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SOUTH INDIAN INSCRIPTIONS
VOLUME XVII
INSCRIPTIONS COLLECTED DURING 1903 - 1904
YADAVARAYA
Tirukkalattideva Yadavaraya
No. 692.
(A. R. No.
636 of 1904).
Ramagiri, Tiruvallur Taluk, Chingleput
District.
On the north wall of the central shrine in the Valisvara
temple. Year 8.
This inscription commences with the prasasti
samasta-sakala-bhuvana, etc., of Tirukkalattideva Yadavaraya who is a well
known feudatory of the Chola king Rajaraja III. Hence the year 8 cited in the body of the record is probably the
regnal year of the Chola king.
This seems to record the gift of the villages
Tirukkalattidevanallur and Munaimedu alias
Tirukkalattideva-chaturvedimangalam is Chela-nadu as a tax-free kani,
for the merit of a certain svamidevar whose name is lost and who is stated to
have belonged to the Santana of Lakshadhyaya-mudaliyar and who is also
said to have been the preceptor to the Chola and Pandya kings.
Vira Narasingadeva.
No. 711.
(A. R. No. 654 of 1904).
Ramagiri, Tiruvallur Taluk, Chingleput District.
On the east wall of the Bhairava shrine in the Valisvara temple.
Viranarasinga-Yadavaraya. Year 36.
The details of the date given, viz., Makara and
Rohini are insufficient for verification.
This inscription records the sale of the right of worship and other services,
for 20 days in the temple of Tirukkarikarai-udaiyar by certain sivabrahmanas
of Narpattirandu vattam of the temple to the sivabrahmana Agavalan Suriya
Bhattan.
No. 771.
(A. R. No. 714 of
1904).
Tirumala
(Tirupati), Chandragiri Taluk, Chittoor District.
On the north wall of the first prakara (called the Mukkoti-ekadasi-pradakshina)
in the Venkatesa-perumal temple. Yadavaraya Vira Narasingadeva.
Published in T. T.
Devasthanam Inscriptions, Vol. I,
No. 93.
Yadavaraya (Unidentified)
No. 705.
(A. R. No. 648 of 1904).
Ramagiri, Tiruvallur Taluk, Chingleput District.
On the west wall of the Bhairava shrine in the Valisvara temple. Yadavaraya. Year 36.
This inscription records the gift of land as tirunamattukkani-ubaiyam, made
free of the taxes ponvari, kadamai, antarayam, etc., by the inhabitants (uravar)
of Arikandapuram for services during the festivals in the month of Vaigasi, in
the temple of Tirukkarikarai-udaiyar.
Among the boundaries of the gift land, the record mentions the hamlet Kalaya
kandachcheri.
Miscellaneous
No. 25.
(A. R. No. 23-A of 1904).
Hospet,
Hospet Taluk, Bellary District.
On two pillars in a mandapa
on the way to the Jabunatha temple.
This record is undated
Published in S.I.I., Vol. IX,
Part II, No. 636.
No. 28.
(A. R. No. 26 of 1904).
Malapangudi,
Hospet Taluk, Bellary District.
On a stone beam over the steps
of the well called Sulobhavi.
The record is in late
characters and is dated in Parthiva, ba. 5.
It seems to refer to the
setting up to an image of Triyambaka. The inscription is much mutilated.
No. 32.
(A. R. No. 30 of 1904).
Ambali,
Kudligi Taluk, Bellary District.
On the mandapa in front
of the Kallesvara temple.
Published in S.I.I., Vol. IX,
Part II, No. 711.
No. 34.
(A. R. No. 32 of 1904).
Ambali,
Kudligi Taluk, Bellary District. On a hero-stone near a well.
This badly damaged inscription
is engraved in characters of about the 10th 11th century.
It seems to record the death of
a person named Butuga.
No. 41.
(A. R. No. 39 of 1904).
Kogali,
Hadagalli Taluk, Bellary District.
On the salb set up in front of
the Virabhadrasvamin temple. 1531 A.D.
This is dated Saka
1454, Khara, Jyeshtha, ba. 10,
corresponding to 1531 A.D. June 10. The
Saka year was current.
