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No. 26.] THREE INSCRIPTIONS OF VAIDUMBA-MAHARAJA GANDATRINETRA. 191
tinued to hold the Cuddapah District in this period. This is supported by a charter of Vaidumba Maharaja Bhuvanatrinētral dated in Saka 893 (A.D. 971) according to which the king was ruling the country from his palace at Pottappi in Päkanāņdu. After the Rashtraküļas, the Vaidumbas were reduced to vassalage by the Chöļas as testified to by a record of Rājarāja I dated in his 14th regnal year (A.D. 958-99) and the Tiruvallam inscription of his 20th year (A.D. 1001-05) in which Nannamaraiyar son of Tukkarai belonging to the Vaidumba family figures as the governor of Ingallūr-nādu, a district in Mahārājavādi (Cuddapah District). The district of Mahārājavādi remained in the hands of the Cholas under Rājādhirāja I also whose officer Rajendrachõļa-Brahmamārāya was governing it in Saka 970 from his capital Valluru in the Cuddapah District. From the Palagiri records of Saka 978 mentioned above, it is learnt that Vaidumba Mahārāja Kaligetri. nētra Bhima-Mahārāja, son of Ma[dhu]ka-Mahārāja did not acknowledge a suzerain power while making the gift which probably indicates that he attempted to declare independence during the troublous period consequent upon the warfare between the Chalukyas and Chõlas in the 11th century A.D. This is the latest known date for the Vaidumba chiefs and the history of the family in the subsequent period remains to be cleared up by future discoveries.
Of the localities mentioned in the records proper, Söremaţi cannot be identified. It must be located in the Nolamba territory adjoining Madanapalle since Vaidumba and Bāņa are stated to have laid siege to it. Mudumaduvu which was one of the scenes of the Söremaţi battle may be identified with Mudimadugu in the Anantapur District. Velungagunta is modern Veligallu in the Chittoor District where the inscription C was found. Rēnāņdu-seventhousand comprised a major part of the modern Cuddapah and Kurnool Districts.
TEXT of A. 1 Svasty-anēka-samarā(ra)-samghattan-o2 palobda(labdha)-jaya-lakshmi-samälimgita-vaksha3 sta(stha)la Gandatre(tri)põtra sri-B(V)aydumba-Ma(Ma)+ hårājar pţii(pri)thivi-rājyam-geye(yye) 3 Mahārājaru[m] Bānarasarum Soremați ko[ttlera(kötte) 6 yittalli Nolambi Dadigam Rachamalla[m] 7 Mayindadi Gundigegu[la] ene-7 8 baru samasta-balam berisi bittoy de go[la]-go[ttu] yitt=plivalli 10 .....yadode vallur{bba]yar-aņisū11... ..Pārvara annark-Kare Punna12 pi-māņi yigidu bildan 1]
TRANSLATION. Lines 1-4) Hail ! when the illustrious Vaidumba-Mahārāja Gandatriņētra whose breast was embraced by the goddess of victory obtained in several conflicts of battles, was ruling the earth,
1 An. Rep. on 8. I. Epigraphy for 1935-36, C. P. No. 7. See also No. 323 of 1903 of the Madras Epigraphical Collection bearing the date Saka 894 which records the coronation of this chief. Recently a record at Animals (Kamalapuram taluk, Cuddapah District) has been discovered which is dated in Suka 99$ and belongs to Vaidurba Trigāya-Maharaja.
+ Melpädi inscription (8. I. 1., Vol. III, p. 29, No. 19). * 8. 1. I., Vol. III, p. 106. . Above, Vol. V, p. 207.
Xo. 323 of 1:35 34 •From ink impression.
* Real
