Annual Reports on Indian Epigraphy

Annual Reports

299	South wall of maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the same temple.	. . . .	. . . .	Sarvadhāri, Chittirai 8.	Do.	States that Apparasayya constructed the Uājal-maṇḍapa in the temple in the time of Achyutappa-Nāyaka, and names the communities the members of which had to conduct offerings and worship during the seven days of the annual festival to the god Nambirāya.
300	Slab set up behind the Dharmarāja temple.	Vijayanagara	Kṛishṇadēva-Mahārāya	Śaka 1447, [Pārthiva], Mēsha, ba. 7., Friday, Uttirāḍam.	Do.	Registers a gift of land made for the merit of Tirumalai-Nāyaka by Bālaya-Nāyaka, son of Tellama Kāṭṭama-Nāyaka for providing worship and offerings to the god Piḷḷaiporutta-Piḷḷaiyār. Pūvirundamalli is said to have been in the Nāyakattana-śīrmai of Tirumalai-Nāyaka.
301	East base of the mosque in the same village.	Chōḷa	Rājarāja (I) Rājakēsarivarman	14th year (in words)	Do.	Fragmentary. Contains a portion of the introduction comencing with the words Tirumagaḷpōla, etc. Mentions Śaṅkarappāḍiyān Kāvalampākkilān. Another fragment on a the same base probably of the same period, is dated in the 10th year (king’s name lost). A third fragment on a long slab contains a damaged Sanskrit verse of the same period and refers to Trailōkyadēvī.
302	Slab lying in the same mosque	Do.	Parakēsarivarman	[19]th year	Do.	Incomplete and damaged. Mentions Neduñchēli [ya*]-viṇṇagar-Irundadēva at Pūndanmali in Puliyūr-kōṭṭam.
303	Slab set up in the same place	Qutab Shāhi	Sultan ‘Abdullah Quṭb Shāh	1063 H. 20th Shawwal	Persian	Mr. Yazdani who kindly deciphered this inscription states that it records the construction and completion of the mosque by Rustam, son of Dhu’lfiqar of Astrābād during the governorship of Nawab Jumlat-lu-Mulkī Muhammad Saīd.
304	Same slab	Do.	Do.	Śaka 1578, Vijaya, Bhādrapada, ś u. 3.	Telugu	This is a Telugu version of the inscription above.
	SAIDAPET TALUK.
305	Tiruvānmiyūr (near Adyar).—Slab set up in the middle of a street.	. . . .	. . . .	Śaka 1699, Kali 4878, Hēviḷambi, Kārttigai 24.	Tamil and English	Registers a gift of four kāṇi of land for rearing a flower-garden and for constructing a shrine for Piḷḷaiyār (Gaṇēśa) by the Āyirattoruvar community of oil-mongers of Chennapaṭṭaṇam. AnEnglish version of this inscription, dated in 5th December A.D. 1776 is also appended at the end.
306	Madras.—Stone kept in the Government Museum.	. . . .	Pārthivēndravarman	8th year (in words)	Tamil	Records a gift of sheep by Chandraśēkharan, a madhyastha of Tiruchchuram in Nayadhiramaṅgalam situated in Śurattūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of Puliyūr-kōṭṭam, for burning a lamp in the temple of Mahādēva in the village.
	SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. GINGEE TALUK.
307	Gingee.—Slab embedded near a watertrough near the mosque in the fort.	. . . .	. . . .	1135 H. (1723 A.D.).	Persian Nastā’liq	Deciphered by Mr. G. Yazdani, the Government Epigraphist for Moslem Inscriptions. States that Sa’id, the governor increased the water-supply of the city of Jiñji by the construction of a canal.
308	Slab built into the compound wall of the same mosque.	. . . .	. . . .	1130 H. (1718 A.D.).	Do.	Do. States that Sa’id the successful (administrator) constructed the mosque at Nusratgarh.
309	Slab built into the wall of a bastion near the same mosque.	. . . .	. . . .	1063 H. (1653 A.D.),	Persian Naskk	Do. States that the Husaini bastion was built in the year 1063 H.
310	Base of the gōpura of the Veṅkaṭaramana svāmin temple in the same fort.	. . . .	. . . .	. . . .	Tamil (verse)	In characters of the 18th century A.D. Records the perpetual devotion of a certain priest of the temple of god Veṅkaṭēśa at Śeñji. Another similar record refers to the devotion of a certain Harīharaputtiran.