72

Rock called Paṇamanda-pārai to
the north-west of the village.

Chōḷa     . .

Rājarāja Rājakēsarivarman,
‘who destroyed the ships at
Śālai.’

13th year (partly in
works).

Do.     . .

States that Attimallan Kanamallan (Ghanamallan) of
Tāyanūr in Uḍaikkāḍu-nāḍu on the north bank of the
river Peṇṇai in Vāṇagōppāḍi, dug a tank called
Kanama[l]nēri in his name, put up a stone sluice
for it and brought the lands under cultivation.

73

Nāyanūr.—Rock in the middle
of the village.

Pāṇḍya   . .

Vikra[ma*]-Pāṇḍyadēva     . .

6th year (in words),
Paṅguni 1.

 Do.     . .

Damaged. Registers the royal order issued to the Nyāyat-
tār and Vāṇiyakkuḍimakkaḷof Nāyanūr determining
the taxes to be collected from the Vāṇiyar settled in the village.

74

Arasaṅkuppam.— Rock in the
village.

     . .

. . . .

. .

Do.     . .

In characters of the 17th century A.D. Records that.
the villages Araśaṅkuppam and Perumśōliyapaṭṭu
were given as tiruviḷaiyāṭṭam to (the temple of) Āyan
at Tirukkōvalūr by Śeṇbagarāyan, as the gift of
Timmappa-Nāyaka.

75

Slab set up in the compound of
The Māriyamman temple

. .

. . . .

Yuva, Tai 25             . .

Do.     . .

In characters of the 18th century A. D. Records certain
benefactions in land made for a water-shed by
Tāṇḍava-Vāṇādarāyan of Kāñchī and Andikālamtītta-
Vāṇādarāyan.

76

Rock to the west of the same
village.

Chōḷa     . .

Vikrama-Chōḷadēva         . .

8th year          . .                . .

Do.     . .

Damaged. Seems to register a gift of two pieces of land
to the god Tiruvāalandurai-Mahādēva at Kīlaikkunram
in Śeṅgunra-nāḍu, a subdivision of Vāṇagōppāḍi on
the north bank of the Peṇṇai, and a portion of it to
the goddess Piḍāriyār. The donor’s name is not clear.

77

Same rock    . .     . .       . .          . .

Do.     . .

Tribhuvanachakravartin Vik-
rama-Chōḷadēva.

Do.     . .

Do.     . .

Badly damaged. Seems to register a gift of land after
reclamation to the same god by the Ūravar of Kīḷaik-
kunram. Śeṅgunra-nāḍu mentioned above is said to be
a subdivision of Vāṇagōppāḍi-Rājēndra-vaḷanāḍu.

78

Māraṅgiyūr.—North wall of the
central shrine in the Rāma-
liṅgēśvara temple.

. .

. . . .

Krōd hi, Māśi [4]     . .

Do.     . .

In ch racters of the 18th century A.D. Damaged. Seems
to record the sale of some dēvadāna lands which had
been in the enjoyment of two persons (brothers ?) as
tirunāmattukkāṇi to the temple of Tiruvirāmēśvaram-
uḍaiya-Nayanār, for raising necessary funds for the
payment of taxes due by them on their lands at
Ēnāadimaṅgalam, which they had been unable to pay
otherwise.

79

Same wall         . .        . .        . .     . .

Chōḷa       . .

Sarvabhuvanāśraya          Tribhu-
Vanachakravartin              Kulōt-
tuṅga-Chōḷadēva.

2nd year (in words)

Do.     . .

Records that Periyuḍaiyān Attima[l*]lan alias Vikrama-
śōḷa-Vāṇakularayann, the Malaiyamān chief of Kiḷiyūr,
set up the image of the goddess Tirupaḷḷiyarai-Āḷuḍai-
yāḷ in the temple of Tiruvirāmīśvaramuḍaiya-Mahā-
dēva at Māriṅgūr alias Rājēndraśiṅgaallūr in Kūḍal-
Ilāḍappāḍi in Rājarāja-vaḷanāḍu, and that he remitted
the taxes perumbāḍikāval and śirupāḍikāval on the
dēvadāna lands, for providing offerings to this deity.

80

Do.     . .          . .            . .           . .

Do.     . .

Tribhuvanachakravartin Rāja-
mahēndradēva.

4th year, Karkaṭaka,
śu. 13, Monday,
Tiruvōṇam.

Do.     . .

Registers a gift of 500 kuli of samudāya (common) land
for the sacred bath, light and offerings during one
service every day to the god Tiruvirāmīśvaramuḍaiya-
Nāyanār by the Mahāsabhā of Nelvāyppākkam alias
Rājēndraśiṅga-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmandēya in
vaḷanāḍu, as an expiation for some damage caused
to the image of the deity on the occasion of a hunt-
ing festival on the north bank of the river in their
village.

80

Do.     . .          . .              . .           . .

Do.     . .

Tribhuvanachakravartin Rāja-
    rājadēva.

5th year           . .                       . .

Do.     . .

Registers a gift of cows by Śōruḍaiyān, a servant
(kanmi) of Õlai Kumaranārāyaṇan of the village, for a
twilight lamp in the temple at Māriṅgūr alias
Rājēndraśiṅganallūr in Kūḍal-Ilāḍaippāḍi,a sub-
division of Rājarāja-vaḷanāḍu.

SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT —
                  cont.
TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK—cont.

82

North and west walls of the same
shrine.

Śambuva-
rāya.

Sakalalōkachakravartin Rāja-
nārāyaṇa-Śambuvarāya.

1[7]th year (in
words), Ṛishabha,
[ba] . 1, Monday,
Mūla.

Tamil       . .

Registers a gift of 4 mā of land by Tirumāgāḷamuḍaiyān
Tiruviramīśvaramuḍaiyān of Mārīṅgūr, for offerings
and worship to the god. Mārīṅgūr alias Rājēndra-
Śiṅganallūr  is mentioned as situated in Kūḍal-Ilārap-
paḍi-naḍu, a subdivision of Naḍuvil-maṇḍalam alias
Rājarāja-vaḷanāḍu.

83

Do.

Chōḷa           . .

Tribhuvanachakravartin Rā-
jādhirājadēva.

12th year

Do     . .

Registers the uḷvari in respect of certain old dēvadāna
lands belonging to the temple and states that their in-
come was to be utilized for the maintenance of four
perpetual and six twilight lamps in the temple-
Mentions the subdivision as Kūḍal-Ilāḍaippāḍi.

84

West wall of the same shrine  . .

Do.              . .

Chakravartin    Kulōttuṅga-
Chōḷadēva.

47th    ,,            ..          ..

Do     . .

Records a gift of cows by Karumāṇikkan Tiruvēgamba-
mudaiyān alias Gaṇḍarāditta-Pallavarayan, the head-
man of kilinallur in Kilar-kurram, for a Perpetual
lamp in the temple at Mārīṅgūr. Mentions the liquid
measure Arumoḷidēvan.

85

West and south walls of the same
shrine .

Do.              . .

Tribhuvanachakravartin Kulōt-
tuṅga-Chōḷadēva.

3rd         . .  . .        . .

Do     . .

Records the remission of certain specified taxes on the
dēvadāna lands belonging to the temple, by malaiyan
Periya-Uḍaiyān alias Ediriliśōḷa-Vāṇakularāvan, the
Malaiyamān chief of Kiḷiyūr in Mēl-Āmūr-nāḍu, a sub-
division of Tirumunaippāḍi. The subdivision is men-
tioned as Kūḍal-Ilāḍaippāḍi-nāḍu.

86

South wall of the same shrine  .

Do.              . .

Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva.

2nd year (in words)

Do     . .

Records a gift of eight cows by two Veḷḷāḷa residents of
the village for two twilight lamps in the temple. The
village is stated to be in Kūḍal Ilāḍaippāḍi.

87

Same wall . .      . .       . .    . .

Sāḷuva         . .

Narasiṅgadēva-Mahārāja      . .

Vikṛiti, Arpaśi 13,
[Monday], trayō-
daśī.

Do     . .

States that as several shrines in the dēvadāna villages
of the temple of Tiruvirāmīśvaram-Uḍaiyār had
fallen into disuse owing to the Oḍḍiyan-galabhai
and as the temple itself had fallen into disrepair
and the dēvadānas had become neglected, certain
taxes like jōdi etc, were remitted on these lands and
worship was thereby revived in the temple by Anna-
marasa, the agent of the king. (See No. 213 of
1934-35).

88

Do    . .         . .     . .          . .

Chōḷa           . .

Rājakēsarivarman alias Tri-
bhuvanachakravartin Kulōt-
tuṅga-Chōḷadēva.

       . .

Do     . .

Commences with the introduction Pugalś#347;ūlnda-puṇari.
etc., and stops with the mention of the king’s name.

89

Do    . .         . .     . .          . .

Pāṇḍya        . .

Jaṭāvarman alias Tribhuvana-
chakravartin Sundara-
Pāṇḍyadēva.

13th year, Dhanus,
śu. 6, Monday,
Pūraṭṭādi.

Do     . .

Records the sale of a house-site and a dry land to the
temple by the assembly (Ūravar) of Mārīṅgūr alias
Rājēndraśiṅganallūr in Kūḍal-Ilāḍappāḍi, a subdivi-
sion of Tirumunaippāḍi-nāḍu in Rājarāja. Vaḷanaḍu

90

Do    . .         . .     . .          . .

Chōḷa           . .

Tribhuvanachakravartin Vik-
rama-Chōḷadēva.

15th year (in figures
and words).

Do     . .

Records a sale of 10 mā of land by four persons on behalf
of the Ūravar to Kamban-Vikramaśōla-Vāṇakularāyan
of Kūḍal, who endowed it as tirunāmattukkāṇi to the
temple at Mārīṅgūr alias Rājēndraśiṅganallūr situated
in Kūḍal-Ilāḍaippāḍi in Rājarāja-vaḷanāḍu.

91

East wall of the maṇḍapa in front
of the same shrine, right of
entrance.

Śambhuva-
 rāya.

