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BOMBAY
KARNATAKA INSCRIPTIONS
VOLUME
III
The
Later Chalukyas
Taila
III, Somesvara
IV
| Taila
II, Irivabedanga Satyasraya, Jayasimha II Somesvara I & II
| Vikramaditya
VI | Somesvara
III, Jagadekamalla II
No. 156
(B.K. No. 124 of 1933-34)
Bijapur, Bijapur Taluk, Bijapur District
Pillar at the south entrance to Ark-Killah
Taila III-A.D. 1151
This
inscription referring itself to the
reign of Trailokyamalladeva is dated in the 3rd
year of his reign, Prajapati, Bhadrapada Purnima, Monday,
lunar eclipse, corresponding to A.D. 1151, August 28.
The week-day given is a mistake for Tuesday.
It records a grant of land to the god narasimhadeva
of Jalamantapa in Vijapaura, by the Karnas
headed by Pergade Mallideva.
Mahapradhana and Senadhipati Mailarayya and
other Karanas who were the subordinates of Bijjala (of
the Kalachurya family) are stated to be administering Tardavadi
one-thousand. Bijjala
is stated to be the sub-ordinate of Trilokyamalla.
No. 157
(B.K. No. 78 of 1932-33)
Haveri, Haveri Taluk, Dharwar District
Slab in the temple of Siddhesvara
Taila III-A.D. 1152
This inscription, which refers itself to
the the reign of Trailokymalladeva, is dated in the 3rd
year of his reign, Angira, Pushya Amavasya, Sunday,
Uttarayana-samkranti, solareclipse.
The date is irregular. In
the cyclic year Angira corresponding to A.D. 1152, Pushya
Amavasya fell on December 27. But it was not a Sunday, nor
was there any eclipse or Samkranti on that day.
It records a grant of certain taxes to god
Siddhesvaradeva of the agrahara town Haveri by Savasi
Mayideva, jointly with five-hundred Banajigas.
Mayideva was in charge of thehejjunka and unddaravula taxes.
The grant was made in the presence of the four-hundred mahajanas
of haveri. Dandanayaka mahadevarasa is stated to be
governing Huligere Three-hundred and Banavase Twelve-thousand.
A supplementary grant of money and taxes
made by Machideva of the Jimutavahana lineae and Khachara
family, the nargavunda of Basavur One-hundred-and-forty and
by Hegade Rechana and others, is also recorded.
The gift was made for the offerings and a perpetual lamp to the
same god.
No. 158
(B.K. No. 130 of 1933-34)
Bijapur, Bijapur Taluk, Bijpur District
Fifth pillar in Ark-killa
Taila III-A.D. 1154
This inscription, which refers itself to
the reign of Trailokyamalladeva, is dated in the 5th
year of his reign Srimukha, Pushya Purnima, Friday, Lunar
eclipse, corresponding regularly to A.D. 1154, January 1, Friday.
It records a rant of certain taxes made
for the worship of god Narasimhadeva of Vijayapura by Kesiyana-Nayaka
and other Karanas, subordinaes of Bijjala (of the
Kalachurya family), who is stated to be subordinate of Trailokyamalla, Mahapradhana,
Sendhipati and Dandanayaka Chillanayya, a subordinate of Bijjala, is stated to be governing Taddevadi one-thousand.
The record is damaged.
No. 159
(B.K. No. 103 of 1932-33)
Haveri, Haveri Taluk, Dharwar District
Slab near the Kallumantapa
Taila III-A.D. 1157
This inscription belonging to the reign of
Trailokyamalladeva, is dated in the 8th year of
his reign, Isvara, Pushya ba. 3, Monday.
Uttarayanasamkranti. The
details are irregular. The tithi
cited fell on December 20, A.D. 1157, which was Friday.
The Samkranti occurred on the 25th.
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The record begins with the genealogy of
the Chalukyas. This
account, however is faulty. Ayyana
and Jayasimha II are wrongly stated to be the son and grandson of
Vikramaditya V; but actually they were his brothers.
