JOURNAL OF THE EPIGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA [BHARATIYA PURABHILEKHA PATBIKA] (BEING VOL. X OF STUDIES IN INDIAN EPIGRAPHY) VOLUME TEN : 1983 PUBLISHED BY TME HPICAPHICAl4 SOCIETY OF INDIA DHARWAR CONTENTS Presidential Address ^ JAGANNATH AGRAWAL ... Tembhurni Plates of Vikramaditya ...H, S. THOSAR (Second Set) &ck A. A. HINGMIRE... 10 of Accession 1303 and 1304 A.D., Two Jatavarman Sundara Pandyas 15 .. N. SETHURAMAN, KUMBAKQNAM... Blrindhon Plates of Rashtrakuta Kakkaraja ..K. V.RAMESH, MYSORE.. 30 of Purnarakshita A Fragmentary Dedicatory inscription ...G. BHATTACHARYA, BERLIN .. 36 Notes on Sugrihita-Naman 41 / ...S. P, TEWARI, MYSORE... A Note on Kandulavu or Crown Lands ..R. TIRUMALAI, MADRAS _ 55 Note on Tembhurni Plates of Vikramaditya ...K. G. KRISHNAN, MYSORE... 61 The First Inscription of the Chalukya Vikrarna Era From Hampi ...C. T. M. KOTRAIAH, MADRAS 63 Udvahanathasvami Temple Inscriptions-A Study ...S. SWAMINATHAIM, MYSORE,, 67 Mathnra Inscription of Huvishka, Year 50 ...S. SUBRAMONIA IYER, MYSORE.,. 71 Kasi and Karnatafca ...S. L, SHANTAKUMARI, DHARWAR .. 73 'Three Chalukya Inscriptions from Rachanapalle ...M. D. SAMPATH, MYSORE... 75 A Statistical of Analysis Pairs of Indus Signs with Jar or Lance _ABDUL HUQ, MADRAS AND GIFT SIROMONEY, MADRAS... 82 Hoard of Bagh Copper Plate Inscriptions ...S. K. BAJPAI, INDORE... 86 The Royal Seals of the Andhra Dynasties ..C, A. PADMANABHA SASTRY, PUTTAPARUTHY,- 90 EDITOHIAL From Gorakhpur to Aurangabad aspects of the history of a single dynasty. Only recently, towards the end of January From the ninth Congress at Gorakhpur this year, a similar seminar was organised (24 March, 1983) to the tenth Congress on the Vakatakas by the Department of at Aurangabad (9-11 March, 1984), the Ancient Indian History, Culture and Epigraphical Society of India takes one Archaeology of the Nagpur University, more step forward in its path of progress. Nagpur. Needless to say that such semi- With this Congress, the Society completes nars provide fresh scope for intensive ten years of its existence, usefully, we study of a particular period and bring believe. During these ten years, it has, in to light much new material useful for its own humble tried to build a way, up researchers. fraternity of Edigraphists, by bringing clo- In the 31st International Congress of ser senior scholars and younger researchers Human Science in Asia and North Africa in the .field, through its sessions held in held in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan, between different parts of the country. 31st August and 7th September, 1983, one of the seminars was devoted The present session at Aurangabad has exclusively for south and South East Asian Epigraphy. its own significance. The whole of the There were three sessions of which one Marathawada region abounds in epigraphs dealt with Indus Script Studies and the of different periods and different languages other two on South Asian and a Epigraphy providing wide scope for their stu'dy. We South East Asian Epigraphy, respectively. hope that this Congress will serve as an A Noticeable feature of this seminar was impetus for furthering epigraph ical studies the participation of Indian scholars in in this region. The proposed symposium fairly big numbers and presentation of on the inscriptions of Marathawada region papers on Indian Epigraphy. We note as a part of the Congress and holding a with pleasure that the privilege of presenting session at Eliora itself, are indeed an added the keynote address in one of the sessions attraction of the Congress. fell on our former Secretary, Dr. K. V. We heartily welcome our accredticd Ramesh. members to this tenth Congress. We hear that in the middle of 1983, Seminars Bearing on Epigraphy a seminar on Indus script was held at Last year we drew the attention of the Tamil University, Tanjore. We also our members through these columns to learn that the Sanskrit Department of the National Seminar on Kadambas which Delhi University is organising a seminar was held at Banavasi, the erstwhile capi- on 'India in inscriptions/ towards the tal of those rulers. It was a seminar end of next month. The subject is indeed exclusively devoted for the study of all fascinating and, we hope, the outcome of here on record our sense of the seminar also will be equally fascinating deep and to the autho- and fruitful. We refer here to yet another appretiation graditude seminar on Buddhism in South India rities of the Council. organised by the Mythic Society, Bangalore, Our Condolences in December 1983. The seminar covered We deeply regret the sudden and sac a wide of and Epigraphy range topics demise of one of our seniormost scholars naturally figured largely therein. in the field of Indian History, Epigraphj and We congratulate the organisers and Archaeology, Dr. T. V. Mahal ingam which have participants in these