It records the gift of the mulavisa
at the rate of 1 kasu per heru, by Mokeya Tippi Setti Basetti of
Balari, Mosageya Guruvappa and others of the merchant community for a perpetual
lamp for god Virabhadra of Kogali consecrated by Basetti, son of Tippisetti of
Koturu. Virupaya of Ujini is said to
have carved the image.
No. 42.
(A. R. No. 40 of 1904).
Kogali,
Hadagalli Taluk, Bellary District.
On a viragal set up in
front of the temple of Hanuman. 908 – 09 A.D.
Published in S.I.I., Vol. IX,
Part I, No. 53.
No. 45.
(A. R. No. 43 of 1904).
Kudatini,
Bellary Taluk, Bellary District.
On a slab set up near the
platform in front of the Kumarasvamin temple. 1210 A.D.
This is dated Saka 1132
Pramoda, Jyeshtha, su. 3, Thursday regularly corresponding to 1210 A.D.,
May 27, the month being
Nija-Jyeshtha.
It records gift of lands,
house-sites and an oil mill for a perpetual lamp to the god Nagesvara by
Vinayanidhi Vishnukaradeva and the five Vargas and others who had formed an assembly. Among others Sunkaveggade-Nagarasa is mentioned as one of
the donors.
No. 50.
(A. R. No. 48 of 1904).
Kudatini,
Bellary Taluk, Bellary District.
On a slab built into the
platform in front of the Kumarasvamin temple. 1188 A.D.
This is dated Saka 1090,
Sarvajit, Magha, su. 5, Thursday. The details correspond to 1168 A.D., January 18. The tithi ended at 19 on the previous day. The Saka year was current.
It records that the son, name
lost, on the Gavunda of Konkanageri raised a shrine for god Rinamochanadeva,
consecrated the god therein and also made provision for the repairs and upkeep
of the shrine. It further records that
Habbimayya Savideva made a gift of land to the same god. The record states that during the period Dandasani Purushottama-brahmachari-arasar was ruling
over the territory.
No. 51.
(A. R. No. 49 of
1904).
Kudatini,
Bellary Taluk, Bellary District.
On a fragment of a slab built
into the west wall of
the mandapa in front of the Kumarasvamin temple. 981 A.D.
This is dated Saka 903,
Vrisha, Chaitra, su. 5, Thursday, Pushya nakshatram and Balava karana. If the tithi su. 5 is a
mistake for su. 9, the details correspond to 981 A.D., March 17.
The record seems to register
some gift of land for the repairs and whitewash to a temple (name lost). It is badly damaged.
No. 56.
(A. R. No. 54 of 1904).
Kudatini,
Bellary Taluk, Bellary District.
On a slab set up near the
Jakkeru-bhavi.
This is dated Saka 971, Vriodhi,
Phalguna su. 13, corresponding to 1050
A.D. February 7.
It records gifts of lands
totaling 129 mattar and 450 kamma to god Somesvaradeva by
Jasakabbe. It refers to a
Karttikeyadeva-tapovana.
No. 57.
(A. R. No. 55 of 1904).
Kudatini,
Bellary Taluk, Bellary District.
On a slab built into the floor of the darga. 1120 A.D.
Published in S.I.I., Vol. IX,
Part I, No. 199.
No. 59.
(A. R. No. 55-B of 1904).
Kudatini,
Bellary Taluk, Bellary District.
On a broken pillar lying in the
Lakshminarasimhasvamin temple.
It mentions Jakkita, son of
Pallava Tata of Atreya-gotra and Taitiriya-Sakha, who was residing in
Pakala-agrahara in Gudravata-desa of Vengimandala when Kakkaladeva was ruling,
and seems to refer to some gift (detail lost) in Somesvarasthana.
No. 65.
(A. R. No. 59 of 1904).
Kurugodu,
Bellary Taluk, Bellary District.
On two faces of a pillar in the
bazaar street. 1512 A.D.
This is dated Saka 1435,
Angirasa, Asvija, su. 15, lunar eclipse corresponding to 1512 A.D.,
Septeber 25. The Saka year was
current.
