The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s14.272

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⁵ See page 459 above, note 3.—The Hulgûr inscription consists of two parts. The first part contained a formal preamble, referring it to someone’s reign. Almost the whole of the preamble, including the king’s name or biruda, is broken away and lost. But the date, in the Bhâva saṁvatsara, Saka-Saṁvat 1076 (expired), makes it certain that the name or biruda of Taila III. stood in the preamble. The second part contains no such preamble. But the date, Kârttika śukla 5, Bṛihavâra, of the Dhâtu saṁvatsara, cited as the eighth year of Taila III., implies a recognition of Taila’s authority as still existing. The tithi corresponds, approximately, to the 22nd October, A.D. 1156; for which date, however, the week-day was Monday. Bijjala is not mentioned in either part of this record. The second part of it registers grants made at Hulgûr by Chaṭṭeya, the Sunkavergade of the Hânumgal province, and by Chaṭṭagâmuṇḍa.—The Hâvêri inscription does not actually state that Taila III. was then still reigning. But, mentioning him with the full paramount epithets and titles, it proceeds to give his lineal descent. It then mentions Bijjala, as his contemporary, but without any specific definition of the relations between them. It then mentions a feudatory of Bijjala, the Mahâpradhâna, Sênâdhipati, and Heggade of the Banavâsi province, the Daṇḍanâyaka Kêsirâja, son of Hoḷalarâja. And it records grants made (at Hulgûr) by a subordinate of Kêsirâja, the Heggade Rudradêva. But, in the date of the grant, the saṁvatsara, Îśvara, is quoted as the eighth year of Taila III.; and it is not apparent why this should be done, unless Taila’s authority was still current in that part of the country. The full details of the date are the winter solstice, coupled with Pauṣa kṛiṣhṇa 2, 3, or perhaps 7, Monday. And the equivalent English date is, approximately, the 24th December, A.D. 1157, which, however, was a Tuesday.