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Hindu Inscripliotis. 



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Also to Tribhuvana Malla, lord of the earth, the pure, the limpid 

 fountain of honour, who became illustrious in the world. 



Likewise to these celebrated princes, Vishnu verddhana Vijitaditj^a, 

 and many other regal jewels who have been produced in the earth, 

 commended throughout the world, who were of the Manavyasa Gotra, 

 the children of Hariti, who received the distinguished gift of the 

 white canopy from Kounsik ;* who are supported by seven mothersf 

 who obtained the lofty present of the peacock fan from Kartikeya,| and 

 the club ensign i^Kunta dhwaja), and the boar signet (varaha lanshana) 

 from the eminent favour of Bhagawan Narayana, who subdued all 

 their enemies in an instant, the refuge of the whole world and of the 

 inhabitants tliereof.§ 



Such was the Chalukya race, the preservers of the splendour of 

 Nala ; the strong-armed achieving conquest by their bow-strings 

 over the great power of the inimical Kadambas, lofty powerful heroes 

 to conquer, but not to be overcome, destroyers of the authority of the 

 Ratta Kulas and of the Kalabhuryas. 



In this race fifty-nine princes were born, having supported the 

 kingdom and passed away, at Ayodyapura and other places ; and in 

 this race also sixteen reigned conspicuously in the Dekkan or South. 



Certain generations of enemies then intervened, when again the 

 Chalukya vansa recovered their former possessions. 



The flower of the shoot from the Chalukya tree became the retiring 

 place in which Latchmi reposed herself. Like a thunderbolt to the 

 mountain of his enemies, or a god subduing the Dyts,the sword of Java 

 Sinha Walaba, celebrated in true history, destroyed the firmly-esta- 

 blished recent kings. 



He ov ercame the army of 800 elephants of the son of the moon of 

 the Ratta Kuta Kuia, named Krishta. He destroyed that prince, 

 with his army of 500 elephants. Thus the goddess of royalty (raj 

 Lachmi) was attained by the Chalukya race. 



To him was born Ranna Ragaha, desirous of attaining the feet of 

 Hara by his good deeds ; desirous of battle, of breaking the innumera- 



* This is now borne by the Shenkav Bbavti Swami, the Guru of the SmarthaBrahmans. 



i- The Saptah Matvaha, or seven Saktis, are Brahmi, Maheswari, Koumari, Vaishnuvi, 

 Varahi, Indrani, Chamundi. 



% The Solanki Gotracharya, as given by Colonel Tod, differs wholly from this enume- 

 ration of the Chalukya titles, viz. : Madwani Sacka ; Bardwaj gotra ; Gurh Lokoti 

 nekas ; Saraswati nadi ; Shamveda; Kapliswar Deva ; Karduman Rikeswar; Teon 

 Purvvar zenar ; Keonj Devi ; Maipal putra. I. 97. 



In another inscription is the following verse : Who shall relate the praise, the 

 eminence, of the foi-mer Chalukyas, who acquired the Mayura Dhwaja from Tarakaveiri 

 (Shenmukh), the Varaha mudra from Padma lochana (Vishnu), the lofty chhatra from 

 Bhagavat Katiyayani, and with these insignia governed the world. Nagari, p. 107. 



\ Shenmukh, 



