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The date apparently corresponds to Saturday, the 8th July A.D. 1301, which was the 12th day of the month of Karkataka, and on which the nakshatra was Magha, by the Brahmasiddhanta for 13 h. 47 m., according to Garga for 16 h. 25 m., and by the equal space system from 3 h. 56 m., after mean sunrise. But the tithi which ended on this day, 12 h. 24 m. after mean sunrise, was the 2nd, not the 3rd, tithi of the bright half (of Sravana).- Accordingly, the word tv [6]+[C]yaiyyum of the original seems to be a mistake for doitiyaiyyum.
51.- In the Pasupatiśvara temple at Allur.! 1 Svasti eri [ll] Ko [M]Arapaņmar=aņa 2 Tiribuvana[ch]chakkaravattiga3 ! sri-Kulasegaradêvarku y[&]4 ndu 29vadu Karkada5 ga-nâyarru apara-pakshattu tra6 'yodesiyum Sani-k[i]lamaiyum pe
7 tra Punapuśatta nal. "In the 20th year of the reign) of king Mâravarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulasekharadêva, - on the day of Punarvasu, which corresponded to a Saturday and to the thirteenth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Karkataka.”
For the 29th year of Maravarman Kulasekhara 1. this date would be expected to fall in A.D. 1296 or A.D. 1297 ; but neither of these years yields a satisfactory result. I can therefore only suggest that the date may be one of the 39th year of the king's reign. For that year it would regularly correspond to Saturday, the 9th July A.D. 1308, which was the 12th day of the month of Karkataka, and on which the 13th tithi of the dark half (of Ashadha) ended Sh. 34 m. after mean sunrise, while the nakshatra was Punarvasu, by the Brahma-siddhanta the whole day, according to Garga from 2 h. 38 m., and by the equal space system from 14 h. 27 m., after mean sunrise.
The two dates Nos. 47 and 48 reduce the period, during which Mâravarman Kulasekhara I. must have commenced to reign, to the time from (approximately) the 19th March to the 27th June A.D. 1268.
D. - JATAVARMAN SUNDARA-PANDYA II.
52.- In the Devanayaka-Perumal temple at Tiruvendipuram. I . Svasti Sri [l*] Kör-Chchadai[pa]gmar Tiribavanachchakkaravattiga! śrî
Sundara-Pandiyadêvarkku yânda 10[åvadu) pattâ[va]du Karkadaga-nâyarra 2 apara-pakshattu pañjamiyum Tingal-kilamaiyum perra Rêvati-nå!.
"In the 10th-tenth-year of the reign) of king Jațâ varman (alias) the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Sundara-Påndyadeva, on the day of Rêvati, which corresponded to a Monday and to the fifth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Karkataka."
For Jaţåvarman Sundara-Påndya II., whose reign has been found to commence between (approximately) the 13th September A.D. 1275 and the 15th May A.D. 1276,6 this date corresponds to Monday, the 23rd July A.D. 1285, which was the 27th day of the month of
1 No. 379 of the Governinent Epigraphist's collection for 1903, ? Part of the 8 of yo is engraved at the end of the preceding line. • For Maravarman Kulasekbara II. the date would be incorrect. • No. 56 may be a date of Jațâvarman Sundara-Pandya I. • No. 137 of the Government Epigrapbist's collection for 1902. o See above, Vol. VI. p. 314.
