Place of inscription.

Dynasty.

King.

Date.

Language and
alphabet.

Remarks.

BIJAPUR DISTRICT—cont.
BIJAPUR TALUK—cont.

110

Katakanhalli.—Pillar in the
temple of Mallikārjuna.

Western
Chāḷukya.

Chāḷukyachakravartin
Jagadēkamalladēva.

Siddharthin,
Kā[rttika], puṇṇami,
Monday, Vya[tīpā]ta, Uttarāyaṇa-saṅkramaṇa.

Kannaḍa          . .

Records a gift of land made to the temple of Mallikārjūna
at the agrahāra village Katakanahaḷḷi by Tārkikachụḍāmaṇi Kēśava-Paṇḍita and Mādhava-Paṇḍita.

111

Kumaṭgi.—Slab built into the
front wall of the deserted
Hanumān temple in the old
site of the village.

Do.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vīra]-Sōmēśvara.

(Lost)

Do.             . .

Badly damaged. Seems to record a gift of land and
house-sites made by the Mahājanas of Kummaṭage to
the temple of  Mūlasthāna Bhōgēśvara. Mentions the
village Kaggōḍa in the boundaries of the gift-land.

112

Same slab

Yādava          . .

Siṅgaṇadēva          . .       . .        . .

15th year, Yuva,
Bhādrapada, śu.
puṇṇame, Wednesday, lunar eclipse.

Do.        . .

Records a gift of land made by Mahādēvarasa, the Mūligas
and the Eṇṭu-Hiṭṭus, for the benefit of the temple of
Mūlasthāna Bhōgēśvaradēva at Kuṁbiṭage.

113

Another slab set up in the same
place.

Western
Chāḷukya.

Tribhuvanamalla Sōmēśvara        . .

6th year, Plavaṅga,
Chaitra, ba. 1.
Thursday.

Do.        . .

Records that the image of Chenna-Brahmēśvaradēva was
reconsecrated and a gift of land was made for the
worship etc., of the deity by the Mahājanas, Eṇṭu-Hiṭtus etc.,of the agrahāra village Kummaṭage.

114

Madbhāvi.—Pillar used as a foot-step in the Kallēśvara temple.

Yādava           . .

Bhillamadēva      . .         . .          . .           

4th year, Sādhāṛaṇa,
Kārttika, śu.
puṇṇamī, Monday,
Vyatīpāta, saṅkramaṇa.

Do.        . .

Badly damaged. Seems to record a gift of money made
to God Svayaṁbhū-Bijjalē[śvara].

115

Broken slab built into the plinth
of the Kallēśvara temple.

            . .

                        . . . .

            . .

Do.        . .

Fragment. Seems to record a gift of land made to
several individuals of whom the names of Bhīma-Bhaṭṭa
and Nīlakaṇṭha-Bhaṭṭa are preserved.

116

Torvi.—Lintal stone over the entrance to Khānasāheba’s tomb.

            . .

                        . . . .

            . .

Urdu             . .

Mr. G. Yazdani reads the inscription as ‘ Raudha Maulāna
Shaikh, Śalih Qādiriqaddas sirruhu’ and translates it as
‘ the mausoleuṁ of Maulāna shaikh, Ṣāliḥ, Qādiri, may
God sanctify his secret.’

NORTH KANARA DISTRICT.
SIRSI TALUK.

117

Banavāsi.—Stone couch kept in a
room in the compound of the
Madhukēśvara temple.

            . .

                        . . . .

Vibhava, Māgha, ba.
Śivarātri, Wednesday.

Sanskrit in
Kannaḍa.

A verse stating that the stone couch was presented to
God Madhukēśvara at Jayantipura by Raghu, king of
Sōdā, for use in the spring festivals.

118

Broken slab lying near the south
prākāra of the same temple.

Western
Chāḷukya.

Bhūlōkamalla      . .                     . .         . .

            . .

Kannaḍa           . .

Fragment. Refers to a Kadaṁba Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara.

119

Broken stone fixed in the south
prākāra wall of the same
temple.

Vijayanagara.

Dēvarāya-Mahārāya        . .         . .

Śaka 1354, Pramādīcha.

Do.          . .

Slightly damaged. Seems to record a gift of land made
to Mallaṇṇa son of Kāyaṇṇa, who died fighting with the
robbers that looted the Madhukēśvara temple, when
Maḷḷaṇṇa-Ayya, son of Chikkadēva-Oḍeya of Banavāse,
entitled Tribhuvana-Bharatāchārya, was administering
Banavāse-sthana and Mahāpradhāna Bayiche-Daṇṇāyaka was governing Gōve and Guttiya-Vēṇṭhe.

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