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SANSKRIT AND OLD-CANARESE INSCRIPTIONS.
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Vishnuvarma
SANSKRIT AND OLD-CANARESE INSCRIPTIONS.
BY J. F. FLEET, BO. C.S., M.R.A.S.
(Continued from p. 190.) No. CXVII.
| in the neighbouring parts of North Canar, The accompanying Old-Canarese inscription which are now called simply Para.' is edited from an ink-impression supplied to the genealogy of the Kadambas of Banawâsi me by Mr. J. Fairlie Muir, Bo. C.S. The original is given in this inscription, from Mayuravarma I., stone-tablet is at Kargudari in the Hângal the founder of the family, down to Taila II., Taluka of the Dharwad District, and stands on and is as below, with a few additions from the south of a spot, on the west of the village, other sources :where there was formerly a temple of the god
Maytravarma I. Narayana, the stones of which were removed,
Krishnavarma. about twenty years ago, to build the embankment of the tank close by.
Nagsvarme 1. The inscription is in bold and well executed Old-Canarese characters of the period to which
Mrigavarma. it belongs. It is for the most part in a state of excellent preservation; but one or two letters
Satyavarma, are broken away at the commencement of lines
Vijayavarma. 15 to 18, and lines. 44 and 45 are a good deal weather-worn. The writing covers a space of
JayavarmA I. about 59" high by 3' 1' broad. A transcription
NagavarmA II. of it is given in the Elliot MS. Collection, Vol.
SantivarmA I. I., p. 479. The emblems at the top of the stone are - In the centre, a linga; on its right, a
Kirttivarma I. cow and calf, and the sun; and on its left,
Ådityavarma. Nandi or Basava, and the moon. The inscription is of the time of the Western
Chattaya,
Chatta, or Chattuga. Chluk ya king, Tribhuvana malla or Vikramaditya VI., and is dated in the
JayavarmA II., thirty-third year of the Chalukya-Vikramavar
or Jayasitha. sha, the Sarvadhari sarivatsara, i. e. in Saka 1030 (A.D. 1108-9), while his feudatory, the Maruli. Taila I., Santivarma II., Choki, Vikrams, Mahamandalesvara Tailapa or Taila II.
of Santa, or Santaya. or of the family of the Kadambas of Banawasi,
Tailaps I. Saka, 1010. Joki. Vikt was governing the districts called the Bana
Kirttivarma II., Tail II.,
Kirttidévs I., or vâse Twelve-thousand and the Hânungal
Tailapa II. Five-hundred, at his capital of Pârthapura.
Tailana-Singa, Saka 1021 Of the places mentioned in the inscription,
Baka 990 and 1072
and 999. Karagudure is of course the modern Kargudari
Tailama. itself, the Kungoodree' and 'Kurgoodrakop' of the maps, four miles to the north by east of
Kirttidéva II.
KAmadera, Hângal,- and Tamaragere must be the modern
or Tailamana-Ankakera. Távaragere, the Tawurgeree' of the maps,
Saks 1108 and 1118. about five miles to the south by east of Kal- Other inscriptions give also the names of Kun. ghatgi. I cannot at present identify Palambidamaraga, or Sattigana-Chatta, Saka 941,and Parthapura, the latter of which may be Mayuravarma II., Saka 956 and 966,--Chivun. any one of the several places in the west and darâya, Saka 967 and 970,-Harik@sari, Saka south-west parts of the Dharwad District, and 977,-Mayhravarma III, Saka 1053,-- and
miks
Sattiga is another form of the namo Saty fárays. In the present instance it donotos the Western Chalukys king Satykárnya II.
