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South
Indian Inscriptions |
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Place of inscription. |
Dynasty. |
King. |
Date. |
Language and
alphabet. |
Remarks. |
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BIJAPUR DISTRICT—cont.
BIJAPUR TALUK—cont. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.’ |
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NORTH KANARA DISTRICT.
SIRSI TALUK. |
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117 |
Banavāsi.—Stone couch kept in a
room in the compound of the
Madhukēśvara temple. |
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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 . . . . . . |
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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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