Contents
I. For the Year Ending 31st March 1935 :
Part. I
1. PERSONNEL
2. TOURS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE ASSISTANTS
3. WORK DONE DURING THE YEAR
4. PUBLICATION
5. LIST OF VILLAGES WHERE INSCRIPTIONS WERE COPIED DURING THE YEAR 1935-36
Part. II
I. Introductory :
1. Some Ancient sites and monuments
2. Tenkasi and Ukkirankottai
3. Chaitya at Kurnool
4. Kottai Bommaya-Nayaka's Sculpture at Kannanur
5. The early cave-temple at Pillaiyarpatti
6. Antiquities at Tummalakunta, Garikapadu and Remidicherla
7. Nagarjuna Tradition at Nagavi and Agadi
8. Jaina antiquities at Lakshmesvar
9. Renuka-Parasurama tradition in the Karnatak and the Konkan)
10. Antiquities at Banavasi
II. CHOLAS OF THE RENADU Country AND VAIDUMBAS :
1. The Madras Museum Plates of Srikantha-Chola
2. Hiranya-rashtra identified
3. An early Balliya-Chola, not known hitherto
4. Bhuvana-Trinetra Vaidumba-Maharaja : Saka 893
III. WESTERN CHALUKYAS :
1. A spurious copper-plate grant of Vira Nonamba-Chakravarti
2. Era probably counted from some conquest of Vinayaditya, about Saka 600
IV. Eastern GANGAS :
1. Tekkali plates of Anantavarman, son of Devendravarman
2. A provisional Genealogy of the Eastern Gangas
3. Palamgara grant of Anantavarman-Chodaganga : Saka 1040
4. The donee Ulagiyagonda-Perumal, a close relation of the king
5. Samba-vishaya-located
6. Urattur in Batta-mandalam
7. Influence of Tamil Culture in the Telugu Country
8. Interpretation of Surya-rasmi,' etc
V. SAILODBHAVAS :
1. An odd sailodbhava Copper-Plate
2. Allavaraja, a Sailodbhava king
VI. Early Cholas and Banas :
1. Chola-Maharaja
2. Bana chief Dhavaleyarasa
VII. RASHTRAKUTAS :
1. Akalavarsha Chalakkenallata and his Subordinate Vaidumba Maharaja
VIII. WESTERN CHALUKYAS :
1. Bhulokamalladeva and his Subordinate
2. Sakara-Devacholamaharaja, son of Bhimadeva
3. Trailokyamalla Hemmadideva-Maharaja, a Chalukya chief (?)
IX. TELUGU CHODAS :
1. Mahamandalesvara Tribhuvanamalla-Deva Chodamaharaja, a subordinate of Tribhuvanachakravartin Kulottunga-Chodadeva
2. Vijaya-Devachodamaharaja, son of Kalikala-Chodamaharaja
3. Gangaya-Devacholamaharaja
X. KAKATIYAS :
1. Rudradeva-Maharaja and the Bodyguard Appana Bolli-Nayaka
2. Prataparudra
3. Ambadeva, Probably son of Amba-Kshmapa
XI. VELANANDU CHIEFS :
1. Kulottunga Rajendra-Chodayaraja, in Saka 1030, and the probable date of his accession
2. Velanandu chiefs and the extent of their territory
XII. KOLANI CHIEFS :
1. Bhujabalabhima Katama-Nayaka
2. Kesava-Mandalesa in Saka 1150
XIII. KONA CHIEFS :
1. Betraja and Malayamandu Ganapatideva
2. Malayamuna Vishnuvardhanadeva-Chakravartin in Saka 1203
XIV. CHOLAS :
