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and the plates! I have compiled the following genealogical Table, which will be found to differ considerably from the one published by Mr. Rice in Ep. Carn. Vol. VI. Introduction, p. 4.
Genealogical Tablo.
Mayûraśarman.
Kangavarman.
Bhagiratha.
Raghu.
Kâkusthavarman.
Santivarman.
Kfishnavarman 1.
Mrigosavarman.
? Måndhâtsivarman.
Vishnuvarmen.
an.
Dévavarman.
Ravivarman.
Bhânuvarman.
Sivaratha.
Simhavarman.
Harivarman.
Krishṇavarman II. I ought to state that the correctness of this Table greatly depends on the reliabilityassumed here of the Birar plates, published by Mr. Rice in Ep. Carn. Vol. VI. p. 91, No. 162. These plates record a grant by the Kadamba Dharmamaharaja Vishnuvarman, the eldest son of the afvamedha-ydjin, the Dharmamaharaja Krishṇavarman. By stating that Vishpavarman was making the grant with the permission of his jyésktha-patri (i.e. his father's eldest brother) Santivaravarman (Sântivarman), they enable us to combine, as shown in the Table, the information given by the Bannahalli plates of Kộishnavarman II. (above, Vol. VI. p. 17) with that furnished by various plates from Halsî and Dêvagêri (Nos. 604, 606, 608, 610-612 of my Southern List). What I am not sure about in the Table is, whether I have correctly placed Måndhátrivarman and Devavarman. Mrigéśavarman was an eldest son, and Måndhâtfivarman
For the fifteen Kadambs copper-plate inscriptions known to us see below, p. 84, note 2.
I have some doubts about the genuineness of the Birúr plates, but seo no reason to question what is stated in them regarding the degree of relationship between Vishnuvarman and Säntivarman.
The word jy&shtha-pitri is synonymous with jyésktha-tata which in the Vaijayant is explained by pitriSydahtha, 's father's eldest brother, and it is actually used in this sense in the Miraj plates of Jayasinha II. Jagadé kamalla, Ind. Ant. Vol. VIII. p. 17a, 1. 4. I may note besides that in Rom. VII. 25, 23, Malyavat, the eldest brother of Sumáli, is called the pitá jy data of Sumali's daughter Ksiksai, ie. the eldest brother of the father of Kaikasi. (Ibid. Verse 24 Malyavst's granddaughter Kumbbinast is called the sister of Sumali's grandson Råvans, and in verse 47 Råvang is called 'the brother of the same Kumbhinast. This shows how vaguely words denoting relationship were used already in early times in India.)
