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No. 27.]
Above, Vol. VI. p. 310, No. 22, I have found that a date of the 40th year of Mâravarman Kulasekhara I. corresponded to Saturday, the 24th February A.D. 1308 (in Saka-samvat 1229). This date No. 47, which also is of the 40th year, and which is expressly stated to have fallen in Saka-samvat 1229, regularly corresponds to Monday, the 18th March A.D. 1808, which was the 24th day of the month of Mina, and on which the 10th tithi of the dark half (of Phâlguna) ended 11 h. 29 m., while the nakshatra was Sravana, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 11 h. 10 m., and by the Brahma-siddhanta for 12 h. 29 m., after mean sunrise.
1
48.-In the Jagannathasvamin temple at Tiruppullaņi.1 k[8] Marapan [ma]r-â[na Tribhu] .. [+]mmandalamum kond-aruliya ér[]-Kulasêgaradêvarkku Karkaḍaga-nayarru mudal tiyad[i]yum
[ttu]
a[shtami yu]m [Ti]ngal-kilamaiyum Si]ttiraiyum
nål.
"In the [2]2nd year (of the reign) of king Maravarman [alias the emperor of the three worlds], the glorious Kulasekharadeva, who was pleased to take every country,- on the day which corresponded to (the day of) [Chi]tra, to a Monday, to the eighth tithi of the .. [fortnight], and to the first solar day of the month of Karkataka."
2.
DATES OF PANDYA KINGS.
gal [2]2vadu
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The date corresponds to Monday, the 27th June A.D. 1288, which was the first day of the month of Karkataka, and on which the 8th tithi of the [bright] half (of Ashadha) ended 19 h. 46 m., while the nakshatra was Chitra, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 20 h. 21 m., and by the Brahma-siddhânta for 17 h. 4 m., after mean sunrise.
40.-In the Adivaraha-Perumal temple at Singavaram." 1 Svasti sri [11]
chchakkaravatt[ga] [ar]-Kulalgara[d]vaku y 2 ṇḍu 30&vadu Simha-nayatzw-ppůrvra-pakahatta
Mu(mû)lattu nâṭ-.
--
yându
perra
.. kô Mârapanmar Tribhuvaṇa
Skadadadi)yam
"In the 30th year (of the reign) of king Maravarman (alias) the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulasekharadeva,- on the day of Mûla, which corresponded to the eleventh tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Simba."
The date corresponds to [Wednesday], the 31st July A.D. 1297, which was the 4th day of the month of Simha, and on which the 11th tithi of the bright half (of Śrâvana) ended 18 h. 38 m., while the nakshatra was Mula, by the equal space system for 17 h. 4 m., and according to Garga for 4 h, 36 m., after mean sunrise.
1 No. 107 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1903.
2 The Karkata- or Dakshinayana-samkranti took place 9 b. 26 m. after mean sunrise.
perra
50.-In the Apaikatta-Perumal temple at Kalappâ].*
1 Svasti sriḥ [K] [M]ârupan[mar Tiri]buvanachchakkaravatt[i]gal ér[i]-Kalasêgaradêvark[ku] yându 3[4]vadu Karkadaga-nâyagru pûrvva-paksha[t]tu tr[i]t[i]yaiyyum San[i]-kkilamaiyum pera Magattu nâl.
No. 231 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1904.
No. 661 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1902.
"In the 34th year (of the reign) of king Maravarman (alias) the emperor of the -three worlds, the glorious Kulasekharadeva,- on the day of Magha, which corresponded to a Saturday and to the third tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Karkataka.