Base of the dhvajastaṁbha in the same temple.

Damaged. Gives the genealogy of the Tuḷuva dynasty of Vijayanagara.

CUDDAPAH DISTRICT.

PULIVENDLA TALUK.

Agaḍūru.─Slab set up in front of the Chennakēśvara temple.

Śaka 1466, Krōdhi, Kārttika, śu. 12.

Records the gift of the local toll income for the conduct of certain festivals to the god Chennakēśava at Amaḍūru by the Mahāmaṇḍlēśvara Raṅgayadēva-Mahārāja, son of Samma[ka] Tipayadēva of the Ātrēya-gōtra.

Three sides of a mutilated slab lying near the same temple.

Much damaged. Refers to a gift made in the presence of the god Viṭhala at Vijayanagara (details lost).

Alavalapāḍu.─Slab set up near the Śiva temple in the village.

Ānanda, Mārgaśira, ba. 8.

Damaged. Seems to record some gift to the potters by the village officials. In characters of about the 17th century A. D.

Slab set up at the entrance of the Chenna-kēśava temple.

Śaka 1705, Śōbha-
kṛit, Vaiśākha, śu. 10.

Records that Timmakka, wife of Narasāreḍḍi of Gaukanapalle and daughter of Koṇḍāreḍḍi of Aluvalapāḍu, renovated the temples of the gods Chennakēśava and Sāṁba (Śiva) and restored the daily offerings.

Śaka 1473, Virō-
dhikṛit, Pushya,
ba. 30 Monday,
Ardhōdaya = A. D.
1552, Jan. 25,
Monday : ∙79 ; Nak.
Śravaṇa was current till ∙41.

Registers the gift of twenty chakram coins for the daily offerings to the gods Bhōgēśvara and Chennakēśava of Alavalapāḍu by Dommari Pedarāju, son of Abbarāju, for the merit of the twenty-four families of his community. This money, it is stated, was the fixed grant in cash received by the community every year.

Chāgalēru.─Slab built into the platform of the Śiva temple outside thevillage.

In characters of about the 8th century A. D. Seems to record the death of one Peddini in a cattle raid.

Stone lying near the Āñjanēya temple outside the village.

Damaged. Seems to record a gift of land to the learned Brāhmaṇas of the village. In characters of about the 16th century A. D.

Chandragiri.─Slab lying near the village.

Dhātu, Jyēshṭha,

Fragmentary. Seems to record the gift of income from the marriage tax for maintaining a lamp to god Hanumān.

Cherlōpalle (hamlet of Santakōvūru).─Slab set up in the dilapidated site of the Āñjanēya temple.

Śaka 1459, Hēmaḷ-
aṁbi, Śrāvana, ba,
1, Saturday = A.D.
1537, July 7, Satur-
day : f.d.t. ∙21 (ba is a mistake for śu.).

Records a gift land for daily offerings to the god Chennakēśava at Mārakapuram, a suburb of Cherlōpalle, by Timmināyaka, son of Timmināyaka of Penugoṇḍa. The latter village, it is stated, had been bestowed as amara fief to the donor by Peda-Tirumalarāja.

Gollala Gūḍūru.─Broken slab lying near the village.

Pramādi, Bhādrapada, śu. 12.

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