# SII 11.1: original edition by C. R. Krishnamacharlu, R. S.
Panchamukhi, N. Lakshminaraya Rao and H. K. Narasimhaswami

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 1. (B.K. No. 100 of 1928-29). BĀDĀMI, BADAMI
TALUK, BIJAPUR DISTRICT. ON A ROCK BEHIND THE TEMPLE OF MALLIKĀRJUNADĒVA

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv11p0i0001

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII11/DHARMA_INSSIIv11p0i0001.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Grantha]

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## Summary

This inscription in Pallava-Grantha characters is much obliterated. Of
the king’s name, only the epithet or surname ‘Mahāmalla’ is preserved,
and the record has to be assigned to king Narasiṁhavarman I of the
Pallava dynasty of Kāñchī. It is dated in the 13th year of the king’s
reign. From the characters it may be ascribed to about the 7th century
A.D. Bādāmi is herein mentioned under the ancient name of ‘Vātāpi.’
According to Dr. Fleet, the present inscription will have to be assigned
to the end of the reign of Pulakēśin II.[1]

(Published in Ind. Ant., Vol. IX, p 99. The revised text of the
inscription is given below with a plate).

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [12+] (saṁ)vatsare Ātmano rājyavarṣe ca varddhamāne tra(yodaśe) (|)

⟨2⟩ [3+] siṁhena mahāma(lle)na vidviṣām vātāpiratimā(nena) [6+] ⟨3⟩
bhāradvāja(malaṁka)riṣṇuratulaṁ gotraṁ guṇairātmano [10+] ⟨4⟩ [2+]
(ta)yaḥ kṣitibhujāmagresaraḥ palla [9+] ⟨5⟩ [6+] śiṁhaviṣṇura(dhi)paḥ
stambhañjaya(śrī) [7+] ⟨6⟩ [3+] (maṇḍa)pairbbahumate
prakhyāta(khaṇḍopale) [7+]

⟨7⟩ [7+] sti śakavarṣe ṣa(ṣṭya) [8+] ⟨8⟩ [6+] śame [15+] ⟨9⟩ [9+]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ tra(yodaśe) • The letter śe has been read from the stone.

## Commentary

⟨7–8⟩ Lines 7 and 8 are engraved in the Chālukyan characters of the 7th
century A.D. and from a separate inscription.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 11.1 by Krishnamacharlu et al. 1940 converted to
DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis. See plate I.

### Primary

[SII] Krishnamacharlu, C. R., R. S. Panchamukhi, N. Lakshminarayan Rao &
H. K. Narasimhaswami. 1940. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume XI:
Bombay-Karnatak inscriptions: Volume I, Part I. With introductory notes
in English. South Indian Inscriptions 11, Part 1. Madras: Government
Press. Page 1, item 1.

[1] Bomb. Gaz. Vol. I, pt. II, p. 328.