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BOMBAY-KARNATAKA
INSCRIPTIONS
VOLUME
XI - Part I
WESTERN
CHALUKYAS
Jagadekamalla
Jayasimha II | Ahavamalla
Taila II | Irivabodanga
Satyasraya Tribhuvanamalla
Vikramaditya V |Trailokyamalla
Somesvara I |Bhuvanaikamalla
Somesvara II
No. 57
(B.K. No. 140 of 1928-29)
Banasankari, Badamai Taluk, Bijapur District
On a pillar in the shrine of Siva to the Proer
eLeft of the Shrine of the Goddess Banasankari
The inscription refers itself to the reign of Jagadekamalladeva
(1). It seems to
commemorate the death, probably in a fight, of Senabova Nagavarmmayya,
a trusted servant of Bhimadeva who was a scion of the Rashtrakuta
family and a few others.
Bhimadeva is described as a bee at the lotus-feet of Ahavamalladeva
(i.e., Taila II). the
scent-epephant of (his) mava (father-in-law or maternal
uncle), âthe lion of (his) bhava (brother-in-law) and a
Hanuma (i.e., Hanuman) of Simha (i.e., Jayasimha II) and a
Sauparna (ie., Garunda) in valour.
He is evidently identical with Bhimarasa or Bhimaraja
who was governing the Banavase, Santalige and kisukadu
districts under Taila (II) and Irivabedanga Satyasraya (Dyn.
Kan. Dists. pp. 430 and 433).
The record is dated Saka 941, Siddharthin, *
* su. 5, Sunday. In
Siddharthin, su. 5 and Sunday combined on three occasions which
correspond to (1) A.D. 1019, April 12, (2) A.D. 1019, September 6
and (3) A.D. 1020, January 3.
No.
58
(B.K. No. 44 of 1927-28)
Nagarahalli, Mundargi Petha, Dharwar District
Round The Pedestal Of The Linga Surrounded By
Five Images Of Bulls In The Temple Of Panchalinga
The inscription which belongs to the reign of Jagadekamalladeva
(I) mentions the Mahasamanta Dasarasa entitled âSigana
Garudaâ i.e., the eagle of Singa (i.e., Jayasinha II,) as
governing Maseyavadi One Hundred and Forty.
It registers a gift of land made by the king and Nagama-Gavunda
of Dharmesvara constructed by Tribhuvana-Narayana Dharma-Setti.
Since Dasarasa is called a son (magam) of Jagadekamalladeva
he may be taken to be a favourite servant of the king, not hitherto
known from inscriptions.
The record is dated Saka 944, Dundubhi,
Chaitra, su. 5, Sunday which is equivalent to A.D. 1022,
March 10, Saturday. Sunday
is probably a mistake for Saturday.
No. 59
(B.K. No. 176 of 1926-27)
Ron, Ron Taluk, Dharwar District
On A Slab Set Up To The Left Of The Entrance
Into The Temple Of Kalamaesvara
The inscription belongs to the reign of Jagadekamalladeva(I)
and is dated in Saka 944, Dundubhi (=A.D. 1022).
It registers a gift of lands made by Machimayya to the
temple of Mulasthanadeva constructed by his younger brother
Sankimayya at rona. Sankimayyaâs
father was Aytavarmma born in the family of Brahma (i.e., a
Brahmana) and a resident of the maha-agrahara Rona.
No. 60
(B.K. No. 272 of 1927-28)
Banasankari, Badami Taluk, Bijapur District
On A Pillar Lying In The Temple Of Banasankari.
The inscription refers itself to the reign of Jagadekamalladeva
(1) and purports to be the memorial pillar set up in front of
the goddess Banadadevi by Sahasa-Bhima Manevergade Ketimayya
on Sunday, Vaisakha, ba. 8 of the cyclic year Raktakshin falling
in Saka 946 (=Sunday, 3rd May, A.D. 1024).
Ketimayya is stated to be a servant of Mahasamanta Dasarasa
who must be identical with the chief Dasarasa mentioned in No.
58 above.
