The Indian Analyst
 

South Indian Inscriptions

 
  NAGPUR DISTRICT          
190

Nagpur─Nagpur Museum, Buddhist bronze image, from Sirpur, Raipur District. Photograph from the Museum.

 

 

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Sanskrit, Northern Alphabet.

Reads Drōṇāditya. The Buddhist formula is found engraved on the back. In characters of about the 10th century.

 

 

 

 

 

191

Do. Another image.    Do.

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Do.

Do.

 

 

192

Do. Another image.    Do.

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Do.

Reads Kumāradattasya.          Do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

192-A

Do. Slab in the Museum

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Marāṭhī(?), Nagarī Persian, Naskh.

 

Seems to reads :
1 dara jamana
2 Hajarati Shulhana(ta)ṅi jā.
3 ma pyāsu || 0 | lapha
4 vāta sāḷe vaḍaḍa | vana
5 chaṇagu.

For the Persian portion, see Appendix C,No. 76.

 

 

 

 

  SAGAR DISTRICT          
193

Banda.─Broken slab deposited in the Tahsil office.

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Śaka 1612, Āśvina śu 9.

 

Sanskrit, Nāgarī

Mentions Mahārājakumāra Gautamadēvavarman, his son Bhaiyā Māhārāyadēvavarman, his son Mahārājakumāra Chaturbhujadēvavarman and his son Bhaiyāsāhib Rāyadēva.

 

 

194

Sagar.─Slab above a panel of sculptures in a military mess house.

Kalachurī Śaṅkaragaṇa ….

Sanskrit, Northern Alphabet.

Records a meritorious work (kīrtti) done by Kṛishṇadēvī of Loṇiya-vaṁśa, wife of Rājaputra Śrī-Deüka of Kalāirēya vaṁśa, for the merit of her parents. Published in Ep. Ind. Vol. XXVII, pp. 163 ff. and Plate.

195

Do. Slab below another sculpture in the same place.

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Damaged. Seems to record the death of a certain warrior. In characters of about the 13th century.

 

MADRAS
ANANTAPUR DISTRICT HINDUPUR TALUK

         
196 Gurrēpalle (or Goravanahaḷḷi, a hamlet of Mōda).─Mahālakshmī temple, slab set up near the north prākāra a inside the gōpura. …. …. [Śaka] 1411

[Kannaḍa]

Mentions Rāmarāja-Viṭṭhala. The inscription is engraved on very rough surface and the letters are indistinct.

 

ARCOT DISTRICT, NORTH
GUDIYATTAM TALUK

         
197

Kaḷiñjūr.─Svarṇamukhīśvara temple, fragment of a slab in a wall.

Kannaradēva Kannaradēva Year 22

Tamil

Fragmentary. Mentions Paḍuvūr-kōṭṭam.

198

Do. Another fragment paved in the prākāra of the temple.

Rājarājakēsarivarman Rājarājakēsarivarman Year 16 Do. Do.
199 Do. Ceiling of the maṇḍapa in the temple …. …. …. Do.

Fragmentary. Seems to record the gift of two lamps to the temple. Mentions Mīyārai-nāḍu and [Ka]ḷañjūr. In characters of about the 10th century.

200 Do.      do. Maduraikoṇḍa Maduraikoṇḍa Year [1.] Do. Damaged. Mentions the sabhā of Kaḷañjūr.

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