Epigraphia Indica Vol 16

SR No.: 032570
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: F W Thomas, H Krishna Sastri
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1921
Total Pages: 474
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 22 MB

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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
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preserved in isda[mn], . 2, ildu, 1. 41, negald-, 1. 19, and irregularly in palum, 1. 42; it is replaced by / in pelavara, 1. 16, afid-, 1. 43, alida, 1. 44, and perhaps baliy-, l. 37. Initial p is kept throughout. Of some lexical interest are : vadda-lagula, 1. 32, and vadda-lavula, 1. 37 (for the more usual form vadda-rāvuļa), pannakēni, 1. 32, and chatta, 1. 24.
The rooord opens with a short statement of a grant made by the three controllers of taxes of the county (11. 1-3). It then refers itself to the reign of Jayasimha (II) Jagadėkamalla (II. 4-6), and states that at the time of the endowment to be chronicled Akku-dāvil (the sister of Vikramaditya V, on whom see Dyn. Kanar. Distr., pp. 435, 437, 439 f.) was ruling the Banavasi Twelve-thousand (11. 6-7); the maha-mandaladara Maytra varma-deva, " lord of Banavasi best of cities " and "a lion for Harikanta," was administering the same province and the Panungal Five-hundred (11. 8-12); Māra Gavunda of Pottiyur, who is described a brother-in-law to the lame" (cf. inscription C. below, ll. 16-17) and hence by reason of this service to the physically afflicted as "& tirttha (holy place, where the sick and crippled resort for divine help) in the midst of the county, a Somanatha (Somnath) of the south," was serving as prabhu or sheriff of the Pānungal Five-hundred (11. 13-22); the Kannada-sandhivigrahi (minister for affairs of peace and war in the Kannada country) and general Chavanarasa, who is described among other epithets as a chalta to Sings (possibly Jayasinha II), a comet (or fire) to the Konkan, an uprooter of Pannala, a grindstone to Baleysvattana, & shatterer of the pride of the fortress of Bijevadi, and a difa-paffa to Dora, W ruling the Belvala Three-hundred and the Purigere Three-hundred (il. 23-29); and the pergade Akalimayya was controlling the taxation of Belvala and Purigero (1l. 29-32). Then follows the specification of the endowment (ll. 32-42), by which certain high revenue officials arranged for the division of the tolls on betel-leaves between the various taxation-departments and assigned a proportion for the upkeep of the Kongere, or "Red Tank," presumably in or near Pottiyur. The record ends with a moral verse written by the town-clerk Dasimayya or Disiga.
It is worthy of note that the Banavisi province was at this time under the rule of both Akka-davi and Mayūravarman. The fact suggests that there was some close connection between the two, such as that of husband and wife; and this inference is supported by the inscription C. below, which shews that Akka-dēvi's son, the Kadamba maha-mandalēgvara Toyimadēvs, possessed titles very similar to those borne in the present record by Mayuravarman. Both were lords of Banavasi best of cities"; Mayūravarman is Harik[a®]ntana singa (B., 1. 10), Toyima-döya is Harigana singa (C., 1. 13). It seems therefore reasonable to infer that Mayuravarman was married to Akka-devi, and that Toyima-dova was their son. Mayara, varman's title Harikantana singa, " lion of Harikanta," seems to point to some services rendered to a king of that name, who may have been & predecessor (perhaps the grandfather) of the Kadamba Harikësarin or Hariga of Bankapttr; see above, Vol. XIII, p. 168 ff., and below, inscr. C.
The date is specified on 1. 34 as: Saka 959, févars; Märgabira suddha 11 ; Monday. This is regular: the given tithi corresponded to Monday, 21 November, A.D. 1087, on which day it ended at 11 h, 50 m. after mean sunrise (for Ujjain).
The places mentioned are Pottiyur, i.e. Hottar (11. 19, 34); the Bansvisi Twelve-thousand al 7, 12, 32; spelt Vanaudse on 1. 7); the town of Banavisi (1. 8); Somanātha (1. 17); the Pinungal Five-hundred (11. 12, 22, 32, 38); the Konkan (1. 26); Pannala (1. 26); Baleya: vaftapa (1. 26); Bijavadi (1, 27); Dora (1. 27), the Belvals Three-hundred (1.28); the
I think there can be no resonable doubt that this name must be restored on 1.7, although the letters i å have to be mupplied by conjecture to all the gap Cound by the breaking of the stone on the proper right side.
I have to thank Mr. R. Sowell for his kindnew in veritying my calculations in this mud the next inscription.