followed by the expression agunēnți, or its variants, agunēndi, gunēnţi, gunēndi, gunēndu, mēnţi, nëndi and so on. The months are generally zodiacal; where solar, chiefly as the Uttarāyana and Dakşināyana Saņkrāntis. The sithis are generally calculated according to the Sūryya-siddhānta; and the Pūrnimānta scheme is followed preferably to the amânta.

The regnal years are always given in figures. They are followed by the technical expression--yagu çrāhi or gu çrāhi, or simply grāhi, çrā-i or crāhini; and preceded by the words. Pravarddhamāna-vijaya-rājya (increasingly victorious reign). The word "year" is generally denoted in Õșiyā and sometimes in Sanskrit inscriptions by anka; in the Tēlugu inscriptions by the words Samvatsara or its variants.

In the case of Cõragaŋga, only a selection of his inscriptions has been given; in the case of other kings, all the inscriptions known have been quoted. Altogether dates of 101 inscriptions have been given in the tables (see supra, p. 99], besides others referred to in the accounts given below them. These date-extracts, being mostly new, have been quoted in original for reference.

At the end of this article, a genealogical table of the entire Ganga family has been attached with years of reigns.

I. Coragaŋga.

(Çaka 998 - Çaka 1069.] Good many inscriptions of this king's time have been found, and reported in the Madras Epigraphical Report for 1895-96. More than one hundred have been found at Mukhalingam, besides two at Crikūrmam, and five in their neighbourhood. Of these, the date extracts of 34 are given below; but many of the inscriptions unfortunately cannot be verified :

MATERIALS.

2 S.

or

3 T.

4 T.

5 T.

6 T.

Hara-nayana-viyad-gagana-candra-ga- "Vizagapatam Plates," Verified.
nitē Çak-āvdā(bdē) Mēşa-māsa. Ind. Ant., Vol. XVIII,
kṛṣṇ - ăştamyām - Aditya - värē, p. 162; Ep. Ind.,
Çaka 1003, Mēşa Kř. 8, Sunday=4th Vol. V, App., p. 51,
April A.D. 1081.

No. 359.
Çakha(ka)-varuşambulu 10 0(20)04. Ep. Rep., No. 244, of Unverifiable.
Grimad-Anantavarmma-dēvara prava- Mukhalingam

[rddha]m[ā]na - vijaya-rájy a-sam
(*vac)charala 8 yagu çrāhi-Yuttar-
àyana samkr[ā]nti, or Çaka 1004, year
8, uttarāyaṇa saņkrānti.
Çaka-varuşambulu 10 0(d)0 [4]Şrimad. Ep. Rep., No. 246, of

Ditto.
Anantavarmma-dēvara pravarddham- Mukhalingam
ana-vijaya-rājya-samvastsarambulo]
8 yagu çrāhi-Yuttarāyana, or Çaka

1004, year 8, Uttarāyaṇa saņkrānti.
Sa(ça)kha(ka) varuşambulu "1015 ... Ep. Rep., No. 392, of Ditto.
[titles of] Çri-Coragamgga-dēvara Rõņāŋki.

19 gu 8(%)râhiYuttarāyaṇa-mugā.
nu, or Çaka 1015, year 19, Uttarā.
yaņa saņkrānti.
Sakha ( şå ka) - varūşambalu 10[1]5 Ep. Rep., No. 393, of Ditto.
gunõnţi Çrī-Coragamga-dēvara Rõņāŋki.

19 gu sra(çrā)hi Yuttarāyaṇa-
munā[pdu], or Çaka 1015, year 19,
Uttarāyaṇa saņkrānti.
Çaka-varuşambulu 1020 nēņți Çri-mad. Ep. Rep., No. 167, of Irregular.
Anamttavarmma-dēvara pravarddha- Mukhaliŋgam.
māna-vijaya-rājya-samvatsarambol[u]
[2]3 çrāhi Simba-çukl·āştami-yun-
Ădi-vāra, or Çaka 1020, year 23,
Simha Çu. 8, Sunday.
Jaka-varsa 10[2]4 nēņti Grīmad. Ep. Rep., No. 140, of Unverifiable.
Anantavarmma-dēva[ra]

Mukhaliņgam.
dhamāna-vijaya-rājya-samvatsara[2]8
nēm[ti] Vişuva-samkrānti, or Çaka

1024, year 28, Vişuve-saņkrānti.
Viyad-adadhi-kh-ēm(n)du-g'anitēşu Vizagapatam Plates, Ditto.
Çaka-vatsarēşu punyē-hani, or Çaka Ind. Ant.,

Vol. 1040.