Sakalalōkachakravartin Rāja-
nārāyaṇa-Śambuvarāya.

19th year, Kārttigai
17.

Do          . .

Damaged. Seems to record a gift of tax-free land for
offerings, worships and lamps to the god, and for con-
ducting a sevice called Vīrachampan-śandi in the
temple.

92

Same wall, left of entrance   . .

Pāṇḍya  . .

Māravarman Tribhuvana-
chakravartin Parākrama-
Pāṇḍyadēva.

7th year, Tulā, ba. 9,
Saturday, Makhā.

Do          . .

Register a gift of 10 mā of land  by Karumāṇikkadēvan
Yādavarāyan Kāliṅgarāyan of Kapp dūr alias Ulag-
aḷandaśōlanallūr in Muttūrkūrra-nāḍu, a subdivision of
Pāṇḍi maṇḍalam, after purchasing it for 50 paṇam
from the Ūravar of Māriṅgūr alias Rājēndrasiṁhanallūr
in Naḍuvi-nāḍu alias Rājarāja-vaḷanāḍu, for conducting
a service instituted in the name of the donor in the
temple and for the offerings, etc. of the god Tiruvirā-
mīśvaramuḍaiya-Nāyanār of the village.

93

North wall of the same maṇḍapa

Chōḷa   . .

Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva  . .

7th year (in words)  . .

Do          . .

Records a gift of 8 cows for a quarter lamp in the temple,
by Gaḍ lan-Nambi, paroiya of Kōnūr, for the merit of
an officer (Kūruśeyvān) a Kayirūr.

94

Same wall        ..          ..          ..          ..

..

Tribhuvanachakravartin Kō- nērinmaikoṇḍān.

1[8] + 3rd year        . .

Do          . .

Records a royal order for entering in the Register of tax-
free lands 12 mā of land granted as dēvadāna, for
conducting the Muḍimannar-Nāyan-śandi and for wor-
ship and repairs in the temple. (See No. 102 below.)
States that this is a copy. Mārīṅgūr is said to have
formed part of Iḍaiyāru in Tirumunaippāḍi-nāḍu.

95

Outermost east wall, inside   . .

      . .

           Do.

18 + 9th year, Āḍi,
and [3] 10th day.

Do          . .

Records a royal order issued to the managers of the
temple granting Mārīṅgūr alias Rājēndraśiṅganallūr in
Iḍaiyārru-parru, as tax-free dēvadāna for conducting the
service called Parākrama-Pāṇḍyan-śandi instituted in
the name of the king, for festivals and for other
expenses in the temple. Mentions the different kinds
of taxes from which the village was exempted. Sates
that this is a copy (tulyam).

96

Same wall  . .  . .   . .   . .

      . .

          . . . .

18 + 19th year        . .

Do          . .

Purports to record the grant by the temple, of the right
of supervision of the kitchen arrangements in the
temple with daily remuneration in paddy and money
attached thereto, on the occasion of the gift mentioned
in No. 95 above, to Taḷuvakkulaindān Taḍuttāṭkoṇḍa
 . . .of Pūdanūr, an āṇḍār of the temple of Taḍuttāṭ-
koṇḍa-Nāyanār at Tiruveṇṇainallūr, who had also to
arrange for the singing of sacred hymns. For the latter
service he was given the maṭha called Inakkunalla-
perumāḷ Dēvēndravallabha-Brahmādhirāyan- matha.

97

Do.       ..          ..          ..          ..

..

Tribhuvanachakravartin Kō
nērinmaikoṇḍān

18 + 9th year (in
figures and words)
and 269th day.

Do          . .

Records the royal order granting three mā of land in
Marudai in Iḍaiyārru-parru as tax-free maḍappuram to
Taḍuttāḷkoṇḍa-Nāyan for the maintenance of the
maṭha referred to in No. 96 above.

98

Same wall, left of entrance    . .

Vijaya-
nagara.

Achyutaya-Mahārāya   . .       . .

Śaka 1445 (wrong),
Khara, Makara,
śu. 6, Hasta, Fri-
day-

Do          . .

Records the gift of the village Arundōḍu as tax-free
tirunāmattukkāṇi for worship and festivals and other
expenses in the Mahāpradhāni of the Tiruvadigai-
rājya.

99

Do.                   ..

..

.. ..

Piṅgaḷa, Tai 15         . .

Do          . .

The characters belong to the 16th century A.D.
Incomplete. Refers to some order issued to the Kaik-
kōḷas giving certain concessions in the cultivation
rights (of temple lands), by the temple managers and
Koṇḍama-Nāyaka, the agent of Śūrappa-Nāyaka.

100

Same wall, right of entrance    ..

Chōḷa    . .

Tribhuvanachakravartin Vīra-
rājēndraḍēva.

6th year (in words)  . .

Do          . .

States that Māḍālvi, daughter of Kōlaṅgoṇḍāḷ, a aēvaraḍi-yār of the temple, constructed the tirumāḷigai and
tiruvāśal (of the temple).

SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT
—cont.
TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK—cont.
Māraṅgiyūr─cont.

101

Same wall, right of entrance  . .

. .

. . . .

..

Tamil    ..

In charaters of the 15th century A.D. States that the
bali-pīṭha was set up by Aramuḍaiyāl, daughter of
Mulaiyelundāl Peri[yā]ṇḍai.

102

Do.

. .

Tribhuvanachakravartin Kō-
nērinmaikoṇḍān.

18 + 4th year and
16 [1] st day.

Do.       . .

Registers a grant of land as dēvadāna for the conduct of
the Muḍimannarnāyan-śandi, instituted in the temple
in the king’s name (see No. 94 above), and of another
for the maintenance of a maṭha street called Muḍimannar- nayan-maḍam in the sannidhi streetwhere the god was
taken during the procession on festival days. Also
states that Tyāgapperumāl-Peṇṇāgiyaperumān of
Śi[rrāmūr] in Iruṅgōḷappāḍi-nāḍu on whose representa-
tion the grant was made, was entrusted with the
general management of the property.

103

South wall of the Nandi-maṇḍapa
in front of the same temple.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.       . .

States that this work, viz., the construction of the Nandi-
maṇḍapa was done by Tirumāgāḷamuḍaiyār and S Sūrya-
dēvar, sons of Mārīṅgulān Tiruviramīśuram-uḍaiyār
Valittuṇai-Śivan.

104

North and west bases of the same
maṇḍapa.

Vijaya-
nagara.

Vîra-Bhūpati-Uḍaiyar    . .

Śaka 1341, Vikāri,
Kumbha, ba, [3],
Friday, Uttiram.

Do.       . .

Fixes the rates of taxes payable on their looms by the
Kaikkōḷas newly settled and by those already residing
in the tirumaḍaviḷāgam of the temple at Mārīgūr in
Iḍaiyārru-parru, a subdivision of Tirumunaippāḍi-nāḍu,
on the same scale as those obtaining in the tirumaḍai-
viḷāgam of the temple at Iḍaiyāru.

COIMBATORE DISTRICT.
COIMBATORE TALUK.

105

Marudamalai.—Rectangular stone
lying in the Subrahmaṇya
temple on the hillock.

….

Piṅgaḷa, Āvaṇi 20,
Friday.

Do.       . .

In modern characters. States that this stone (punniyāṅ-
gallu) in the temple of Marudāchalamū[r ]tti was the
gift of a certain barber named Paṭṭi.

GOBICHETTIPALAIYAM TALUK.

106

Viṇṇapaḷli—Slab set up near the
Ādinārāyaṇa-Perumāḷ temple.

Hoysaḷa    . .

Vîra-Ballāḷadēva (III)    . .

Vishu, Mēsha, śu. 7,
Monday, Tiruvō-
ṇam.

Do.       . .

Much damaged. Seems to register an endowment in
money for providing offerings, etc., to the god Dē[va]-
nārāyaṇa-Perumāḷ at Viṇṇappaḷḷi in Vaḍapariśāra-nāḍu
by Immaḍi Rāhuttarāya Kētaya-Daṇṇāyaka.

107

Stone fixed into the platform of
the dhvajastambha in the same
temple.

. .

. . . .

. .

Vaṭṭeluttu  . .

States that this is the stone-sluice (tūmba) set up by
Kōvaḍi-Kāmi, wife of Kaṇḍan Kōvan, a resident of
Śrīkōḷūr.

108

Slab set up in a dolmen in the
village.

Mysore    . .

Dēvarāya-Bhūpāla, son of
Dēvarāja-Voḍayar, ruling
from his throne at Śrīraṅga-
paṭṭaṇa.

Śaka 159[3] (ex-
pired), Virōdhikṛit,
Bhādrapada, śu.
15, lunar eclipse.

Kannaḍa    . .

Registers gift of the village Viṇṇapḷḷi with its hamlets as
an agrahāra  under the name Nāñjanagūḍa-Dēvarājapura
by Dēvarāja-Bhūpala, son of Dēvarāja and grandson of
Chāmarāja-Oḍeya of Maisūru, to 60 Brahmans of
various gōtras.

SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.
KASARAGOD TALUK.

109

Ādūru.—Door-jamb of the en-
trance into the Mahāṅṅgēśvara
temple.

. .

. . . .

Kollam 1063      . .

Malayāḷam   . .

States that this (door-jamb) was the gift of pārvaś
Kōṭṭalamma, (wife) of the Yuvarāja of Māyappāḍi.

110

Stone fixed into the floor at the
entrance into the Gaṇēśa shrine
in the same temple.

. .

. . . .

Vikrama, Śrāvaṇa,
śu . . .

Kannaḍa in
Malayāḷam.

States that the ānekkallugaḷu, the mātṛiikā-bali-śile
(stones) and the gods Vināyaka and Vishṇumūrtti were
the gift of [Gu]nyapparasa of Kumbuḷe.

111

Anantapuram.—Slab set up near
the Gaṇēśa shrine in the
Padmanābha temple.

. .

. . . .

Jupiter in Mīna  . .

Tuḷu in Mala-
yāḷam.

Purport not clear.

PUTTUR TALUK.

