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TATES OF CHOLA KINGS.
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Two inscriptions, one at the Ulagalanda-Perumal temple at Käñchi, and the other at the Kailasanatha temple at Sevvallimödu, are dated in the year Vyaya, and expressly state the year as ś. 1268 (A.D. 1346-47) and as being in the 9th year of this king's reign. A third record of the 7th year also exists at Sev vallimēdu. If these are found on examination to contain fuller details of the date it may be possible to gather from them sufficient evidence as to the date of his accession. But so far this can only be fixed as being in s. 1259 or 1260, i.e., on some day between March 26th A.D. 1337, the first solar day of Mesha. Saka 1259, and March 25th A.D. 1339, the last solar day of Mina Saka 1260. Consequently the thirteenth year must lie betwear March A.D. 1349 and March 1851, and the month of Tulå stated in the prosent inscription at Tirukachchir rr!1st correspond either to (about) October A.D. 1349 or the same month in A.D. 1350.
The details of the date are irregular for A.D. 1349, the second tithi of the second fortnight in Tula in that year falling on Tuesday, September 29th, on which day at mean sunrise the moou was iu Bharaṇi. I doubt even if the date can be accepted as regular for A.D. 1350. In that year the second krishọa tithi of Kärttika was current at mean sunrise of Monday, October 18th, that day being the 20th day of Tula, and the moon at its sunrise being in Rohiņi. The tithi had been current for the last 21h, Ilm. of Sunday, October 17th, and up to 3b. 5m. before sunrise on the Monday the moon had been in Brittikä, according to the equal-space system. By the system of Garga the moon had been in Kșittikä up to 15h. 13m., and by the brahmia. siddhan'a up to 15h. 56m. before the Monday sunrise. If therefore the week-day bad been stated as Sunday, the date given would have proved regular as regards the naksluatru but wrong as regards the tithi, which should have been stated as the let kşishna. The 2nd krishna tili and the nakshatra Kșittikä had been together current for some hours on the Sunday, but not on the Monday; and I can ascertain no ceremonial reason why a 2nd krishna in Karttika should be coupled with the day prior to that on whose sanrise it was current.
I have tested the date for several other years about this period but quite without success. It is not correct for A.D. 1351, in which year the given tithi corresponded to Friday, October 6th, which was the 9th Tula and on which day at mean sunrise the moon was in Bharani.
Incidentally I may mention that I find the date quoted by Professor Holtzsch for the 17th year of this king's predecessor, Voprumaņkonda Sambuvariya (South-Indian Inscriptions I, p. 78, No. 52) to be perfectly regular. The date corresponds to May 10th A.D. 1339, and the king's necession is fixed as having taken place between May 11 A.D. 1322 and May 10 1323].
RAJANARAYANAN SAMBUVARAYA
242.-In the Vyaghrapādēsvara temple at Siddhalingamadam. 1 Svast]i (ári] [ll*] Saknlalakachcha (kra] vatt[i] Trūšanārū[ya]ạnn éambuva
rayarku yiyi du 20 avivlat 2 Magara-niyarru parvva-pakshattu Stitigaiyum "Buda[na]m perra Tiruvan[t]tn
nāļ.
"In the 20th year of the reign) of Rajanārāyanan Sambuvarāya the emperor of all the worlds-on the day of Sravana, which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the third tithi af the first fortnight of the month of Makara."
No. 396 of the Madras Epigmphical collection for 1909 * Between the #yllnblos fra and rais a letter which is in listinet. ** Cancel the syllable yi. • The word dvadu is represented by a flourish alded to the figure 20.
Read tritiyai . Tbe word Budam is written below the line.
