Ancient History of the Deccan c6.s1.30

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(2) We know that about 550 A. D., Pulakêśin I seized Vâtâpi and founded the Chaḷukya kingdom: but if we look at the map, we see that the geographical position of Bâdâmi (Vâtâpi) allows us to affirm that Palâśikâ (Halsi) could not belong to the Kadambas when the Chaḷukyas were in Bâdâmi. It may therefore be asserted that all the plates found at Halsi and dated from Palâśikâ (Ind. Ant., Vol. VI, pages 23, 25, 28, 29, 31,) are anterior to 550 A. D. We may therefore say that Harivarman who, in the 5th year of his reign (Ind. Ant., Vol. VI, page 31) held Palâśikâ, reigned there before the middle of the VI century. It has to be noted that we do not know of any Kadamba document dated from Palâśikâ which is posterior to the one we have just mentioned; it is therefore probable that Harivarman was almost the contemporary of Puḷakêśin I and was vanquished by him. The Sangoli plates (Ep. Ind., Vol. XIV, page 165) mention an astronomical phenomenon and Mr. K. N. Dikshit of Poona has observed that during the VI century this phenomenon could have occured only thrice: in 507, in 526 and in 545. The Sangoli plates being dated in the 8th year of Harivarman's reign, this king must have come to the throne only in 526-8=518 A. D. or in 545-8=537 A. D., if we believe that this event happened in the VI century. The latter date agrees perfectly well with the chronology we have adopted; we shall therefore admit that Harivarman ascended the throne in 537 A. D.