112

Vitla.—Bali-Pīṭha of the Pañcha.
liṅgēśvara temple.

. .

. . . .

Pramōdūta. Vṛiśchi-
ka 1, Sunday.

Kannaḍa   . .

States that the bali-pīṭha in the temple of Pañchaliṅga-
dēva was the gift of Mañjana-Seṭṭi of Kukke.

113

Dīpastambha in the same temple

. .

. . . .

(Kollam) 1021,
Makara.

Malayāḷam  . .

States that this was made by Narasiṁharā of Viṭṭala.

114

Kaṭletala.—Two sides of a slab set
up in front of the well called
the Pustaka tīrtha.

Vijaya
nagara.

Vīra Bukkaṇa-Oḍeya  . .  . .

Śaka 1282, Plava,
Mēsha 5, Sunday.

Kannaḍa   . .

Much damaged. Records an endowment of land made
by Mādarasa, the governor of Maṅgaḷūru, for burning a
perpetual lamp before the deity enshrined in the matha
at Kaṭla[vāḍi], (a hamlet) of Nayirāḍi. In a panel
on the top of this slab is cut in relief a liṅga in a shrine
flanked on one side by the sun and a devotee in
kneeling posture and on the other by the crescent moon
and a bull.

115

Another slab set up in the same
place.

Do.

. . . .

Śaka 1290, [Sau]m-
ya, Tulā.

Do.       ..

Seriously damaged. Seems to record a gift (probably
of land) by the Adhikāri of the place, into the hands of
one bīru-Seṭi Doḍavale-Seṭi Mentions (god?)
Kaitiladanātha.

TANJORE DISTRICT.
PATTUKKOTTAI TALUK.

116

Kīramaṅgalam.—West wall of the
central shrine in the Pratyak-
shēśvara temple.

. .

. . . .

Saravadhāri Mēśi 7

Tamil        . .

Fragmentary. Gives the name [A]chchutappa-Nāyaka-
Toṇḍai[mān*].

117

South wall of the same shrine    . .

. .

. . . .

Pārthiva, Paṅguni 2

Do           . .

States that the Nāṭṭu-manusnar (assembly ?) of Dānava-
nāḍu granted 2 mā of land and a dry field for a maṭha
called the Chidambaram-maḍam.

118

Same wall  . .   . .     . .     . .   . .

Pāṇḍya   . .

Māravarman alias Tribhuvana-
chakravartin Kulaśēkhara-
dēva.

5th year     . .       . .

Do          . .

Records that by an order of Piḷḷaiyār Sundara-Pāṇḍya
issued while on a visit to Kīramaṅgalam, Vāḷavanda-
perumāḷ alias Sundarapāṇḍya-Tānavadaraiyan, the
chief (araśu) of the place, remitted the taxes due on the
tirunāmattukkāṇi land at Vēppaṅguḍi (hamlet), which
had been granted to the temple of Vālavandîśuramu-
ḍaiya-Nāyanār by Madhurāntakan Vāḷavandaperumāḷ
alias Kulōttuṅgaśōla-Tānavadarajyan who had consecra-
ted the god.

TANJORE DISTRCIT—cont.
PATTUKKOTTAI TALUK—cont.
Kīramaṅgalam—cont.

119

East wall of the maṇḍapa in
front of the same shrine.

Pāṇḍya    . .

Jaṭāvarman alias Tribhuvana-
chakravartin Sundara-Pāṇḍ-
yadēva, ‘who took all coun-
tries.’

11th year, Ṛishabha,
śu. 3, Friday,
[Svāti].

Tamil      . .

Stones mutilated, and displaced and some lost. Seems
to record an agreement among the several members of
the mercantile communities (Padineṇvishayattār and
Nagarattār) fixing the rate of tolls payable by them on
several articles of merchandise, to provide for worship
and offerings to the image of Pilaiporutta-Paḷḷaiyār at
the southern entrance of the temple.

120

A pillar in the same maṇḍapa . .

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.       . .

Gives the name of Tiruvānaikkāvuḍaiyār, the headman
of Śiṛuvāmbūr, who probably presented this pillar.

121

A second pillar in the same
maṇḍapa.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.       . .

Gives the name Uḍaiyapiḷḷai Kaṇṇuḍai[pperumāḷ] of
Neṭṭālaṅgai Kaṇṇiyūr.

122

A third pillar in the same
maṇḍapa.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.       . .

Gives the name Tiruvan Kaṇḍan alias Nandavanapperu-
[mān] of Tiruvēṭpūr, (residing) at Rājanārāyaṇapu-
ram.

123

A fourth pillar in the same
maṇḍapa.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.       . .

Gives the name Tiruchchirrambalamuḍaiyān of Śiru-
śērrūr, (residing) at Niyamam.

124

West wall of the Vināyaka shrine
in the same temple

Pāṇḍya      . .

Māravarman alias Tribhuvana-
chakravartin Kulaśēkhara-
dēva, ‘ who took all coun-
tries.’

4[1]st year, Vṛiśchi-
ka, śu. 4, Sunday,
Uttirāḍam.

Do.       . .

Registers sale of a land called Śēṭṭan-kuḍikkāḍu
by the Ūrār of Śaṅgamaṅgalam, the western hamlet of
Kaṇḍiyūr alias Śōḷaśikhāmaṇipuram in Dānava- nāḍu
of Tennāchchinam (?) a subdivision of Jayasiṁha-
kulakāla-vaḷanāḍu, to the Nagarallār at Araśarmīkā-
man-perunderuvu, (at Kīramaṅgalam), as they had no
other means of paying the kaḍamai due on their nāḍu
which had fallen into arrears in the 40th year (of the
king).

125

South wall of the same shrine    . .

Do.       . .

D o.

38th year, Makara,
śu, 5., Thursday,
Rēvatī.

Do.       . .

Records an agreement by the Nagarattār of several places
who had met in the Araśamīkāman-perunderuvu at
Kīramaṅgalam, the eastern hamlet of Kiḍāraṅgoṇḍaśō-
lapuram, in Dānava-nāḍu, to pay certain fees collected
among themselves every month to the temple of
Menninra-Nāyanār for the daily worship of the deity
and for the maintenance of the tank in front of the
temple called Nānādēśam. The document is signed at
the end by representatives from Niyaman alias Kula-
śēkharapuram, Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōlapuram, Varugūr and
Śiruvarambūr.

TIRUTTURAIPPUNDI TALUK.

126

Terkukkāḍu (Tirukkoḷḷikkāḍu)—
South wall of the central shrine
in the Agnīśvara temple.

Chōḷa        . .

Rājakēsarivarman alias Rāja-
rājadēva.

25th year         . .      . .

Do.       . .

Begins with the introduction Tirum-gaḷpōla, etc-
Records a gift of land made tax-free by the Ūrār of
Koḷḷikkāḍu in Ārvalak-kūrram, a subdivision of
Arumolidēva-vaḷanāḍu, for the daily offerings of the
images of Amarasundara-Perumāḷ and his consort and
of Gaṇapati in the temple of Mahādēva at the village.
The gift included an extra piece of land set apart for
the cultivation of seedlings for transplantation.

127

Same wall    . .    . .      . .         . .

Do.      . .

Tribhuvanachakravartin Vīra-
rājēndra-Chōḷadēva.

7th year (in words)

Do.         . .

Records an agreement by two Śivabrāhmaṇas of the
temple to burn a twilight lamp in the temple for 32
kāśu received by them from Dēvan Kāḷi-Pichchan, a
Veḷḷāḷa resident of Marudūr.

128

Do.      . .        . .       . .       . .

Do.        . .

Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷaḍeva           . .

[Lost]        . .       . .

Do.         . .

Built in. Records a similar agreement by the Śivabrāh-
maṇas to burn a perpetual lamp with the interest on
45 kāśu received by them from a certain Ārūran Vēda-
vanmuḍaiyān Tirumāḷi . . . . . .

129

Do.      . .        . .       . .       . .

Do.        . .

Parakēsarivarman     . .      . .

3rd year      . .      . .

Do.        . .

Built in at the right side. Records the gift of 1 vēḷi of
land at Arumuḷaichchēri alias Mārāyamaṅgalam by
Aṇukkan Puttan alias Ārvalanāṭṭu-Mūvēndavēḷān of
Koḷḷikkāḍu, for worship and offerings in the temple of
Mahādēva and the remission of taxes on the same
by the assembly of Mārāyamaṅgalam in return for
200 kāśu granted by the donor as iraikāval.

130

South and east walls of the same
shrine.

Do.        . .

Rājakēsarivarman alias Tri-
bhuvanachakrava[rtin] Ku-
lōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva.

31st     ,,     ..      . .

Do.        . .

States that the introductory eulogy of the king has been
omitted for want of space. Built in at the beginning
and incomplete. Registers a sale of land to the temple
by the Ūrār of Kīrinallūr in Ārvala-kūrram.

131

South, east and north walls of
the same shrine.

Do.        . .

Rājakēsarivarman alias Tribhu-
vanachakravartin Kulōttuṅ-
ga-Chō[ḷadēva].

4th     ,,    (in words)         . .

Do.        . .

Do.   Portions lost. Records an agreement by the
Śivabhāhmaṇas of the temple to burn two perpectual
lamps in the temple for the interest on 200 kāśu
received from two persons residing at Kīrinallūr.

132

East wall of the same shrine    . .

Do.      . .

Rājarāja Rājakēsarivarman
alias Rājarājadēva (I).

21st      ,,        . .     . .

Do.        . .

Begins with the introduction Tirumagaḷpōla, etc. Regis-
ters a tax-free endowment of land made  by the Ūrār
of Koḷḷikkāḍu, for providing offerings to god Tiruk-
koḷḷikkāḍu-uḍaiya-Mahādēva, and for maintaining
two servants for service therein. The gift also inclu-
ded a separate plot of land set apart for raising seed-
lings for transplantation.

133

East and north walls of the same shrine

Do.      . .

Rājakēsarivarman alias Uḍai-
yār Rājādhirājadēva (I).

27th    ,,       . .      . .

Do.        . .

