The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s14.256

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³ An inscription at Bijâpur, on a pillar in the south gateway of the citadel (I quote from an ink-impression), cites the Prajâpati *samvatsara* (*Śaka-Saṃvat* 1074 current), with a date in Bhâdrapada (Aug.-Sept.), as his third year. In agreement with this, an inscription at the temple of Kalamêśvara at Hulgûr in the Dhârwâr District (I quote from an ink-impression) cites the Dhâtu *samvatsara* (*Ś.-S.* 1079 current), with a date in Kârttika (Oct.-Nov.), as his eighth year. And from these two records it would follow that the *Sukla samvatsara*, *Ś.-S.* 1072 current, = A.D. 1149-50,—which was the twelfth, and as far as is known at present the last, year of Perma-Jagadêkamalla II.,—was also counted as the first year of Taila III.—On the other hand, an inscription at Baḷagâmve (*P. S. and O.-C. Inscrs.* No. 131; *Mysore Inscriptions*, p. 100) quotes the Yuvan *samvatsara* (*Ś.-S.* 1078 current), with a date in Mâgha (Jan.-Feb.) which, however, seems to be a mistake for Pausha (Dec.-Jan.) as his sixth year. In agreement with this, an inscription at the temple of Basavaṇa, or perhaps of Brahmadêva, at Hâvêri in the Dhârwâr District (*Carn.-Désa Inscrs.*, Vol. II. p. 6; verified from an ink-impression) quotes the Îśvara *samvatsara* (*Ś.-S.* 1080 current) with a date in Pausha, as his eighth year. And these two records indicate that his first year was the Pramôḍa *samvatsara*, *Ś.-S.* 1073 current, = A.D. 1050-51.—The discrepancy may be adjusted by assuming that he succeeded to the throne so near the end of the *Sukla samvatsara*, that the remnant of that *samvatsara*, though sometimes counted as his first year, was sometimes omitted from the reckoning altogether.—A still later result, by one year, might be deduced from an inscription at Dâvangere in Mysore (*P. S. and O.-C. Inscrs.* No. 140; *Mysore Inscriptions*, p. 17, where, however, in several respects, the translation is not in accordance with the photograph), dated at the winter solstice of the Pârthiva *samvatsara* (*Ś.-S.* 1088 current) which is quoted as the fifteenth year of a reckoning which can only be that of Taila III. This would make the Prajâpati *samvatsara*, *Ś.-S.* 1074 current, = A.D. 1051-52, his first year. The record, however, really belongs to a period subsequent to his death. And I have not found any others in agreement with it.