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the date would be wrong for the 12th year of the reign of Maravarman Kulasekhara I. But for the 12th year of the reign of Mâravarman Kulasekhara II. (which has been found 1 to commence between approximately the 6th March and the 23rd July A.D. 1314) the date would regularly correspond to Friday, the 29th March A.D. 1325, which was the 4th day of the month of Mêsha, and on which the 14th tithi of the bright half (of Chaitra) ended 7 h. 9 m., while the nakshatra was Hasta, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 10 h. 30 m., and by the Brahma-siddhanta for 7 h. 13 m., after mean sunrise.-I have no doubt that this is the true equivalent of the date, and that the concluding words of the original date ought to be Attattu nil, the day of Hasta," instead of Ariṭṭattu nāļ.
DATES OF PANDYA KINGS.
The date would prove that Maravarman Kulasekhara II. could not have commenced to reign later than (approximately) the 29th March A.D. 1314.
D.-JATAVARMAN PARAKRAMA-PANDYA.
67. In the Satyagirinatha-Perumal temple at Tirumaiyam.2
1 Sat [] Sri-k-[Chehadai]pagmarina Tr[i]buvagain(kin)vatal - Parakk[i]rama-Pâ[ndiyadê]varkku [a]udu 5vad[in]
2 edir 7vadu
apara-pakahattu dvalisiyam Nayarru-kk[5]
lamaiyum perra Uttarâḍattu nå!.
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"In the 7th (year) opposite the 5th year (of the reign) of the glorious king [Jațâ]varman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Parakrama-Pandyadeva,on the day of Uttarashaḍna, which corresponded to a Sunday and to the twelfth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of.
I have previously found that Jațâvarman Parakrama-Pandya commenced to reign between (approximately) the 10th January A.D. 1357 and the 9th January A.D. 1358. This date of the 7th opposite the 5th year, i.e. of the 12th year of his reign, undoubtedly corresponds to Sunday, the 4th February A.D. 1383, which was the 11th day of the month of [Kumbha], and on which the 12th tithi of the dark half (of Mágha) ended 21 h. 7 m. after mean sunrise, while the nakshatra was Uttarashaḍhâ, by the Brahma-siddhanta and according to Garga the whole day, and by the equal space system from 6 h. 34 m. after mean sunrise.
The date shows that Jatavarman Parakrama-Pandya could not have commenced to reign before (approximately) the 5th February A.D. 1357.
POSTSCRIPT.
RAJAKESARIVARMAN VIRA-PANDYA.+
In the Kariyamanikka-Perumal temple at Vijayamangalam.5
1 Svasti śrî [||*] Nanmangalan-jirakka [*] [Śaga]r-yându ayiratt-iru-nurr-iraṇḍil [ko]v-[Irá]sa[k]saripa n]mar=âna [Tribhuvanachcha[kravat]
2 tigal śri-Vira-Pandiyadêvarku yându pa[di]naiñjâvadu *Tu[1]4-yarra pakshattu=7Ttingat-kilamaiy[u]m dasamiyum pe[rra] Ut[t]irattu n[â].
1 See above, Vol. VI. p. 315.
2 No. 395 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1906.
See above, Vol. VII. p. 17.
apara
This king is neither a Pandya nor a Chola, but a ruler of Kongn; see Rai Bahadur V. Venkayya's Annual Report for 1905-06, page 79.
No. 544 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1905.
The akshara tu is engraved above the line.
The guttural is engraved above the line.
2 G