Begins with the introduction Piṅgaḷērtaru, etc. Incom-
plete. Seems to record the remission of taxes on the
temple lands at Pūdikuḍi, a brahmadēya in Ārvala-
kūrram by the sabhā of the village.

134

Same walls     . .     . .      . .       . .

Do        ..

Tribhuvanachakravartin Rā-
Jādhirājadēva (II).

10th year (in words)
Vṛiśchika, śu.   2,
Monday, Mūla.

Do.        . .

States that the eulogy of the king has been left out for
want of space. Records an agreement of the Śiva-
bhāhmaṇas of the temple to burn a prepetual lamp
with one ulakku of oil due as interest on 100 kāśu
received by them from Vēdavanamuḍaiyān Karuṇā-
karadēvanār alias Amani. . . . . kōnār of Paḷaiyanūr
in Mē malai Palaiyanūr-nāḍu, a subdivisīon of Jayaṅ-
goṇḍaśōla maṇḍalam. 

135

Do.    . .     . .      . .       . .

Do.        . .

Rājakēsarivarman alias Tri-
bhuvanachakravartin Kulōt-
tuṅga-Chōḷadēva.

30th year     . .    . .    

Do.        . .

Stones missing. Seems to record the remission
of taxes by the Ūrār of Koḷḷikkāḍu, in Ārvala-kūrram,
a subdivision of Rājēndraśōla-vaḷanāḍu, on some land
granted to the temple by certain residents of the
village.

136

Do.    . .     . .      . .       . .

Do.        . .

Tribhuvanachakravartin Kulōt-
tuṅga-Chōḷadēva.

5 + 1st         , ,     . .

Do.        . .

Incomplete. Registers a sale of land by a few residents
of Koḷḷikkāḍu to the temple of Tirukkollikkāḍ-uḍaiya-
Mahādēva.

TANJORE DISTRICT—cont.
TIRUTTURAIPPUNDI TALUK—cont.
Terkukāḍu—cont.

137

North wall of the same shrine                . .

Chāḷa        . .

Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva   . .

46th year  . .   . .

Tamil                    . .

Incomplete. Registers a sale of thee mā of land, made
tax-free, to the temple, by a native of Tiruvadimaṅga-
lam, a brahmadēya in Ārvala-kūrram, a subdivision of
Rājēndraśōḷa-vaḷanāḍu.

138

Same wall             . .          . .       . .         . .

Do.            . .

Rājarājakēsa[rivarman] Rāja-
rājadēva (1).

27th      ,,     . .   . .

Do.            . .

Begins with the introduction Tirumagaḷpōla, etc. Regis-
ters an endowment of land and house-site by two
residents of the village, to provide for music and for
sounding gongs and blowing conches during the
śribali services in the temple. These were made tax-
free by the Ūrār of the village. Ārvala-kūrram is
mentioned in the inscription as a subdivision of
Arumoḷidēva-vaḷanāḍu.

139

Several stones built into the
walls of the same shrine.

Do.            . .

Parakēsarivarman alias Uḍai-
yār Rājēndra-Chō[ḷadēva].

[Lost]          . .      . .

Do.            . .

Stones lost and misplaced. Begins with the introduc-
tion Tirumunni-vaḷara, etc. Refers to an enquiry
instituted under orders of the king by the officer
Rājēndraśōla-Mūvēndavēḷān in the 29th year of his
regin, regarding the title of some temple lands which
had been originally given in the 3rd year of Uttama-
Chōḷa and which were not in the enjoyment of the
temple for thirty-five years. States that the assembly
(sabhā), of the village against whom the decision was
given, returned the lands free of taxes to the temple in
lieu of 400 kāśu which they were ordered to pay against
the 200 which had been originally received by them
(probably as tax money).

140

Do.

Do.            . .

Rājakēsarivarman alias Tri-
bhuvanachakravartin Kulōt-tuṅga-Chōḷadēva.

[Lost]          . .      . .

Do.            . .

Fragment. Seems to register a gift of land by pur-
chase by a person (name lost), for two lamps in the
temple.

TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT.
MUSIRI TALUK.

141

Kaṇṇanūr.—North, west and
south walls of the central shrine
in the Sundara-Varadarāja-
Perumāḷ temple.

. .

Tribhuvanachakravartin
Kōnērinmaikaoṇḍān.

. .

Do.            . .

Mutilated in several places. Seems to record that at the
request of Ēttakkuḍaiyān, an aṅgāḍichcheṭṭi of the
royal household, the king repaited the tank of the
village and made a gift of 6 vēli of land as tax-free
dēvadāna to the temple of Alagapperumāḷ at Kaṇṇanūr
in Mēl-Vaḷḷuvappāḍi-nāḍu, a subdivision of Karikāla-
kanna-vaḷanāḍu. The Tirumandiravōlai who signed
the document was Rājanārāyaṇa-Mūvēndavēḷān.

142

South wall of the same shrine       . .

Chōḷa     . .

Tribhuvanachakravartin Rāja-
rājadēva.

20th year  . .    . .

Do.            . .

States that the tirumurram of Alagiyaśēma-viṇṇagar-
Emberumān was the work of Gōpālan Alagiyān
Ulagan alias Vaḷavakōn, a resident of Periya-
Kaṇṇanūr.

143

East wall of the maṇḍapa in front
of the same shrine.

Vijaya-
nagara.

Vīrapratāpa Dēvarāya-
Mahārāya.

Śaka 13[4]9, [Pla]-
vaṅga, Makara, śu.
5, Monday,
Śravaṇa.

Do.       ..

States that as there was no worship in the temple of
Aḷagapperumāḷ for a long time, Koṭṭai Bommaya-
Nāyaka, the Mahāsāmantādhipati, granted the village
of Śirukkeḷḷ kkuḍi in the nāḍu which was his jīvita,
besides confirming the property which already belonged
to the temple as per old stone inscriptions, for the
revival of offerings and worship to the deity.

144

Same wall        ..          ..          ..            ..

..

….

Rākshasa, Chittirai
12.

Do.       ..

In characters of about the 15th  century A.D. States
that the image of (god) Perumāḷ at Periyakaṇṇaanūr in
Mēlaivaḷḷuvappāḍi-nāḍu which was kept hidden owing
to the Muhammadan invasion, was reconsecrated in the
temple, and the lands belonging to it were restored by
Vīraṇan, brother of Śrīgirinātha.

145

Slab set up near the village
chāvaḍi.

..

….

Saumya, Āvaṇi, 5 . .

Do.       ..

In modern colloquial language. States that a certain
grove with its big well was ganted as sarvamānya for
worship to several village deities.

RAMNAD DISTRICT.
TIRUPPATTUR TALUK.

146

Piḷḷaiyārpaṭṭī.­─ A pillar in front
of the Gaṇṛśa image in the
rock-cut cave of the Kāśi-
Viśvanātha temple.

Pāṇḍa            ..

Māravarman alias Tribhuvana-
chakravartin Kulaśēkhara-
dēva, ‘who was pleased to
take all countries,’

39th year, Vaigāśi
19.

Do.       ..

State that the gift of land made after purchase from the
Nāṭṭavar of Niyamam and its hamlets as nāṭṭiraiyili
by Vāmadēvar alias Jayattuvāyttār residing in the
Tyāgavinōdan-matha in the 22nd year of the king’s
reign, for providing cake-offerings every Sunday to the
god Dēśivināyaka-Piḷḷaiyār in the temple of Tiruvīṅ-
gai-īśvaram-Uḍaiyār at Marudaṅguḍi alias Rājanārā-
yaṇapuram, was now registered on stone and copper by
order of the Nāṭṭavar.

147

South wall of the Śiva shrine in
the same cave, right of
entrance.

Do.           ..

Tribhuvanachakravartin
Kulaśēkharadēva, ‘ who was
pleased to take all countries.’

18th year, Māśi            ..

Do.       ..

Registers an agreement given by the Nāṭṭavar of Adaiḷai-
yūr-nāḍu, Kalvāyil-nāḍu and Kīlkuṇḍārru-nāḍu to the
Nagarattār of Aiññūrruvap-perunderuvu of Eṇkārikkuḍi
in Kāna-nāḍu, in regard to the taxes leviablde on 4 mā
of land purchased by the latter from the Ūrār of
Marudaṅguḍi.

148

Wall of the veranda in front
of the Gaṇēśa shrine in the
same cave, right of entrance.

Do.           ..

Tribhuvanachakravartin
Śrīvallabhadēva.

22nd year        ..            ..

Do.       ..

Records a gift 2 mā of land by three persons for
providing offerings to the god Tiruvīṅgaikkuḍi-Mahā-
dēva on the cessation of some enmity, on behalf of a
certain Kāḍan Kēraḷan, who had dieds in a scuffle (?)
with Śiruvayal Vallakkūrruvan.

149

Same wall        ..          ..          ..            ..

Do.            ..

Do.

23rd ,,  ..          ..

Do.       ..

Registers a gift of sheep by two persons for a lamp to
the god on behalf of a certain Vallakkūrruvan Śōran
of Marudaṅguḍi in Kīlkuṇḍāru, a subdivision of
Kēraḷaśiṅga-vaḷanāḍu.

150

Do.       ..          ..          ..          ..

Do.           ..

Tribhuvanachakravartin
Kōnērinmaikoṇḍān.

10th  year and 294th day.

Do.       ..

Slightly damaged. States that a nagaram (mercanfile
colony) called [Rā]janārāyaṇapuram was newly formed
on 4 mā of rent-free land given by the Nāṭṭavar to the
Nagarattār if Aiññūrruvap-perunderuvu of Eṇkārik-
kuḍi, who had purchased Marudaṅguḍi and its fields.

151

Pilaster to the north of the Śiva
shrine in the same cave.

Do.           ..

Māravarman alias Tribhuvana-
chakravartin Kulaśekhara-
dēva, ‘ who was pleased to
take all counties,’

41st  year        ..            ..

Do.       ..

