Indian Antiquary Vol 38

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications

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TEE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[JANUARY, 1909.
Nellore volume. These are Siddhi, his younger brother Betta I. and the latter's sons, Dayabhima, Nallasiddhi, and Erasiddhi. Of these, Nallasiddhi is said to have taken Kanchi. If there be any truth in this, it may be that the event took place prior to the reign of the Chola king Kulôttninga III.62 The capture of Kanchi and the victorious entry into the city mentioned in some of the inscriptions of Kulôttunga II L.,53 may, in that event, refer to his recovering it from Nallasiddhi or from his successor.
The earliest inscription of the branch in the volume before us is dated during the reign of the Chola king Kulåttunga III. (N. 40 ) and in Sasa-Sativat 1112 corresponding to A. D. 1189-90. It records a gift to a temple at Nellur alias Vikramasimhapuram by a chief who is called Siddhi in the Sanskrit portion and whose name is not faily preserved in the Tamil portion. Perhaps he was calied Madurântaka-Pottapicho!a-Manmasiddha.54 No records of Betta II., who is said to have resigned the kingdom in favour of his younger brothers, are found in Nellore. Tammusiddhi (KV. 39, N. 72, and N. 75) is represented as a feudatory of Kulottunga III, in an inscription o! his 26th year= A. D. 1203-04 (N. 72). Here the former is callel M. P. alias Tammasiddhi. His records have been found at Conjeeveram, Tiruvorriyûr and Tiruppasûr in the Chingleput District and Tiravalangadu in the North Arcot District. From the Conjeeveram inscription we learn that he was the son of Gandagôpåla (which was evidently another name of Erasiddhi) by Sridevi and younger brother of Manmasiddhi and that he "performed his anointment to universal sovereignty in the town of Nellür."'57 His dates found in the Tamil country range from Saka-Samvat 1127 to 1129= A. D. 1205-06 to 1207-08. Then came M. P. alias Nallasiddharasa who was probably ruling at Nellore (N. 85 ).53 He seems to have been a feudatory of Kulottniga III. from the 27th to $5th year of his reign (G. 34, N. 67 and A. 18) and had a son named Pettarasa59 or Bettarasa (G. 76). M. P. Pettarasa mentioned in N. ill with the date A. D. 1213-4 has probably to be identified with this Pettara 3a. It is not unlikely that his father Nallasiddharasa is the same as the Bhujabalavira-Nallasiddenadeva-Chodamahârâja (R. 36), Bhujabala(vira]-Nallasiddanadêva-C1:0damabaraja (G. 1) and Vira-Nallasildanadeva-Chodamaharaja (KV. 13). The last boasts of having levied tribute from the ruler of) Kanchi. The relationship, if any, which this Nallasiddba bore to Tammusiddhi, is not explained. As the former appears to have been a contemporary of Kulottunga III. from his 27th to 35th year, it is clear that he must have come after Tammusiddhi.62 The contemporary of Rajarúja III. was apparently M. P. alias Erasiddha63 (R. 38, V. 10, and G. 59) or
32 Man nasiddhi and Tammusiddhi, sons of Erasiddhi, were feudatories of Kulôttunga III. as will be pointod out in the next paragraph.
63 See my Annual Report on Epigraphy for 1904-5, Part II, paragraph 19.
54 In Tamil fragment fonnd in the town of Nellore (N. 82) mention is made of Madura]ntaka-Pottappi Cholla alias Mannmasit tarasar).
65 Ep. Ind., Vol. VII, p. 122.
06 From KV.89 tho editors of the Nelloro volume have made out that Nallasiddhi was the elder brother of Tamuusiddhi. Other insoriptions of the family hitherts known mention two elder brothers of Tommasiddhi, viz. Manmasiddhi and Betta II. of whom the latter did not reign. The impression of KV. 39 found in the collection mado over to me by Mr. Batterworth is indistinct at the end of line 13 where the editors read tatrasin Nallao and I am therefore unable to decide if this is the correct reading or if it has to
3 Ibid., p. 155. 5 l'he inscription is mutilated and the date is lost.
59 G. 85, dated during the 36th your of Tribhuvanavtradeva, i. e. Kulottuúga III. mentions Siddarasa, son of Teddarasa, who probably belonged to the Naga family (see below). Siddarasa's elder sister is said to have married M. P. Manmasiddharasa.
60 In this inscription, two sons of his seem to be mentioned, vix. Nanmasiddha and [A]ttiga.
EI KR. 26, which professes to be dated in Saka-Samvat 1180, the cyclio year Kalayukta, mentions NelluriNalasiddiraju, who invaded Yarragaddapadu in connectiou with the grazing of cattle. The same story is elsewhere told of Siddirkju of Nellore who is said to have fought against the combived troops of Katamarkju of Yarragwda and of the Padmaniyaka who was ruling Paluad.
62 The provisional genealogy given on p. 18 of my Muual Report for 1699-1900 seems now to be confirmed by records of the family found at Nandalur in the Cuddapah District ; sc my Annual Report on Epigraphy for 1907-8, Part II, paragraph 74. In the former, Diyabhima, son of Betta I., appears to have been called after his grandfather who would in that case be identical with No.(1) Dayablims of the Sandalur inscription.
6 This Erasiddha must be different from and later than his namesake who was the father of Tammusiddhi.