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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[MARCH, 1891.
4. - Vishnuvardhana IÌ.
Nine years; A. D. 683 to 672. He was the son of No. 3, Indra-Bhattaraka. His name occurs as Vishnuvardhana in his own grants (D. and E.), and in L. to X.; and as Vishnuraja in K. D., line 10, seems to imply that he had the epithet of sarvalókasraya, 'asylum of all mankind;' and the seals of both his grants give him the birula of Vishamasiddhi, as in the case of his grandfather. D. describes him as a paramaidhésvara or most devout worshipper of the god Siva under the name of Mahêśvara;' and E. gives him the epithet of samadhigata-panchamahásabda, "he who has attained the five great sounds,' i.e. who is heralded in public by the sounds of five kinds of musical instruments.15 His title was that of Maharaja ; it is used in his own grants, and is also affixed to his name in F. In M. the years of his reign are carelessly omitted. K., L, and N. to X., are unanimous in stating that he reigned for nine years.
Of his time we have two records :
D. - A grant from somewhere in the Nellore District, Madras Presidency; edited by me, ante, Vol. VII. p. 185, with a lithograph in Vol. VIII. p. 320. - It gives the dynastic name as Chalukya; and it adds, in respect of the members of the family, that they acquired the dignity of sovereignty through the favour of the god Kârttikêya. The genealogy com. mences with Vishnuvardhana I. The charter was issued by Vishnuvardhana II. himself, as Maharaja ; and it records a grant of the village of Reyaru in the Karmarashtra vishaya. The grant was made in the second year of his reign, on Wednesday, the tenth tithi in the bright fortnight of Chaitra, under the Maghả nakshatra ; and the corresponding English date, as has been shewn on page 8 above, is Wednesday, 13th March, A. D. 684. The writer of the grant was Vinayaka, the son of Era.
E. - A grant apparently from Mattewada in the Kistna District; edited by me, with a lithograph, ante, Vol. VII. p. 191. - It gives the dynastic name as Chaľukys, with the Dråvidian ! in the second syllable. The genealogy commences with Kirtivarman I.; and it passes from him to Vishịuvardhana I., without any reference to Pulikesin II. The charter was issued by Vishņa vardhana II, himself, as Miháraja. It is addressed to the residents of the village of Pallivada in the Arutankar Abraya which was in the Gudrahara vishaya; but the exact details of the grant are not known, the concluding portion of the charter, after the second plate, being not forthcoming. The grant was made in the fifth year of his reign, on the occasion of an eclipse of the son on the new-moon day of Phålguna; and the corresponding English date, as we have seen at page 9 above, is the 17th February, A. D. 888.
5. -- Mangi-Yuvaraja.
Twenty-five years; A. D. 672 to 698. He was the son of No. 4, Vishņuvardhana II. He is spoken of as Mangi-Yuvaraja in K. and all the subsequent grants; but there is nothing to shew why the title Yuvarája is always attached to his proper name. He had the epithet of sarvalok asraya,'asylum of all mankind,' (see his own grant F.); and the seal of his grant gives him the biruda of Vijayasiddhi, which is also used in the text of the grant, in describing him as he who achieved the success of victory in controversies () of metaphysics and other sciences." K, and all the subsequent grants agree in stating that he reigned for twenty-five years.
Of his time we have one record :
F. - A grant from an unknown locality; edited by me at page 104 below. - It gives the dynastic name as Chalukya; and in the description of the members of the family, it substi
16 See Gupta Inscriptions, p. 296, note 9. - This is another exceptional instance, in whion the opithet is applied to a paramount sovereign.
