BOMBAY-KARNATAKA
INSCRIPTIONS
VOLUME
XI - Part I
WESTERN
CHALUKYAS
Bhuvanaikamalla
Somesvara II | Ahavamalla
Taila II | Irivabodanga
Satyasraya Tribhuvanamalla
Vikramaditya V | Jagadekamalla
Jayasimha II | Trailokyamalla
Somesvara I
No. 107
(B.K. No. 40 of 1929-30)
Kuntoji, Muddebihal Taluk, Bijapur District
On A Slab Built Into The Well Near The Isvara
Temple
This inscription belongs to the reign of king Bhuvanaikamalladeva
(Somesvara II) and records a gift of land made by his
subordinate Mahasahani Ballarasa who was prbably of the Nolamba-Pallava
family, to the god Ballesvara of N[agira]-bhavi, at or
near Kuntaji (modern Kuntoji, Muddebihal Taluk, Bijapur
District)
It is dated Saka 990, Kilaka, Ashadha, ba.
8, Wednesday, Dakshinayana-sankranti, which regularly
corresponds to A.D. 1068, June 25, Wednesday.
No. 108
(B.K. No. 103 of 1926-27)
Chinchili, Gadag Taluk, Dharwar District
On A Slab In The Temple Called Karidevara-Gudi
The inscription belongs to the reign of Bhuvanaikamalladeva
(Somesvara II) and records the gift of a flower-garden made to
the temple of Sorkkayara Nagesvaradeva by Manasamdara Devanna.
The charity was left in the care of the Fifty-six
Mahajanas of Chimchila, who had sold the land free of
encumbrances.
The record is dated Saka 991 (in words),
Saumya, Sravana, su. Padiva, solar eclipse which corresponds
to Tuesday, July 21, A.D. 1069.
No. 109
(B.K. No. 236 of 1926-27)
Sudi, Ron Taluk, Dharwar District
On A Stone Set Up In Front Of The Village
Chavadi
The inscription belongs to the reing of Bhuvanaikanalldeva
(Somesvara II) and is much damaged.
It records a gift of lands made by the king’s feudatory
named Bhuvanaikamalla Nolambadhiraja-Permanadi Singanadeva, who
was governing the Nolamabavadi Thirty-two Thousand and the Kisukadu
Seventy divisions, to Somesvara-Panditadeva, of the temple of
Achalesvara at the rajadhani Sundi.
It is dated Saka 991 Saumya, Pushya, su.
Ashtami, Uttarayana-snkranti, which corresponds to Thursday,
December 24, A.D. 1069.
A second record, here, of the same king
mentions his feudatory Dandanayaka [Kotti]mayya, who was
administering Kisukadu Seventy and another district (probably
called Chandravarti) and records certain grants made to the temple
of Achalesvara by thejeweller (manigara) Maddi-Setti.
This is dated Saka 997, Rakshasa, Pushya (?),
. . . . Uttarayana-sankranti, which corresponds to Thursday,
December 24, A.D. 1075.
No. 110
(B.K. No. 173 of 1928-29)
Pattadakal, Badami Taluk, Bijapur District
On A Slab Set Up In A Field Near The
Papanasesvara Temple
The inscription belongs to the reign of king Bhuvanaikamalladeva
(Somesvara II) and records a grant of land made by his
subordinate Bhuvanaikamalla Nolamba-Permanadi Singanadeva “who
possessed the five great sounds, who belonged to the great Pallava
race, who was the Prithvivallabha and lord of Kanchipura”
– while he was ruling over “Kisukadu Seventy and Kisuvolalu’
(modern Pattadakal) with its six suburbs-to the temple of
Mulasthanadeva at Kisuvolal.
Kisuvolal is described as the chief of the towns in the
whole country on account of its being the place of the festivities
of coronations of the kings of the Chalukya dynasty
and hence called Pattadakal.
It is dated Saka 992, Sadharana, Paushya, su.
5, Sunday, Vyatipata, Uttarayana-sankranti.
According to the Ephemeris, the sankranti fell on
paushya ba. 5 and Friday and the English equivalent of the date
would be A.D. 1070, December 24, Friday.
