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³⁹ Madras Epigraphical Collection for 1913 No. 236. There is some difficulty in determining the exact beginning and end of the reign of Kṛṣṇa III. The latest known date of his father is 3-12-939 A.D. (E. C., XI, pp. 29-30). The earliest known date for Kṛṣṇa himself is the one supplied by Sorab No. 476 (E. C., VIII), which is also 939 A.D. It is a pity that the month and the day of the year should not have been given in this record. Kṛṣṇa's accession may be, therefore, placed in December 939 A.D. or Mārgaśīrsha Ś'aka 861. Now quite a large number of his inscriptions have been found dated in the 28th year of his reign (e. g., Nos. 125 of 1906, 364 of 1902 of the Madras Epigraphical Collection) and one hailing from Kilur Virattanes'vara temple in south Arcot district is dated in the 30th year of his reign [No. 232 of the Madras Epigraphical Collection for 1902 ]. Now supposing Kṛṣṇa ascended the throne in December 939 A.D. or Mārgas'īrsha S'aka 861, the 30th year of his reign will begin in December, 968 A.D. of Mārgas'īrsha, S'aka 890. But from Kolagallu stone inscription in Bellary Taluka, we know that Kṛṣṇa had died before the 6th day of Kṣhaya