The inscription states that Heggade Rudradeva and
other Karnas made a grant of money and taxes to the tank a the agrahara
town Havari. Rudradeva
is stated to be a subordinate of Kesiraja who was a subordinate of Kalachurya
Bijjala, who it may be noted, already bears some of the paramount
titles. The tank is stated
to have been constructed by the mythical king Nala in Kritayuga.
The Mahajanas of the place are highly praised.
Another grant by a Sunkaveggade
(name lost) and Dandanayaka Ratnabhatta made to the tank
and to the gods Siddhesvaradeva and Indresvaradeva is also
recorded.
At the top is engraved a grant made to the
Hiriyakere tank, in the 3rd year of the reign of he
Kalachurya king Bijjaladeva on Ashadha ba. Amasvasya, Sunday. The cyclic year is lost.
No. 160
(B.K. No. 71 of 1933-34)
Naragund, Naragund Petha, Dharwar District
Slab in the rangamandapa of Sankaralinga
temple
Taila III (Undated)
This inscription, referring itself to the
reign of Trialokyamalla Nurmadi-Tailapa records a grant of land,
made for the purpose of feeding the poor, by Kuppati Echisetti
of Hemamgeri, a quarter of Narugunda.
Echiseti is stated to have been placed in charge of the mint
(achchu) by the king and hence he was called Hema-Kuppati
(i.e., a person casting gold-coins).
Narugundi, its Mahajanas, the Hemangeri and its Mahajanas
as well as Echisetti and his family are highly praised.
No. 161
(B.K. No. 137 of 1933-34)
Bijapur, Bijapur Taluk, Bijapur District
Slab (A-17) in the Museum
Somesvara IV-A.D. 1184
This inscription dated in Saka 1106 and
in the 3rd year of the reign of Tribhuvanamalla
Vira-Somesvara, Krodhi, Kartika, Monday, solar eclipse corresponding
regularly to A.D. 1184, November 5, Monday.
This date takes back the beginning of the reign of Somesvara
to A.D. 1182.
It refers to the installation of an image
of a god (name lost) and to certain grants made to that temple by
Mahamandalesvara Hemmadidevarasa of the Yadava family
in the 10th year of the reign of [jagadekama]lladeva,
Prabhava, Phalguna su. Panchami, Sunday.
The cyclic year Prabhava coincides with the 10th
year of Jagadekamalla II and in his reign the details correspond to A.D.
1148, February 25, Wednesday, f.d.t. .02.
In the next year, i.e., Vibhava,
however, the given details correspond regularly to A.D. 1149, February
13, Sunday, f.d.t. .65.
It records a grant of land to some god
(name lost) made by Gomadeva and Mahapradhana Bammideva.
The record is broken on the right side.
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No. 162
(B.K. No. 182 of 1932-33)
Gadag, Gadag Taluk, Dharwar District
Stone built into thenorthern prakara
(inside) of the Viranarayanasvami temple
Somesvara IV-A.D. 1185
This inscription is dated in the 4th
year of the reign to Vira-Somesvaradeva, Visvavasu,
Uttarayana-samkranti, corresponding to A.D. 1185, December 25,
Wednesday (not verifiable).
It registers a grant of money made by Vishnuvardhana
Bichisetti to a god.
No. 163
(B.K. No. 104 of 1933-34)
Hullatti, Ranebennur Taluk, Dharwar
District
Slab in front of the temple of Kallesvara
Somesvara IV-A.D. 1186
This inscription, referring itself to the
reign of Somesvaradeva, is dated in the 4th year
of his reign. Parabhava Margasira, Purnima, Monday, lunar eclipse.
The details are irregular.
The tithi given corresponds to A.D. 1186, November 28,
Friday. It may be noted
however that in the given year, a lunar eclipse occurred in Asvina, corresponding
to September 30. The purnima
of this month commenced on Monday at .37.
This probably is the date intended.
The mistake might be due to the engraving of the record at a
later date.