It records that Mallamamma, the
wife of Mallapanayaka of Kuragodu had the well of the temple of god
Santa-Mallikarjuna repaired and made a gift of land to the god for a
flower-garden.
No. 70.
(A. R. No. 64 of 1904).
Kalkambha,
Bellary Taluk, Bellary District.
On the slab set up near the
Kallesvara temple. 1029 A.D.
Published in S.I.I., Vol. IX,
Part I, No. 42.
No. 71.
(A. R. No. 65 of 1904).
Kalkambha,
Bellary Taluk, Bellary District.
On a slab close to the chavadi. 1030 A.D.
Published in S.I.I., Vol. IX,
Part I, No. 84.
No. 72.
(A. R. No. 66 of 1904).
Kalkambha,
Bellary Taluk, Bellary District.
On a slab lying near a mound
close to the village.
This record, in characters of
about the 9th century A.D. mentions Rachaya Gamunda and Maraganga
and seems to record a gift. Rukaya,
Maraya, Viraya and others seem to figure as signatories of the record.
No. 73.
(A. R. No. 67 of 1904).
Kalkambha,
Bellary Taluk, Bellary District.
On a slab set up in the field
called Gopikallu-Hola. 1049 A.D.
Published in S.I.I., Vol. IX,
Part I, No. 44.
No. 74.
(A. R. No. 68 of 1904).
Oravayi,
Bellary Taluk, Bellary District.
On a slab lying on the right
side of the entrance of the central shrine of the Benakappa temple.
1195 A.D.
Published in S.I.I., Vol. IX,
Part I, No. 322.
No. 78.
(A. R. No. 70-A of 1904).
Bagali,
Harpanahalli Taluk, Bellary District.
On a slab set up on the right
side of the southern entrance to the central shrine of the Kallesvara temple.
Published in S.I.I., Vol. IX,
Part II, No. 710.
No. 87.
(A. R. No. 78-A of
1904).
Bagali,
Harpanahalli Taluk, Bellary District.
On a slab set up on the west
side of the ruined shrine close to the mandapa in Kallesvara temple.
1209 A.D.
Published in S.I.I., Vol. IX,
Part II, No. 712.
No. 91.
(A. R. No. 82 of
1904).
Bagali,
Harpanahalli Taluk, Bellary District.
On a pillar in the mandapa in
front of the Narasimhasvamin shrine in the Kallesvara temple.
This dated in the cyclic year Nandana,
Magha, su. 10, Sunday. The record
is in characters of about the 11th century.
It registers a gift of land to
Puranada Vishnubhatta by the fifty mahajanas of Baguli which bears the
appellation Harischandradatti.
No. 92.
(A. R. No. 82-A of
1904).
Bagali,
Harpanahalli Taluk, Bellary District.
On a pillar in the mandapa in front of the Narasimhasvamin shrine in the
Kallesvara temple.
1032 A.D.
This is dated the cyclic year plava,
Magha, su. 15, Sunday. Palaeographically the record may be assigned to about the 11th
century and the details correspond to 1032, A. D, January 27.
It registers a gift of land to
the god Narasimhadeva of Vithapura by the fifty mahajanas of the agrahara Baguli called Harischandradalli.
No. 93.
(A. R. No. 82-B of
1904).
Bagali,
Harpanahalli Taluk, Bellary District.
On pillar in the mandapa
in front of the Narasimhasvamin shrine in the Kallesvara temple.
1031 A.D.
This is dated in the cyclic
year Plava, Vaisakha, ba. 30, Monday. Palaeographically the record may be assigned to about the 11th
century. The details correspond to 1031
A.D., May 21, the month being Nija Vaisakha.
It registers a gift of land for
offerings to god Narasimhadeva, in the temple, of Kalideva, by the fifty mahajanas of agrahara Baguli called by
the appellation Harischandradatti.
No. 94.
(A. R. No. 83 of
1904).
Bagali,
Harpanahalli Taluk, Bellary District.
On a pillar in the mandapa in front of the Narasimhasvamin shrine in
the Kallesvara temple.
