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309 Nandi-pillars standing by the roadside near the house of Veṅkayya-Nāgayya Velanāṇḍa Kulōttuṅga-Chōḍa Goṅka Śaka 1050, Uttarāyaṇa-saṅkrānti. Telugu (verse and prose). Enumerates the grants of lands made to several temples, viz., Nāgēśvara-Mahādēva of Kumuṇḍavelli, Pṟithvīśvaradēva, Mallikārjunadēva, Gaṇapēśvaradēva and to Prōlamarāju of Pudūru. Also mentions a grant of land made by the soldiers (ekkaṭilu) for the merit of their ruler Gaṇapatidēva-Mahārāja in the year Nandana. Records another provision made for a perpetual lamp in a temple (name not speci-fied).
310 Kūchinapūḍi.─Pillar in the mukhamaṇḍapa of the Vīrēśvarasvāmin temple. .. …. .. Telugu States that a certain Chadaraṅga Vīrayya constructed a maṭha and consecrated the Gōkarṇaliṅga therein.
311 Muttupalle.─On a pillar in the maṇḍapa inside the Sītārāmasvāmin temple. .. …. Śaka 14[26], Raktākshi, ba. 8, [Saturday]. Do. Badly damaged and indistinct. Only the date portion is legible.
312 Nāllūru.─On a slab built into the ceiling of the Lakshmīnārāyaṇasvāmin temple. .. …. .. Telugu (verse) In modern characters. A verse deprecating the life of those who do not perform any deed of charity.
313 Nīxāmpaṭnam.­─Slab lying in S. No. 437 in the village. .. …. 1081 H ( = A.D. 1609) Arabic and Persian Read by the Government Epigraphist for Moslem Inscriptions. Records the death of one Khvāja Shāh Ḥaidar of Isfahān.
314 Another slabs in the same place .. …. 1026 H ( = A.D.. 1637) Do. Do. Records the death of one Zainu’l-‘ Abidīn.
315 Ōlēru.─Tablet  fixed on a dilapidated tomb near the church. .. …. A.D. 1790, Sādhāraṇa, Āśvija, śu. 12, Tuesdays. Telugu Records the death of Innayya (a Christian convert), son of Niḍamāmiḷḷa Rājappa and Akkamma, an employee under the French Government at Pudichēri-paṭṇa (Prānsu Pādushā). Below this is a French version of the epitaph.
316 Slab set up in front of the Madanagōpālasvāmin temple. Vijayanagara Achyutadēva-Mahārāya Śaka 1460, Viḷambi, Mārgaśira, śu. 11, Thursday. Do. Registers a grant of land by the twelve sthānikas of the Tiruveṅgaḷanātha temple and the adhikāri Ella-Piḷḷa to the temple of Gōpināthadēva at Ōlēru in the Koṇḍavīḍu-sīma, which had been granted by Ayyaparasayya to (god) Tiruveṅgaḷanātha, for the merit of the king. States that Ōleru was included in Koṇḍavīḍu-sīma and situated on the bank of the Kṟishnā to the east of Koṇḍavīḍu.
317 Slab lying in front of the elementary school. .. …. Śaka 1785, Kali 4964, Dundubhi, Vaiśākha, śu. 15, Tuesday, Svāti. Do. Sates that a certain Koṇḍappa-Seṭṭi, who belonged to the Punagaśala-gōtra, purchased a plot of land at Ōlēru and had a satra constructed on that site for the use of the pilgrims.
318 Peddapalle.─Garuḍa-pillar in front of the Chennakēśavasvāmin temple. .. …. Śaka 1[4]10, Saumya, Chaitra, ba. 30, Tuesday. Do. Seems to records the setting up of the Garuḍa-pillar in front of the temple of Kēśavanātha by a certain Yallāpregaḍa-Dēvarāju.
319 Hero-stone set up in Survey No. 59 to the west of the village. .. …. .. Do. Read ‘Koṇḍaya prathima’. The characters belong to the 14th century A.D. The figure of a man with a dagger and bow is carved on the slab.
320 Base of an image of a goddess lying in the palmyra grove near the Karnam’s house. .. …. .. Do. In characters of the 15th century A. D. Records the consecration of the image by a certain Binḍḍi Siṁgu.

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