Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c5.s1.t2.2

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[^1): Second edition (1820) p. 3. The error is probably of native origin as this mark is called in Telugu—talakaṭṭu. [^2): See the last published Telugu Grammar by the Rev. A. Arden (1873) p. 7 where it is called a ‘*secondary*’ form of a. [^3): The origin of this name (which is also written Calukya, Callukya, Caulukya, Calikya and Calkya) is obscure. A grant of 1086 (E. of p. 21 *n.*) mentions a ‘Calukyagiri’ where Gaurī was worshipped (see next page). But the event to which this passage refers, must—if it ever occurred—be put about the 4th century A. D. or some seven hundred years before the date of the inscription which records it! I am unable to find any other traces of this hill; it may be one of the numerous mountains in Central India where barbarous rites (as described by Colebrooke and, in later times, by Forsyth) still prevail. The legend evidently belongs to a comparatively recent period in the history of the family, and when it had become of great consideration in Central India. The family appears to have been known even in Java; in a document of 841 A. D. an interesting list of names of countries occurs: “kliṅg, . . . gola, tjwalikā, malyalā, karṇake” . . . kliṅg=kaliṅga; gola is correctly copied from the original plate, but it must be for Cola; tjvalikā (cvalikā)=cālukya; malyalā=malayāḷa; karṇake may perhaps be read karṇāṭaka; anyhow, it is plain what is intended [Cohen-Stuart, “Kawi Oorkonden,” p. 8 (tekst) and 5 *b.*, 4 of the facsimile]. A purely mythical explanation of the name has been found (by Mr. Fleet) in an inscription; this derives the name from *culuka*=a water-pot! *I. A.* vi., p. 74. *Cfr.* also Vikramāṅkadevacarita I., 46, for the same derivation. [^4): Vol. v. pp. 343 flg. Mr. Fleet has sent me a photograph of a leaf. The Tamiḻ inscriptions of the 11th century (Tanjore and Seven Pagodas) call this kingdom “iraṭṭa-pāḍi (*i.e.* Reḍḍi-kingdom) seven and a half lakhs.”