The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s18.209

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Of the time of Kârtavîrya IV., we have seven records. The first is a stone inscription at Saṅkêshwar in the Belgaum District;⁶ it describes him as a Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara, ruling at Vêlugrama or Belgaum; and it furnishes dates for him in the month Bhâdrapada (Aug.-Sept.), falling in A. D. 1199, of the Siddhârthin saṁvatsara, Śaka-Saṁvat 1121 (expired), and in Jyêshṭha (May-June), falling in A. D. 1200, of the Raudrin saṁvatsara, Ś.-S. 1122 (expired). The second is a stone inscription at Râybag in the Kôlhâpur State:¹ it describes him as a *Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara*, enjoying, at Vêḷugrâma, *sâmrâjya* or "complete sovereignty,"—a term which indicates plainly the position that the members of this family had then assumed; and it is dated in the month Vaiśâkha (April-May), falling in A. D. 1201, of the Durmati *saṃvatsara*, Ś.-S. 1124 (current). The third and fourth are stone inscriptjons, which were formerly at Belgaum,² but are now in the British Museum:³ they describe him as a *Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara*, enjoying *sâmrâjya* at Vêḷugrâma in conjunction with his younger brother, the *Yuvarâja* Mallikârjuna; and they are dated on Pausha śukla 2, falling in December, A.D. 1204, of the Raktâkshin *saṃvatsara*, Ś.-S. 1126 (expired). The fifth is a stone inscription at Kalhole in the Belgaum District:⁴ this, again, describes him and his younger brother as ruling together in the same style at Vêḷugrâma; and it furnishes for them the same date.⁵ The sixth is a copper-plate grant from Bhôj, in the same district;⁶ it makes precisely the same statement, in connection with a date in the month Kârttika (Oct.-Nov.), falling in A. D. 1208, of the Vibhava *saṃvatsara*, Ś.-S. 1131 (current). And the seventh is a stone inscription at Nêsargi in the same district,⁷ which makes no mention of Mallikârjuna, but speaks of Kârtavîrya IV. as ruling at Vêḷugrâma or Vêṇupura, and furnishes for him the date of the winter solstice, in December, A. D. 1218, of the Bahudhânya *saṃvatsara*, Ś.-S. 1141 (current). The wives of Kârtavîrya IV. were Êchaladêvî and Mâdêvî; the former is mentioned as the daughter of a *Chakravartin* or emperor;⁸ but her father's name is not given.