No. 61
(B.K. No. 60 of 1928-29)
Marol, Hungund Taluk, Bijapur District
On A Slab Set Up Inside The Temple Of Ramalinga.
The inscription belongs to the reign of Jagadekamalladeva
(1) and registers a gift of land made to a basadi at Maravolal
(the modern Marol) by the Nolamba chief Ghateyankakara
who was governing the Nolambavadi and Karividi-Thirty divisions.
Maruvolal was under the administration of Mahadevi,
a daughter of Sattiga (i.e., Irivabedanga Satyasraya).
The Jaina teachers Anatanvirya-Munia who was versed in all
the sastras, Gunakirti-Siddanta-Bhattaraka and his desciple
Devakirti-Pandita are also mentioned.
The record is engraved indistinctly in a cursive script.
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We know from the Alur inscription of
Vikramaditya V Saka 933); Ep. Ind. Vol. XVI, pp. 27 ff.)
that Irvia-Nolambadhiraja Ghateyanakakara had married a
daughter of Irvabedanga. She
was probably the Mahadevi of the present inscription.
Iriva-Nolambadhiraja Ghateyankakara is apparently identical
with Ghateyanakakara of the present record.
The record is dated Saka 946, Raktakshin,
Uttarayana-sankramana, the English equivalent of which would be A.D.
1024, December 24, Thursday.
No. 62
(B.K. No. 80 of 1928-29)
Heggur, Bilgi Petha, Bijapur District
On A Multilated Stone Set Up Near The Temple Of
Isvara
The inscription belongs to the reign of Jagadekamalladeva
(I) and registers a gift of 24 mattar of land made by
Mahasamanta Aytavarmarasa of the Ranamurkha family to
the temple of Re[bba]lesvara at Pergguruva (the modern Heggur).
Of these, eighteen mattar were meant for expenses of
education and six for the benefit of the deity.
The record is dated Saka 94[6], Raktakshin,
Pushya, su. 7, Thursday, Uttarayana-sankranti which corresponds
to A.D. 1024, December 24, Thursday (su. 7 being evidently a
mistake for ba. 7)
No. 63
(B.K. No. 160 of 1926-27)
Asundi, Gadag Taluk, Dharwar District
On A Slab Set Up In Front Of The Isvara Temple
The inscription belongs to the reign of Jagadekamall
(I) and registers a gift of land at Kariyala made by
Mahasahandhipati Sauchaya-Nayaka who was adminsitering Eleya-Pasundi
in the Belvola Three Hundred district, to the temple of
Bhogesvara, after washing the feet of Devasingi-Pandita, a
pupil of Maleyala-Pandita of the temple of Nakaresvara at Annigere.
The record is dated Saka 948, Prabhava, Paushya, su.
13. Sunday, Uttarayana-sankranti.
Prabhava corresponded to Saka 949 and in this year
Uttarayana-sankranti fell on Paushya, su. 13, which was a Saturday.
The probable English equivalent of the date would be A.D.
1026, December 24.
No. 64
(B.K. No. 100 of 1926-27)
Mulgund, Gadag Taluk, Dharwar District
On A Slab In A Field Called Benkiyavara-Hola
About Two Miles To The North-East Of The Village
The inscription belongs to the reign of Jayasimhadeva
(II) and introduces his subordinate Vavanarasa as the
governor of the Purigere Three Hundred and Belvola Three
Hundred provinces. It
states that Bhavasivadeva was the spiritual head of several
temples including Jagadekamallesvara constructed by Kundaraja at
Muchchundi in Banavasi-nadu and Sobhanesvara built by Sobhanarasa
at Mulugunda and that his choses pupil Nagasvamin made
a gift of gold, land and house-site for certain charities before he
started on his pilgrimage to fulfil certain vratas at Gaya,
Varanasi (Benares) etc. Kundaraja
mentioned above is evidently the son of (?) Irivabedanga Satyasraya
(Ep. Ind. Vol. XV. P. 330) and Sobhanarasa is identical with
the homonymous governor of the two Six-Hundreds under Taila Ii in
A.D. 982 (Ep. Ind. Vol. IV p. 206 f).