1065 A.D.
This is dated in the cyclic
year Visvavasu, Pusia, ba. 10, Sunday. On palaeographical grounds the record may be assigned to about the 11th
century. The given details correspond
to 1065 A.D., December 25.
It registers a gift of lands to
god Sadasivadeva, by Sadasiva, son of Gopanna, Gomena Vitthanna, Parimitana
Nachanna, and Kolagada Chavulayya, of the village Baguli, a Harischandradatti. The gift was made into the hands of the
fifty mahajanas of the village.
No. 98.
(A. R. No. 86-A of
1904).
Bagali,
Harpanahalli Taluk, Bellary District.
On a slab set up in front of
the Narasimhasvamin shrine in the Kallesvara temple. 1180 A.D.
Published in S.I.I., Vol. IX,
Part I, No. 274.
No. 104.
(A. R. No.
90-A of 1904).
Bagali, Harpanahalli Taluk, Bellary
District.
On the sixth slab set up on the south side of the Kallesvara
temple.
1212 A.D.
Published in S.I.I., Vol. IX, Part I, No. 331.
No. 110.
(A. R. No.
95-A of 1904).
Bagali, Harpanahalli Taluk, Bellary
District.
On the eleventh slab set up on the south side of the
Kallesvara temple.
Published in S.I.I., Vol. IX, Part I, No. 174.
No. 115.
(A. R. No.
99-A of 1904).
Bagali,
Harpanahalli Taluk, Bellary District.
On the fifteenth slab set up on the south side of the
Kallesvara temple.
1188 A.D.
Published in S.I.I., Vol. IX, Part I, No. 281.
No. 118.
(A. R. No.
102 of 1904).
Bagali, Harpanahalli Taluk, Bellary
District.
On a slab set up in the south-west corner of the Kallesvara
temple. 986 A.D.
This is dated in Saka 907, Parthiva, Phalguna, Punname,
Probably corresponding to 986 A.D., February 27.
It seems to record a gift of income from levies to Bacha by
the One-hundred and twenty mahajanas of Sindamuge in appreciation of his
heroism in an attack by Kaliga and others. It further records the conferring of the title Irmmadi-gadamba to
Manneyara Ballaha for having killed Kaliga.
No. 120.
(A. R. No.
104 of 1904).
Bagali, Harpanahalli Taluk, Bellary
District.
On a slab set up inside the Male-Mallappa temple. 1108 A.D.
Published in S.I.I., Vol. IX, Part I, No. 178.
No. 132.
(A. R. No.
114 of 1904).
Tiruchchopuram, Cuddalore Taluk,
South Arcot District
On both sides of the entrance into the first prakara
of the Mangalapurisvara temple.
Palaeographically this record may be assigned to the 16th
century A.D. It is in verse and praises
the Tondaikavalan. The Pandya and the Chola are stated to have
been begging for their country and crown respectively.
No. 133.
(A. R. No.
114-A of 1904).
Tiruchchopuram, Cuddalore Taluk,
South Arcot District
On both sides of the entrance into the first prakara of the Mangalapurisvara temple.
This record also may be assigned to the same period as No.
132 above, with which it is closely connected.
It states that the Chola king was crowned by the queen of Tondaiman. It also registers a gift of 12 ma of land in
Tondaiman-nallur for worship and various festivals.
No. 140.
(A. R. No.
120 of 1904).
Tirthanagari, Cuddalore Taluk,
South Arcot District
On the south wall of the mandapa in front of the
central shrine in the Sivankuresvara temple.
This incomplete record engraved in Grantha characters gives
a number of birudas including Ayyangamalaparayara
Gandagandagopala-sirah-kantu [for ndu]ka-kridavinoda
Pandya-sthapanacharya, apparently of a Hoysala king. Palaographically
it may be assigned to the 13 – 14th century A.D.
No. 146.
(A. R. No.
126 of 1904).
Tirthanagari, Cuddalore Taluk,
South Arcot District
On the door post of the gopura of the first prakara of the
Sivankuresvara temple.
The contents of this record are the same as in No. 132
above.
No. 177.
(A. R. No.
157 of 1904).
Tiruppalappandal, Cuddalore Taluk,
South Arcot District.
