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No. 26.)
DATES OF CHOLA KINGS.
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“In the sixth [year) (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Virarajendra-Chola[deva],- on the day of Röhiņi, which corresponded to a Thursday and to the twelfth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Karkataka."
This date is practically identical with the preceding one, and contains the same mistake.
110.- In the Chandramaulisvara temple at Tiruvakkarai.!
k[o]nd-aral[i]os sri-Kul[8]ttungaGoladêvarku iy[A]ndu 16vada Magara-nayya (ya)rra irabattunálån= diyadiyum Tinga!-[ki]lamaiyum ama(pa)ra-pakshattu navamiyam perca
Agilattu nå.
"In the 18th year (of the reign) of .......... the glorious Kulottunga-Chladeva, who was pleased to take..
. . . .,- on the day of Anuradhd, which corresponded to the ninth tithi of the second fortnight, to a Monday, and to the twenty-fourth solar day of the month of Makara."
The date corresponds to Monday, the 17th January A.D. 1194. The preceding Makarasamkranti took place 6 h. 45 m. after mean sunrise of Saturday, the 25th December A.D. 1193, which was the first day of the month of Makara. The 24th day of the same month therefore was Monday, the 17th January A.D. 1194 ; and on this day the 9th tithi of the dark half of Mågha) ended 19 h. 8 m., while the nakshatra was Anuradha, by the Brahma-siddhanta for 22 h. 40 m., and by the equal space system and according to Garga from 3 h. 17 m., after mean sunrise.
111.- In the Vêdåranyésvara temple at Védåranyam.* 1 [Sva]sti Sri [ll] Tribh[u]vanachchakkarayat[ti]gal Madurai[yam flamum
Pån]diyan muļi-ttalaisyam] 2 k[o]nd-aruliya kri-Kulottunga-[śola]dêvarku (yan]du i[ra]ba[a]@vadu Ishaba-nayarru 3 apara-pakkattu kada[si]yum [N]yax[xu-kki]lamaiya[m perra] U[t]tirada[t]ti=na!.
"In the twentieth year of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulôttunga-Chladeva, who was pleased to take Madurai, Ilam and the crowned head of the Påndya, - on the day of Uttardshadha, which corresponded to a Sunday and to the eleventh tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Rishabha."
The date oorregponds to Sunday, the 3rd May A.D. 1198, which was the 9th day of the month of Rishabha, and on which the 11th tithi of the dark half (of Vaisakha) ended 14 h. 40 m. after mean sunrise. But the nakshatra on this day was Uttara-Bhadrapadá, for 7 h. 53 m. after mean sunrise. The result shows that in the original U[t]tirada[t*]ti= is an error for Uttiraffadi-,3
112.- In the Kailasanathasvimin temple at Kalla-Porumbür. 1 [HA]ra Svast[i] [1] [ll] T[i]r[i]buvaga(chcha]kkaravatt[i]ga[1 Ma]2 duraisyum f]la[mu]m
Pandiyag m [u]di-ttalaiy[u]n= 3 [Gard®]va[ru]=gond-araliya
fr-Kulottunga-soladavakku 4 . da yandı 23vada Vrischika-ngyarru apara-pakshattu tray[0]5 dab[iyum Ti]n[ga]t-k[i]lamai ylum [plerra Vida[gat]tu (nal].
No. 193 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1904. · No. 430 of the same collection.
1 In the month of Rishabha an 11th tithi of the dark half cannot possibly be joined with the nakshatra Uttardabadba (Uttirddam). * No. 588 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1904.
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