Registers a gift of land on kuḍinīṅga-kārāṇmai tenure
to Tiruchirrambala-Vairāgi attached to the temple of
Tiruvīṅgaichchuram-uḍaiya-Nāyanār at Marudaṅguḍi
alias Rājanārāyaṇapuram in Kēraḷaśiṅga-vaḷanāḍu by
the authorities of the temple out of their dēvadāna in
the village.

RAMNAD DISTRICT─cont.
TIRUPPATTUR TALUK.cont
Piḷḷaiyārpaṭṭi─cont.

152

North wall of the same shrine  ..

Pāṇḍya  ..

Māravarman alias Tribhuvana-
chakravartin Sundara-
Pāṇḍyadēva, ‘ who was
pleased to present the Chōḷa
country.’

20 + 2nd year,
Kumbha 16.

Tamil    ..

Registers an order of Gāṇgēyan to the merchants of
Marudaṅguḍi, Niyamam and Aḷakāpuri fixing the
kaḍamai and kāśu (or achchuvari) to be levied on
certain lands in Aḷakāpuri newly purchased as parru, at
the rates prevailing for similar lands at Marudaṅguḍi.

153

Same wall        ..          .           ..          ..

Do.       ..

Do.       ..

11 + 1st year   ..

Do.       ..

Registers the fixing by Kaṇḍan Udaiyañjeydān alias
Gāṅgēyan of the kaḍamai and kuḍimai taxes on
Kunravayal at Tiruvīṅgaikkuḍi, which had been
endowed for conducting a service called Gāṅgēyan-sandi
to the god Dēśivināyaka-Piḷḷaiyār in the temple of
Tiruvīṅgaikkuḍi-Mahādēva, at the rates prevailing in
Adaḷaiyūr-nāḍu, and the other taxes like achchuvari at
one-seventh of the rate prevailing on the puravu lands
at Tiruvīṅgaikkuḍi itself.

154

Wall of the veranda in front of
the same cave, left of entrance.

Do.       ..

Tribhuvanachakravartin Sun-
dara-Pāṇḍyadēva, ‘ who was
pleased to present the Chōḷa
country.’

[9]th year, Kumbha
17.

Do.       ..

Registers a gift of land by purchase by Uyyavandān
Āṇḍāḷ, a maid servant of Āḷavandān alias Nāratoṅga-
rāyan, the chief of Niyamam in Te[n*]nārruppōkku in
Adaḷaiyūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of Kēraḷaśiṅga-
vaḷanāḍu, for offerings and worship during Śivarātri
in the temple of Tiruvīngaikkuḍi-Nāyanār at Maru-
daṅguḍi.

155

Same wall        ..          ..          ..          ..

Do.       ..

Tribhuvanachakravartin
Vikra[ma*]-Pāṇḍyadēva.

12th year         ..          ..

Do.       ..

Registers a gift of land by Nāṇṇi-Uyyavandān, a merchant
of Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōlap-perunderuvu, for offerings to the
image of Tiruppaḷḷiyarai-Nāchchiyār set up by him
in the temple.

156

Extreme left pilaster of the same
cave.

..

….

..

Vaṭṭeluttu
(archaic).

In characters of the 7th century A.D. Gives the name
Īkkāṭṭūruk-Korrūru [Aiñ]jan. (See Part II, para. 45).

157

A disused brass pedestal of the
Gaṇēśa image.

..

….

..

Tamil    ..

In characters of the 15th century A.D. States that the
tiruppaṭṭigai was the gift of Peruṅgaruṇai perumāḷ.

158

Slab set up at the crossing of two
streets in the village.

..

….

..

Do.       ..

In characters of the 10th century A.D. Gives the name
‘ Kāḷaiya[r*]kālan’.

159

Roof of a natural cavern in
the hillock called Kunramēḍu
near the village.

..

….

..

Do.       ..

In characters of the 13th century A.D. Contains the
words ‘Pañcha[p*]āṇḍa[va*]rgaḷ paḍu[k*]kai.’ A
short label engraved in characters of the 15th century
A.D. in the same cavern contains the word
‘Porumān.’

160

Kuṇṇakkyḍi.─ Pillar to the left of
the Bhairava image kept in the
second rock-cut cave.

Pāṇḍya  ..

Tribhuvanachakravartin Sun-
dara-Pāṇḍyadēva ‘ who was
pleased to present the Chōḷa
country’.

8th year, Vaigāśi 17

Do.       ..

End built in. Registers a gift of land probably by
Uyyavandān Venrumuḍiśūḍinān Adaḷaiyūr Nāḍālvān
for providing offerings to god Kshētrapāla-Pillaiyār
set up in the temple of Te[nnārru*]nāyagar at Tiruk-
kunrakkuḍi by Porpōyanāṛ Tāliyaśiṅgapanman of
Śākkaḷūr.

161

A pillar in the third rock-cut cave

Chōḷa    ..

Rājarājakēsarivarman alias
Rājarājadēva (I).

23rd year         ..          ..

Do.       ..

Damaged at the end. Begins with the introduction
Tirumagalpōla, ect. Registers (probably) a gift of land
for providing offerings in the temple of Tirukkunrak-
kuḍi-Paramasvāmin, by Kāḍan Śrīyārūrdēvan of
Mukundanūr, a perundaram of Rājarājadēva, who had
obtained Tē[n*]ārrupōkku in Pāṇḍi nāḍu alias Rāja-
rāja-vaḷanāḍu, as his jīvitam.

162

Mahīpālannaṭṭi near maruttuvak-
kuḍi.─Wall of the rock-cut
cave.

Pāṇḍya            ..

Jaṭāvarman alias Tribhuvana-
chakravartin Sundara-
Pāṇḍyadēva ‘who was
pleased to take all countries.’

10th year, Vṛiśchika,
ba. [3], Monday,
Pūśam.

Do.       ..

Records a remission by the Nāṭṭavar of Pūṅgunra-nāḍu,
of some taxes on Karuppukkōnēri which had been
purchased by Pulavan Maṅgalādēvan Valattuvālvich-
chān alias Pūṅgunranāṭṭu-Brahmād rāyan and others,
for offerings and worship to god Tiruppūṅgunram-
uḍaiya-Nāyanār at Pūṅgunram in Pūṅgunra-nāḍu,
a dēvadāna of god Kulaśēkhara-īśvaram-uḍaiya-
Nāyanār.

163

Tiruppattūr.─ South wall of the
central shrine in the Tiruttaḷī-
śvara temple.

..

….

Vibhava, Māśi 20          ..

Do.       ..

Records that Śiruppaṇa-Nāyaka who was ruling over
Pirāymalai-śīrmai as his nāyallattanam, confirmed the
grant of lands in several villages in  Pūṅgunra-nāḍu
which had already been endowed, and remitted the
taxes due therefrom in favour of the temple of
Tiruttaḷiyāṇḍa-Nāyinār at Tirupputtūr, a brahmadēya
in Kēraḷaśiṅga-vaḷanāḍu, for offerings and worship
to the deity and for the conduct of the morning
service called Śiruppaṇanāyakan-śandi newly
instituted by himself.

163▲

Same wall        ..          ..          ..          ..

..

….

Śaka 1497, Dhātu,
Vaigāśi 10.

Do.       ..

Damaged and beginning lost. Seems to refers to the
settlement by the Nādavāśikkārar of Tirupputtūr-śīrmai
of a dispute between two communities regarding the
(social ?) privileges claimed by one of the parties, viz.,
the Ambalakkuḍi of Viraiyāchchilai.

164

West wall of the maṇḍapa in front
of the same shrine.

Pāṇḍya            ..

…… Tribhuvanachakravartin
Vīra-Pāṇḍyadēva.

4th year …… 7,
Friday, Aniḷam.

Do.       ..

Continuations of lines lost. Appears to relate to some
sale of land made by Tiruviḍaimarud-uḍaiyān
Tiruvirāmēśvaram-uḍaiyān mentioned in No. 173
below, for the up-keep of a matha president over by
Rājendrattu-Mudaliyār Śaivaprakāśar, a disciple of
Bhikshāmaḍattu-Mudaliyār.

165

South wall of the first prākāra in
the same temple.

Do.            ..

Tribhuvanachakravartin Sun-
dara-Pāṇḍyadēva, ‘who was
pleased to take the Chōḷa
country.’

20 + 2nd year (in
words), Dhanus 22,
Thursday, Mūla.

Do.       ..

Registers an order of the officer Kaṇḍan Udayañjeydān
alias Gāṅgēyan fixing the rates of taxes due on
different kinds of produce on the land purchased by
two merchants of Tirukkōṭṭiyūr, and making them
over to the temple of Tiruttaḷiyāṇḍa-Nāyanār at
Tirupputtūr, a brahmadēya in Kēraḷaśiṅga-vaḷanāḍu for
offerings and worship of the god.

166

Same wall        ..          ..          ..          ..

Do,             ..

Māravarman alias Tribhuvana-
chakravartin Sundara-
Pāṇḍyadēva.

2nd year          ..          ..

Do.       ..

Commences with the introduction Pūmalar tiruvum, etc.
Records an order of the king issued on the representa-
tion made by Aiyan Malavarāyan remitting the taxes
on the village Aruvalam in Kalvāyil-nāḍu endowed by
Araiyan Tirunāḍuḍaiyān alias Nīlagaṅgaraiyan of
Kīlaikkoḍumaḷūr alias Madurōdaiyanallūr in Kīlśembi-
nāḍu, after purchasing it from Gāṅgēyan for offerings,
etc., to the god Āṇḍapiḷḷaiyār in the temple of
Tiruttaḷiyāṇḍa-Nāyanār. The land-measure called
Kāḷaiyarkālan is mentioned.

167

Do.       ..          ..          ..          ..

Do.            ..

Tribhuvanachakravartin Kula-
śēkharadēva.

13 + 5th year, Mīna
3.

Do.       ..

