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THE EASTERN CHALUKYA CHRONOLOGY.
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tates the statement that they acquired their sovereignty through the excellent favour of the goddess Kausiki (Durga),16 for the statement of D., which attributes this to the favour of Karttikêya. The genealogy commences with Jayasimha I. The record does not mention Mangi by his own proper name, but speaks of him, in the passage which introduces the grant, as "the Maharaja who is the asylum of all mankind." The grant, which was made by Mangi. Yavarâja himself, was of some fields in the village of Nutulapapu in the Karmarashtra (vishaya). It was made on the occasion of the Uttarayaņa-Samkranti or winter solstice, in the twentieth year of his reign. The Dituka was Nissaramiji .......
6. – Jayasimha II.
Thirteen years; A. D. 696 to 709. He was the eldest) son of No. 5, Mangi-Yuvarâja. He is first mentioned in K.; and in that and all the subsequent grants, his name is given as simply Jayasimha, without vallabha attached to it. K. to M., and O. to X., are unanimous in stating that he reigned for thirteen years; through a careless repetition of the length of the reign of his ancestor of the same name, N. represents him as reigning for thirty-three years.
7.- Kokkili.
Six months; A. D. 709. He was a younger brother, by a different mother, of No. 6, Jayasimha II. P. to T., and V. to X., simply mention him as a younger brother; M. describes him as dvaimdtura, 'a halfbrother,' without any statement as to seniority; K., L., O., and U., state explicitly that he was dvaimátor-dnuja, the younger half-brother;' N. carelessly represents him as the son of Jayasimha II. His name is first mentioned in K.; that and all the subsequent grants agree in stating that he reigned for six months.
8.- Vishņuvardhana III.
Thirty-seven years; A. D. 709 to 746. He is described in K. and the subsequent grants as the elder brother of No. 7, Kokkili; but they do not state whether he was born of the same mother. Nor do they give his seniority in respect of Jayasimha II.; I follow Dr. Hultzsch, and place him between Jayasimha II. and Kokkili. In L. he is called Vishṇuraja; in all the other grants in which he is mentioned, his name is given as Vishnuvardhana. He acquired the sovereignty by ejecting Kokkili. K. and all the subsequent grants state that he reigned for thirty-seven years.
9. - Vijayaditya I.; Bhattaraka.
Eighteen years; A. D. 746 to 784. He was the son of No. 8, Visuņuvardhana III. ; 0. describes him as an aurasa or legiti. mate son.' G. and X. give his name as simply Vijayaditya; in all the other instances in which he is mentioned, he is called Vijayaditya-Bhattaraka. H., which does not introduce his proper name, appears to give him the biruda of Vikrama-Rama; and it may be interpreted us giving him also the second biruda of Vijayasiddhi. In G. the title of Maharaja is attached to his name. K. and the subsequent grants all state that be reigned for eighteen years.17
16 kau siki-vara-praslida. I notice that Dr. Haltzsch (South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. I. p. 35) has preferred to connect vara with the preceding member of the compound, and thus has translated " by the favour of (Siva) the husband of Kaubiki." But the expression vara-pras-lda is of such constant occurrence iu unambiguous F I am not disposed to agree with his rendering.
17 Dr. Burnell (South Indian Palcography, p. 31 ) has stated that, according to one grant (the charter dated in the twenty-third year of Vira-Chôdadeva), he reigned for sixteen years; this, however, is based on a mislection; the passage has vijayadity -shada ia, for-shadaia. He has also prefixed Saktivarman to his name; but I have not been able to trace any authority for this.