On the south wall of the manadapa in front of the
central shrine in the Madhyasthanathesvara temple.
This incomplete inscription which is in Tamil verse is in
praise of Magadesan the well-known Bana chief : His natal star is stated
to be Uttiradam.
No. 185.
(A. R. No.
165 of 1904).
Tiruppalappandal, Cuddalore Taluk,
South Arcot District.
On the south wall of the Kanakambika shrine in the
Madhyasthanathesvara temple. Dunmukhi.
The details of date given are Dunmukhi, Kattigai, 25,
Palaeographically this inscription may be assigned to the 18th
century.
It mentions the desolation of the parru on account of
the death of Rayar and the measures taken by the mahajanas and tanattar
of the place for the god consecrated by the Mudalis of Aragalur. This inscription is unfinished.
No. 218.
(A. R. No.
196 of 1904).
Tiruvakkarai, Viluppuram Taluk,
South Arcot District.
On the left side of the gopura of the first prakara of the Chandramaulisvara temple.
S. 1352 : 1430 A.D.
This inscription records in Tamil verse the construction of
a gopuram and tirumandapam
for the god at Vakkarai by Semmandai Gangeyan, the chief of
Kambakkalirrannalidur (?)
No. 219.
(A. R. No.
197 of 1904).
Tiruvakkarai, Viluppuram Taluk,
South Arcot District.
On the left side of the gopura on the first prakara
of Chandramaulisvara temple.
This inscription also in verse and in modern charcters
records the renovation of gopura and mandapa by Sevva[nna]n. The structures are stated to have been
originally built by Gangeyan (vide No. 218 above).
No. 221.
(A. R. No.
199 of 1904).
Tiruvakkarai, Viluppuram Taluk,
South Arcot District.
On the west base of the gopura of the first prakara
of Chandramaulisvara temple. Sobhakrit.
This inscription engraved in late characters records the
fixation of the levy on looms at ¼ panam per loom and the resettlement
of the weaver community after there had been a quarrel between the various
communities, by Naga Raddiyar and Linga Raddiyar of Sri Narasa-Panditar-nadu.
No. 230.
(A. R. No.
208 of 1904).
Tiruvakkarai, Viluppuram Taluk,
South Arcot District.
At the entrance (left side) into the Vardaaja-Perumal
shrine
in the Chandramaulisvara temple. Year 24.
This inscription in Tamil verse is dated in the year 24 of
the reign of an unnamed king. Palaeographically it may be assigned to the 11th century.
It records the construction of a door to the temple of
Vishnu (Mal) at Vakkarai by Kandan Turuvvaikon of Madandai (?).
No. 242.
(A. R. No.
220 of 1904).
Melsevur, Gingee Taluk, South Arcot
District.
On the west base of the mandapa in front of the central
shrine of the Vrishabhapurisvara temple. S 1392 : 1470 – 71 A.D.
This is dated Saka 1392, Vikriti corresponding to 1470 – 71
A.D. Other details of date are lost as the continuation of the record is built
in.
It seems to record the renovation made to a temple and a gift
for burning a lamp. Amnamarasa appears
as the signatory of the record.
No. 246.
(A. R. No.
224 of 1904).
Singavaram, Gingee Taluk, South
Arcot District.
On the east wall of the central shrine in the Ranganatha
temple.
It mentions that the flooring of the mandapa was made by Udaiyar Manavala Alvan
Tandadanattu-Brahmadarayan of Nerkunram alias Rajachudamaninallur in
Vidal-parru.
No. 255.
(A. R. No.
233 of 1904).
Singavaram, Gingee Taluk, South
Arcot District.
On the west base of the central shrine in the ruined
Adivaraha Perumal temple.
This inscription mentions the month of Adi of the year
Kilaka.
It records the gift of a lamp and the dedication of the
services of Avayattunai alias Vanarayakkon from the date of the grant
and three others from the year Rakkida (Rakshasa) as tiruvilakku-kudi to
god Panri Alvar by the nattavar of Ponnur-parru and Tuvarapati- velan. Vanduvarapati Samaiyakkanakkan figures as the signatory.
No. 258.
(A. R. No.
235-A of 19 | 