No.

Place of inscription.

Dynasty.

King.

Date.

Language and
alphabet.

Remarks.

MIRAJ (SENIOR).
LAKSHMESVAR TALUK.
Lakshm va.

1

Slab built into the wall of the
backyard of the Taluk office.

Western
Chāḷukya.

Bhūlōkamalladēva        ..            ..

Sarvajña-Bhūlōkamalla year 13 (in
words), Kāḷayukta,
Mārgaśira, puṇṇame, Monday,
lunar eclipse,
Vyatīpāta, saṅkramaṇa.

Kannaḍa            . .

Damaged and mutilated. Records a gift of the kirukuḷa
taxes and the gold income due from the dēvabhōga
village Niṭṭūru, made in favour of the god Svayaṁbhū-
Dakshiṇa-Sōmanāthadēva  at  Purikara, by Jayakēsidēvarasa of the Kadamba family, in conjunction with
the One Thousand retinue headed by Tantrapāḷa
Chaṭṭimayya-Nāyaka, etc., to Sthānāchārya Jñānasōma-Paṇḍitadēva in the presence of Daṇḍanāyaka
Chiddarasa, Daṇḍanāyaka Mahādēvarasa, the Mahājanas of the capitals town (rājadhānī-paṭṭana) Purigere,
etc.

2

Another slab built into the same
wall.

Do.

Tribhuvanamalladēva   ..            ..

Chāḷukya-Vikrama
year 37, Nandana,
Kārttika, puṇṇame, Monday,
Vyatīpāta, lunar
eclipse.

Do.       ..

Registers a grant of land made after purchase from the
Mahajanas of the nagara, (i. e. Purigere),  the Gāvuṇḍas
etc., by Daṇḍanāyaka Anantamayya, for the maintenance of the sūḷe-gēri (quarter for dancing girls)
constructed by  him, attached  to  the  temple  of
Svayaṁbhū-Sōmēśvaradēva at Purigere, when (his
brother-in-law) Mahāpradhāna   Śrīpatiyarasa  was
governing the Two-600 division,  namely Beḷvala-300
and Purigere-300 provinces.

3

Same slab        ..          ..          ..            ..

Do.

                        ….

Chāḷukya-Bhūlōkamalla (wrong for
Vikrama) year 53,
Kīlaka, Śrāvaṇa,
śu. 5, Sunday,
lunar eclipse.

Do.       ..

Registers a grant of land made by Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara
Jayakēsidēva for the benefit of an educational institution (ghaḷige) attached to the temple of  Svayaṁbhū
Dakshiṇa-Sāmanāthadēva  at  the rājadhāni-paṭṭaṇa
Puligere.

4

A third slab in the same place  ..

Do.

Tribhuvanamalladēva   ..            ..

Durmati, Pushya, ba.
Bhṛigu-shashṭhī,
Vyatīpāta, Uttarāyaṇa-saṅkrānti.

Do.       ..

Published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XVI, p. 58 ff.

5

A fourth slab in the same place            ..

Do.

Jagadēkamalla (II)        ..            ..

10th year, Prabhava,
Āshāḍha, śu. 12,
Thursday, Dakshiṇāyana-saṅkramaṇa, Vyatīpāta.

Do.       ..

Published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XVI, p. 44 ff.

6

A fifth slab in the same place   ..

            ..

            ….

Śaka 999 (in words),
[Chāḷukya]-Vikrama year 2,
Piṅgaḷa, Āshāḍha,
śu. 12. Wednesday : Śaka 1000,
Kāḷayukta, Madhumāsa (Chaitra),
amāvāsyā, Sunday.

Kannaḍa and
Sanskrit in
Kannaḍa.

Records the death of Śrīnandi-Paṇḍitadēva of Sūrasthagaṇa by the rite of sallēkhanā observed for one month
at Ānesejje-basadi at Purikara-nagara. Also records
the death of his elder brother Bhāskaranandi-Paṇḍita,
on the latter date.

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