The record is dated Saka 950, Vibhava, Sravana, ba. 8,
Wednesday, which corresponds to A.D. 1028, July 17,
Wednesday. The
month was Adhikasravana.
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No. 65
(B.K. No. 110 of 1926-27)
Hosur, Gadag Taluk, Dharwar District
On A Slab Built Into The Roof Of The Siva
Temple
The inscription belongs to the reing of Jagadekamalladeva
I. His subordinate Dandanayaka
Vavanarasa, the eldest son of Kesavarsa, was governing
the Two Six-Hundred districts and his younger brother the
Mahasamntadhipati Sripadarasa, was ruling over Mulungunda-Twelve.
The object of the inscription is to record the grant of
an areca-nut garden and house-sites made by Aycha-Gavunda of Posavur
to the basadi constructed by him in memory of his wife Kamchikabbe
while Posavur was being administered by Sindarasa at the
command of Revakabbarasi, the wife of Vavanarasa.
Sindarasa was the so of Koralgunda who belonged to the
Sinda race and Kannula (Kunnala?) family.
The stone was set up by Polega, son of Eraka or Yaraga, who
was the eldest son of Aycha-Gavunda who belonged to the Moraka
family. (On Koralgunda
see No. 47 above)
The record is dated Saka 950, Vibhava,
Paushya, suddha-trayodasi, Sunday, Uttarayana-sankranti. The
date is irregular. In
Vibhava, the Uttarayana-sankranti occurred on Tuesday, Pushya, su.
5, (=Dec. 24, A.D. 1028). But
in the following year, Pushya, su. 13 and Sunday coincided but the
sankranti occurred on the following Wednesday (=Dec. 24, A.D. 1029).
No. 66
(B.K. No. 8 of 1929-30)
Bidarkundi, Muddebihal Taluk, Bijapur District
On A Stone Standing Near The Isvara Temple
The record belongs to the reing of Jagadekamalladeva
I and bears the date Saka 954, Angirasa, Uttarayana-sankranti.
It registers a gift of land and an oil-mill made
conjointly by the Mahasamanta Nagavarmarasa, called also âYadava-Narayanaâ,
Vavanayya-Nayaka, the Urodeya of Bidi[kku]nde, [Ka]varaja
and Rechimayya, to the temple of Siva and the matha constructed
by Isaramayya, son of Devapayya. Bidikkund is identical with the
modern Bidarkundi where ithe inscription is found
The date of the record corresponds to A.D.
1032, December 24, Sunday.
No. 67
(B.K. No. 6 of 1929-30)
Bavur, Muddebihal Taluk, Bijapur District
On A Stone Set Up Near The Brahmalinga Temple
This damaged inscription of Jagadekamalladeva
I registers a gift of land made to the matha etc.,
attached to the temple of Mulasthana at Kantipattana.
A certain Mahasamanta Mailarasa who was
governing Pagalatti, is mentioned with a string of titles.
The record is dated Saka 954, Angirasa, sankranti, Sunday.
In Angirasa, both the Dakshinayana and the Uttarayana
sankrantis fell on a Sunday. The
intended date is probably the more popular Uttaryana-sankranti which
corresponds to A.D. 1032, December 24, Sunday. The Dakshniyana-sankranti fell on Sunday, June 25, of the
same year.
Kantipattana was evidently the ancient
sanskritised name of bavur to which the epigraph belongs.
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No. 68
(B.K. No. 69 of 1929-30)
Tammadhaddi, Muddebihal Taluk, Bijapur District
On A Slab In The Village
Chavadi
The inscription which is engraved in characters
of he 12th century A.D. purports to be a record of Jayasimhadeva
who bore the titles Vikramasimha and Trailokyamalla and
who was ruling the kingdom from his capital at Hottalakere. It registers the grant of land made to the temples of
Balesvaradeva and Mulasthanadeva at Tambedhade (modern
Tamadhaddi) by Balikabbe-gaudi, the wife of Pasayita Durgimayya who
was the Heggade of the Mahamandalesvara Kondiruva Gomarasa of
Nalvatumbada (i.e., Nalatwad)
The date of the record is Pushya, amavasya,
Uttarayana-sankranti, Sunday. If
the king of this record is taken to be Jayasimha II, the details
would correspond to Sunday, 23rd December, A.D. 1033.;
f.d.t. .55. âTrailokyamallaâ and âVikramasimhaâ would
appear to be new birudas of the king.
