Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v1.c9.s95: No. 109. Po-Nagar stelae Inscription of Indravarman IV

Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champā; Vol. II: Suvarṇadvīpa) v1.c9.s95

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No. 109. Po-Nagar stelae Inscription of Indravarman IV

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The inscription is engraved on two faces of a stelae lying in the court-yard of the Po-Nagar Temple to the left. The inscription on the first face refers to king Indravarman and records gifts of lands to ling Bhagavatis Kauthāreśvarī. The inscription on the other face refers to king Śrī Jaya Simha-Varman and records the installation of Śiva linga and the God Śrīśanabhadreśvara.

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J. A. 1888 ( 1 ) p. 103 J. A. 1891 ( 1 ) pp. 60-62.

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No. 110.

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Po sah fragmentary stelae Inscription of Jaya Simhavarman III dated 1228.

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Po sah is close to the village of Chakling, in the south of the valley of Panran. The inscription is written on two faces of the stelae comprising respectively 22 and 9 lines. The language is Sanskrit but a good many words are lost and no complete text or translation is possible.

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It records the career of prince Harijitātmaja, son of king Śrī Jayasimha Varman, the king of kings, and the queen Bhāskaradevī. The prince was born in 1196 ( = 1274 A. D. ). In 1220 Śaka ( = 1298 A. D. ) he received the epithet Taval Śurā Adhikavarman. In 1222 Śaka ( = 1300 A. D. ) his father appointed him to govern a district extending from the river Vauk as far as Bhūmanā Vijaya. In 1223

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śaka (=1301 A. D.) his father gave him the name of Pulyan Uddhṛta Siṃhavarman. The prince was endowed with beauty and skill. He was a devotee of Śiva and respected his preceptor, father and mother. Knowing that the pleasures of this life are illusory like a dream he gave up a life of enjoyment and applied himself entirely to pious works such as digging tanks, building roads and making religious endowments, abstinence, meditation etc. In 1227 śaka (=1305 A. D.)¹ the king gave him the name Mahendra (?) Varman. In 1228 śaka he made donations of slaves etc. The inscription refers to two other queens of Jayasiṃhavarman viz. Parameśvarī, daughter of king Devādideva, and Tāpasi, the daughter of king Yavadvīpa.