States that half of the village  Tenvāy-Iḍaikkuḍi belong-
ing to Mummuḍiśōlan Māḷavamāṇikkam alias
Māḷavachakravarti was sold as kārāṇkilamai to Por-
padikkunāyakan Tiruchchirrambalam-uḍaiyān alias-
Abimuktīśvaram-udaiyān of Tiruviḍaimarudu, who was
in charge of the maṭha in the temple, and that from
the taxes thereon provision was made for the pañcha-
gavyābhishēka of the god Tiruttaḷiyāṇḍa-Nāyanār on
the new-moon days.

RAMNAD DISTRICT─cont.
TIRUPPATTUR TALUK. ─cont.
Tiruppattur─cont.

168

Same wall        ..          ..          ..            ..

Pāṇḍya  ..

Tribhuvanachakravartin Kula-
śēkharadēva.

…., Tulā 6         ..

Tamil    ..

Records a similar sale of the other half of Tenvāy-
Iḍaikkuḍi belonging to Kaṇḍan Āḷvuḍaiyān alias
Kulaśēkhara-Kalvāyilnāḍālvān as kārāṇkiḷamai to the
same person (mentioned in No. 167 above), provision
being made for offerings, etc., to god Vināyaka-
Piḷḷaiyār in the temple out of the taxes due thereon.

169

Do.       ..          ..          ..          ..

Do.       ..

Māravarman alias Tribhuvana-
chakravartin Kulaśēkhara-
dēva, ‘who was pleased to
take all countries.’

15th year, Ṛishabha
17, paurṇamī,
Wednesday,
Anilam.

Do.       ..

Registers the agreement given by the Śivabrāhmaṇas of
the temple to burn two perpetual lamps before the god
Bāṇaliṅga-Nāyanār set up to the east of the shrine of
Āṇḍapiḷḷaiyār in the temple by Śrīkailāyam-uḍaiyān
Āḍumāṇḍār alias Vayirāvaṇar of Aruviyūr alias
Kulaśēkharapaṭṭaṇam, for 60 varāhan received by
them from the same person.

170

Do.       ..          ..          ..          ..

Do.       ..

Māravarman alias Tribhuvana-
chakravartin Sundara-
Pāṇḍyadēva, ‘who having
taken the Chōḷa country was
pleased to perform the anoint-
ment of heroes at Muḍigoṇḍa-
śōlapuram.’

20 + 1 + 1st  year,
Mīna 20, śu. 12,
Monday.

Do.       ..

Damaged. Seems to record the confiscation of lands
belonging to some persons including Ulaichchāṇan
Vishṇu-Padmanābhan who were guilty of having
broken into and stolen away the money from the
temple treasury, and were responsible for the slaughter
of some Brahmans during the troublous times of
the Hoysaḷa (invasion), and its sale by the Mūlapari-
shad to the temple of Tiruttaḷiyāṇḍa-Nāyanār.

171

Do.       ..          ..          ..          ..

Do.       ..

Māravarman alias Tribhuvana-
chakravartin Kulaśēkhara-
dēva,’who was pleased to
take all countries.’

1[7] th year, [Kanni]
20, śu. pauṛṇamī,
Tuesday, Aśvati.

Do.       ..

Registers a gift of tax-free land made by Āṇḍapirān
Tirunelvēliyuḍaiyān of Pālūr alias Rājakēsarinallūr in.
Miḷalai-kūrram for the several items of expenses
connected with the festival on the day of Pushya in
the month of Tai in the temple at Tirupputtūr.
Mention is made of a Kāliṅgarāyan maṇḍapa and
another named Āyirattelunūrruvan-maṇḍapam.

172

West wall of the same prākāra ..

Do.       ..

Jaṭāvarman alias Tribhuvana-
chakravartin Śrīvallabha-
dēva.

13th year, Arpaśi
16.

Do.       ..

Registers an exchange of a dēvadāna land by the Mūla-
paṛusha-mahāsabhai of Tirupputtūr and the kāniyāḷar
of the temple in return for a tax-free tirunāmattuk-
kāṇi land granted to the god by the Kaikkōḷas of the
tirumaḍaiviḷāgam of the temple, who made a gift of
the land as udirappaṭṭi to a certain Sundarapāṇḍya-
Bhaṭṭan, as damages for some imputations made
against him in connexion with the death of his wife
in the temple by taking poision.

173

Same wall        ..          ..          ..            ..

Do.       ..

Tribhuvanachakravartin Kōnē-
rinmaikoṇḍān.

11th year, 205th day

Do.       ..

Records the remission of taxes granted on the represen-
tation of Kāliṅgarāyan in some lands which had been
purchased from Ātrayan Tiruviḍaimarud-udaiyān
Tiruvirāmīśvaram-udaiyān by Sarvēśvara, a disciple of
the Bhikshā-maṭha Āchāryas, for the upkeep of the
Śaivaprakāśan-maṭha situated in the east street near
the temple of Tiruttaḷiyāṇḍa-Nāyanār supervised by
him. (See No. 164 above.)

174

North wall of the same prākāra..

Do.       ..

Tribhuvanachakravartin Vīra-
Pāṇḍyadēva.

Śaka 1  *  *  7 and
105th day, 4th
regnal year
[Kanni] 1, ba. 3,
Wednesday,
Aśvati.

Do.       ..

Registers a gift of money by Maṇarkuḍaiyān Porpadikkunāyagar
Tiruvambalapperumāḷ alias Peruñjadura-
Kubēran Tiruchchirrambalam-teḷivura-ninaivār
Śrīpādabhaktan of Aḷakāpuri alias Śeliyanārāyaṇapuram
in Kēraḷaśiṅga-vaḷanāḍu for offerings and
worship to the image of Tiruvambalapperumāḷ installed
by him to the north of the middle gōpura in the third
prākāra of the temple, and of Dakshiṇāmūrti set up in
the niche of the central shrine. The Mūlapurusha-
Mahāsabhai of Tiruputtūr made itself responsible for
the maintenance of proper worship to these two
deities.

175

Do.       ..

Do.       ..

Jaṭāvarman alias Tribhuvanachakravartin
Vīra-Pāṇḍyadēva.

Śaka     *  *  07, and
105th day, 4th
regnal year. Kanni
1, ba. 3, Wednesday,
Aśvati.

Do.       ..

The latter portion of the inscription is completely worn
out. Records another gift of money made by the
person mentioned in No. 174 above, for offerings
to the two images of Tiruchchirram balam-uḍaiyār
and Tiruvādavūr-Nāyanār set up by him in the third
prākāra of the temple. The same Mahāsabhai made
itself responsible for the proper utilization of this gift
also.

176

Do.

Do.       ..

Tribhuvanachakravartin Kōnērinmaikoṇḍān.

4th year and 1410th
day.

Do.       ..

Registers an order to the Tānattār of the temple of
Tiruttaḷiyāṇḍa-Nāyanār issued on the representation
of Aiyan Malavarāyan remitting in favour of the
temple certain taxes due on the lands in Śalipugalvēṇḍi
alias Tiruchchammaṇamalagiyanallūr in
Adaḷaiyūr-nāḍu which had been endowed by Gāṅgēyan
for providing offerings, etc., to the god Āṇḍapiḷḷaiyār in
the temple from the 4 + 3rd year of the king.

177

Do.       ..

Vijayanagara.

Kṛishṇadēva-Mahārāya  ..

Śaka 1440, Bahudhānya,
Uttarāyaṇa, Vasantaṛitu,
Vṛishabha,
śu. 15, Monday,
Jyēshṭha, Siddhayōga,
Bhavakaraṇa,
lunar
eclipse.

Do.       ..

Registers gift of some lands by Timmappar alias
Veṅgala Nāyaka, son of Kṛishṇayarāja, for maintaining
a water-shed on the eastern bund of the tank
called Timmappan-ūraṇi at Neḍumaram, a hamlet of
Tirupputtūr, for the merit of Śvāmi Śellappar alias
Vīra Narasiṁharāya-Nāyaka, who bears the title
‘Kāñchīpuravarādhīśvara.’

178

West wall of the Naṭarāja shrine
in the same prākāra.

..

….

Śaka 1426, Raktākshi,
Grīshma-ṛitu,
Āni 32, Friday,
prathamā, Vishkambha-yōga,
Uttarāshāḍha.

Do.       ..

Registers gift of (the village) Veḷḷappaḷḷam in Kāraiyūrśīrmai
in Kēraḷaśiṅga-vaḷanāḍu by Tummichchī-
Nāyaka, son of Era-Liṅgaiya-Nāyaka of Variśai-nāḍu,
who bears a number of birudas, as sarvamānya to
Īśāna-Śiva of the Bhikshāmaṭha-santāna alias Lakhshādhyāyisantāna and the Gōḷakī-dharma, who was in
charge of the stone monastery situated to the east of
the temple.

179

Same wall        ..          ..          ..          ..

Vijayanagara.]

Achyutadēva-Mahārāya            ..

Śaka 1460, Viḷambi,
Dakshiṇāyana, ba.
12.

Do.       ..

Built in at the end. Registers gift of the village
Śāntamaṅgalam in Śōlapāṇḍya-vaḷanāḍu as dēvadāna
to the temple of Tiruttaḷiyāṇḍa-Nāyanār by Periya
Rāmappa-Nāyaka, son of Golla Basa[va]yya-Nāyaka,
for the merit of the king, fixing the rates of taxes to
be paid by the tenants on the several kinds of
produce. A portion of the gift was endowed to (god)
Tyāgapperumāḷ-Nāyanār.

RAMNAD DISTRICT─cont.
TIRUPPATTUR TALUK─cont.
Tiruppattūr─cont.

180

East wall of the same prākāra  ..

..

….

Śaka 1406, Krōdhi,
Āvaṇi 2.

Do.       ..

Registers gift of 5 mā of land out of the temple lands
at Maṇṇaṇimaṅgalam to a certain Tiruvambalamuḍaiyār
Maraijñānasambandar of the Meygaṇḍār-santāna
and belonging to this maṭha of the village, for having
composed a purāṇa called the Ōṅgukōyil-purāṇa
(in honour of a deity in this temple). (See No. 186
below.)

181

West wall of the kitchen in the
second prākāra of the same
temple.

Pāṇḍya              ..

Tribhuvanachakravartin Vikrama-
Pāṇḍayadēva.

