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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
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