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D. C. Sircar.---Two inscriptions from Guntur Disi, (E. I. XXXII, Part II. Pp. 84-86 for 1957). Delhi, 1959.
Velpūru Inscription of Aira Mā(na) sada : The king claimed to have belonged to the AIRA family. The rule of the Aira (Arya) family over the Guntur District and the adjoining area in the second A. D. is known for the first time. It is difficult to determine the exact relation of the Aira king mentioned above with the family of the Chedi-Mahämeghavāhana king Khāravela of Kalinga. It is not impossible that Aira rule was established in the Krishna-Guntur region as a result of one of Khāravela's expedition in those areas, about the end of the first century B. C.
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G. S. GAI-Shiggaon Plates of Chalukya Vijayāditya, Saka 630. (E. I. Vol. XXXII, Part VII for 1958, Pp. 317-24) (2 plates), Delhi. 1960.
These plates were discovered in the Shiggaon Tāluq of the Dhārwār District (Mysore State). The set consists of five copper-plates. The characters belong to the southern class of alphabets. The language is Sanskrit. It belongs to the reign of Mahārājādhirāja Parameśvara Bhattāraka Vijayāditya-Satyāśraya of the Western Chālukya of Badami. The object of the record is to register some grant made by the king when he had gone to Banavasi in order to see the Alupa ruler Chitravāhana. The grant was made, at the request of Chitravāhana, to the Jain monastery, which was caused to be constructed by Kumkumadevi at Purigere. The date would fall on Monday 20th June, A. D. 707. The grant was issued when the royal camp was at Kisuvolal (indentified with Pattadkal in Hungud Taluq, Bijapur Dist.). Vijayāditya had a sister named Kumkumamahādevi and she caused to be constructed a Jain monastery called Anesejjeyabasadi at Purigere (Ind. Ant. Vol. XVII, Pp. 35 ff.). Text given and also plates.
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S. SANKARANARAYANA.---Aivarmalai Inscription of Varaguna II, Šaka 792. (E. 1. Vol. XXXII, Part VII for 1958, Pp. 337-38) (I Plate). Delhi, 1960.
Inscription engraved on the rock above a natural cave on the hill calle! Aivarmalai in the village of Aiyampāļaiyam in the Palrni Taluq (Madura Dist.) Characters-Vatteluttu, language Tamil. Date, 8th regnal year of Varaguna equated with Saka year 792 expired. It records a gift 502 kāņam of gold to the Jain
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