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No. 6] ALAGUM INSCRIPTION OF ANANTAVARMAN ; REGNAL YEAR 62 47 His son Rajendra I (1016-43 A.C.) also claims to have defeatod the Eastern Chalukya king as well as to have set up pillars of victory on Mount Mahendra in Kalinga (in the present Srikakulam District of Madras). Whether, however, this achievement of Rājēndra I should be attributed to his own reign or to that of his father when he may have led the expedition against the Kalinga country as his father's general is uncertain in the present state of our knowledge. But it is extremely interesting to note that, in the description of the expeditions led by the generals of Rājēndra I about 1023 A.C. in the countries towards the east as far as South-East Bengal, mention is made of the reduction of Ora (Puri-Cuttack area) and Kõsala (the Sambalpur region together with certain Western tracts), both then under the Sõmavamsi king of Yayūtinagara, but not of any conflict with the king of Kalinga.' This fact seems to suggest that the early rulers of the imperial Ganga family were regarded by the Chola emperors as their subordinate allies. The real founder of the greatness of the imperial branch of the Ganga family was another Vajrahasta Anantavarman (1038-70 A.C.) who was the grandson of his namesake mentioned above and the grandfather of the mighty Anantavarman Chödaganga. But Chola influence continued in Kalinga as late as the reign of Chodaganga and even later.
The present inscription is one of the few records of Anantavarman Chödaganga that have been so far discovered in the Puri-Cuttack region which was conquered by that monarch from the Sõmavarbis about the beginning of the twelfth century.
Of the geographical namos mentioned in the inscription, the location of Chöla-dëss has already been noticad. Kadamvura may, as Mr. N. L. Rao has kindly suggested be identified with Kadambür in the Udaiyarpalaiyam taluk of the Tiruchirapalli District. Alagumma is no doubt modern Alagum which is the findspot of the inscription under discussion. The name is Alaguma even now in Oriya pronunciation. The vishaya or district of Rāmanga, in which the village of Alagunma is said to have been situated, seems to be the same as the Rāvanga vishaya mentioned in the Puri plates of Bhanu II.
TEXT 1 Siddham Svasti (1) Srimad-Anantavarmadēvasya 2 pravarddhamana-vijaya-rājyē | dvashashțhi(shta)3 samva(saṁva)tsare Mägha-si(si)ta-tithau sapta4 myām vārē Gurau Chõla-dēsa (sa)-prati5 vaba)ddha-Kadamvura-grāma-vinirggata-Käsya(sya)6 pa-gotra-pañch-arsha(rshē)ya-pravara-pitäma7 ha-Pötändi[h] tat-putra-Bhimāņdi[b] tad-vans-7(d-vais-5). 8 dbhava-paramamāhēsva(sva)ra-paramavaishna(shna)va9 disāpati-Kāmāņdi-nāmā khyātaḥ 116 10 idānīm Rāmanga-vishaya-prativa(ba)ddha-Ala11 gumma-grāmiya-Kapālēsva(sva)ra-nama-bhumi-ha12 l-aikam sadhu-praja-lõka(kä)n pramukhiksi. 13 tya sva-dhanēna kritvā="sēsha-dharmma-viva(vpi)
14 ddhayė sri-Garttēsva(sva)radēvasya matha-prativa(ba). 1 See 1. H.Q., Vol. XXII, pp. 300 ff. * Ray,op. cit., pp. 318 ff.; above, Vol. IX, pp. 227 ff. • Soo J. R. A. 8. B., Letters, Vol. XVII, pp. 19-28. . From impressions. . Expressed by a symbol. • The dandas are superfluous.
Possibly disampati. • The rule of sandhi has not been observed here.
