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A Chalukya inscription is dated in the year 556 of the Saka era. It is equivalent to
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- 478 AD
- 499 AD
- 613 AD
- 634 AD
Correct Option: A
A Chalukya inscription is dated in the year 556 of the Saka era. It's equivalent to 478 AD. This undated inscription belongs to the reign of the Chalukaya king Vijayaditya Satyasraya. It registers the grant of 20 matters of red soil, amattar of wet land and 2 matters of garden land to Talereyar by Vikramaditya, the uncle of Banarja, when the latter was ruling Turamara-vishaya as the king's feudatory. It also states that Vikramaditya had the birudas Taruna and Samanta -kesari and that he was ruling Ayiradi. The inscription was written by Singutti.