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8 n. 15 m. after mean sunrise of Tuesday, the 29th July A.D. 1287 (which was the first day of the month of Simha).
For Jatavarman Sundara-Pandya I. the date would be quite incorrect.
55. In the Akshéévara temple at Achcharapakkam. 1 Svasti éri [1] Kor-Chalapagmar Tiri[buvana Jchchaka.avatti [Pandiyadêva[r][k]ku ya[n]du 13ku edir [2âva]du Kan
éri-Bu[0]lare
2 i-nayatu apara-[pa]kshattu Tingat-kila[m]aiyu[m] saptamiyum perra Ro[a]-[!].
"In the [2nd] opposite the 13th year (of the reign) of king Jatavarman (alias) the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Sundara-Pandyadeva,- on the day of Rôhiņi, which corresponded to a Monday and to the seventh tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Kanya."
For Jatavarman Sundara-Pandya II. the date apparently corresponds to Monday, the 28th August A.D. 1200, when the 7th tithi of the dark half (of Bhadrapada) ended 9 h. 38 m., while the nakshatra was Rohini, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 9 h. 51 m., and by the Brahma-siddhânta for 9 h. 12 m., after mean sunrise. But this day was the last day of the month of Simha, which immediately precedes the month of Kanya."
For Jatavarman Sundara-Pandya I. the date would be quite incorrect.
56.-In the Dârukávanéévara temple at Tiruppalâtturai.3
1 Svasti śri [*] K[ô Chchad Jaipanmar=&[na] Tribhuvanachchakkaravattiga! sri-Sundira-[P]ândiyadêvarkku yându
29[Avada] on[bs]diradu [M]sha-[ná)yapra
Velli-kkilamaiyam perra Katta (tti)gai-ni
pl[rva]-pakabaita
triti(t)yalyam
3 [!].
"In the 9th- ninth-year (of the reign) of king Jatavarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Sundara- Pandyadeva, on the day of Krittika, which corresponded to a Friday and to the third tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Mêsha."
My examination of this date does not enable me to decide whether it belongs to Jațâvarman Sundara-Pandya I. or to Jațâvarman Sundara-Pandya II. According to the previously obtained result, the 9th year of Jatavarman Sundara-Pandya I. should have commenced between (approximately) the 20th and 28th April A.D. 1259; but there is no day from April A.D. 1259 to the end of A.D. 1260 for which the date would be correct. The date would be correct for Friday, the 28th March A.D. 1259, which was the 3rd day of the month of Mêsha, and on which the 3rd tithi of the bright half (of the second Chaitra) ended 16 h. 56 m., while the nakshatra was Krittika, by the Brahma-siddhânta for 6 h. 34 m., according to Garga for 7 h. 53 m., and by the equal space systom for 19 h. 42 m., after mean sunrise. By what we have found before, this day would fall in the 8th, not the 9th, year of Jatavarman Sundara-Pandya I.
If the date were one of Jatavarman Sundara-Pandya II., it should fall in either A.D. 1284 or A.D. 1285. Here again it would be incorrect for either year. It would be correct for
1 No. 252 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1901.
The Kanya-samkranti took place 3 h. 43 m. after mean sunrise of Tuesday, the 29th August A.D. 1290, which was the 1st day of the month of Kanya.
No 283 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1903.
The á of nd- is engraved at the beginning of the next line. See above, Vol. VI. p. 314.
