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South Indian Inscriptions |
BOMBAY - KARNATAKA INSCRIPTIONSINTRODUCTION
THE
FEUDATORY FAMILIES
The
Kadambas of Hangal The
well-known feudatory families like the Rattas of
Saundatti and the Kadambas of Hangal and Goa are
represented by a few inscription included in the Volume
Of these, only No. 249 is of some interest.
It comes from Banavasi and is dated in the 12th
regnal year of a
certain Kadamba-Chakravarti Virama and the cyclic year
Durmati, Kartika ba. 5, Monday. The name Virama may be a mistake for Vikrama, the son of
Jayasimha or jayavarman II and the grandson of Chatta,
the first authentic figure of the Kadamba dynasty of
Hangal. If
this identification is accepted, then the present
inscription will be the only record of this Vikrama
discovered so far. The date of the inscription may be equated with Monday, the
25th October. A.D. 1081. The
chiefs of the Sagara or Manalera family
A
family of local chiefs belonging to the Sagara or
Manalera lineage figures in some records included in
this Volume as feudatories of the Chalukyas of Kalyana. They are described as Sagara-martanda or
Manaler-aditya and had the Simha-lanchhana and
Kesari-ketu. They
were governing the District of Purigere-300 first as
mahasamantas and later as Mahamandalesvaras. Mahasamanta Indrakesiyarasa of this family is mentioned in an inscription (No. 38) of A.D. 1058 from Kuyibal as administering Purigere-300 as a Rashtraku-taka under Somesvara I. From the Prince of Wales Museum inscription of the same king, dated in A.D. 1060, we learn that Indrakesinâs father was Jayakesin (I) and that he had a son called ayakesin (II). The Hulgur inscription of the reign of Jayasimha II supplies the date A.D. 1038 for Jayakesin I. An undated record from Gadag belonging to the time of Vikramaditya VI gives the name of his subordinate of this family as Indrakesin (II), son of Marasingha and grandson of Indrakesin (I). The last mentioned chief, viz., Indrakesin I, is apparently identical with Indrakesin of the Kuyibul inscription. From the evidence of the Prince of Wales Museum and the Gadag records, it was surmised that Indrakesin I had either two sons called Marasingha and Jayakesin II or that both these persons should be regarded as one and the same person. Now a record (No. 47) of the time of the Bhuvanaikamalladeva or Somesvara II, dated in A.D. 1074, introduces the kingâ feudatory Mahasamanta Jayakesin as the eldest son of Indrakesin and the latterâs wife Chandikabbe. Indrakesin is evidently Indrakesin I mentioned above and so Jayakesin would be-Jayakesin II. From this, it is clear that Jayakesin II was the eldest son of Indrakesin and that Marasingha mentioned in the Gadag record was his (i.e., Jayakesinâs younger brother. It follows that Indrakesin II was the son of Marasingha. The present record reveals the name of the wife of Indrakesin I as Chandikabbe for the first time. Though Jayakesin II is mentioned in the Prince of Wales Museum inscription of A.D. 1060 of the time of his father, he figures as a feudatory of Vikramaditya VI in the Hulgur inscription of A.D. 1077. But the present inscription (No. 47) shows that he was the subordinate of Somesvara II also in A.D. 1074. The latest date for him is supplied by No. 55 of the time of Vikramaditya VI dated in A.D. 1082. Both Jayakesin II and his nephew Indrakesin II were feudatories of Vikramditya VI.
An
inscription (No. 107) belonging to the reign
Bhulokamalladeva and dated in A.D. 1138 mentions his
subordinate Jayakesin of the Sagara family as the son of
Vajradanta and Madaladevi of the Kadamba family.
Vajrandataâs father was named Jayakesin and he
had a brother (apparently elder) whose name is lost in
the damaged portion of the record.
This Jayakesin, i.e., the father of Vajradanta,
may be identified with Jayakesin II referred to above,
so that Vajrandantaâs son will be Jayakesin III.
An earlier date for this Jayakesin III as a
subordinate of Bhulokamalladeva is furnished by No. 99
which is dated in Chalukya-Bhulokamalladeva year 53
apparently a mistake for Chalukya Vikrama year 53,
corresponding to A.D. 1128.
He is also apparently identical with Jayakesin of
this family mentioned as a subordinate of
Jagadekamalladeva II in No. 117 dated in A.D 1147. Though the name of the family is not mentioned, Jayakesin
III. This,
therefore, supplies thaw latest date for him known so
far. Jayakesin III was the feudatory of three kings,
viz., Bhulokamalladeva, Jagadekamalladeva II and Taila
III. In
the light of the above discussion, the genealogy of
these chiefs may be shown as follows. The
Silaharas of Bijapur
Besudes
the three well-known Silahara families described by
Fleet, a few more branches have been recently brought to
light by the inscription found in the Bijapur and
Belagaum Districts of Mysore State, the former Akkalkot
State (now in the Sholapur District of Maharashtra
State) and Kurnool District in Andhrapradesh.
An inscription from Akkalkot of the time of
Chalukya Vikramaditya VI, dated in A.D. 1114, gives 14
generation of a family of the Silharas starting from
Pittama and ending with Indarasa II, which would place
the former about A.D. 735.
A few inscription from Indi and Sindgi Taluks of
the Bijapur District included in the present Volume
disclose the names of some members of this stock.
They call themselves kopanapuravaradhisvara or
Tagaranagaradhisvara and most of them enjoyed the status
of Mahamandalesvara under the Chalukyas of Kalyana, the
Kalachuryas and the Yadavas.
A record (no. 71) from Agarkhed in Indi Taluk
belonging to the reign of Vikrmaditya VI and dated in
A.D. 1109 mentions his feudatory Mahamandalesvara
Govanarasa of the Silhara of Silahara family.
The record supplies the following genealogy of
this Govanarasa:
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