seminars, former Professor and Head of th( contributed considerably for Epigraphical Department of Ancient History anc studies. Archaeology of the Madras University Dr, Mahalingam was an Honorary Fullov Our Members of the Society and he presided over tin We are to that there happy report third Congress of the Society held a a rise in the enrolment has been steady Udipi in 1976. Dr. Mahalingam wa of the and this society year particularly, associated with the Society ever sine a few scholars and institutions have quite its inception and, in him, the society ha enrolled themselves as life members. We lost one of its well-wishers and benc their gesture and thank appreciate generous factors. We pay homage to this savan them for their and encourage- support who has enriched our knowledge of Sout ment. Indian History and Culture through hi The Journal numerous contributions. This is the 10th volume of the Our thanks Journal of the Society that we are As usual, the responsibility of prinlin publishing now. We are happy that we this volume, has been shouldered willingl are able to maintain regularity in bringing by our friends at Mysore, Dr. K.V. Ramcsl out these issues every year at the time Chief Epigraphist and his able associate of the inaugural of the Congress. This Dr. Subramonia Iyer, who as Editor lit has been made possible by the coopera- borne the brunt of the burden, Shri M. Jay; tion of the learned scholars who present ramaSharma and Dr. Venkaiesh. We off* their papers at the annual sessions, and our sincere thanks to them We are hapji the enlightened members who renew their to congratulate Dr. Venkatesh who is all- memberships regularly. We offer our the Assistant Secretary of the Sociel heart-felt thanks to all of them. on his getting the Ph.D. degree of tl Mysore University. We would specially mention here that Our sincere thanks arc due to Sh the publication of the Journal has been S. K. Lakshminarayan of the Vidyasag; rendered possible, by the munificent grant Printing and Publishing House, Mysore an of the Indian Council of Historical his enthusiastic assistant, Shri R. Vcnkalci Research, New Delhi. This august body for their neat printing of the volume, has stood by us all these years and we are confident that it will continue to Shrinivas Ritti us in this support endeavour. We place Secretary and Executive Editor IN MEMORY OF Padmasri Dr, T. V. MAHALINGAM, M,A.,D.Litt FORMER PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF ANCIENT HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS, PRESIDENT OF THE III ANNUAL CONGRESS OF THE EPIGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA HELD AT UDUPl IN 1977 AND HONARARY FELLOW, EPIGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA PRESIDENTIAL Professor Jsgannath Agrawal " f ' Fellow Ladies Delegates; and Gentle- Bhandarkar, the Government of India I men; 'am deeply beholden to the friends sanctioned in January 1935, the proposal $tfd have elevated me to the Presidential for a revised edition of the Gupta Ins- chair, more out of consideration and perhaps criptions entrusted its preparation to tf than for the my age any outstanding con- veteran archaeologist and historian tribution to the of I Professor D. R. subject Epigraphy, Bhandarkar, who took up have been a primarily teacher of the subject the work in right earnest. But he had f$r more than four decades and have collected got hardly the necessary material., a,, number of as Uni- viz, fresh distinguished pupils estampages of the inscriptions, notes versity professors, Archaeologists and even etc, when an- unexpected hurdle members of the Indian Administrative came in. the way. The second World War Service, who are interested in Indological broke out in 1939, and even Calcutta was studies. Whatever might have prompted bombed in 1942. As a result all the to do material had to be you me this great honour, I feel removed to a place of overwhelmed by your affectionate generosity. safety. Dr. Bhandarkar could resume his work only after the end of the war. It is with a of that feeling pleasure he had Although reached the age of 70, I look back on the year that has passed he devoted himself to the 1 actively revision since the met last time. This Society of this volume and to the writing of a year has seen some outstanding publica-" historical introduction. By 1949 he had tions in Epigraphy, which .all of us must . prepared the first draft which he wanted have welcomed with great joy viz. The to revise and prepared the press-copy, publication of the Corpus Inscriptioaum but fate had willed otherwise .and to the Indicaram Volume III-The Inscriptions of great regret of us all, the great savant the Early Gupta Kings. It is not merely passed away in May 1950, without bring- a revised edition of J. F. Fleet's work, ing to completion his labours of 15 but a thoroughly recast, augmented and precious year of his life.