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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
CHOLAS OF THE RENANDU COUNTRY AND VAIDUMBAS. The Madras Museum plates of Srikantha-Choḷa. The first which is the earliest of the three records is engraved on the inner side of the first plate, both the sides of the second and the third plates and on the upper half of the first side of the fourth plate. The second of the records is commenced on the second side of the fourth plate and continued and concluded on the lower half of the first side of the fourth plate. It is therefore evident that when this record was engraved the fifth plate was not in the set but must have been tagged on subsequently. It is also likely that the original seal, if any, that must have naturally belonged to the first set was removed or tampered with when this was tagged on, either wantonly or unwittingly. This suggestion seems to gain support from the fact that the third (and latest) of these inscriptions is of a different dynasty from the one to which the first two belong. At the back of the fifth plate is carved the figure of a shrine containing in it a linga on a pedestal and a standing bull in front. The set with the ring weighs 177 tolas. The fi rst of thSe inscriptions belongs to king Srikantha whose genealogy is traced from Brahman, through Marīchi and other mythological down
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