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Pancha-saptaty-adhika-Saka-kala-sariwatsara-la- samatitásu Sakánan=api bhubhujám 11. This ta-shatké vyatit& sahvata(t) 075 paip or passage does not furnish' anything in the way pau) hachchhikaya Magha-mása-rathasaptamydin of a technical expression for the era. But we tulápurusha-sthité ;-39, the Saundatti inscrip-1 may note that it speaks of it as 'the years of tion of Krishņa II., " (u. 12.13) Sapta-sa(sa)tya the Saka kings,'-as if the establishment of it navaty a cha samdyukta(keté ) 8a(shu) saptasu was connected, at any rate by the tradition of Sa(ba)ka-k&ļ68v (shu)=atitéshu Manmath-hvaya- that time, with more than one king. vatsaré ;-40, a Nargund inscription of Jagat- The next technical expression for the era, tunga II., (11. 2-4) Enļu núra ndlvattavuta vis. (for 841) | Saku-kálanga!=varshan prakatan
Saka-varsha pesariin Pramathi varttise dinapan makarakke or the years of Saka or of the Sakas,' is furvarppa sakramana-kdlado!=kade banda Pausha- nished by-45, the Togurshode' grant of the da tithiyo!; and 41, the Såloggi inscription of Western Chalu kya king Vinayaditya," in Krishna IV.,87 (11. 3-5 and 45-50) Saka-kalád- which the date is expressed (11.24-6) by gat-dvdá(bda)ndin sa-saptádhika-shashtishu ga- kádas-óttara-shat-chhatéshu Saka-varsheshv= te shuwashtasu tavatsu samanám-aikatorpi atitéshu * • • • • • Kárttika-paurnnamásyázn. cha | varttamdné Plavaing-avde (bdf) .....
And this expression is uniformly adhered to in púruv-okt& varttamán-avdé (bdé) mdse Bhadra- all the subsequent Western Chaluky a padochite pitsi-parvtani tasy-aiva Kujaváréņa records that are dated in the Saka era at all;" sanyuté súryya-grahana-káló tu madhyagé cha e.g.-46, the Båda mi inscription of Vijayaditya, ** divákaré.
(11.7-8) Ekavins-ottara-sha-chhatéshu SakaAnd I have found the same expression used varsh&shv=atitéshu Jyél jyai)shthyán paurnnain--42, a Gudikatti inscription of the Western másy án; and—47, the Wokkalêri grant of Chåluk ya king Sômêsvara III., (11. 19-20) Kirttivarma III.,* (11. 61-2 and 64) Ga(na)vaSa(sa)ka-kalah guna-sapta-nainda (for 974)-moi
saptaty-uttara-sha!-chhatéshu Saka-varshóshva (mi or vri)tam=dgal-varttakarh Nandan-dbdakam. atitéshu ..... Bhadrapada-paurnamd. With the preceding we may class the very
syán. similar expression
Instances in which this expression was used Saka-samaya
by the R&shtrak û tas are but few. I or the time of Saka or of the Sakas,' which is have only obtained the following three :-48, furnished by-43, the Eastern Chalukyaa Kalas inscription of Gôyinda V., (11.22-3) grant of Amma II.,' (11. 31-3) Giri-rasa-vasu- [Sa]ka-varsha 857neya (for 852) Vikțitasankhy-abdé Saku-samaye Marggasirsha=mdeér
sanvatsarada Mághada punnamey=Adityaváram= smin kerishna-tray ôdaia-dins Bhriguvdré Mitra- Aslesha(shd)-nakshatrado(P)/(P) sôma-grahanakshatré || Dhanushi ravau ghata-lagnd. nan samanise tula-pu[rusham=i ?]ldu tat
After the Haidarâbâd grant of the Western samayado! ;-49, an Alûr inscription of Krishna Chalukya king Pulikébi II., the next record IV., (11. 1-2) Saka-varisham=entu núra eppattthat we have in-44, the Aihole inscription of entaneya Nala-saivatsa[rada Vaibá]kha bahula the same king, in which the date, referred to panchame(mi) Suću)kravdru ........; both the Saka and the Kaliyuga eras (the latter and-50, a Gandur inscription of Kakka III., under the fame of the Bharata war), is ex- (11. 13-16) Saba) kha(ka)-varsham=entu núra pressed (1.16) by Trishiatsu tri-sahasréshu Bha- tornbhatt-Graneya (for 895) Srimukha-sarhvatsar. ratád=&havdd-itah sapt-ábdasata-yuktéshu ka- Ashadı (dha)-dakshinayana(na)-saakrdntiyum = (ga)téshurabdéshu panchasu [lo] Panchdsatsu Adityavárad-anduan. Kalau kaló shafsu pancha-hatou cha samásu The expression was revived, as their dynastic
» Jour. Bo. Br. R. 18. Soc. Vol. X. pp. 194 f. 37 Ind. Ant. Vol. I. pp. 205 ff.
* Tho repetition of the date in figures, however, wus omitted.
** Ind. Ant. Vol. VII. pp. 15 . +0 Ind. Ant. Vol. VIII. pp. 237 ff. * Id. Vol. VI. pp. 85 ff.
Contrasted with the nse of the expression sakapripa-kala in the Gangs grants of Saka 890 on the same
atones,--the use of this expression saka-varsha in the Lakshm@war inscriptions of Vinay Aditya, Vijay Aditya, and Vikramaditys II. (Vol. VII. pp. 101 ff.) is sufficient to show that, though these inscriptions were engraved, 88 we now have them, in the tenth oentury A.D., they are correct copies of genuine originale, -being probably put on stone from oopper-plates.
Ind. Ant. Vol. X. pp. 60 f. * id. Vol. VIII. pp. 28 ff.