No. 111
(B.K. No. 79 of 1926-27)
Soratur, Gadag Taluk, Dharwar District
On A Slab Lying In The Ruined Jaina Basti
The inscription belongs to the reign of Bhuvanaikamalladeva
(Somesvara II) and records a grant of land made by his feudatory
Mahapradhana, Heri-sandhivigrahi, Senadhipati, Kaditavergade,
Dandanayaka, Baladevayya, to the temple of Baladevajinalaya
at the agrahara Saratavura of his prabhu-samya. The
chief is said to be the son of Aggaladeva of the Ganga family
and Gojjikabbe and the younger brother of Beldeva.
The gift was entrusted to Huliyabbajjike, a lady disciple of
Sirinandi-Pandita who belonged to the Surastha-gana and the
Chitrakut-anvaya. The Two
Hundred Mahajanas of Saratvura also made grants of land,
oil-mill and house-site to the same temple.
The inscription is dated Saka 993,
Virodhakrit, Magha, su. Padiva, Sunday, Uttarayana-sankranti,
vyatipata. The month is clearly a wrong citation for Pushya.
The other details being correct, the date corresponds to A.D.
1071, December 25, Sunday.
Of the Chitrakut-anvaya, the following
teachers are mentioned:- Chandanandi Siddhanta-Munisvara, Davanandi
Siddhanta-Munisvara, Sakalachandra-Munindra,
Kanakanandi-Saiddhantika and Sirinandi-panditadeva.
No. 112
(B.K. No. 33 of 1927-28)
Kuntoji, Ron Taluk, Dharwar District
On A Broken Slab Standing Close To The Temple
Of Isvara
The inscription belongs to the reing of Bhuvanaikamalladeva
(Somesvara II) and commences with the mention of
Gurubhakti-Pandita of (the temple of) Nakaresvara.
It records the gift of oil-mills, house-sites and
flower-garden to the temple of Nakaresvara at Kunte, (modern
Kuntoji, Ron Taluk, Dharwar District) by the Nakaras (merchants),
and of an oil-mill for the perpetual lamp in the same temple by
Vemkapaiya, the sunka-vergade (Toll Superitendent) of Kumtige-Thirty
thana.
The record isdated Saka 994, Paridhavin,
Paushya, su 12, Sunday, Uttarayanasankranti.
The corresponding English date is A.D. 1072, December 23,
Sunday, on which day the sankranti actually commenced.
No. 113
(B.K. No. 45 of 1928-29)
Hungund, Hungund Taluk, Bijapur District
On A Slab Built Into The Celling Of The Middle
Hall Of The Temple Of Ramalinga
The inscription belongs to the reing of Bhuvanaikamalladeva
(Somesvara II) and records a grant of land made to Arya-Pandita,
the disciple of Aruhanandi Bhattaraka, of the Surasta-gana and
the Chitrakut-anvaya, for the benefit of the Arasara-basadi,
at Ponnugunda, the rajadhani of the (Ponnugunda)-Thirty
division, by the chiefs, Srikarana Devanayya-Nayaka, Pergade Nakimayya
who was the chief officer of the state, Pergade Revanayya,
the Karana Aychapayya-Nayaka and Pasayita (General) Katimayya,
on the occasion of the Jina-puja conducted by all the Pradhanas.
Mahamandalesvara Lakshmarasa, who bore the epithet
‘Sangrama-Garida’ was then ruling over Belvala Three
Hundred and Puligere Three Hundred.
The record is dated Saka 996, Ananda, Pushya,
su. Panchami, Sunday, Uttarayana-sankranti, which corresponds to
A.D. 1074, December 24.
No. 114
(B.K. No. 237 of 1926-27)
Sudi, Ron Taluk, Dharwar District
On A Stone Set Up In The Compound Of The House
Of Krishnaji Khando Kulkarni
The inscription consists of a main record of
the reing of Bhuvanaikamalladeva (Somesvara II) and two
supplements of which th second belongs to the reign of Vikramaditya
VI.
The main inscription is dated in Saka 996,
Ananada, Phalguna, possibly the tenth of the dark fortnight, which
corresponds to Sunday, 15the
March, A.D. 1075 and
records the gift of the town Musiyagere made to Somesvara-Panditadeva,
for the benefit of the god Panchalingadeva, for imparting
education and for feeding scholars and ascetics, by the king, who
was then camping at Vikramapura (modern Arasibidi).
