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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
[VOL. XI,
9 [Kulo]ttu[o]ga-Soladevarkku iyan. 10 du närpatton]badávadu Mesha-näyarru parva11 (pak]shattu Utti]ramum Budan-kilamaiyum [p]e12 [rra] tra[y]odasi-nagru.
“In the forty-ninth year of the reign) of the glorious Räjakēsarivarman, alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulottunga-Choladēva,- on the day (which was) the thirteenth tithi and which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the day of) [UttaraPhalguni] of the first fortnight of the month of Mēsha.”
The given date corresponds to Wednesday, March 28th A.D. 1119, on which day the 13th bukla tithi of the first fortnight of Chaitra was current at mean sunrise, as also the nakshatra Uttara-Phalguni. This day was the 3rd solar day of Mösha.
Thus the 49th year of Kulottunga-Chola I began on, or later than, 27th March A.D. 1118 and the reign must have begun on, or later than that date in A.D. 1070; so that for this king's accession we now have the period March 27th to October 8th A.D. 1070.
225.-In the Umamahēsvara temple at Könēriräjapuram. 1 Svasti śri [ll"] [Puga! śūlada] ......... 13 .. ..... ...
Ko[v=I]rājakesaka (ri) [va]rmmar=āņa Tr[i]; bhuva[nach]chakkarava[r]ttiga! sri-Kulottunga-Soladevar[ku] yandu
47ävada Dhan[u]-nayarra pūrv va-pakshattu piradamaiyum Tinga! 14 kilamaiyum perra Mülatti-nal.
"In the 47th year of the reign) of king Rājakēsarivarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulottunga-Chõļadēva,-on the day of Müla which corresponded to a Monday and to the first tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Dhanus."
To paraphrase the opening passage of Professor Kielhorn's remarks on his Chola date No. 40 (Vol. VI, p. 279), -"a date in the month of Dhanus of the 17th year of the king's reign will be expected to fall near the end of A.D. 1116." Now, as detailed, the given date is incorrect for the 47th regnal year. But it is perfectly correct for the 48th year, viz., towards the end of A.D. 1117. Now Mr. Krishna Sastri iuforms me that the figures 47 are perfectly clear in the original and cannot be read 48. We must therefore assume that the composer of the record made a mistake.
The given date, except for that mistake, corresponds with Monday, November 26th A.D. 1117, which was the 2nd solar day of Dhanus, and on which day at man suoriso the first tithi of the first fortnight of Pausha was current. By the equal-space system the nakshatra current at that mean sunrise was Müla, but by the system of Garga and by the Brahma-siddhanta the current nakshatra was Purva-Ashadha. I conclude that the date is genuine, but that the composer erroneously stated the 47th instead of the 48th regnal year,
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226.-In the Sāra-Paramēśvara temple at Tiruchchirai. Tr[i]bhvavachchakrava(t)tiga! [sri-Kulottun]ga-Soladēvarku
47 áva[du] Ishaba-[n]āyatra apara-pakshattu da sami[y]um
k[i]lamaiyum porxa Sadaiya[t]ti-nal.
yāņdu Budan
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1 Read nanru.
? No. 653 of the Madras Epigraphical collection for 1909. * No. oxu of the Madrus Epigraphical collection for 1909.
• Read I'rilhuu.