1. Parakesarivarman who took Tanjai
2. Rajakesarivarman (Aditya I)
3. Rajaraja I
4. Rajendra-Chola I
5. Rajamahendra
6. Kulottunga-Chola I
7. Vikrama-Chola
8. Kulottunga-Cho1a II
9. Rajadhiraja II
10. Kulottunga-Chola III alias Virarajendra
11. A new procedure in land gifts
12. Rajaraja III
XV. PANDYAS :
1. The earliest Vatteluttu Inscription in the Pandya Country
2. Sadaiya-Marai) (Rajasimha III)
3. His officer Tennavan-Pallavadiyaraiyan
4. Vira-Pandya who took the head of the Chola
5. Tiruppattur and its temple
6. Jatavarman Kulasekhara I
7. Chief of Sembonmari
8. Mulaparishan-Mahasabha at Tiruppattur
9. Devaragandan, a probable surname of Kulasekhara
10. Maravarman Sundara-Pandya, who presented the chola country'
11. Origin of the Rajanarayanipuram branch of the Nagarattar community
12. Reference to the Hoysala invasion of his time
13. Emmandalamum-kondaruliya Jatavarman Sundara-Pandya
14. Jatavarman Sundara-Pandya (A.D. 1276)
15. Maravarman Emmandalamum-kondaruliya Kulasekharadeva (A.D. 1268)
16. Prince Sundara-Pandya mentioned in his record
17. Jatavarman Vira-Pandya (A.D. 1281)
18. Bhiksha-matha at Tiruppattur
19. Maravarman Vikrama-Pandya (A.D. 1283)
20. Jatavarman Srivallabha (A.D. 1291)
21. Maravarman Vira-Pandya (A.D. 1331)
22. Maravarman Parakrama-Pandya (A.D. 1334)
23. 'Mudimannar-nayan probably his surname
XVI. Vijayanagara :
1. Bukka I
2. Savana-Odeya
3. A chaityalaya at Kandanavrolu (Kurnool)
4. Virabhupati
5. Devaraya-Maharaya II
6. Saluva-Narasingadeva-Maharaya
7. Immadi Narasimha B
8. His Dandanayaka Narasa-Nayaka
9. Krishnadevaraya
10. Achyutadeva-Maharaya
11. Eighty-two Villages Granted to the Temple at Chidambarm
12. Sadasivadeva-Maharaya
13. Remission of taxes on Barbers and Dommaris
14. Vipravinodins
15. Srirangadeva-Maharaya
16. Gift for a Ramanujakutam
17. Venkatapatideva-Maharaya I
18. Venkatapatideva-Maharaya II
19. Sriranga : Saka 1901
XIII. Miscellaneous :
1. Kopperunjingadeva
2. Rajanarayana-Sambuvaraya
3. Hoysala Ballala III
4. Purushottama-Gajapati and his Samanta Ajama-Khan
5. the Travancore ruler Vira-Ramavarman
6. The Arantangi chief-Achchutappa-Nayaka-Tondaiman
7. An agreement between the Tanjore King Ekoji-Maharaja and the Dutch East India Company
8. The Mysore chief Devaraja
9. Tirumalai Raghunatha-Setupati
10. The Madura Nayakas
XIV. General :
1. Kannanur occupied by the Muhammadans
2. Maraijnanasambandha, the author of Ongukoyilpuranam'
3. Abdul Wahab of Kurnool
4. The Kangayars of the Porulandai-gotra in the Salem district
5. Labelled Sculptures at Chidambaram
II. For the Year Ending 31st March 1937 :
Part. I
I. TOURS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE ESTABLISHMENT DURING THE YEAR 1936-37 WORK DONE DURING THE YEAR :