The first supplement records a grant of lands
made by Chalukya, the Karana or Commissioner of Kisukadu,
for the benefit of the temple of Chakesvara.
The second supplement records the list of lands which Kalyanasakti
obtained from one Molleya Samka-Gaunda with the possession of
which he was formally invested by king Vikramaditya VI.
No. 115
(B.K. No. 208 of 1928-29)
Annigeri, Navalgund Taluk, Dharwar District
On A Slab Set Up In Front Of The Temple Of
Purada-Virappa
This inscription which is very much damaged and
mutilated appears to belong to the reign of Bhuvanaikamalladeva (Somesvara
II) and to be dated in Saka 996, Rakshasa, Pushya, su . . . .
. . . (=A.D. 1075-1076). Reference
is made to the Belvala country and its rajadhani Anni[gere]
and to an agrahara in the Masavadi division. Details of date are not enough for calculation.
No. 116
(B.K. No. 267 of 1927-28)
Kop, Bagalkot Taluk, Bijpaur District
On A Slab Lying Behind The Temple Of Durgavva
This inscription of the reign of Bhuvanaikamalladeva
(Somesvara II) is mutilated at the beginning where some lines
are list. It records
the grant of the village of Badubbeyapalu in Kisukadu
Seventy to Tatpurusha-Panditadeva, disciple of
Tribhuvanasakti-Panditadeva of the Kalamukha school, by Ballavarasa,
at the request of Manevergade, Dandayanaka Nimbanayya, for
the benefit of the temple ofSvaymbha-Nagaresvaradeva at Vikramapura
and for the feeding of the scholars and the ascetics of the matha
attached to it.
The record is dated Saka 997, Rakshasa,
Vaisakha, su. 3, Monday, Akshyatritiya, which corresponds to A.D.
1075, April 20, Monday. The
king is stated to have been camping then at Tangodage (modern
Tangadigi, Muddebihal Taluk, Bijapur District) on the northern bank
of Perdore i.e., the Krishna, in Karakuruva forty, a
subdivision of Tardavadi country. Grant of a flower-garden under the tank called
Sindara-gere at Vikramapura, to the god Kalidevasvamin of the
same temple, the gift of his Manneya-samya of Badubbeyapalu,
made to the deity Svayambhu-Kalidevasvamin, by Chandarasa of Orkunda
and the grant of land made to the god Govardhanesvara of
Sivapura are also registered, in a supplement.
No. 117
(B.K. No. 202 of 1926-27)
Nidgundi, Ron Taluk, Dharwar District
On A Stone Inside The Temple Of Basavanna
The inscription belongs to the reing of Bhuvanaikamalladeva
(Somesvara II) and records the renewal of previous grant of
money made by the Four Hundred Mahajanas of the agrahara of
Nidugundi, for the entertainment (puja) of the
Mahajanas arriving from other places.
In further registers(1) the gift of 10 gadyanas out of
the 500 gadyanas of the agrahara of Nidugundi, made
by Mahamandalesvara Singanadeva who was administering the Kisukadu
Seventy division, for the pavitrarohana of the god
Svayambu Kalidevasvamin of the same agrahara, and for the
feeding and dakshina of Brahmanas who recite the religious
texts (parayana), and (2) the gift of oil-mills and money,
for the benefit of the temples of
Mulasthana-Svyamabhu-Kalidevasvamin and Bhagavati, the village
goddes (of Nidugundi), by Suggaladevi, the daughter of Ahavamalladeva
and the younger sister of the king, who was then administering
the agrahara of Nidugundi, in Kisukadu Seventy.
The sanction for the latter gift was obtained by her as a
paramesvara-datti from the king while he was camping at Avagevadi.
The inscription is dated Saka 998, Nala,
Bhadrapada, amavasya, Thursday, solar eclipse, which regularly
corresponds to A.D. 1076, September 1, Thursday on which day
there was a solar eclipse.
No. 118
(B.K. No. 229 of 1928-29)
Komargop, Navalgund Taluk, Dharwar District
On A Broken Slab Set Up In The Temple Of Siva
The inscription belongs to king Bhuvanaikamalladeva
(Somesvara II) and is very much damaged and mutilated.
It seems to refer to a subordinate of the king, who bore
among other titles the epithet ‘Sangrama-Garuda’ i.e., a
‘Garuda in battle.’
