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THE EASTERN CHALUKYA CHRONOLOGY.
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a really existent mountain, — is introduced into the traditions of the Gangas of Kalinga. The foundations for this portion of the genealogy are plainly the facts, that the Chalukyas did come originally from the north, and found the Pallavas in possession of some of the territories afterwards acquired by themselves; coupled with a Kadamba tradition, that the founder of that family was Trinétra or Trilôchana.
(8) The historical Early and Western Chalukya genealogy, as far as it is given; being confined to three names, - those of Pulikêśin I., Kirtivarman I., and Satyasraya or Palikesin II. According to this account, Pulikesin I. was the son of the second Vijayaditya of the preceding paragraph. In reality, he was the son of Ranarâga, who was the son of Jayasimha I.
(4) The historical Eastern Chalukya genealogy, starting with Knkja-Vishņuvardhana I., and carried on to the time of the reigning king.
The second part of the above genealogy specifies the Eastern Chalukya insignia. They are enumerated as the white umbrella, the single conch-shell, the panchamahasabda, 21 the pálikétana, as the double drum, the boar-crest, the bunch of feathers of a peacock's tail, 23 the spear, the throne, the makaratorana,the golden sceptre, the Ganga and Yamuna, and others which are not particularised. Lithographs of the seals of this grant and of X, have been given, ante, Vol. VII. p. 253, Plate, Nos. 1 and 2. The seal of the present grant shews, across the *centre, the legend tri-Tribhuvanánkuća; above it, a boar, half standing and half conchant to the proper left, the sun and moon, an umbrella, a conch-shell, a double drum, and two objects which are usually interpreted as chaurís or fly-flaps made from the bushy tail of the Bos Grunniens, but which may perhaps be intended for fly-flaps made from the feathers of peacocks' tails; and in the lower part, an elephant- or ox-goad, an expanded water-lily, the bud of a water-lily on its stalk, and a device resembling the letter ga which may be intended either for the throne or for the makaratoraņa. The seal of X, omits the sun, the umbrella, the double drum, the bud of the water-lily, and the ga; and it adds two lamp-stands. A somewhat similar list of insignia is given in the case of the Gangas of Kalinganagara (ante, Vol. XVIII. pp. 164, 175). The terms Ganga and Yamuna probably denote the images of two goddesses, as personifications of the rivers. These were also Rashtrakůta insignia ; thus, Govinda III. is described as "taking from his enemies the Ganga and the Yamuna, charming with their waves, and acquiring at the same time that supreme position of lordship (which was indicated) by (those rivers in the form of a visible sign" (ante, Vol. XII. p. 163); and the rivers are spoken of again, as doing service to the palace of Govinda V. (id. pp. 248, 253). These two emblems must have been derived, by some means or another, from the Early Guptas, in the temples of whose period the Ganga and the Yamuna, as goddesses, constantly appear as an architectural embellishment (see Archool. Surv. Ind. Vol. IX. pp. 43, 70).
of this reign we have one record :
V. - A copper-plato grant from Korumelli in the Gôdêvari District; edited by me with a lithograph, ante, Vol. XIV. p. 48. – This grant gives the complete genealogy, commented on just above. The historical Eastern Chalukya genealogy commences with Kubja-Vishnuvardhana I., as the brother of Satyasraya, 'the lord of favourites ;' and this passage gives the name of the family as OhAlukya. The charter was issued by Rajaraja I. himself; and it records a grant of the village of Korumelli in the Guddavadi vishaya, 86 on the occasion of an eclipse of the moon. The Dataka was Katakoks, the son of Rachiya-Pedderi-Bhima, the composer was Ohôtanabhatta ; and the writer was Gandacharya.
31 6. e. the sounds of Aro hinds of musionl instrumenta; or perhaps, hero, Byo kinds of loud-sounding musical instruments (oompare page 98 above and see Gupta Inscriptions, p. 296, note 9).
An Arrangement of flags in roww (noe ante, VoL XIV. p. 104). pilichha, se ante, VoL XL p. 873, notel, and compare Vol. LVL p. 313, and noto 18. Probably an ornamental aroh (wante, Vol. IX. p. 2, note 8). As regarda the name of thia vichaya, page 97 mboro, note 18. Be pago 267 sboro, nato &
