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25. - Saktivarman.
Twelve years; A. D. 1003 to 1015. He was the eldest son of No. 24, Dânârnava ; and he succeeded to the throne of Veigi after the unexplained interval of the preceding paragraph. W. and X., and the Godavari grant, give his proper name of Saktivarman ; V. mentions him by his biruda of Chalukya. Chandra. The Pittapuram inscription appears to mention him by the name of Kirtivarman; but there is nothing to prevent this being a mistake on the part of Sir Walter Elliot's copyist. Some gold coins of his, obtained from Arakan and Siam, have been described by me, ante. Vol. XIX. p. 79 ff.; they are stamped with his biruda. V., W., and X., agree in stating that he reigned for twelve years.
28. – Vimaladitya.
Seven years; A. D. 1015 to 1022. He was the younger brother and successor of No. 25, Saktivarman. His name occurs as Vimaladitya in V., W., and X. ; in the Godavari grant it is given in the same way, and also in the form of Vimalarka. His wife was Kandavamahadevi, who is mentioned in the Eastern Chalukya records as the younger sister of Rajêndra-Choda, and the daughter of Rajaraja of the Solar Race. V. calls her specifically & Choda (ie. Chola) princess. And her father was plainly the Chola king Gangaikonda-K3-Rajaraja-Raja küsarivarman, with the initial date of A. D. 1003 or 1004 (ante, Vol. XIX. p. 72).17 V., W., and X., agree in stating that Vimaladitya roigned for seven years.
27. - Rajaraja I. ;19 Vishnuvardhana VIII.
Forty-one years; A. D. 1022 to 1063. He was the son and successor of No. 26, Vimaladitya. In V. and W. he is called Rajaraja ; X. gives his name as Rajarajadáva. His wife was Ammangadovi, the daughter of Rajendra-Choda, i. e, of his own maternal uncle.19 He had the epithet of sarvalokasraya,
refuge of all mankind;' and the other name of Vishņuvardhana VIII. His titles were Maharajadhiraja, Paramosvara, and Paramabhattaraka. The seal of his grant bears the. motto of bri-Tribhuvanankuba. The date of his coronation is given in his grant, (V.); the details are, Saka-Samvat 944, when the sun was in Simha, i, e. in the solar month Bhadrapada, the second tithi in the dark fortnight, Gara våra or Thursday, when the moon was in the UttaraBhadrapadi nakshatra, and during the rising of the sign Tolá; and the corresponding English date is Thursday, 18th August, A. D. 1022 (see ante, Vol. XIX. p. 129 f.). Some gold coins of his, obtained from Arakan and Siam, have been described by me, ante, Vol. XIX. p. 79 ff.; they are stamped with his name. The exact length of his reign is a little doubtful. X. states that he reigned for forty-one years. But w. states that he reigned for “forty years, and again for ons." While the Pittipuram inscription of Saka-Samvat 1124, and the Godavari grant, state that he reigned for forty years; and they add one year to the reign of his successor, Kulôttunga-Chôdadêva I. This looks somewhat as if there was a break in the full period assigned to him by X. Bat, for the present, we may assume that the duration of his reign was forty-one years.
11 Of his time we have insoriptions in Dr. Haltzsch's South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. I, pp. 63, No. 40: 66, No. 41, 94, No. 86; and 140, No. 146. As he reigned for at least twenty-six yours (No. 41), his final date cannot be placed before A. D. 1028.
18 When I edited his grant (anto, Vol. XIV. p. 49), I rather inconveniently onlled him Rajaraja the second by way of distinguishing him from his maternal grandfather of the same name, and I spoke of him in the same way in connection with his coins, and with the date of his coronation (ante, Vol. XIX. pp. 79, 129). But, as already pointed out (ante, Vol. XIX. p. 421, note 8), he was the first king of this namo in the Chalukya family; and it is more correct and expodiont to speak of him as Rajaraja I.
1. His full namo appears to be K0.Parakesarivarman, otherwise UlaiyAr Sri-Rajendra-Chladeva. Of his time we have inscriptions in Dr. Hultasch's South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. I, pp. 95, No. 67 100, No. 69. and two more poted on p. 97. As one of the latter is dated in his twenty-fourth year, and as his initial date cannot be placed before A. D. 1028 (800 noto 17 above), the end of his roigu was not earlier than A. D. 1061.
