BOMBAY-KARNATAKA
INSCRIPTIONS
VOLUME
XI - Part I
THE
RASHTRAKUTAS
Krishna
II | Govinda
IV | Krishna
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Kottiadeva
No.
6
(B.K.
No. 148 of 1926-27)
Belhod,
Gadag Taluk, Dharwar District
On
A Slab Set Up Behind The Temple Of Isvara
The
record is not dated. It
refers itself to the reign of Prabhutavarsha Jagattunga.
These birudas or surnames were borne by
three kings of the Rashtrakuta family, viz., Govinda II, Govinda III
and Govinda IV. But
since the characters are too early for the period of Govinda (IV),
the inscription must be assigned either to the reign of Govinda II
or of Govinda III, probably the latter.
It records the gift of a gosahasra, evidently at
Belhode.
No.
7
(B.K.
No. 59 of 1928-29)
Kesarabhavi,
Hungund Taluk, Bijapur District
On
A Stone Set Up Near Th Temple Of Hanuman
The
kingâs name which is damaged ends in varsha. Since the
record is dated in Saka 759 (=A.D. 837), it may be
assigned to the reign of Amoghavarsha I (A.D. 814-15 to
877-78). It mentions a
daughter (name lost) of the king who was perhaps the wife of Yeraganga
who was ruling over the Edadore and other districts.
The
details of date given in ll. 1-4 and 23-24 are: Saka
759 (expired), Jyeshtha, ba. 14, Wednesday.
The given tithi fell on Tuesday (not Wednesday), .90.
the date would correspond to A.D. 837, June 5, Tuesday.
The cyclic year must be Pingala.
No.
8
(B.K.
No. 92 of 1929-30)
Huvina-Hippargi,
Bagevadi Taluk, Bijapur District
On
A Broken Pillar Lying Near The Entrance Into The Village
The
record belongs to the reign of Amoghavarsha I and is dated
in Saka 784, Chitrabhanu (=A.D. 862). It registers the gift of the village Pipparage (i.e.,
modern Huvina-Hippargi) situated in the Kannavuri-vishya to
the astrologer Goleya-Bhatta. The
gift is stated to be a Ratta-maltanda (martanda)-datti, thus
supplying us with a hitherto unknown biruda of the king, viz.,
Ratra-maltanda (Ratta-martanda).
No.
9
(B.K.
No. 93 of 1929-30)
On
The Same Pillar
This
and the previous record appear to refer to the same gift.
The genealogies of the king and the donee and the boundaries
of the village granted, ie., Puvina-Pipparage are here given in
detail. And the
occasion for making the gift to Goleya-Bhatta is stated to be the tulapurusha
ceremony performed by the king who is called Amoghavarsha and
Nirpatinga-Vallabha, at the time of a solar eclipse.
The date of these two records would therefore be A.D.
862, August 28, Friday which was the day of the only solar
eclipse in the year Chitrabhanu.
No.
10
(B.K.
No. 152 of 1926-27)
Bentur,
Gadag Taluk, Dharwar District
On
A Hero-Stone Built Into The Wall Of The Annadanappa Tuparisâs
House
The
inscription which is dated in Saka 785, Tarana (=A.D. 864)
belongs to the reign of Amoghavarsha I. Since a larger portion of the record is seriously
damaged, the contents cannot be properly made out.
A grant of land seems to have been made to hero named
Chikanna. Incidentally
the record refers to the observance of vratas and sanyasana.
No.
11
(B.K.
No. 60 of 1927-28)
Mevundi,
Mundargi Petha, Dharwar District
On
A Slab Set Up In Front Of Th Basavanna Temple
The
inscription refers itself to the reign of Amoghavarsha I and
is dated in Saka [7]86 (=A.D. 865). It mentions Kuppeyarasa of the Yadava-vamsa.
From the Soratur inscription (Ep. Ind., Vol. XIII,
p. 77) we know that he was ruling the Purigere-nadu as a feudatory
of the king. It is
evident from the present record that âAdvaâ the family name of
this chief occurring in the Soratur epigraph is only a corruption of
âYadavaâ.
