inscriptions in the hassan district

VI INTRODUCTION.
Vol. IV, Intro, p. 11). He was thus contemporary with Alfred the Great of
England, who was also called the Truth-teller, an English Satyavakya.
Then come four inscriptions relating to Satyavakya and Ereyappa, which
present the following difficulties. In Ag. 70 Satyavakya's 37th year is made
to correspond with Ereyappa's 21st year, without specifying any date. On the
other hand Ag. 61 apparently gives 920 A.D. for the time of Ereyappa's son.
Satyavakya, we know from TN. 91, was Nitimargga's son, and Dr. Fleet is
probably right in reading it as the eldest son. For reasons given in my
Introduction to Vol. VI, I consider that Ereyappa was another son. If these
two ruled simultaneously after the elder had been on the throne 16 years, as
we must conclude from the above, and their father died not earlier than 910
and more probably in about 915, how are we to find room for them if Ereyappa's
son's date is 920? This latter Saka date is clear as to the second and
third figures 43, but the first figure can only be 8, as any other would not
fall within the period requirod for a son of Ereyappa. It is not absolutely
certain to what the date refers, though the obvious conclusion is that it gives
the time when the grant recorded was made. But this seems impossible. In
Ag. 85 we have Satyavakya-Kongunivarmma-Permmanadi on the throne, when
the nal-gavunda of Alva-nad made an attack on the Ganga seat (dsana) and
was killed. La Hn. 186 the Ganga king l) was apparently angry with Dorayya,
who is said to be of the Purita-vamsa, but may be the same as mentioned in
Kd. 1 (Vol. VI). Ag. 70 gives Satyavakya and Ereyapparasa as joint rulers,
as above stated. In Cn. 261 we have Ereyapparasa-Satyavakya-Permmanadi
ruling alone, with the special epithets generally applied to him, which are also
used in the preceding. In Ag. 61 we have Nitimargga's (son) 2) Ereyappa-
Permmanadi's son Satyavakya-Bira-Permmanadi making a grant in 920, the
date which has been referred to above.
Of the remaining Ganga inscriptions HN. 14, without any date, records
the erection of a temple by Galabbe, the queen of Racheyarasa, perhaps the
Rachcheya-Ganga mentioned in the Humcha inscription as a son of Ereyappa;
and the Rachamalla of the Atakur inscription (Md. 41, Vol. III).
The next five belong to the reign of Satyavakya Marasingha Nolambakulantaka,
and two of them date in 971. Mj. 67 is an interesting record of
the king's elder sister Kundana-Somidevi. It is engraved in a single line all
round the pedestal of a metal Jaina image which was discovered while digging
up the ground of a coffee plantation. On. 262 mentions the king's war with
Rajaditya, no doubt the Chajukya prince so named in SB. 38 (Vol. II).
Cn. 267 refers to his fighting with the Nolambas.
1) The king's name does not begin with Chandra, as appears from the print. Chandra is in a
lower line some distance away from sriman.
2) The expression is Nlttmdrggad-Ereyappa. This might possibly be interpreted as Nitimargga-
Egeyappa, but we have already seen that he is styled Ereyappa-Satyarakya.