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South Indian Inscriptions


 

BOMBAY-KARNATAKA INSCRIPTIONS

VOLUME XI - Part I

WESTERN CHALUKYAS

Tribhuvanamalla Vikramaditya V | Ahavamalla Taila II | Irivabodanga Satyasraya Jagadekamalla Jayasimha II | Trailokyamalla Somesvara I | Bhuvanaikamalla Somesvara II


No. 55

(B.K. No. 227 of 1926-27)

Sudi, Ron Taluk, Dharwar District

On A Slab Set Up Inside The Temple Of Jodukalasadeva

The inscription belongs to the reign of Tribhuvanamalladeva (Vikramaditya V).  It mentions the king’s sister Akkadevi, who was governing over Kisukadu Seventy and registers the leasing out of certain estates by the Six Gavundas and the Eight Settis of Sundi, to the Mahajanas of the Brahmapuri of the locality.

The record is dated Saka 932, Sadharana, Margasira, punnami, lunar eclipse.  The tithi quoted coincides with Wednesday, November 8, A.D. 1010, but there was not lunar eclipse on this day.  The only lunar eclipses in this year occurred on April 1 and September 26.

No. 56

(B.K. No. 129 of 1926-27)

Kotavumachgi, Gadag Taluk, Dharwar District

On A Slab Set Up In Front Of The Temple Of Kalamesvara

The  inscription belongs to the reign of Tribhuvanamalladeva (Vikramaditya V) and mentions his subordinate Dandanayaka Kesvayya as governing Belvola Three Hundred and Purigere Three Hundred district.  It records that the chief granted, with the king’s permission, the agrahara Ummachige to Maunara Sridharabhatta who left it in charge of the One Hundred and Four Mahajanas of the place specifying certain conditions to be observed by them.  The record is dated Saka 934, Puhsya, su. I, Sunday, Uttaryana-sankranti which, except for the week-day, corresponded to Tuesday, 23rd December, A.D. 1012.

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