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DATES OF CHOLA KINGS.
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107.-In the Aiyaņār temple at Tiruppațçür. 1 Svasti sri [ll] Pů maruviga tira-mädam .. ... . 4 ... ....ko-Pparakësaripatmar=āna Tiribu vanachobak karavattiga! Sr[i]
Rajarajadóvar ku ylandı 7 åvadu Isbaba-niyatra - 5 para-pakshattu dvadasiyum Viyala-kkilamaiyum perra Aśvati-nal.
"In the 7th year of the reign) of king Parakēsarivarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious RĀjar&jadēva,- on the day of Asvini, which corresponded to a Thursday and to the twolfth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Rishabha."
The date intended in this inscription is Thursday, the 21st May 1168 A.D. It is, however, not the 12th, but the 11th tithi of the dark fortnight of the month Rishabba (Jyaishtha); it was coupled with the nakshatra Asyini, which ended about 11 ghafikas after mean sunrise. The 12th tithi ended about mean sunrise of Friday at Lanka, according to the Arya-Siddhanta, 22 palas after it, according to the Sărya-Siddhanta 7 palas before it, and according to the BrahmaSiddhanta 52 palas before it. But as we have to reckon with true sunrise, which occurred on that day, say at Conjeeveram, 1 ghatika 49 palas before mean sunrise at Lanks, the end of the 12th tithi fell after true sunrise of Friday, which day therefore was called the 12th tithi. The 12th (lunar) tithi was however coupled with the nakshatra Asvini, which ended in it, though the day in which it ended was called the 11th tithi.
D.-TRIBHUVANACHAKRAVARTIN RĀJĀDHIRĀJA II.
198.-In the Siddhanāthasvāmin temple at Tirunaraiyur. 1 Svasti sri [62] Kadal-s[al]nda pår=ölun- . . . . 8 Tribhuvanachobak karavattiga! Sri-Rajäta(dhi)rajadėvarkku yandu Aråvadu
Mina-näy&rcu pūryva-pakshattu shashthiyam Viyala-kka(kki)lamaiyam perra Uroša i-pa!.
"In the sixth year of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Rájādh[i]rājadēva,- on the day of Bohiņi, which corresponded to a Thursday and to the sixth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Mina."
This date corresponds to Thursday, the 8th March 1160 A.D. On this day, the 6th tithi of the bright fortnight of the month Mina (Chaitra) ended about 38 ghafikās after mean sunrise and the nakshatra Rohiņi about 36 ghatikās after mean sunrise (according to the equal-space system). The present inscription brings the accession to the throne of Rajadhiraja II. between 7th and 30th March 1163.
E.-KULOTTUNGA-CHOĻA III.
199.-In the Siddhanthasvāmin temple at Tirunaraiyur. 1..::[k]karavatt[i]ge[t fri-Ku]lottunga-soladova[t]ku yä[odu]" 2 vada
Kum2 [ba-näyarra'] irabatton[ra]n-[diyadi]yum perra apara-[pa]kshattu pra[da]
mai]yum Badan3 .... (pi) radamaiyum? perra [Pa]rattu nå!.
1 No. 597 of the Madras Epigraphical collection for 1908. * No. 172 of the same collection for 1908. • The syllable la seems to be entered below the line. • No. 166 of the Madras Epigraphical collection for 1908. 5 Between du and the figure 2 there is some space in which traces of a letter or a gure are seen. • The flourish added to the figure 8 may also be taken to represent the syllables ondu.
The tithi seems to have been repeated by mistake.