1. Collection
2. Publication
II. LIST OF VILLAGES WHERE INSCRIPTIONS WERE COPIED DURING THE YEAR
Part. II
I. GENERAL :
1. Ancient remains near Tenkasi, Tirunelveli district
2. Antiquities at Vayalpad and Vithalam, Chittoor district
3. Cairns in the Punganur taluk
4. Stone cists at Rentala, Guntur District
5. Rock-cut Temples at Kunnakkudi, Ramnad District
6. Cave-temple at Pillaiyarpatti, Ramnad District
7. Natural caverns and rock-cut temple at Tirukkalakkudi, Ramnad district
8. Sculptures of Agastya and Pulastya
9. Caverns with beds in the South Arcot district
10. Jaina Antiquities at Ch5lavandipuram, South Arcot district
11. Ranganatha temple at Rlrangam, Trichinopoly District
II. THE IKHAKU KINGS :
1. Maharaja Purisadata, 4th year
2. Ehuvala Chantamula, 8th year
3. Mulavasa-chetiya at Amaravati
III. THE VELANANDU CHIEFS :
1. Kulottunga-Choda-Gonka same as Gonka II, Saka 1050
2. A composite record of his time, Engraved later
3. Kulottunga-Rajendrachoda, Saka 1085
4. Chronology of his family
5. Its Subordinate Position under the Kakatiyas after Saka 1123
IV. THE KAKATIYAS :
1. Ganapati and his feudatory Sarngadhara
2. The Coin Kesarigadya
3. The rajaguru Visvesvara-siva and his disciples
4. The Guru Uttama-siva in Rudramba's reign
V. THE CHOLAS :
1. Rajakesarivarman
2. Parantaka I
3. Mummudi-Chola Gandaraditya, his feudatory Siddhavadavan
4. The Jaina Monk Gunavira-Bhatara of Kurandi
5. Aditya II
6. Uttama-Chola
7. Rajaraja I
8. Kulottunga-Chola I
9. clash between the Right and Left Hand Communities
10. Coins called Rajendrasolan-madai and Rajarajan-mddai
11. Ariyan Vasudeva-Bhatta of Kasmiradesam
12. A social custom of the shepherd class
13. Vikrama-Chola
14. Kulottunga-Chola II
15. His feudatory the Malaiyaman of Kiliyur
16. His officer Akalanka-Brahmarayan
17. Rajadhiraja II
18. His subordinate Akalanka-Nadalvar
19. Kulottunga-Chola III
20. The Gopalas of Valluvappadi-nadu
21. The Chola vassals Siddharaisan and Vanakovaraiyan
22. Rajaraja III, his queen (?) Somaladeviyar
23. Rajendra-Chola III
VI. LATER PALLAVAS-PERUNJINGADEVA-TWO CHIEFS OF THE NAME
VII . THE PANDYAS :
1. Sadaiya-Maran Srivallabha and His Officer Iruppaikkudi-Kilavan
2. Maravarman Sundara-Pandya I
3. Maravarman Sundara-Pandya II
4. The Kudiraichchettis of Malai-mandalam
5. Jatavarman Sundara-Pandya I-Koyilponmeyndaperumal, 1251 A.D
6. The officer Pallavarayan of Tunjalur
7. Maravarman Kulasekhara, A.D. 1268
8. Maravarman Vikrama-Pandya, C. A.P. 1283
9. Jatavarman Vikrama-Pandya
10. Jatavarman Vira-Pandya his title Kaliyugaraman
11. Jatavarman Sundara-Pandya III (A.D. 1303), his surname Kodandarama
