The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s12.60.2

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Two inscriptions of the time of Vikramâditya VI., at Gadag in Dhârwâr and Kâlige in the Nizâm's Dominions, tell us that the Châlukya race arose in the lineage of Sôma, the Moon, who was produced from the eye of Atri, who was the son of Brahman.⁵ And a later inscription of the same reign, at Handarike in the Nizâm's Dominions,⁶ introduces a popular etymology of the family-name, and gives us the following account: in the water-lily that sprang from the navel of Vishnu, there was born Hiranyagarbha-Brahman; his son was Manu; his was Mândavya;⁷ his, Hârita; and his, Hâriti-Pañchaśikha; the Châlukyas were born in the interior of his water-pot (chulka),⁸ when he was pouring out a libation to the gods; then a certain Vishnuvardhana-Vijayâditya (a purely imaginary person) appropriated the territories of his enemies; then there reigned fifty-nine kings, commencing with Satyâśraya, lord of Ayôdhyâ; then Jayasimha (I.) became king; and he was succeeded by sixteen others; after whom, the Rattas, i.e. the Râshtrakûtas, governed the earth.¹ The most full statement, however, is to be found in the records of the eastern branch of the family; and the earliest instance of it occurs in a grant of Vishṇuvardhana-Râjarâja I., of the period A.D. 1022 to 1063. The genealogy there given² commences with the god Brahman, as born from the water-lily that grew from Vishṇu’s navel; it is taken through Sôma, the Moon, Budha, the planet Mercury, Parûravas, Âyu, Âyusha, and so on;