It records a grant of land to the god Svayambhu-Kalidevasvami
of Hosavur by Mahamandalesvara Vikramaditya of the Gutta
family, his wife Sovaladevi, and Kala-gavunda.
The genealogy of the Gutta chief as well as of Kala-gavunda
is given. An allusion to
Somesvaraâs overcoming the Kalachuryas is made in the record.
No. 164
(B.K. No. 38 of 1933-34)
Bammankatti, Haveri Taluk, Dharwar
District
Slab in S.No. 122
Somesvara IV (Date lost?)
This damaged inscription refers itself to
the reign of Tribhuvanamalla Vira-Somesvaradeva and records a
grant of land made by Mahapradhana Dasamarasa, Sandhivigrahi
Bammiyana, Tantrahala (Tantrapala) Vittayya and Dandanayaka
Kesavadeva, (after requesting?) Mahamandalesvara Vikramadityadeva
of the Gutta family. The
gift was made in the presence of Rajaguru Kalyanadeva for
the purpose of effecting certain repairs etc., to a temple (name lost).
Rajadhani Guttolal
(modern Guttal in Haveri Taluk) is mentioned.
The genealogy of Vikamaditya is given.
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No. 165
(B.K. No. 127 of 1933-34)
Bijapur, Bijapur Taluk, Bijapur District
Pillar in Ark killah
Somesvara IV (?)
This inscription, which contains numerous
scribal errors, is dated in the 8th year of the reign
of Chalukya-Chakravartin Tribhuvanamalladeva, Tarana, Kartika su.
Dasami, Monday. Among
the kings who had the appellation Tribhuvanamalla, Somesvara IV had the
title Chalukya-Chakravartin. The
cyclic year Taraana did not occur in his reign.
The icorrect date and the faulty engraving raise a doubt
regarding the genuineness of the record.
It registers a grant of land to god Narasimhadeva
of Vijayapura, made by Devarasa, the Mahaprabhu of that
place. The gift was made in
the presence of the Mahajanas and others of the place.
No. 166
(B.K. No. 111 of 1932-33)
Hommaradi, Haveri Taluk, Dharwar District
Broken stone lying in the temple of
Kalamesvara
(Date lost)
This badly damaged inscription refers
itself to the reign of a Chalukya king.
The details of the date are lost.
The characters belong to 11th century A.D.
It mentions the Kadamba chief Maria.
The genealogy of this chief found in this record is as
follows: Chattu, his
son Mavula and his son Kadamba-bhupati. After
him (probably his son) Satyasraya, his son Maira.
The other details of the record are lost.
The first two lines which
apparently from a
separate grant state that Mayuravarma (probably the same as Maira)
made a grant of some taxes on the occasion of a solar eclipse on Sunday,
Amasvaya of Sravana in the cyclic year Prabhava.
In the 11th century the given details of the date
correspond regularly to A.D. 1087, August 1, Sunday.
No. 167
(B.K. No. 137 of 1932-33)
Kannavali, Haveri Taluk, Dharwar District
Stone set up at the front gateway of the
temple of Paramesvara
A.D. 1127-28
This badly damaged inscription dated in Chalukya-Vikrama
year 5[2], Plavanga, Sunday seems to refer to the death of some
person, probably in a fight at Kannavalli.
The year cited corresponds to A.D. 1127-28.
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No. 168
(B.K. No. 2 of 1934-35)
Antaravalli, Ranebennur Taluk, Dharwar
District
Hero-stone set up near the Basavanna
temple
A.D. 1130
This inscription, dated in the Chalukya-Vikrama
year 55, Sadharana, Jyeshtha ba Padiva, Monday m commemorates the
death of Bammana, son of Cheluaya-Nayaka.
The hero died in a flight during a raid on Makanur.
The tithi corresponds to A.D.
1130, May, 25. The
week-day however was Sunday.