4th year, Kanni-22

Do.       ..

Damaged. Seems to register gift of land by Āḷuḍai ..
Tirumalai alias Tamiladaraiyan of Śaḍaiyānēri in
Kalvāyil-nāḍu for offerings, etc., to god Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōlaviṇṇagar-Ālvār at Tirupputtūr. The Mulaparushan-
Mahāsabhai made itself responsible for the
proper maintenance of the endowment.

182

Same wall        ..          ..          ..          ..

Do.       ..

Māravarman alias Tribhuvanachakravartin
Sundara-Pāṇ[ḍyadēva]
‘who was pleased
to present the Chōḷa country.’

11+1st  year, Karkaṭaka,
śu. 12 Sunday….

Do.       ..

Registers an agreement by the Śivabrāhmaṇas of the
temple to burn two lamps for the 50 Śōliya-narkāśu
endowed by Kōdaikaṇḍan alias Kuvalayattaraiyan of
Veḷiyārrūr in Kēraḷasiṅga-vaḷanāḍu.

183

Do.       ..          ..          ..          ..

Do.       ..

Māravarman alias Tribhuvanachakravartin
Sundara-Pāṇḍyadēva
‘who was pleased
to present the Chōḷa country.’

10th year and 39th
day.

Do.       ..

Commences with the introduction Pūmaruviya. etc.
Registers an order of the king to the temple authorities
at Tirupputtūr, issued while he was seated on the
paḷḷippidam called Malavarāyan in the palace at
Madura. On the representation of his brother-in law,
Alagapperumāḷ, making a dēvadāna-iraiyili the lands
at Kadavāṅguḍi at Tiruttiyûr-muṭṭam which had
been endowed by Śīyan Sambandan Adigaimān of
Tiruppūvaṇam, for special worship to god Tiruttaḷiyāṇḍar
on the day of the king’s natal star Aviṭṭ m
in the month of Puraṭṭāśi, and for offerings to the
images of Kūttāḍumdēvar and his consort, consecrated
by him in the temple.

184

Do.       ..          ..          ..          ..

Do.       ..

Do.

1[1]th year, Dhanus,
.., śu. 6, Thursday,
Aviṭṭam.

Do.       ..

Registers an endorsement of the Mulaparusha-Mahāsabhai
of Tiruppuṭṭūr putting into effect the royal
order mentioned in No. 183 above.

185

South wall of the second
prākāra.

Do.       ..

Tribhuvanachakravartin Kulaśēkharadēva.

3 + 2nd year     ..

Do.       ..

Registers a sale, to the temple of Tiruttaḷi-Paramēsvara
by the Mulaparushan-Mahasabhai of Tirupputtūr for
500 Śōliyan-kaśu, of the lands confiscated by them
from a certain Patagātrayan Śēndasvāmi, son of
Kāraiyūrkilār and his brothers and neph ws, who
were implicated in the murder of some Brahmans
by the use of swords, and other harm done by them
to the community.

186

Same wall        ..          ..          ..          ..

Do.       ..

….

….

Do.       ..

Registers the order of Gāṅgēyan remitting, from the
15th year of king Sundara-Pāṇḍya, the taxes on 10
mā of kārāṇmai-dēvadāna land at Tirupputtūr for
offerings, etc.,  to the images of god Ōṅgukōyil-
Uraivār and Uyyaninrāḍuvār, set up in the temple
by Ponnan Uyyavandān alias Mānābharaṇa-Mūvēndavēḷār
of Kappalūr.

187

North wall of the maṇḍapa in
front of the Bhairava shrine
in the same prākāra.

Pāṇḍya  ..

Tribhuvanachakravartin Kulaśēkharadēva-

1 [3] + 10th year,
Vṛiśchika 16.

Do.       ..

Registers a sale of the Kārāṇkilamai right of the village
Kaṭṭi-ēri in Pūṅgunra-nāḍu to Śrīrāmadēvan Dayāparan
by Kaṇḍan Āḷvuḍaiyān alias Kalvāyil-Nāḍālvan
on the stipulation that the taxes on them
be paid to the shrine of Āṇḍapiḷlaiyār in the temple.
The village was also converted into a tax-free
dēvadāna.

188

Same wall        ..          ..          ..          ..

Do.       ..

Do.

13 + 10th year,
Mīna 22, Thursday,
Mūla.

Do.       ..

Registers gift of lands in Pūngunra-nāḍu as dēvadana
to the temple by Mummuḍisōlan-Māḷavarmāṇikkam
alias Māḷavachakravarttigaḷ for Panchagavya-bath and
offerings to god Āḍḍapiḷaḷiyār in the temple, on the
day of Makhā, the matal star of the donor.

189

Do.  &nnbsp;    ..          ..          ..          ..

Do.       ..

Do.

13 + 5th year
Makara 12, Sunday.

Do.       ..

Built in below the third line.

190

Do.       ..          ..          ..          ..

Do.       ..

Do.

[13]th year       ..          ..

Do.       ..

Damaged and incomplete. Seems to record a gift of 30
Śoliyan-kāsu made by the queen (Nambirattiyar)
Kaṇḍa……….Avanimuluduḍaiyār for worship in the
temple during Śivarātri, which was left in the
management of a dēvaradiyāḷ of the temple named
Sundan Ammaiyālvi alias Kulasēkhara –māṇikkam.

191

Slab in the ceiling of the
maṇḍapa near the Śivagaṅga
tank opposite the same temple.

..

….

..

Do.       ..

Fragment. In characters of the 12th century A.D.
Seems to refer to a grant of land as tirumaḍaippaḷḷipuram
to the goddess…… -Pirāṭṭi.

ARUPPUKKOTTAI TALUK.

192

Tiruchchuli.─Slab set up in
front of the Praḷaya-viṭaṅkar
temple.

Madura-
Nāyaka.

Vijaya Muttu Chokkanātha-
Nāyaka, son of Raṅgakṛishṇa
Muttuvīrappa-Nāyaka.

Śaka 1630, Sarvadhāri,
Kārttigai,
śu. 7, Monday,
Tiruvōṇam.

Do.       ..

Registers gift of lands in Nāḍākulam near Āchchanēr
to the temple of Tirumēnināthasvāmin by Erai
Veṅkaṭapati-Nāyaka, son of Ramaṇappa-Nāyaka, for
the merit of the king.

193

Pallimaḍam.─Stray slab fixed
into the north wall inside the
central shrine of the Kālanātha
temple.

..

….

..

Do.       ..

States that the nilaikāl was the gift of [Śō]ṇāḍan-
Nambi.

TINNEVELLY DISTRICT.
TINNEVELLY TALUK.

194

Ukkīrankottal.─North wall of
the maṇḍapa in front of
the central shrine in the
Chokkaliṅgasvāmin temple.

Pāṇḍya              ..

Śaḍaiya-Māran  ..          …          ..

2 + 13th year   ..

Vaṭṭeluttu            ..

Registers a gift  of 50 sheep by Tudarūrā of Kuṇṇūr in
Karunālakkuḍi-nāḍu, [wife] of Tennavan Pallavadiyaraiyan
alias [Mā]rāñ-Śūran, for a perpetual
lamp to god Ādītya-Bhaṭāra in the temple at the
eastern entrance of Karavandapura in Kaḷakkuḍi-nāḍu.
A fragmentary inscription found engraved
near this is also dated in the 2 + 13th year, apparently
of the same king, and mentions some gift made by
Dēvan Kurran of Dēvanmaṅgalam in Tenparappu-nāḍu.

TINNEVELLY DISTRICT
—cont.
TINNEVELLY TALUK —cont.
Ukkirankōṭṭai—cont.

195

Same wall    . .     . .      . .       . .

. .

. . . .

. .

Sanskrit verse
in Grantha.

Records gift of lamp made by Tuḍarūri, wife of
Srikaṇṭha-Śūra to the god Vaikarttana (Āditya-Bhaṭāra) who had his temple at Karavandapura. (See
No. 194 above.)

196

Two slabs set up as gate-posts
on the south side of the same
temple.

Pāṇḍya    . .

Lost        . .         . .       . .   . .

[2] + 9th year        . .

Vaṭṭeluttu    . .

Registers gift of sheeps and a lamp-stand by the chief
Tennavan-Pallavadiyaraiyan alias Kaṇḍan-Śūran to
the ambalam called Nagarattān built by him in the
name of the Nagarattar. who had been settled in the
Rājaśiṅgappēraṅgāḍi newly formed by him in front of
the palace, and a further gift of 10-Ilakkāsu for the
maintenance of the caretaker of the ambalam.

197

East wall of the Chokka-Nāyaki
temple in the same village.

Do.      . .

Vīra-Pāṇḍya ‘who took the
head of the Chōḷa’.

15th year, Kārttigai

Do.      . .

Unfinished. Mentions the goddess Vaḍavāyil-Naṅgai
(i.e. the deity at the northern entrance) at Karavandapuram
in Pāṇḍimāttāṇḍa-vaḷanāḍu.

198

Door-jamb at the entrance into
the same shrine.

. .

. . . .

. .

Tamil (verse)

Much damaged and incomplete. In charaters of the
11th century A.D. Mentions Tenkaḷandai and
Kulaśēkhara.

199

A slab lying in the compound of
the same temple.

. .

. . . .

. .

Vaṭṭeluttu     . .

States that the tiruchchurrālai (called) Nagarattān of
(the temple of) the goddess Vaḍavāyil-amandāḷ was
built by Ainnūrruvaninban Dēvaṇa-Seṭṭi of Ayyapolil.

200

Stone cross-beam of a water-lift
near the well in the same
temple.

Pāṇḍya   . .

Śaḍaiya-Māran     . .        . .       . .

2 + 10th year       .

Do.      . .

Portion containing ends of lines broken. Registers gift
of a perpetual lamp to the temple of . . . .[kē]sariy
īśvarattu-Dēvar for the merit of Amaran. Uttami.

201

Boulder called Ānaippārai near
the bund of the tank called
Kāḍupaṭṭi-kuḷam in the Uttumalai
Zamin, two miles
from Ukkirankōṭṭai.

