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No. 24.)
DATES OF CHOLA KINGS.
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The second of those two dates corresponds to Monday, October 17th, A.D. 1239, which was the twentieth day of Tula, and was in the twenty-fourth year of Rajaraja III. At mean sunrise on that day, the third tithi of the second fortnight of Kärttika was corrent, ending 6 h. 23 m. later; the nakshatra Mrigasirsha, however, only began, by the equal space system and that of Garga, 4 h. 39 m. after mean bunrise, and by the Brahma-siddhanta 3 h. 32 m. after it. The nakshatra at mean sunrise was by all systems Rohiņi. Still I have little doubt that the date is as above stated, although the nakshatra allotted to it is not very accurate.
184.-In the Mahalingasvāmin temple at Tiruvidaimarudur.. i Svast[i] śr[i] [1] T[i]r[i]buvagachchakravattigal sri-[I]rabarabadēva[r*]k[ku] yanda
27 ávadu Magara-na ya]eru paruva-pakshattu paõjamiyum Budag-kilamaiyum
peria Pa[sa]ttu nä!.
“In the 27th year of the reign of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Rājarāja dēva, -on the day of Pushya, which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the fifth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Makara.
The fifth tithi in question gives a totally wrong result in this date, but the fifteenth is in accord with the other details. If this mistake were made by the engravers, the date would correspond to Wednesday, January 7th, A.D. 1248 On that day, which was in the twenty-seventh year of Rajarāja III. and was the thirteenth day of Makara, the fifteenth tithi of the first fortnight of Pausba was current at mean sunrise and ended 19 h. 58 m. later. The nakshatra, by the equal space system and by Garge, was Pacarvasu at mean sunrise ; but Pashya began 1 h. 46 m. later, and was therefore current during seventeen hours of the fifteenth tithi in question. By the Brahma-siddhanta Pushya had begun 16 m. before sunrise.
There can be little doubt that the tithi should have been quoted as the fifteenth instead of the fifth.
G.-RAJENDRA-OHOLA M.().
185.-In the Uttaravēdisvara temple at Kuttalam. 1 Hara Svasti r i [18] Tiri[br]yagachchakkaravattiga! Sri-Ra[je]ndira
[Sola dēvar[ku ya]ydu 15vadu Tuli-niyarru pårvva-pakshatta' navamiyum
Vigala-kki[lamaiyum perra: A]" 2. [vi]ttatta na!.
“In the 15th year of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorions Ra[jējadra-[Cho!ajdēva,-on the day of [Śravishtha), which corresponded to a Thursday and to the ninth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Tula."
This date might be accurate for the fifteenth year of Rajendra-Chola II., otherwise called Kulottuðga-Chola I., and is certainly accurate for the fifteenth year of Rajandra-Ohola III. In the former case most of the elements coincide, the date being Thursday, October 10th, A.D. 1084, at mean sunrise on which day the ninth tithi of the first fortnight of Kirttika was current, expiring 19 h. 29 m. later; but the wakshatra at mean sunrise was Sravana, Sravishthå (or Dhanishtha) beginning 4 h. 39 m. later by the equal space system and Garga, and 6 h. 6 m. later by the Bralıma-siddhanta. The date is so far defective.
No. 291 of the Madras Epigraphical collection for 1907 • There is no doubt about the reading paijami.--Ed.] * No. 495 of the Madras Epigraphical collection for 1907.
• The original is damaged here. But enough of the writing is seen to show that there is not sufficient room for the syllables porra 4.
