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Quilon Inscription of Jayasimha Vira Kerala Varma

By K. Rama Pisharoti, A. Govinda Warrier

Vol. 16 · No. 1March - 1940pp. 147–165English, Sanskrit

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  • “The Quilon inscription® of Vira Kerala Varma has attracted greater attention than it really deserves, for it has been freely utilised by more than one scholar to serve as a peg to hang their speculations.”
  • “Whether the speculations induced the translation or vice versa, Mr. Rao’s rendering cannot છટ accepted”
  • “Enough has now been said to show that the varied speculations and assumptions made on the basis of the inscription under study, namely that the founder of the Jayasimha dynasty of Quilon was a Jayasimha Vira Kerala Varma and that this Vira Kerala Varma was identical with the father of Ravi Varma Kulasekhara, are untenable.”

Works cited in this article

  1. The Conjevaram inscription of Ravi Varma Kuladekhara
  2. The Vira Raghava Cakravarti plate
  3. Vira Pindya and of Ravi Varma Kuladekhara
  4. Lilatilakam
  5. Unnaunilisandesam

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  • Quilon Inscription
  • Vira Pindya
  • Vira Raghava Cakravarti plate

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  • Perumpatappu Mippil
  • Jayasimhanit family

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Vol. 16 · No. 1
1–8Hyder Ali’s Relations with the Marathas (1766–67)Narendra Krishna Sinha9–19Post‑Vyasārāya PolemicsB. N. Krishnamurti Sharma20–39Durlabhrām: A Prominent Bengal Officer of the Mid‑eighteenth CenturyKali Kinkar Datta40–47Parijata‑dhvaja of the Maratha King SambhajiP. K. Gode48–57The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India (1206–1290 A.D.)Mohammad Aziz Ahmad58–69Vasudeva SarvabhaumaDinesh Chandra Bhattacharya70–98The Wife in the Vedic RitualJitendra Bimal Chaudhuri99–104Benares Plate of Govindacandra, King of Kanauj: (Vikrama‑) Samvat 1171R. K. Ghoshal105–117TeliagarhiSarit Sekhar Majumdar118–142Śiva and his Emblems on Early Indian Coins and SealsJitendra Nath Banerjee143–144Miscellany: Guṇaratna’s Tarkarahasyadīpikā and Dharmakīrti’s PramāṇavārttikaVidhushekhara Bhattacharya147–165Quilon Inscription of Jayasimha Vira Kerala VarmaK. Rama Pisharoti, A. Govinda WarrierCurrent article166–169Sher Shah’s Parganahs and their administrative OfficialsH. N. Sinha169–171A Note on the Śabdaniṟṇaya/ŚabdanirŇayaT. R. Chintamani172–178The Silver and Copper Coinage of Pre‑Moghul IndiaGottlieb L. Schanzlin179–182A Side‑light on the History of BengalDhirendra Chandra Ganguly182–186The Vatsagulma Copper‑plate Grant of Vākāṭaka Vindhyasakti - Regnal Year 37Dineshchandra Sircar187–206ReviewsDineshchandra Sircar, Nalinaksha Dutt, Chintaharan Chakravarti, Narendra Krishna Sinha, A. B. M. Habibullah, U. N. Ray207–218Select Contents of Oriental Journals

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