7 T.

8

pravard

or

pāta yoga = 14th December, A.D.
1118.
Çaka-varuşam bulu 10 0(0)43 ganāņți Ep. Rep., No. 234, of Unverifiable.

Çrīmat-Coragañgga-dēvara vijaya- Mukhaliŋgam.
rājya-samvatsarambula 45 çrāhi
ēdur[ē]ņţi Uttarāyaṇa-samkrāṁtti

,
or Çaka 1043, year 45, Uttarāyaņa
saņkrānti.
Çaka-varsa[m]bulu 104[3] aganēņți Ep. Rep., No. 173, of Ditto.
Grimâc.Cõragamgga-dēvara pravar- Makbaliņgam.
a dha má na-vijaya-rājya-samvatsa-
rambula 4[5] çrābi ēdurēạţi Uttar-
āyana-samnkranti, or Çaka 1043, year
45, Uttarāyaṇa saņkrānti.
Sa(ça)ka-varuşambulu 104[5] gunēn. Ep. Rep., No. 221, of Ditto.

du Crìnatu.Cũragamgga-dõvara pra- Mukhaliŋgam. varddhamāna-vijaya - rajya - [sa]íva [tsa](*ra) 48 çrāhi Uttarāyaṇa-samkrāṁtti, or Çaka 1045, year 48, Ut. tarāyaṇa saņkrānti. Çaka-varaşam bulu 1045 gu[nē]nți Ep. Rep., No. 177, of Ditto, Qrimad . A[nnnta]varmma-dēvara Mukhalingam. pravard(*dha)amāna-vi[ja]ya-rajya sam(vatsa](*ra)[4]9 çrā(*hi) rēmại [Mē]şa-samkrsă](*n)tti, Çaka 1045, year 49, Mēşa saņkrānti. Çaka-varşatibula 10[4]5 'ganēņți Çri. Ep. Rep., No. 224, of Ditto. mac-Co[ragam]gga-dēvara pravard Mukhaliŋgam. dhamāna-vijaya-rājya-samvatsa(

*ra) 49 ga çrāhi Soma-grahaņa, or Çaka 1045, year 49, moon-eclipse. (In Çaka 1045 one moon-eclipse on 9th Mar. gaçīra, or 5th November A.D. 1123, a Monday). Çrīmad-Anamnttavarmma-dēvara pra- Ep. Rep., No. 222, of Ditto. varddhamāna - vijaya-rājya-samvatsa Mukhalingam. (*ra) 49 çrābi Çak-(*a)bdambulu 1046 gunēļi Uttarāyaṇa-samkrāti, Çaka 1046, year 49, Uttarāyaṇa saņ. krānti. Çaka-varuşaṁbulu 1048 gunēņți @ri. Ep. Rep., No. 166, of Ditto. mad-Ananta [v arm a]-dēvara-pra- Makhalingam. varddhamāna - vijaya-rājya-samvatsa (*ra) 53 gu crāhi Karkkataka-samkr[a] mtti, or (aka 1048, year 53, Kark. kataka saņkrānti. Sakha(çaka)-varaşam bulu 1049 aga. Ep. Rep., No. 143, of Ditto, nēnți Crimad-Anantavarmma-dēvara Mukhaliŋgam. pravarddhamāna-vijaya-rāj y a-sam. vatsal*ra) 53 8(<)rāhi mahā-dvā(*da).

15 T.

16 T.

or

19 T.

20 T.

21 T.

si, or Çaka 1049, year 53, mahā-dva.
daçi.
Sakha(çaka)-varuşanbulu 1049 ganēn. Ep. Rep., No. 144, of Irregular.
da Şri-Sõra[ga]mgga-dēvara pravard- Mukhalingam.
dhamâna-vijaya- rajya-samvatsa(*ra)
53 (@ra(a)hi Makara-s()ukla 4 yu
pēla-samkrārtiya Soma-vāramu, or
Çaka 1049, year 53, Makara saņkrān.
ti, Çu. (PKr.) 4, Monday. [If Makara
Kr. 4, then it fell in Jaka 1049 on
Phālguna saņkrānti, a Monday, 23rd
January, A.D. 1128).
Çaka-varaşambulu 1050 aganēndi Ep. Rep., No. 151, of Verified.
Qrima *c). Cõragaṁgga-d@[vara] Mukhalingam.
prava[rddha]māna-vijaya-rājya-sa-
vatsaramulu 54 çrābi (Maka]r-āmā.
vāsya[yu] Vyatipātāna, or Çaka
1050 year 54, Makara amā vasyā, Vya.
tipāta yoga 23rd December, A.D.
1128, Sunday, [on which day the
Vyātipāta yoga fell, according to
Surya-siddhanta).
Çaka-varuşambulū 1051 ag[a]nē[nti] Ep. Rep., No. 156, of Ditto.

