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DATES OF THE SAKA ERA IN INSCRIPTIONS.
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latest No. 197 of $. 1105, of the time of Singhann. The next dynasty to be mentioned is that of the Hoysalas of Dorasamudra of which the list gives no less than 31 datos, from No. 139 of 'S. 1025, of the time of Ballâ la L., to No. 274 of S. 1208, of the time of Narasimha III. And another family which is well represented in the list is that of the Yâdavas; for we first have 5 dates of the Yadavas of the Souņa country, the earliest of which is No. 95 of S. 922, of the time of Bhillama II., and the latest No. 166 of S. 1063 (for 1064), of the time of the Mahasamanta Sêuņadeva, and afterwards 32 datos of the Yadavas of Davagiri, from No. 207 of S. 1113, of the time of Bhillama, to No. 277 of S. 1227, of the time of Ramachandra.
The history of the dynasties, hitherto mentioned, has been told from their inscriptions by Dr. Fleet, in his Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency. Proceeding to the great feudatory families, treated of in the same work, we first have 21 dates of the Silaras (or Silaras, or Silaharas). Eleven of them are from inscriptions of the Silaras of the Northern Konkaņ,7 from No. 54 of S. 765 (?), of the time of Pullasakti, to No. 201 of S. 1109, of the time of A paraditya; one, No. 98 of S. 930, is from an inscription of Rattaraja, a Silárn of the Southern Konkaņ; and 9 dates are from inscriptions of the Silaharns of the Deccan, from No. 120 of S. 980, of the time of Marasimha, to No. 210 of S. 1114, of the time of Bhoja II. Of the Rattas of Saundatti there are 7 dates, from No. 88 of S. 902, of the time of Såntivarman, to No. 233 of S. 1151 current, of the time of Lakshmidêvn II. Of the Sindas we have the three dates' No. 91 of S. 911 (for 912), of the timo of Pulikaln, No. 110 of S. 955, of the time of Nagaditya, and No. 180 of S. 1084 (for 1085), of the time of Chivunda II. ; of the Kadambas of Hangal the two dates No. 124 of S. 990, which is of the time of Kirtivarman II., and No. 137 of S. 1111 (not 1011), of the time of Kamadera: and of the Kadambas of Goal the one date No. 176 of S. 1080, of the timo of Permacli-Sivachitta. Lastly, of the Guttas of Guttal the list contains 8 dates, from No. 194 of S. 1103, which is a date of Jôyideva I., to No. 256 of S. 1185 current, of the timo of Gutta III.
To the times, covered by the dates which are enumerated in the preceding, also belong a number of other dates from the south and the eastern coast of India. Thus the list contains 10 dates of the Western Gangas or Gangas of Gangavadi, the earliest genuine clato of which is No. 62 of S. 809, of the time of Satyavákya-Kouguņivarma-Permanadi, and the latest No. 87 of S. 899, of the time of Satyavákya-Kongimivarma-Rachamolla-Permanadi. Of Anantavarman Chôdagangadêva, one of the Eastern Gangas of Kalinganagara, 11 tho list gives four dates, from No. 133 of S. 999 to No. 160 of S. 1057. We also have four dates of the Eastern Chalukyas,13 from No. 78 of S. 867, of the time of Amma II., to No. 159 of S. 1056 (for 1055 current P), of the time of Kulôttunga Chodadêva II.; three dates of the KAkatiya dynasty of Worangal, viz., No. 179 of S. 1084, of the time of Rudradêva, and Nos, 234 and 247 of S. 1153 and 'S. 1172 current, of the time of Gaņa pati; and three dates, Nos. 241, 242 and 244 of S. 1160, 1161, and 1165, of a king Rajarajadêva, who may belong to the Chola dynasty.13
• The list contains two later dates which profess to be taken from Kalachurya inscriptions, No. 200 of S. 1108, and No. 204 of 8. 1110 current; but those datos belong to a time when the rulo of the Kalachuryan apparently had come to an end.
• A later date of the same king, No. 278 of $. 1228 (?), is quite incorrect; but dates of tho Hoysala dynasty which are later than 8. 1908 are furnished by the inscriptions published in Ep. Carn. Part I.
"To these also belongs the date No. 56 of Mamyanidevarája, the year of which Dr. Floot now takos to be S. 982 (not 782).
# An earlier date, No. 60 of 8.797, of tae timo of Prithvirama, is by Dr. Fleet regarded as plainly not authentio, so far, at least, as PrithvirAma is oonoerned.
The two dates Nos. 80 and 81, of 8,879 ourrent and 872 expired, which profess to be of the time of the Sinda Perm Adi I., are by Dr. Fleet considered quite impossible dates.
10 of the Kadambas of Goa wo possoas 5 dates in which the era of the Kaliyuga is used (from K. 4270 to K. 4348). 11 Earlier Gangas of Kalinganagara use an era of their own.
12 Some of the Eastorn Chalukya insoriptions are dated in regnal years, but the majority of them give no years at all.
15 Somo Saka dates of Chola kings I have given in Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 68 ff.