12. Maravarman Kulasekhara II, A.D. 1314
13. Parakrama-Pandya (A.D. 1334)
14. Hie uncle Kulasekhara Mavalivanarayar
15. Vira-Pandya, A.D. 1334
VII. THE HOYSALAS :
1. Naraharibhupala alias? Vira-Narasimha
2. Vira-Somesvara
3. Shrines built in his time at Jambukesvaram
4. Ramanathadeva
5. An arogyasala of his time at srirangam
6. Garudavahana-Bhatta and the Dhanvantari .shrine at Srirangam
7. Two Saiva Teachers of his time
VIII. THE VIJAYANAGARA KINGS :
1. Kampana II
2. Saluva Mangu
3. Harihara II
4. Virupaksha II
5. Bukka H, Saka 1328
6. Kavi Krishna-Bhatta and his son Kavi Sankara-Bhatta, Librarians of the Sringeri-matha
7. Devaraya II (Saka 1349), enquiry into cases of coercive .taxation
8. A spurious (?) grant of Harihara, son of Devaraya I
9. Praudhadeva-Maharaya
10. Saluva-Narasingadeva
11. Oddiyan-galabhai in the South Arcot District
12. Krishnadevaraya
13. An agrahara named Krishnarayapuram founded by him
14. Achyutadevaraya
15. Communal privileges of the Kaikkolas restored
16. Sadasivaraya
17. Vitthala at Srirangam
18. Talappakkam Siru-Tirumalaiyyangar
19. Venkata I
20. A later king named Venkata in Saka 1644
IX . THE MADURA NAYAKAS :
1. Virappa-Nayaka, saka 1517
2. Chokkanatha-Nayaka, his five queens
3. His officer Vadamalaiyappa-Pillai
4. Queen Mangamma, Saka 1620
5. Vijayaranga-Chokkanatha
6. A matha at Srivilliputtur maintained by barbers
7. Queen Minakshi
X. MISCELLANEOUS :
1. The Lonkulas, subordinates of the Vaidumbas
2. Rashtrakuta Kannaradeva (Krishna III)
3. The Silahara king Gandaraditya
4. The Chera kings Kodai-Ravi and Srivalarama
5. The Reddi king Ana-Vota
6. The .Nayaka chiefs of Gingee
7. The Keladi chief Basavappa-Nayaka
8. The Mysore chiefs Chamaraja-Odeyar and Krishnaraja-Qdeyar
9. Kandadai Ramanujayyangar and Madhavayyangar at Srirangam
10. Chandrasekharaguru-Udaiyar, a grihastha-Pasupata in charge of the Jambukesvaram temple
11. A curious tradition regarding the Tank Ayi-Kulam at Pondicherry
III. For the Year Ending 31st March 1938 :
Part. I
I. TOURS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE ASSISTANTS DURING 1937-38
II. WORK DONE DURING THE YEAR
III. LIST OF VILLAGES WHERE INSCRIPTIONS WERE COPIED
Part. II
I. CAVERN WITH Brahmi INSCRIPTION AT MALAKONDA, NELLORE DISTRICT
II. THE ARUVALAS
III. Amaravati BRAHMI INSCRIPTION
IV. DHARMACHAKRA, AS OBJECT OF WORSHIP
V. ANCIENT NAME OF TRICHINOPOLY
VI. CAVERN WITH BEDS AND Epigraphs AT TRICHINOPOLY
VII. THE CHOLAS OF RENANDU :
1. Erikal-Muturaju Punyakumara
2. Erikal Mutturaju
3. Uttamaditya-Chola-Maharaja
4. Ch5la-Maharaja Jada-Ch5ji
VIII. THE KALINGA KINGS :
1. Umavarman
2. Samantavarman
IX . THE EASTERN CHALUKYAS :
