Epigraphia Indica Vol 28

Author(s): Hirananda Shastri
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India

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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
[VOL. XXVIII, Mallikarjuna figures in a fairly large number of inscriptions almost from the commencement of his father's reign and it would be useful to summarise the main facts gathered about him from these records. He is consistently spoken of as Yuvarāja' and the epithet Mahamandalesvara is never applied to him as in the case of the other sons of the king. This testifies to the unique and exalted position held by this prince among the princes of the royal household. He is specified as the son of the crowned queen (Pattamahādēvi) who was most probably Lakshmädēvi.' He had a daughter named Mahādēvi. Besides the territory under his administration noted above, he was administering the tract of Tardavādi Thousand in A. D. 1095, 1109, 1112 and 1115 and the province of Karahada Four Thousand in A. D. 1116. The last date so far known for him is A. D. 1123.
Before reverting to Sõmëkvara alluded to above, we have to take note of another son of Vikramaditya VI, named Jayakarna. He seems to have stood next in seniority to Mallikarjuna. Chandaladēvi was his mother. He figures in five records ranging in date from A. D. 1102 to 1122. From the provenance of these epigraphs it may be gathered that he was connected with the administration of the area now comprising portions of the Gulbarga, Bijapur and Belgaum Districts.
We now come to Sömökvara who appears to have been junior to Jayakarna. Born of Chandaladēvi, he was the co-uterine brother of the latter prince. He is mentioned in later records ranging until the last year of his father's reign.' He bore the title Chalukya-Ganga-Permadi," which he must have inherited from his father. As the epigraphs containing information about him come from the Warangal, Karimnagar and Nalgonda Districts of the Hyderabad State and are of A. D. 1106-7 and 1124-25, it may be surmised that he was connected with the administrative machinery of those areas in these years.
The fourth and the last known son of Vikramaditya VI was Taila or Tailapa. He seoms to have been the juniormost of the lot. From the epithet Chandaladēvī-nayana-sarasija-sürya (delight to the lotus eyes of Chandaladērī) applied to him in some inscriptions, it follows that he
1 I have listed 12 records referring to this prince which range in date from A.D. 1079 to 1123. They are as follows: above, Vol. XV. p. 29; B. K. Nos. 90 of 1929-30, 3 of 1930-31, 183 of 1933-34, 1 of 1937-38, 120 of 1940-41, No. 13 of 40-41 of the Kannada Research Office, Dharwar; Bandaravādi inscription (Mackenzie Collection): one inscription each at Aland and Ruddavadi and two inscriptions at Masyal (my private collection). Most of these are unpublished. In B. K. No. 90 of 1929-30, dated in A. D. 1095, Mallikarjuna is given the title, Malava-balabaļāhaka-samirana (whirlwind to the clouds, the forces of Mālava). This shows that he had distinguished himself in one or more campaigns against Málava. B. K. No. 3 of 1930-31, dated in A. D. 1112, mentions two more titles of this prince, viz., Padmanala-giri-vajra-da ndam and Visalaraya-kuvara-java-dadam. As Padmanālagiri which is identical with modern Panhāļā, was under the sway of the Silahara princes, these titles seem to contain a reference to an expedition oonducted by Mallikarjuna against the rulers of that house (vide Bom. Gaa., Vol. I, pt. ii, p. 549).
It is interesting to note that Jayasinhs, the younger brother of Vikramiditya VI, is also styled Yupardja in good many inscriptions ranging from A. D. 1077 to 1082; vide B. K. Nos. 237 of 1928-29, 128 of 1926-27 and Bom. Gax., Vol. I, pt. ii, p. 449.
• Bom. Gas., Vol. I, pt. ii, p. 448. • Ibid., p. 449.
. Kalagi record (ibid., p. 455): Bandarvadi inscription (Mackenzie Collection): B. K. Nos. 93 and 94 of 193637 ; Kompor inscription (J. B. B. R. A. 8., Vol. X, p. 287). I am indebted to Mr. M. Venkataramayya for the references to the Mackenzie Collection.
• This piece of information is furnished by an inscription from Tengali. Gulbarga District, dated Saks 1084 (=A. D. 1163) in the reign of Tails III (my private collection).
* Telangana Inscriptions, Western Chalukya records : Nos. 13, 35 and 36. . The Inst two of the above-noted inscriptions associate his name with this title.
Vikramaditya VI boro the title Chalukya-Ganga-Permadi on account of bis relationship with the Canga family through his mother who was a prince of that house (8. 1. I., Vol. I, pt. 1, Nos. 96 and 118: Kp. Carn.. Vol. XI, Dy. 140).