6 TRANSLATION OF INSCRIPTIONS 



Sdlivahana 1196, (A. D. 1274) and having no son, Vidyaranya, the Guri'i 

 of a neighbourmg Raja named Jambuk Raya, placed that Raja's son Bukka 

 Raya on the throne of Vijayanagar. 



We have here consequently an account different from all the preced- 

 ing ; how far more trustworthy may be questioned ; at any rate it is inaccu- 

 rate with respect to the name of the father of Bukka, and with regard to 

 his date, which we know from inscriptions was about A. D. 1370, or two 

 centuries more modern than that in the given pedigree. Tradition places 

 also the foundation of Vijayanagar in A. D. 1336, a period not incom- 

 patible with the political events to which it possibly owed its elevation, 

 the capture of Dicdrasamudra (the capital of the Belcil kings of Mysore) by 

 the Muhammedans, and consequent decline of their power occurring in 

 1310-11, and the destruction of Warankid and the subversion of the Andhra 

 or Telmga monarchy by the same enemies taking place about 1323. The 

 Muhammedans were prevented from following up their successes by the 

 disturbances in Upper Hindustan, which followed the death of Ala-ud-din ; 

 and the origin of the Bhdmini and other dynasties of the Dakhan : the 

 interval which ensued, and the absence of any paramount sovereignty in 

 the Peninsula were prohibitions to the rise and development of a new 

 power in that quarter. 



I have in another place animadverted upon the incongruity between 

 the chronological lists of the Vijayanagar princes commonly current in 

 the south of India, and the series of names and dates derivable from inscrip- 

 tions ; the former specifying 27 princes from Bukka to the 3rd Sriranga 

 between A. D. 1327 and 1665; and a collection of a great number of the 

 latter, distinguishing only 14 princes between A. D. 1370 and 1626. The 

 pedigree gives 20 princes from Bukka to the 3rd Sriranga between 1274 

 and the middle of the 17th century. A comparison of the three however 

 will reconcile some of the seeming incongruities and afford a clue to others. 



