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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
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of Bankapura, superior among towns, which had been made by his father by his own name," that is, which had been named by his father after himself, and perhaps had also been founded by his father. And we thus recognise that Lôkaditya's father, the Chellaktana of the prasasti, had the name of Banka, and was the Banköya of the Nidagandi inscription, and the BankeseBankoya of the Konnûr inscription.
As mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the prasasti of the Uttarapurána gives for Bankêya's son LokAditya, otherwise called Chellapataka, a date in June, A. D. 897, when, under AkAlavarsha, that is Krishna II., he was governing the Banavasi province at the town of Bankapura, which is the well-known Bankapur in the tâluka of the same name, of which, however, the head-quarters town is now Shiggaon, in the Dhár war district. And there are the following records, plainly to be attributed to Lôkaditya, which I quote from ink-impressions. Two fragmentary and undated inscriptions at Sâbnûr, in the Bankâpur taluka, refer themselves to the time when Kannaradeva, that is Krishna II., was reigning, and Lokayya was governing the Banavasi twelve-thousand. And another undated inscription at the same place, mentioning him by another form of his name, refers itself to the time when, during the reign of that same king, Lokate5 was governing the Bana vasi twelve-thousand. An inscription at Kuņimallihalli, in the same tâluka, refers itself to the time when Kennaravallaha, that is Krishna II., was reigning, and the Mahásdmantadhipati Lokate was governing the Banavasi twelve-thousand, and puts forward a date in the month Jyaisbha, Saka-Samvat 818 (expired), falling in A. D. 896. Among other points, however, this record places the word Mahásánantadhipati in such a position that it onght strictly to apply to Kannaråvallaha, rather than to Lókate, and connects with the Saka year & sanhvalsara the name of which it presents in the unmeading form of Banu. And it is, therefore, not certain that the record is genuine, or eveu that the date is authentic.
An inscription which is at either Kolênêr or Kanakapur, in the Karajgi tiuka, and which also I quote from an ink-impression, refers itself to the time when AkAlsvarshe, that is Krishna II., was reigning, and a certain Bajati, that is Rajaditys, was governing the Banavasi nad, and presents the date of the Prabhava saravatsara, Saka Sativat 829 (expired), = A. D. 007-908, without any further details. Whether, however, this Bâjâ ti-Râjâditya was a member of the Mukula or Chellaketans family, is not yet known.
After this, we have a second Bańk@ya, belonging most probably to the Makula or Chellakêtana family. At Bisaphalli, in the Bankapur talaka, there was obtained & stone inscription, now stored in the kachêri at Shiggaon, which supplies the following information. The record refers itself to the time when Nityavarsha, that is Indra III., was reigning, and, - tatpâ[da]padm-Opnjivi samadhigatapamchas mabababda]-mahasama[ntama Chella]keta( nani) [abont thirty aksharas illegible or doubtfal] srimat Banköy-arasa [r=Bbanavá]si-mandala-mavatti[r]
62 I have previously given this form of the name as Lökado; see Dyr. Kan. Dialra, p. 431, note 3. In the ink-impressions of the records there mentioned, the third syllable is not very cloar. But, in the ink-impression of this Sabnur inscription, it is quite distinctly te, with the lingual.
68 Baka-Sarhvat 818 Ourrent was the Raksha suwaleara : And 8.-S. 818 expired was the Anala alateart, The Chitrabhanu sa hoatsara was 8.-8. 784 or 848 expirod; and the Svabhana sanhvatsara was 8.-S. 785 or 844 expired.
* At Adar, in the Hangal tAluks, there is an insoription which is dated on Somavira, coupled with the four. teenth tithi of the bright fortnight of Chaitra of the RaktAkshin satsara, Saka-Samvat 826 (expired), correuponding to Monday, 2nd April, A. D. 001, on which day the tithi ended at about 3 hrs. 28 min. after most sunrise (for Ujjain). The record refers itself to the time when Akalavarsha, that is Krishna II., Was reigning, and when a Mahdiamanta, whom it describes as Chellapat d-varhp-dbhava,-read Chellapatka-vams-Odbhava, - was governing (the) Banavii (province). The genuineness of this record, also, is not quite cortain. And, where I have previously read the name of the Mahalmanta as Lökadeyarasa (100 Dyn. Kan. Distre. p. 411, note 3), in the ink-impression before me it looks more like Perikuteyarasa.
The original has suffered a good deal of damage. And a better ink-impression might be made, than the one from which I quote. However, in the iuk-impression which I have, the details that I give can be rend quito distinotly and unmistakably; excopt, of course, the akshara which I place in square brackets.
