THE ANTIQUITIES OF MUKHALINGAM. 
83 
Nagara,^ tlie city of Kamarnava II. is still in existence 
under the name Is agarakataka. The ruined temples here 
and there along the way from the temple of Madhukesa 
up to Nagarakataka testify to the fact that when the 
temple was built the town was extensive, so much so that 
the shrine was in the centre of the town, The carvings on 
the gate of the temple referred to in line 62 of the inscrip- 
tion are still held in high estimation as beautiful specimens 
of Hindu sculpture. - 
20 It has now become clear that what is now called 
Mukhalingam is the town founded by Kamarnava under the 
name Jayantapura and that the temple was built by his 
nephew, Kamarnava II. The period of time during which 
the town and the temple were built, can likewise be de- 
termined from the information supplied by the inscription. 
The long list of the twenty kings given in the genealogical 
table covers a period of about three hundred and fifty years.''' 
It is known that the last-mentioned king Anantavarman 
was crowned in the year 1078 A.D. Kamarnava I. must 
according-ly have come to the throne about the year A.D. 
728 and ruled until A.D. 764 ; and his nephew Kamarnava 
II. reigned from A.D. 804 to A.D. 854. The town was 
1 This is the town where the temple was built. Mr. Sewell's quotation 
that Kam&rnava II. built a palace, called Madhnkesa in honour of 
the finding of a linga under a madhAka tree, near the deserted city of 
Trivishtapa" is evidently au incorrect translation. Trivishtapa-tiraslcritam 
(= excelling Trivishtapa, the city of Indra) is rendered into the deserted 
city of Trivishtapa. 
- Yad-dvar6rdhva-vichitra-patra4atihui-chitrani v& paiyat&m. 
' Plates Nos. 178 and 180 (Ind. Antiq. Vol. XVIII., p. 161/.) also con- 
tain genealogical information slightly differing from what is given in the 
foot-note under para. 18. In these plates, C/i6tia(/a?!(7aci!«fa's decent is traced 
only from Gumrr^ava (7th in the table). The names of Jitanhuia and 
Kaligalankuia are omitted. The name of Vajrahasta, son of Ounarnava, 
with a reigning piu-iod of 40 years m one plate and 44 yeais in the other, 
is added in them while it is not found in the genealogical table given 
above. Other differences are with regard to the leigning pei'iods of 
Oimdama (10th king), Kamilrnava IV. (11th) and Vajrahasta (17th). 
In the table given above, the number of years entered against these names 
is 7, 25, and 30 ; while in the other two plates, it is 3, 35, and 33 respec- 
tively. 