Çrīmad-Anamtavarama-dēvara pra- Makhaliŋgam.
vard(*dh)amāna- vijaya - rājya-sam
+ + + bulu 55 çrähi Vrçcika-san-
krāṁttiy[u] Viti(pā]ta, or Çaka 1051,
year 55, Vrçcika samkrānti Vyātipāta
yoga = 26th October, A.D. 1129 [but
the Vyâtipāta yoga had passed away
I gh. 49 pals before the sunrise].
Çak-ābdambu[la] 1053 nēsti] Grīmac- Ep. Rep., No. 220, of Unverifiable,
Cosagamga-dēvara pravarddhamānā. Mukhalingam.
vijaya-rājya-samvastsa](*ra) 57 gu
s(9)rahi Vrçoika - çukla. mahā

+ + + + or Çaka 1053, year 57,
Vrçcika Ça.+.
Çrīmad-Anam[tta]varmma .dē vara Ep Rep., No. 149, of Ditto.
pravarddhamāna-vijaya-rājy a-sam-

23

25

Çaka-ābdambala 1055 gunēņdu Çrīmada Ep. Rep., No. 185, of Verified. T. Anamttavarmma-dēvara pravarddha- Mukhalingam

māna-vijaya-rājya - samvatsa(*ra) 59
çrāhi Kumbha-māsamuna Sūryya-gra-
haņa, or Çaka 1055, year 59, Kumbha
month, sun-eclipse =

27th January,
A.D. 1134, Saturday ; [according to
Schram's Table A, in Sewell's Indian
Calendar, p. 122, the sun-eclipse was
annular, and the conjunction took
place at 2 hours 24 min. after mean

Laŋkā sunrise]. 26

S(C)aka-varaşañbulu 1055 nāņți Çrī. Ep. Rep., No. 395, of Ditto.
mad - Anačíta]varmma-çri - Cosaga- Mahēndragiri,
mgga-dēvara vijaya-rājya-sa[*rva]
tsal *ra) 6[0] çrāhi Kanya-kļşņa-
pamcamiyu Badhe-vāramuna Vyāti.
pāta, or Çaka 1055(6), year 60, Kanyā
Kr. 5, Wednesday, Vyātipāta yoga
10th September, A.D. 1134, [but the
Vyātipäta yõga did not fall on that

day]. 27 Jaka-varuşambulu 10[55]ganēdu S()- Ep. Rep., No. 153, of Ditto. T. rimad · An amstava]rmma-dēvara Mukhalingam.

pravarddhamāna-vijaya-rājya- sa -
vatsarambula 5[9] çrāhi ēdurānți
Dhan u[r-mmā ]sa-çakla-astamiyu
Mamggala-vā[ra]-munadu - Yuttar.
āyaṇa-samkrāti, or çaka 1055(6),
year 59, Dhanu month, Qu. 8, attar.
āyna-saņkrānti, Tuesday = 26th De-

cember, A.D. 1134. 28 Çak-ābdamula 1056 ganā[pți] Grīmad- Ep. Rep., No. 154, of Ditto. T. Anamttavarma.dēvara pravarddha- Mukhalingam,

māna-vijaya-rājya-samvatsa(*ra) 5 x
çrā[*hi] ēdarāsnți] Dhanu[*r]-māsa-
çukla-astamiyu Mamggala-vāramu.
nan-Uttarāyaṇa-sam[krā]nti, or (the
same date as in No. 153], Çaka year

1056, 29 Ợaka-varuyambula 1056 ganềnda Cri- | Ep. Rep., No. 187, of Ditto. T. mad.Anamttavarmma-dēvara

pra- Makhalingam.
varddhamāna-vijaya - rājya-samvatsa-
rambulu 59 yagn ēdurēmțți-Yuttar-
āyana-samkrā[nti], [same date as in

No. 153.7 30 Çaka-varuşambulu 10[5]7 [gunē]ņți Ep. Rep., No. 219, of Unverifiable T. Grimad-Coşagamngga-dēvara praya- Mukhalingam.

[rddhamā]na-vijaya-rājya-samvat 8 &
(*ra) 69 çrābi ēdur[ēņti] Mēşa-māsa.

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