1259.
907.-Ind. Ant. Vol. XXI. p. 121. Date of a Srirangam (Jambukêsvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 10th year (of the reign) of the Maharajadhiraja, king Jaţåvarman alias the
He took Kannapur (see above, No. 436, note) from the Hoysala king and covered the temple at Srirangam with gold. - See below, No. 909.
For the month of Kanya the date is intrinsically wrong. * I... Jațâvarman Sundara-Paodys I. • 1... the Hoysala Someśvara ; se above, No. 498. . According to Dr. Hultzach, probably one of the Gajapati kings of Orisss whose capital Was Kataka (Cuttack). • Compare Vijaya-Ga dagopala, above, No. 884 f. 1 Le. the Kakatiya Gansps i; compare above, No. 588.
. The accession of Viru-Pandya took place between (approximately) the 11th November A.D. 1252 and the 13th July A.D. 1263.
