SII 11.1: original edition by C. R. Krishnamacharlu, R. S. Panchamukhi, N. Lakshminaraya Rao and H. K. Narasimhaswami 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 European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv11p0i0001.xml 2019-2026 as per external metadata

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.Bomb. Gaz. Vol. I, pt. II, p. 328.

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

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saṁvatsare Ātmano rājyavarṣe ca varddhamāne trayodaśe .

siṁhena mahāmallena vidviṣām vātāpiratimānena bhāradvājamalaṁkariṣṇuratulaṁ gotraṁ guṇairātmano tayaḥ kṣitibhujāmagresaraḥ palla śiṁhaviṣṇuradhipaḥ stambhañjayaśrī maṇḍapairbbahumate prakhyātakhaṇḍopale

sti śakavarṣe ṣaṣṭya śame

trayodaśe The letter śe has been read from the stone.

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

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

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