1. SarvalOkasraya Vijayasiddhi
2. AnnapraSa of his son Vishnu Vardhana
3. Gunaga-Vijayaditya III
4. Danarnava-his subordinates of the Mudugonda Chalukya-Vamsa
5. Amma II-his subordinate Madiya-Desarattodi
6. Rajaraja I
7. Temples erected in Memory of three Ch5ja generals
X. THE WESTERN CHALUKYAS :
1. Vikramaditya II-his Subordinate Pormukharama
2. Nurmadi-Taila
3. Bhuvanaikamalla (85mevara II)
XI. THE WESTERN GANGAS :
1. Sasanakota Plates of Madhavavarman (I)
XII. THE RASHTRAKUTAS :
1. Indra III, his date
2. Krishna III and his Vaidumba Feudatories
3. krishna-Kandhara-Chakravarti
XIII. THE VAIDUMBAS :
1. Irigaya-Maharaja (A. D. 976)
XIV. THE PALLAVAS :
1. Dantivarman
2. Nandivarman III
3. His vassal Vikramaditya Mahabali-Banaraya
4. Nripatunga
5. Vahur-Tiruvadi, a title of the President of a village assembly
6. Aparajita
XV. THE LATER PALLAVAS :
1. Perunjinga I and II
2. Rajanarayana-Kadavaraya
XVI. THE CHOLAS :
1. Rajakesarivarman
2. Parakesarivarman
3. Parantaka I
4. Aditya II
5. Rajaraja I
6. Rajendra-Chola I
7. Rajendradeva
8. Rajamahendra
9. Virarajendradeva
10. His Charala copper-plate grant
11. Kuluttunga-Chola I
12. Ki|3ttunga-Ch5}a II
13. Rajaraja II
14. Rajadhiraja II,
15. Kul5ttunga-Ch5ja III
16. A Political pact of his time
17. His Subordinates
18. Rajaraja III
19. His Yadavaraya subordinates
20. Vallaladeva killed by Gandagopala
21. Rajendra-Chola III
XVII. THE PANDYAS :
1. Maravarman Sundara-Pandya I
2. JataVarman Sundara-Pandya his title Seranai-venran
3. His subordinate' Vira-Narasingadeva Yadavaraya
4. Tirunirru Sundara-Pandya (c. 14th century A.D.)
5. Maravarman Vikrama-Pandya
6. Maravarman Vira-Pandya
7. Maravarman Kulasekhara
8. Maravarman Parakrama-Pandya
XVIII. THE HOYSALAS :
1. Vira-Somesvara
2. Vira Ramanatha
XIX . THE GANDAGOPALAS VIJAYA-GANDAGOPALA
XX. THE YADAVAS SINGALADEVA
XXI. THE KAKATIYAS :
1. Ganapatideva
2. Rudrakumara (Prataparudra)
XXII. THE REDDI CHIEFS ANA-VOTA-REDDI
XXIII. THE VIJAYANAGARA KINGS :
1. Kampa, son of Bukka
2. Viruppana
3. Bukka II
4. Virabhupati-Udaiyar
5. Devaraya II
6. Annamurti shrine in the Srirangam temple
7. Uttamanambi and Chakraraja
8. Agreement Between the Valangai and Idangai Classes
9. Reference to Oddiyan-Galabhai
10. Konerideva-Maharaja
11. Saluva Sangamadeva-Maharaja
12. Tuluva Vira-Narasingaraya
13. Krishnaraya-hia Setturu Copper-Plate grant of Saka 1449
14. The eight Poets known as the Ashtadiggajas of his court
15. Saptasagara-tirtha at Madura
16. Achyutaraya-his Officer Virapanna
17. His Srivara Copper-Plate Grant of Saka 1463
18. Jaina Image called Vijaya-Nayaka
19. Date of Achyuta's Southern Campaign
20. Sketches of artizan's tools in his Inscription
21. His subordinate Anandatandavapperumal Tondaimanar
22. Gift of a pandaravadai
23. Sadasivaraya-his Officers
24. srirangaraya
XIV. THE MADURA NAYAKAS :
1. Virappa-Nayaka
2. A Posthumous (?) Grant of Tirumala-Nayaka
3. Chokkanatha-Nayaka
4. Labelled sculptures of some Nayaka Chiefs
XXV. MISCELLANEOUS :
1. Two Jaina temples at Chittamur
2. Poet Ellappa-Nayinar
3. Chandrasekhara, author of Iraisaipuranam
4. Memorials of self-immolation
5. Chiefs of the Durjaya family
6. A spurious (?) Persian Copper-Plate grant
7. Reference to Marionette plays and theatre hall
IV. For the Year Ending 31st March 1939 :
Part. I
1. PERSONNEL
2. TOURS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE ASSISTANTS
3. WORK DONE DURING THE YEAR