No.
12
(B.K.
No. 71 of 1926-27)
Soratur,
Gadag Taluk, Dharwar District
On
A Slab Set Up Near The Asvathakatte Near The Venkatesa Temple
The
record refers itself to the reign of Amoghavarsha I and is dated
in Saka 788, Sarvajit (=A.D. 867-868).
It registers a remission of taxes on ghee in favour of the
Fifty (gavundas) of Saratapura made by Mahasamanta Ahavaditya
Kuppeyarasa of the Yadava-vamsa (see No. 11 above) and a
gift of ghee made by the (Community of) Five Hundred.
At the time of the grant, Kuppeyarasa was governing the
Purigere-nadu.
No.
13
(B.K.
No. 140 of 1926-27)
Gavaravad,
Gadag Taluk, Dharwar District
On
The Back Of The Slab Set Up In Front Of The Narayadeva Temple
The
inscription is dated in Saka, 791 [Virodhi], Vaisakha, su.
Punname, lunar eclipse (=A.D. 869, April 29, Friday) and
refers itself to the reign of Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I.
It registers a gift of taxes on ghee made to the
Mahajanas of Gavadivada when Devannayya was governing Belvola
Three hundred. He
is already known from the Nilgund inscription to have been governing
this district in A.D. 866 (Ep. Ind., Vol. VI., p. 98 ff.). Mani-Nagoja engraved the record.
No.
14
(B.K.
No. 246 of 1928-29)
Sisuvinahalli,
Navalgund Taluk, Dharwar District
On
A Slab Set Up In The Hanumantadeva Temple
The
record which is dated in Saka 793, Khara, Phalguna, su. (mistake
for ba.) 1 Wednesday (mistake for Friday), Hasta
(=A.D. 872, February 29, day following a lunar eclipse)
refers itself to the reign of Amoghavarsha I. Devanayya, the Governor of Belvola Three Hundred, is
stated to have exempted the Fifty Mahajanas of Sisulahalu from
taxes on ghee. The
Mahajanas are described as being equal to brahman in Sruti, Smriti,
Vyakarana, Kavya, Natika, Tarka and Agama and are stated to have
obtained the village as a gift during the Chalukya times (Saluki-raya)
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No.
15
(B.K.
No. 15 of 1926-27)
Chinchli,
Gadag Taluk, Dharwar District
On
Three Faces Of A Broken Pillar Lying Near A Ruined District
The
multilated record refers itself to the reing of Amoghavarsha I and
bears the Saka 793 (mistake for 795), Vijaya.
It registers the gift of a gosasa, a tank and a
garden by a private by a private individual (name lost) after
washing the feet of the Fifty-six Mahajanas of Chimchila, when
Devannayya was governing Belvola Three Hundred.
The inscription was written by Paramesvara-Bhatta and
engraved by Indagoti.
No.
16
(B.K.
No. 179 of 1926-27)
Ron
Taluk, Dharwar District
On
A Stone Lying Close To The Temple Of Basavanna
The
inscription refers itself to the reign of Amoghavarsha I and
is dated in Saka 796, Jaya, Sravana, solar eclipse (=A.D.
874, July 17). It
registers a grant to the Mahajanas of Rona by Ballavarasa.
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No.
17
(B.K.
No. 18 of 1927-28)
Karmadi,
Ron Taluk, Dharwar District
On
A Broken Slab Lying In Front Of The Temple Of Hanuman
The
record refers itself to the reign of amoghavarsha, evidently
the First. It is
multilated after the kingâs name.
No.
18
(B.K.
No. 1 of 1928-29)
Aihole,
Hungund Taluk, Bijapur District
On
A Wall Of The Temple Near The Brahmani Cave-Temple Called Ravulagudi
The
inscription refers itself to the reign of Amoghavarsha but it
is not dated. On
palaeographic grounds it may be assigned to the reign of
Amoghavarsha I. It
states that Balakartara-Bhatara, son (?) of Surya [karttara]-Bhatara
spend the Chaturmasya at (place name lost).
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