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  KANDUKURU TALUK.          
446 Pēṭḷūru.─Slab forming the west wall of the Vīrabhadra shrine on the south side of the Bhīmēśvara temple. …. …. …. Do.

Registers a grant of land by Kōḍivillu, son of Duggarāju to Rachchayirri at the instance of Pedaru Cherayarāju. The gift is to be protected by the Raṭoḍi-kāpus of l[nma]ḷūru. Also registers a grant of land made to the Vaḍagi(artisan) who engraved the record. Published in Nellore Inscriptions, Vol. II. p. 607.

  MADRAS MUSEUM.          
447 Back-side of a dvārapāla image from Bezwada. …. …. …. Telugu (archaic)

In characters of the 9th century A.D. Reads  ‘Ve[ṁ]ginātha Vaḷaṇḍu’ and mentions a certain Guṇḍaya.

  GUNTUR DISTRICT.
PALNAD TALUK.
         
448 Mācherla.─A hero-stone near the Chandravaṅka river. …. …. Śaka 988 Telugu Impression received from Mr. Seshadri Sastri, B.A., L.T., of Guntur. States that Ācha[kuñju]ṇḍu entered the army of Birudu Gāmaya, son of Uriya-Bētarāja and Mahādēvi-Mēḍama and offered his head to Paḍḷasāni (goddess), for his master. The sculpture of the hero was made by Vaṁkōjunru Iruga, i.e., Iruga, son of Vaṅkōja.
449 Broken pillar kept in the Tahsildar’s office compound. …. …. Śaka 1056, Ānanda, Pushya, ba. 15, solar eclipse. Sanskrit in Telugu Fragmentary. Registers the gift of the village Koppunūru situated in Pallināṇḍu-300, free from all taxes, by Mallika, son of Kēśava, for worship and offerings to god Śiva named Kāḍēśvara and founded by  Trilōchana-Pallava in Mahādēvī-taṭākapura. The donor’s name is not preserved.
450 Gōli.─ Sculptured marble on the mound at the confluence of the Kṛishṇā and the Gōli-vāgu. …. ….

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Telugu (archaic). In characters of the 8th century A.D. Reads ‘Puṇyalābhuṇḍu’.
451 Another sculptured marble in the same place. …. …. …. Do.

In characters of the 8th century A.D. Contains the labels ‘Nagapriyunru’, ‘Dayāchchittunru’ and ‘Ajaḷullata[n]ru’. States that the temple of Kuṁḍukāmāyi was carved by Toḷayi.

452 Nāgārjunikoṇḍa.─White marble pillar lying in site No. 11 (now removed into the local Museum). Ikhāku Ehuvuḷa Chātamūla [6]th year, Giṁhapaka 4, day. Brāhmī, Prākṛit Records the gift of a [stone-maṇḍapa] for the Ariya-saṅgha {Ārya saṅgha) of the Mahānigāya by the Upāsaka Chaṁḍasiri for the merit of his parents and descendants.

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