Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 48
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications
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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
[JULY, 1919
fought one of the most fierce and sanguinary 69 battles that ever took place. Åhavamalla riding on a mast elephant pierced the head of Rajadhiraja with the shower of his straight arrows and slew him.70 Elated with his success Åhava malla, not yery many years later, undertook a successful expedition to the south against Rajendradêva. If the latter is identified with Vijayarajêndradêva 11 who fell asleep on the back of the elephant,'72 he would appear to have died 7 in a battle probably with Ahavamalla. Thus it is clear that Ahavamalla prosecuted with great energy the war with the Chôļas bequeathed to him by his predecessors and beat back the advancing tide of the Cholas who had the audacity to carry fire and sword into the very heart of his dominione.
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NUMISMATIC NOTES.
BY K. N. DIKSHIT, M.A.; BANKIPORE Tax coins which have been here described are of exceedingly rare types and were kindly placed at my disposal for the purpose of this article by Prof. D. R. Bhandarkar. M.A., University Professor, Calcutta.
Indo-Greek. (1) Oval-shaped copper coin of Andragoras :
Size:.85 x .7; wt. 62 grains. Oby: Head of Alexander the Great r. (as on the coins of Ptolemy I of Egypt). Rev: Horseman r. with hand extended.
Between horse's feet, monogram SK
Below, Greek legend: ANAP (ATOP..) This is a unique coin of one of the first Indo-Greek rulers. Only two coins of an Andragoras, one gold and one silver, are known from the British Museum catalogue
Kalingattu-paraxi, VIII, 27:
* கொப்பையிற் பொருகளத்திலே முடிகவித்தவன்' Vikrama Solar-ula, 27
'வெப்பத் தடுகளத்து வேழக்களாயிரமும்
கொப்பத் தொருகளிற்றாற் கொண்டோலும்,' TO Epi. Carn., VII, Sk. 118, dated A.D. 1054. Epi. Carn., VIII, Sk. 325. SII., III, 39. No. 87 of 1895, Epi Rep.; Tirumalavați inscription. Bom. Gaz., IV, 43; Angigöre inscription.
71 Tho lato Rao Bahndur V. Venkayya was inclined to identify the Vijayarajendradeva above refer. red to with Rajadhiraja (A.D. 1018..63) on the strength of an inscription in the Nagwara temple at Kumla. konam (vide Epi. Rep., 1908). But there are two insurmountable difficulties in the way of accepting this identification, one of which is admitted by Mr. Venkayya himself. VijayarajAndrolis known in all inscrip. tions as Paraktari but Rajadhinaja is called Rajakesari. Moreover the Tippa-Samudram inscription of Vijayardjándradeva (034 of 1906, Epi. Rep.) is dated Saka 981 HÔmalambe corresponding to A.D. 1057-8. We know that Rajadhirkja died at Koppa battle in A.D. 1053.4. So it is more probable that the Vijayo. rájendra referred to in identical with Rajendradeva (A.D. 1052—1062) who, in conjunction with his elder brother Rajadhiraja, captured Kalyan and Kolhapur and anointed himgolf as Vijayarajendradova after the death of RAjAdhiraja at Koppa. 11 SII., III, 191. No. of 1899; Epi. Rep., Alangudi inscription
'கலியாணபுரமுங் கொல்லாபுரமும் கொண்டருளி
யானை மேற் துஞ்சி யருளிய பெருமாள் விஜயராஜேந்திரதேவன்.' 13 That Tunjiya' or 'fell asleep'is euphemistic for 'died' is clear from the note of Mr. V. Kana kasabha Pillai appended to Mabamahopadhyâya Swaminatha Ayyar's excellent edition of Purananatu.
