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inscription simply made a mistake, and transposed the same Kadamba king Jayakêsin III., from the figures 9 and 8, and thus gave Kaliyuga- the Belgaum District, published by me in the Sarvat 4289, instead of 4298 (as an expired year). Jour. Bo. Br. R. As. Soc. Vol. IX. Pp. 231 f., But the week day in the third case, differing by two 241 f., in which the date (line 66 ff.) is - sâchtdays, rendere it impossible to accept these results Asiti-satadvay-adhikeshu chaturshu sahasrêshu and this explanation. And I shall shew that the Kaliyuga-bathvatsarêshu paravrittéehu Sri-Saptafigures 4289 are really correct; though they have kotisvara - labdha.vara. prasada - sri - Kadambanot the application which suggests itself at first | Vira-Jayakésidêva-vijaya-rajyê pravartamánô sight.
trayodasê Siddharthi-samvatsaré Chaitra-buddha. By the Southern System of the Cycle, the avadasi-Guruvårê damanarüpana semanantararn, Durmati samvatsara coincided with Kaliyuga- -"wben there have expired four thousand years Samvat 4303 and Saka-Sarovat 1124, both current of the Kaliyuga, increased by two hundred to. (A.D. 1201-1202). Here, with the basis of Saka gether with eighty-eight; while there is current Samvat 1123 expired, the results, in all three the Siddharthin samvatsara, which is the thirteenth
es, work out quite correctly; thus-(1) (year) in the victorions reign of the glorious Ashadha sukla 8 ended, as required, on Sun
Kadamba Vira-Jayakesideva, who has acquired day, the loth June, A.D. 1201, at about 52 gh. the excellent favour of the god) the holy Sapta39 p. ;-and, by the Anduta southern arrange- kõtisvara; on Thursday, the twelfth tithi of the ment of the fortnights, (2) Ashidha krishna 7 bright fortnight of the month) Chaitra; immeended on Sunday, the 24th June, at about 26 diately after the damandrópana (ceremony). And gh. 37 p. ; and (3) Ashidha krishna 8 ended on
the inscription goes on to record a grant of the Monday the 26th June, at about 20 gh. 19 p. village of Kiruvalasiga by Jayakobin III., in this
These results are exactly in accordance with the thirteenth year of his reign. those obtained under Nos. 15, 16, and 17 This gives us, apparently as the basis of the above. And they shew that, as was in fact to calculation, Kaliyuga-Sainvat 4288 expired, which be assumed from the locality and period of the 1 by the Tables is equivalent to Saka Sarvat 1109 record, the real guide in caloulating the expired; and the details of the Biddharthin details is the name of the samvatsara accord
samvatsara, current, of the Sixty-Year Cycle ; ing to the Southern System of the Cycle.
the month Chaitra (ordinarily March-April); It only remains to explain the apparent dis
the bright fortnight; the twelfth tithi; and crepanoy between the given. Kaliyuga year
Guruvåra, or Thursday. and the samvatsara. As we have seen, the results But, if the apparent application of the given are correct for Kaliyuga-Samvat 4303 current. By Kaliyuga year is accepted, here again we should the record, the period from Åshadha sukla 8 to have to assume a very considerable error in the krishna 8 of this year, was in the fifteenth year record. of the reign of Jayakêáin III. Accordingly, the Thus, by the Northern System of the Cycle, period from Ashadha sukla 8 to krishna 8 of the the Siddharthin samvatsara was current at the first year of his reign, was in Kaliyuga-Sanyat commencement of Kaliyuga-Samvat 4297 and 4289 current. And, differing from the way in Saka-Sauvat 1118, both current (A.D. 1195-969. which it has to be applied in Nos. 15, 16, and 17, While, by the Southern System of the Cycle, the given Kaliyuga year is evidently here the Siddharthin samvatsara coincided with used as giving, not the basis of the computa- Kaliyuga-Samvat 4301 and Saka-Sarivat 1122, tion of the details of the dates, but simply both current (A.D. 1199-1200). As we have seen the period from some point in which there in the four preceding instances, this is the period commenced the first year of the reign, of for which we must expect to obtain a correct which there is quoted the fifteenth year, with result. And, as the Mesha-Sankranti of Sakathose details referred to it. This is rather an Saxnvat 1122 current occurred on Thursday, the exceptional use of the leading item in a date. 25th March, A.D. 1199, on which day there ended But, two exactly analogous instances are furnished the twelfth tithi of the dark fortnight of Chaitra, by Nos. 19 and 20 below.
the calculation has to be made with the basis of We may also note that the similar use of Kali. Saka-Samvat 1120 expired. With this basis, I find yuga-Sarhvat 4288 expired in No. 19, shows that that the given tithi, Chaitra sukla 12, ended, in the present case we distinctly have the as required, on Thursday, the lith March, quotation of a current Kaliyuga year.
A.D. 1199, at about 23 gh. 26 p. No. 19.
Here again, as in No. 18 above, we find that The preceding result enables us to deal con. the given Kaliyuga year is used as giving, veniently with the Halei copper-plate grant of not the basis of the computation of the details
