Indian Epigraphy c15.t21.5

c15.t21.5

ponding to the 6th August 1077 A.D. The Wadageri inscription, dated in the Cālukya-Vikrama year 1, Phālguna-sudi 5, Thursday, records the performance of several Mahādānas in connection with the festivities related to the coronation of Vikramāditya VI (Prog. Rep. Kan. Res. Inst., 1953-57, pp. 50-52). To reconcile the evidence of this record with the theory assigning the king's coronation on the 26th February 1077 A.D., it has been supposed that Phālguna-sudi 5 of the year Nala 'must be in accordance with the Pūrṇimānta reckoning, which is equivalent to Caitra-sudi 5 of the next Amānta year Piṅgala, Śaka 999'. This seems to be due to misunderstanding since the bright half of a month is the same in both the Pūrṇimānta and the Amānta schemes. Although the date of the Wadageri inscription is irregular (Phālguna-sudi 5 corresponds to the 31st January 1077 A.D., which was a Tuesday), it shows that the coronation of Vikramāditya VI took place before the Phālguna-pūrṇimā of the year Nala, i.e. before the 10th February 1077 A.D. It is pushed back earlier than Pauṣa-badi 3 and Caitra-sudi 6 of that year respectively by the Mattikote and Kuruva inscriptions (Ep. Ind., Vol. XXXIV, p. 195).