Jayasimha III, a son of Somesvara I had biruda âTrailokyamalla,â
but he never ascended the throne.
No. 69
(B.K. No. 23 of 1927-28)
Rajur, Ron Taluk, Dharwar District
On A Stone Leaning Against The Front Wall Of
The Temple Of Hanuman
The inscription belongs to the reign of Jagadekamalladeva
I who was ruling from his capital at kalyanapura.
It records that, while Prabhu Joga was
administering Rajuru included in Kisukadu Seventy, the
image of the god Jogesvara ws installed at Rajuru on Monday,
Vaisakha, su, punname of the year Srimukha falling in Saka 45869 (!)
and that several gifts of land and money were made to the
temples of Jogesvara, Gavaresvara and Somanatha.
The Saka year is given wrongly.
Otherwise the details would regularly correspond to Monday,
16th April, A.D. 1033 (Saka 955).
The characters are too late to be assigend to the time of
Jagadekamall I. But in
Jagadekamall IIâs reign there was no cyclic year Sirmukha.
The record is probably a copy.
It is worded very indifferently.
No. 70
(B.K. No. 261 of 1927-28)
Bhairanmatti, Bagalkot Taluk, Bijapur District
On A Slab Lying In The Maruti Temple
The inscription which is written in characters
of about the 11th century A.D. is divided into two parts.
The first part tells us that in the time of the Western
Chalukya king Taila II in Saka 911 ( mistake for 912) Vikrita,
there was Sinda prince named Pullikala who had a
son named Mahasamanta Nagatiyarasa.
It registers a grnt of land which had been made by
nagatiyarasa to a priest named Paratraya Simharasi-Bhatta.
It is added that Nagatiyarasaâs grandson Sevyarasa was
a vassal of Bhuvanaikamalladeva (Somesvara II).
The second part registers a grant which Nagatiyarasa had
made to a priest named Tejorasi-pandita in the time of Jayasimha
II when the latter was reigning at Kollipake in Saka
955, Srimukha (=A.D. 1033-34).
No. 71
(B.K. No. 260 of 1927-28)
Hallur, Bagalkot Taluk, Bijapur District
On A Slab In The Basavesvara Temple
This mutilated inscription refers itself to the
reign of Jagadekamalladeva (Jayasmha II) who was ruling the
kingdom from his capital at Kollipake and registers a grant
made by his subordinate Mahasamanta Nagatiyarasa
to Tejorasi-Pandta in Saka 965, Srimukha (=A.D.
1033-34). The chief
and the donee are evidently identical with those of the above
inscription which appears to be a later copy.
No. 72
(B.K. No. 13 of 1926-27)
Gadag, Gadag Taluk, Dharwar District
On A Slab Built Into The Inner Wall Of The
Encolusre To The Right Of The Well In The Viranarayana Temple
The inscription belongs to the reign of Jagadekamalla
Jayasinghadeva II and registers the gift of land made
Damodara-Setti, after purchasing it from maddimayya-nayaka, the Urodeya
of Lokkigundi, to the temples of Traipurushadeva and Baraha-Narayanadeva
(Twelve Narayanas). The
father of Damodara, Perggade Dhoyipayya, is
stated to have constructed these temples and set up the garudastambha
therein. The
inscription contans two dates, viz., Saka 959, Isvara, Ashadha,
su. 5, Sunday and Asvayuj, amavasya, solar eclipse, vyatipata,
which respectively corresponded to A.D. 1037, June 20, (Which
was Monday and not Sunday), and A.D. 1037, October 11, Tuesday.
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No. 73
(B.K. No. 141 of 1928-29)
Belur, Badami Taluk, Bijapur District
On A Slab Set Up In Front Of The Belurappa
Temple
This inscription is badly damaged and worn out.
