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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
INCRIPTIONS OF THE KALACHURIS OF TRIPURI was then plainly a feudatory of Vijayadēva. In the capital Kakarēḑi there lived a personage named Dhāhilla who was honoured by all princes. After him flourished in course of time Vājūka, Dandūka, Khōjūka and Jayavarman, whose relation to Dhāhilla and to one another is not specified. Jayavarman’s son was Vatsarāja who, again, had two sons Kirtivarman and Salakshaņavarman (or Salakhaņavarman). The former, being the elder of the two, succeeded his father and was himself succeeded by his younger brother Salakshaņavarman. The object of the present inscription is to record the donation of the village Chhiḑaudā, situated in the Kūyīsambapālisa² pattalā, which Salakshaņavarman made after bathing and worshipping Ṡiva at Kakarēdi. The donees were all grandsons of one Mādhava and belonged to the Kauśilla gōtra with the three paravaras Kauśilla, Viśvāmitra and Dēvarāta. It seems that Mādhava had four sons Mahasōņa. Chithu (?) Pithana and Sridhara. The village or its revenue was divided into five padas or shares of which two were allotted to Rāmaśarman, Gāţhēśarman and Dāmaraśarman, the three sons of Mahasōņa and one each to Pāņḑu (?) śarman, Paitēśarman and Haridattaśarman, the three sons of Mahasōņa’s three brothers. The date the donation is given in line 13 as Friday, the seventh tithi of the dark fortnight³ of Mārgaśiras in the year 1253 (expressed in decimal figures only). No era is specified; but there is little doubt that the date is to be referred to the Vikarama. era. It is found to be regular for the current Vikarama year 1253. The seventh tithi of the dark fortnight of the pūrņimānta Mārgaśiras of that year ended 6 h. 45 m. after mean sunrise on Friday,4 the corresponding Christian date being the 27th October 1195 A.C.
Of the place-names occurring in the present grant, Kakarēdī has already been identified with Kakrēri in Vindhya Pradesh. I have not been able to trace any place exactly corresponding to Kūyīsambapālisa. There are, however, some villages named Kooiah in the adjoining terrirory: the nearest to Kakrēri that I have been able to trace is 12 miles to the east by south. Chhiḑauḑā I am unable to identify. 1 Cunningham wrongly stated that Salakshanavarman was the grandson of Kirtivarman.
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