4. PUBLICATION
5. LIST OF VILLAGES WHERE INSCRIPTIONS WERE COPIED
Part. II
I. IKHAKU KING VASITHIPUTA EHUVULA CHATAMULA
II. BIRUDAS OF THE ADIYAMAN CHIEF AT NAMAKKAL
III. SOME ARCHAIC INSCRIPTIONS OF THE 7-9TH CENTURIES A. D. IN THE TELUGU DISTRICTS
IV. AN EARLY LABELLED DVARAPALA IMAGE FROM BEZWADA
V. THE EASTERN CHALUKYAS :
1. Vijayaditya II
2. Vijayaditya III
3. Badapa
VI. THE HAIHAYAS KONA-MANMA-MALLA
VII. THE KAKATIYAS :
1. Kakatiya Prataparudradeva his General Devari-Nayaka at Srirangam
2. The Kayastha Chiefs
3. Prolaya-Nayaka
4. Undisvaradeva of the Solar race
VIII. THE CHOLAS :
1. Parakesarivarman
2. Aditya II Karikala
3. Uttama-Chola
4. Rajaraja I
5. Rajendra-Chola
6. Rajadhiraja I
7. Kulottunga I
8. Vikrama-Chola
9. Kuluttunga-Chola III
10. A flower garden Called after Saint Sudikkoduttal
11. Poet Sakalavidyachakravartti
12. A Settlement of Boundary between two temple lands
13. Other inscriptions Assignable to Kulottunga III
14. Rajaraja III
15. His Relationship with the Pandya
16. And with the Hoysala
17. Management of the king's Personal Lands
18. Horse Dealers of Malai-Mandalam
19. Rajendra-Chola III
IX. THE PANDYAS :
1. Jatavarman Srivallabha
2. Maravarman Sundara-Pandya I
3. Alagapperumal, the Brother-in-law of Maravarman Sundara-Pandya and of Jatavarman Kulasekhara
4. Jatavarman Sundara-Pandya I: his benefactions to the Srirangam temple
5. Management of the temple Property
6. Vira-Pandya,'ruler of Konkana
7. Maravarman Kulasekhara
8. Rathakaras
9. Jatavarman Sundara-Pandya : accn. 1303 A. D.
10. Maravarman Kulasekhara : accn. 1314 A.D
11. Parakrama-Pandya : accn. 1334 A.D.
12. Maravarman Vira-Pandya : accn. A.D. 1420 ; his titles Kaliyugaraman and Tirunelveli-udaiyar
X. THE HOYSALAS VIRA-SOMESVARA
XI. THE YADAVAS YADAVA PRATAPACHAKRAVARTI SINGHANADEVA
XII. THE YIJAYANAGARA KINGS :
1. Harihara (I), Ruling from Vidyanagara
2. Bukka (I)
3. Kampana Udaiyar
4. Harihara II
5. Virupaksha II
6. Devaraya I
7. Uttama-Nambi and Chakraraya
8. Vira- and Vijaya-Bhupati
9. Devaraya II
10. Anna-C3iaun4apa and Annadata-Udaiyar
11. Mallikarjuna his Governors
12. Saluva-Narasmha
13. Immadi-Narasimha
14. Vira-Narasimha
15. Krishnadevaraya : his Officers
16. Tirumalaraya
17. Achyutadevaraya
18. His visit to Ranganatha temple at Srirangam
19. His Rajamahishi Oduya Tirumalaidevi-Amman
20. Members of the Salakam Family
21. Achyuta's officers
22. Sadasivadeva-Maharaya
23. Irregular levy of taxes on Certain Villages Redressed
24. viramusthi Dommari Communities
25. Sriranga II: Saka 1501
26. Venkatapatideva-Maharaya
27. Ramadevaraya
28. Sriranga (Saka 1615)
XIII. MISCELLANEOUS :
1. Pallavas
2. Parthivendravarman
3. Kannaradeva, who took Kachchi and Tanjai
4. Hero-stone at Macherla
5. Spurious Copper-Plate of Vira Satyasrayadeva Chakravarti
6. Kerala ruler Ravivarman Kulasekhara
7. Gajapati Hambira-Kumara-Mahapatra
8. Prataparudradeva
9. Keladi chief, Somasekhara
10. Achyutappa-Nayaka of Tanjore
11. Madura Nayaka chief Muddalakadri
12. Queen Minakshi
13. Tupakula Ramakrishnappa Nayaka
14. Persian Inscriptions at Poonamallee and Gingee
15. Library Attached to the temple at Srirangam
16. Appointment of a new Committee to Select Sanyasins for looking after the Properties of the Ranganatha temple
17. Dupleix's Inscription at Pondicherry
18. Tirukkami Avadhaniyar, author of an ula
19. Endowment for Teaching English by Pachchayappa Mudali