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succeed to the sovereignty but was dethroned and Kaliballaha, -the latter being the by his younger brother.
Praksit correlative of the Sanskrit KalivalThis younger brother was Dhruva, or labha, just as Dhôrs is of Dhruva. Dhôra, also called Nirupama I., Dhard- The present inscription shews that by Varsha, Kalivallabha, and Iddhatējas; and he Dhruva's time the Rashtrakata power was fully is the next, after Dantidurga, of whose reign established in at least the north and northany epigraphical remains are as yet known to eastern parts of the Western Chalukya be extant. We have only one inscription of his dominions. And, in respect of his relations time; I publish it herewith from the original with the other kings of the south, the Wanjstone, with a facsimile.
Diņqori and Radhanpur plates record that he It is on the front pillar in the west half conquered and imprisoned the Ganga king; of the north porch of the temple of the god and the Radhanpur plates state also that he Virûpåksha, originally Lökésvara, at Patta- caused the Pallava king to bow down dakal in the Kalådgi District. The writing before him. And Mr. Rice states that his covers a space of about 1' 10' high by 21' name of Nirupama occurs in & mutilated Pal. broad. The language is Old-Canarese ; and it la va inscription on the temple of Råmalingê records some grants made by one of the harlote svara at 'Avani', in which the Pallava king's of the temple. The inscription is not dated; name is Noļambadhirųja; the same name, but the date of it will be about Saka 700 Nolamba, occurring also, he states, in a frag(A. D. 778-9). Dhruva is mentioned in this mentary Pallava inscription of Saka 690 at inscription under the names of Dhårkvarab Galganpode' in Maisûr..
Transcription. . (*) Svasti Dháråva[r]sha ériári)-prithu(thi)vivallabha mahârâjâdhiraja [*] paramèsvara bhattara Sri-Kaliballahan prii(pri)thu(thi)vi[°] rajya[**]-geye LO(16)kamahadêviyara
dégu[*] lada sûle Gôyinda-poddiya magalu Bidi(Pļi)[*] poddiy-embo!
attama-gôsâsam-ildo! [] évaratha[m]-gottol=hastiratham-iļdo! ['] bhůmi-dânamum abhayamukhiyum=kotta (ll"] Translation.
| also called Jagattunga I., Jagadrudra I., ValHail! While Dhårå varsha, the favour- labhanarendra I., Śivallabha, and Prithvivallaite of the world, the supreme king of great bha. We have three entire inscriptions of his kings, the supreme lord, the worshipful one, time. The earliest o them is the accompany(also named) Sri-Kaliballa ha, was ruling ing one, of which an imperfect lithograph, the world
evidently from inferior ink-impressions, has (L. 3.)-Badipoddi,the daughter of Gô- been published by Dr. Burnell in his Southyindapoddi, a harlot of the temple of the Indian Palæography, Plate XXVI.10 I edit it queen) Lô kama h â d evi,'-who had (previ- from the original plates, which belong to Sir ously) given an excellent ...........; Walter Elliot. No information is forthcoming who had given a horse-chariot; and who had as to where they were found; but it must have given an elephant-chariot, gave a grant been somewhere in the Canarese country. of land and an ubhayamukhi."
The plates are three in number, each about No. CXXIII.
5' long by 2 broad; they are smooth and Dhruva was succeeded by his eldest son, flat, the edges of them not having been made Govinda III. or Prabhata varsha I., with raised or thickened rims. The surfaces
• Pali, Sanskrit, and Old-Canares, Inscriptions,
Mysore Inscriptions, p. Ivi. See also Ind. Ant., Vol. X., p. 36.
• This is the earliest instance that I have met with of the word bhaldra being spelt with a double , bhaffara.
Poddi, boddi, 'a harlot.
The queen of the Western Chalukya king Vikramditya II. She had this temple built in commemoration of
her husband having three times conquered K Aichi, or the Pallava king whose capital Was Kanchi; see Vol. X., p. 163.
The meaning of goodsam is not apparent.
A cow, or the image of a cow, in the act of bringing forth a calf, when there are apparently two mouths or faces to only one body.
Dr. Barnell calls it a Chêrs grant. But this is mistake.
