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South Indian Inscriptions

 
 

KURNOOL DISTRICT
BANGANAPALLE TALUK

         
285

Baṅgānapalle.─Pillar built into the gateway of the Fort.

Vijayanagara

Veṅkaṭapatidēva-mahārāya ruling from Penugoṇḍa.

Śaka 1533, Sādhā raṇa, Jyēsṭha ba. 11.

Telugu

Registers a grant of the village Batulūrupāḍu situated in Banagānapalle-sīma by Bhāvarāju, son of Timmarājayya and grandson of Pōchirāju Avubhaḷarājayyadēva-mahāraja to god Chennakēsavaperumāḷ of Banagānapalle. The donor is said to have obtained the Banagānapalle-sīma as amaranāyaṅkara from the king.

 

  KURNOOL TALUK          
286

Anugoṇḍa─Stone in basaru-kaṭṭa

….

….

Śaka 1483, Durmati, Āshādha śu. 11.

Do.

Damaged. Mentions Kēnēṭrājayyadēva-mahārāja, son of Pinnamarāja and seems to register a gift of land to an Ārādhya (Brāhmaṇa).

 

287 Stone near the gāḍi-bhāvi …. ….

Chālukya Vikrama year 49, [Pra]mādi, Vishusaṅkrānti.

Kannada

 

States that Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Kūcha..rala, brother of Ghaṭeyaṁka . . , granted a piece of land for the expenses of offerings and worship to god Bhīmēśvara. The gift is stated to have been made for the merit of Uttama-chōḷadēva and Kūchādēvī. The donor bears a string of Telugu-Chōḷa birudas commencing with the introduction charaṇa-sarōruha, etc.

 

288

Koṅganapāḍu.─Slab in the diguḍubhāvi

Western Chālukya

Tribhuvanamalla

Vyaya Āshāḍha śu. 12, Thursday = 1106 A.D., June 14, Thursday.

 

Do.

Registers a gift of 2 mattar of land by Mallarasa of  Kādūru to Rāmadēva-paṇḍita, son of Rudrasiri-paṇḍita, for the expenses of worship and offerings to god Bhujaṅgēśvara.

 

289

Nāyakallu.─Bulusula Mallēśvara temple, pillar surmounted by an elephant in front of the temple.

…. …. …. Telugu

Damaged. Contains the praśasti of a Mahāsāmanta who had the titles of Nanniveḍaṅga and Sarvajanāśraya and is stated to have had the boar crest.

290

Īśvara temple, four sides of a pillar in front of the temple.

Rāshṭrakūṭa Akālavarsha Pṛithivīvallabha

Śaka 889, Prabhava, solar eclipse = 967 A.D., July 10.

Kannaḍa States that the Vīrabaḷañjas of Naravāḍi-500 granted as dēvamāna, specified portions on every unit of - such commodities as areca-nut, turmeric, etc., to god Gavarēśvara on the occasion of a solar eclipse when Nanni-Saḷukki Rāchamalla was ruling. The Baṭañjas are introduced with a long praśasti.
291

Mādhavasvāmin temple, pillar in the maṇḍapa.

…. ….

Śaka 1470, Kīlaka, Kārttika śu. 12.

Telugu

Damaged. Mentions Anugoṇḍa as the fief of Veṅkaṭādrirāju and refers to the gāḍibhāvi and probably some lands granted. Also refers to Śrīraṅgāchāryulu as the guru.

  PATTIKONDA TALUK          
292

Dūdekoṇḍa.─ Boulder near the road by the side of the village.

Vijayanagara Sadāśivadēva-mahārāya Śaka 14[77], Rākshasa, Āshāḍha .. Do. Damaged. Seems to refer to a gift of an agrahāra. States that the stone is the sthaḷakaṁbham (boundary pillar) of Kārumañchi, the agrahāra of Kandāla Śrīraṅgāchārlu See No. 291 above.
293

Kārumañchi.─Bhōgēśvara temple, stone set up near the chāvaḍi opposite the temple.

…. …. …. Do.  
294 Do., slab lying in front of the temple ….…. ….

Pramādi, Vaiśākha śu. 5.

 

Kannaḍa

Damaged. Seems to record a gift of a portion of their dues to the Liṅgada-Vīras by the Ganḍas and Prajas of Kārumañchi to Bhōgēśvara.

 


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