It refers itself to the reign of he Western Chalukya king Jagadekamall
Jayasimha II (A.D. 1016-1042) and seems to register a gift of
land. The record bears
two dates of which the first is completely lost.
The second is Saka 962, Vikrama, Pushya, ba. 1, Monday,
Uttarayana-sankranti. The
English equivalent of this by the tithi and the week-day would be A.D.
1040, December 22, Monday, but the sankranti occurred on the
following day.
No. 74
(B.K. No. 91 of 1928-29)
Mantur, Bilgi Petha, Bijapur District
On A Stone Set Up In Front Of The Temple Of
Ramalinga
The record belongs to the reign of Jagadekamalladeva
(I) who was ruling the kingdom from his capital at Hottalakere.
It mentions his subordinate the mahasamanta Ereyamma
or Erega who bears all the hereditary titles of he Ratta family.
He is stated to have made a gift of certain incomes accruing
from fines etc., to the Mahajanas of Daivada Manturu and
the Urodeya Madhusudanayya for digging a tank called Rattasamudra
in that place. Erega
bears alias the birudas Ratta-Narayana and Ratta-Marttanda.
The records dated Saka 962, Vikrama,
Margasira, su. 5, Sunday. In
Vikrama, Margasira, su. 5 was not Sunday but Tuesday.
But in the following year Vishu, Margasira, su. 5 was Sunday
A.D. 1041, November 1 which perhaps in the date intended.
No. 75
(B.K. No. 87 of 1927-28)
Sirur, Mundargi Petha, Dharwar District
On The Stone Door Frame Of The Torangalla
Brahmadeva Temple
The inscription refers itself to the reign of Jagadekamalladeva
I and mentions Jagademalla Irmadi Nolamba-Pallava-Permanadi as
governing the five villages in Masivadi One Hundrd and Forty and
records the remission of certain taxes made by the six gavundas
(whose names are given) in respect of Kumchavaduga Dasayya for
having constructed the siri-vagilu (gate of fortune, i.e.,
the main gate) at Siriviura.
Dasa is stated to be an ornament of the Sinda-kula and is
called Padevala Dasa.
Irmadi Nolamba figures in another inscription
of Sirur as adminstering the same territory in Saka 963 (Ep. Ind.
Vol. XV, pp. 335ff). It
may be presumed that this chief for whom dated Saka 963 and Saka 964
(date of the presnt record) are known is identical with
jagadekamalla Nolamba [alias] Irmadi Nolamba who was the
elder brother of Trailokyamalla Nanni-Nolamba-Pallava-Permanadi
figuring in the Morigere record of Saka 967 (No. 443 of 1914).
The inscription is dated Saka 964,
Chitrabhanu, Kartika, su. 2, Monday, which corresponds to A.D.
1042, October 18, Monday.
No. 76
(B.K. No. 2 of 1926-27)
Gadag, Gadag Taluk, Dharwar District
On A Broken Slab Built Into The
Prakara Of
The Trikutesvara Temple
This inscription which is considerably damaged
and mutilated refers to one Madhava and his son (?) Kesa[va?]-Jiya
(also probably called Kesavaraja).
The latter appears to have fought successful battles in the Konkana
country and on the banks of the Godavari and won the
admiration of Taila (Nirumadi-Taila II)
and also pleased Vikramaditya (probably Vikramaditya
V) by his conquest of the Kosala country. Among his sons by
Lalambika or Lalambika, were Bhayiga, who pleased the same king by
his conquests and madhavaraja who won the admiration of Singa-nripati
(probably Jayasimha II) by leading the cavalry forces (in the
wars) against the Chola.
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No. 77
(B.K. No. 37 of 1929-30)
Kuntoji, Mudderihal Taluk, Bijapur District
On A Slab Near The Well In The Isvara Temple
This is an inscription of Jagadekamalladea who
had his capital at [Pottalakere]. Neither the date nor the
contents of the record are available as the stone is broken off in
the middle. On
palaeographical grounds, the record may be assigned to Jagadekamalla
Jayasimha II.
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