No. 169
(B.K. No. 31 of 1933-34)
Kaginelli, Hirekerur Taluk, Dharwar
District
Hero-stone in the bund of the tank called
Kaginellikere
A.D. 1135
This inscription is dated in the Chalukya-Vikrama
year [6]0, Rakshasa, Chaitra su. 2, Monday.
The details correspond regularly to A.D. 1135, March 18,
Monday.
It records the death of Rajana, the
younger brother of Malleya-Nayaka of Jidugur. The hero died in a fight with Mahamandalesvara Bittiyarasa
who attacked the fort of Hahanur (modern Havanur).
It is stated that the deceased had been asked to guard the agrahara
Hahanur.
No. 170
(B.K. No. 62 of 1934-35)
Nittur, Ranebennu Taluk, Dharwar District
Slab set up in the Kallesvara temple
A.D. 1140
This record is dated in the Chalukya-Vikrama
year [65], Raurdri, Pushya su. 5, Sunday, Uttarayana-samkranti, corresponding
to A.D. 1140, December 15, Sunday f.d.t .37. There was however no samkranti on that day.
It records a grant of land made by Samka-gavunda
and other residents of Nittur to a tank called Benakana-kere
and states that Kalideva had this inscription set up.
A grant of land to god Mahadeva is also recorded at the
end.
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No. 171
(B.K. No. 30 of 1933-34)
Kaginelli, Hirekerur Taluk, Dharwar
District
Hero-stone standing on the bund of the
tank called Kaginellikere
A.D. 1145
This record is dated in the Chalukya-Vikrama
year 70, Krishna, Bhadrapada ba. 1[4], [Monday], corresponding
regularly to A.D. 1145 September 17, Monday.
It records some grant made to the family
of Bachanna who died in a flight.
The gift which was probably made at the instance of Keti-setti
of Kalkere was to be enjoyed hereditarily.
The corporate body called the Eleyabojanas, whose number is
specified to be 504, is referred to.
No. 172
(B.K. No. 183a
of 1932-33)
Gadag, Gadag Taluk,
Dharwar District
Stone built into the
north prakara of the Viranarayanasvamin temple
(Date lost)
This inscription
is dated in Chalukya-Vikrama year (lost).
The name of the cyclic year . . . . bhanu is partially
preserved. Other details
available are Magha ba. Thursday.
The tithi is lost.
The years Chitrabhanu and Svabhanu coincided with A.D. 1102-3 and
1103-4 respectively. Palaeography
would also support this date, though there is nothing in the record to
assign it definitely to the reign of Vikramaditya VI.
It records a
grant made by Samkimayya-Na[yaka] and Mahadevabhatta. The record is broken on the right side.
Lines 18 to 23 apparently contain a separate grant.
No. 173
(B.K. No. 183b
of 1932-33)
Gadag, Gadag Taluk,
Dharwar District
Stone built into the
western prakara of the Viranarayanasvamin temple
(Date lost)
This inscription
is dated in Chalukya-Vikrama era (year lost) Pushya ba. . . .
. . Uttarayana samkranti. The
other details are lost. It
records a grant of money for the worship and offerings to a god (name
lost).
No. 174
(B.K. No. 168 of
1933-34)
Devaragennur, Bijapur
Taluk, Bijapaur District
Fragment of stone
built into the wall of the Choultry in front of the Hanumantadeva temple
(Date lost)
This fragmentary
record dated in the Chalukya-Vikrama year (lost), Jyeshtha
Amavasya, [solar] eclipse registers a grant of land to god Vaija[natha]
installed by Mahaprabhu Vaijarasa.
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No. 175
(B.K. No. 171 of
1933-34)
Kakhandki, Bijapur
Taluk, Bijapur District
Slab in the
Karivirappa temple
(Date lost)
This worn out
inscription is dated in the Chalukya-Vikrama (lost year), Sravana
Amavasya, Wednesday. The
details are insufficient to find out the Christian equivalent. It records a grant of land for the worship and offerings of a
god (name lost). Agrahara
Kakandige (Modern Kakhandki) and the sub-division of Bage
Fifty are mentioned.
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