Do.      . .

Māravarman alias Tribhuvanachakravartin
Sundara Pānḍyadēva
‘who was pleased
to present the Chōḷa country’.

11th year     ..   ..

Tamil      . .

Records an order fixing the taxes to be levied on the
dēvadāna and other lands belonging to the temples o
Arikēsarīśvaram uḍaiya-Nāyanār and Iyalkāṭṭīs
varam-uḍaiya-Nāyanār at Kaḷakkuḍi in Kaḷakkuḍi
nāḍu for the annual deepening and up-keep of the
tank called Parāntakap-pērēri, irrigating them.

AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK.

202

Ambāsamudram.—South wall
of the central shrine in the
Vīramārttāṇḍēśvara temple.

Travanoore

Śankaranārāyaṇa Venrumaṇkoṇḍa
Bhūtalavīra Vīra-Rāmavarman of Jayatuṅga-nāḍu.

Kollam 722, Mārgali
8, śu. 13, Monday, Rōhiṇī.

Do.      . .

Records the order of the king issued while camping iu
Māttaṇḍatātar-maḍam at Nālukkal in Nāñji-nāḍu
appointing Śaṭṭaipperumāḷ Dhanmakkūttan of the
Meykanḍā-santāna in Vēḷākurichchi to write the
account of the maṭha, to arrange for the recitations of
hymns before the deity and to supervise the supply of garlands to the god, in the temple of Vīramārttānḍiśvaramḍaiya-Nāyanār in Uḍaiyamārttānḍahaturvēdimaṅgalam to the east of Vēḷākurichchi, a village
attached to Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam a brahmadēya in Muḷḷi-nāḍu.

MADURA DISTRICT.
MADURA TALUK.

203

Madura.—Broken slab lying in
the compound of the Santānagōpāla
temple

Pāṇḍya      .. .

. .   ya-Māran   . .       . .        . .

[Lost]      . .         . .

Vaṭṭeluttu      . .

Fragmentary. Appears to register a gift of 25 sheep
by a queen (name lost) to the god. . . . . . tturutti-Bhaṭāra. Mentions Aṇḍa-nāḍu.

GUNTUR DISTRICT.
VINUKONDA TALUK.

204

Agnīguṇḍāla.—Slab lying in
Survey No. 83 to the south
of the village.

Velanāṇḍu

Rājēndra-Chōḍa, son of Kulōttuṅga-Chōḍa-Goṅka.

Śaka 1093, Khara,
Māgha, paurṇamī,
Wednesday, lunar
eclipse.

Telugu           . .

Damaged. Seems to register a gift (of land?) by the
king to the temple of Śikharēśvara situated on the
Śrīparvata hill.

205

Boggaram (near Muppāḷḷa).—
Pillar lying near the Gurrālamma
temple.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1323, Vṛisha,
Phālguṇa, śu. 15,
Monday.

Do.                   . .

Registers the gift of the village Boggaram to the goddess
Gurrāla-Paramēśvarī by the trading chiefs of
several communities including the Nānādēśis who
assembled together in the maṇḍapa of god Sōmēśvara
of Nelikuduru, on the occasion of the Vasantamahōtsava festival of god Narasiṁha of Addaṅki.
Also specifies the contributions given by the several
artisan classes of the village. Refers to the billakumāras.

206

Dōmalaguṇḍa (near Gaṇḍīganamala).—Slab set up near the
well to the east of the village.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1516, Manmatha, Jyēshṭha,
ba.7, Thursday.

Do.                   . .

Registers a gift of mānya-land at Dōmalaguṇḍa made to
a certain Nāgābattuḍu, son of Kammābattuḍu of
Sattenapalle, by Nīlapaṁgāru, son of Liṅgama-Nāyaḍu
and grandson of Gummalapu Nīlapa-Nāyaḍu, for
having constructed a well.

207

Sculptured slab lying in Survey
No. 336, about two furlongs to
the north-east of the village.

. .

Gaṇḍapeṇḍāra [Am]badēva-Mahārāja.

Śaka 121[5], Vijaya,
Vaiśākha, śu. 10,
Thursday.

Do.                   . .

The inscription is incomplete. Seems to refer to some
gift made for the prosperity of the king.

208

Slab lying in the forest about a
mile to the north-east of the
village.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1[5]13, Śōbhakṛit, Āshāḍha, śu.
[11].

Do.                   . .

Registers a gift of land at Dōmalaguṇḍa made to Peda-Mallābattuḍu of the Māruṭla-gōtra by a certain
Rāmana Timmā-Reḍḍi, son of Basvi-Reḍḍi who
belonged to the Valluṭla-gōtra.

209

Gaṇḍīganamala.—Slab set up
near a well called Mālabhāvi
about a furlong to the north-east of the village.

. .

. . . .

Parābhava, Āshāḍha.
śu.11.

Do.                   . .

Damaged. In charaters of the 16th century A.D.
Refers to the construction of two wells in the village
for the merit of Basivi-Reḍḍi and his wife Akama-Sāni by their son (name lost).

210

Base of a sculpture in a shrine
near the ruined temple of Śiva.

. .

. . . .

Manmatha, Śrāvaṇa.
śu. 15.

Do.                   . .

Refers to the figures of the sculpture as those of Vēlpula
Basvi-Reḍḍi and his sati wife (peraṭālu) Anyamma.

211

Garikapāḍu.—Mutilated image
lying under a banyan tree in
Survey No. 111/A, to the east
of the village.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.                   . .

Gives the name Mōli Tikkaya-Nāyuṇḍu alias Periya
Perumāḷi-dāsulavāru. In characters of the 13th century A.D.

212

Gummanampāḍu.—Slab set up
near the well to the south of
the choultry.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1564, Chitrabhānu, Kārttika,
śu. 12.

Do.                   . .

Damaged. Refers to the digging of a well in the village
Gummanampāḍu by Sūraṇḍu, son of Timmi[nēṇḍu].

213

Inumeḷḷa.—Slab lying in Survey
No. 479, to the west of the
village.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1[0]35       . .    . .

Do.                   . .

Damaged. Refers to a certain Savuka-Bōyaḍu,
grandson of Trikaṭa-Bōyuḍu and to the temple
founded by him. He is said to be the raṭṭaḍi of
Tagaṭūru.

GUNTUR DISTRICT
—cont.
VINUKONDA TALUK—cont.
Inumeḷḷa—cont.

214

Slab set up in front of the Bhāvanārāyaṇasvāmin temple in the
same place.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1730, Vībhava,
Māgha, śu.
paurṇamī.

Telugu         . .

Records the gift of the villages Inumeḷḷa and Bhadrapāḷem to the temple at Inumeḷḷa and the raising of a
garden, and construction of a well and tank therein,
by a certain Veṅkaṭaramaṇayya (Veṅkaṭaramaṇamma), the senior wife of Rāja-Veṅkaṭara-Rāyaṅiṇgāru. Specifies the quantities of provisions
such as rice, ghee, oil, etc., supplied for the daily
a gold-plated kalaśa and a chakra over the vimāna of
the temple by the same lady.

215

Same slab, reverse        . .        . .

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.        . .

Registers the foundation of a mango grove and a well on
the north-west side of the temple for the god, and gift
of these by Rājā Malrāju Ramaṇammagāru in the
name of her elder daughter Jūpalli Lakshmīkāntamma who was the wife of Rājā Malrāju Veṅkaṭaguṇḍā-Rāyaniṅgāru and the mother of Veṅkaṭramaṇayya and Lakshmayya.

216

Kanamalacheruvu.—Stone set up
near the Lambāḍi colony on
the way to Palukūr.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1771, Saumya,
Vaiśākha, śu. 6.

Do.        . .

Records the settlement of the boundary dispute between
the villages Palukūru and Kanamalacheruvu by Mr.
[Chenasu ?] and Hassankhān Sāhib, the Tahsildar,
and the setting up of the boundary-stone to the west
of the Sōmula-vāgu (brook).

217

Kanamarlapūḍi.—Pillar lying in
Survey No. 120.

Chōḷa    ..

Tribhuvanachakravartin Kulōttuṅga-Chōḍadēva.

[Śaka] 1070, 4th
year, Uttarāyaṇa[saṅkrāmaṇa].

Do.        . .

Damaged. Refers to the construction of a Śiva temple
(name lost) and the gifts made to it (probably of land)
by Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Tribhuvanamalladēva-Chōḍa-Mahārāja, for the worship etc. of the deity, for the
merit of his father (name lost).

218

Same pillar, reverse        . .         . .

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.          . .

Damaged. Mentions Kaḍamiṭlapūṇḍi as the village
belonging to the temple of Śiva (name lost) at
Kañchervu, and temple to refer to the gift of lands
made to it. Refers also to some pratishṭhā made by
Kāṭya-Dēsaṭi.

219

Kārumañchi.—Fragment of a slab
lying under a tamarind tree in
Survey No. 223, near the
Gāḷimādāyi tank.

Velanāṇḍu (?)

[Mahāmaṇḍalē]śvara Kulōttuṅga-Rājēndra. Chōḍarāja.

Śaka 10[30], Uttarāyaṇa-saṅkrānti.

Do.          . .

Damaged and worn out. Registers the gift of land
made for a perpetual lamp in the temple or Tripurāntakadēva by Pōti-Nāyaka and another, sons of
Prōlaya-Nāyaka, the servant of the king.

220

Koṇḍramuṭla.—Slab set up to the
east of the ruined maṇḍapa in
Survey No. 395, to the east of
the village.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.          . .

Much damaged. Seems to register the gift of an
agrahāra village to a certain Bhīmasiṅga-Bhaṭṭāra.
The characters may be assigned to the 10th century
A.D.

221

Slab set up on the east side of
the bund of the tank called
Siddappacheruvu.

Telugu
Chōḍa.

Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Vijayadēvachōḍa-Mahārāja. son of
Karikālachōḍa-Mahārāja.

Śaka 10[87], Uttarāyaṇa-saṅkrānti.

Do.          . .

Registers a gift of land male for the daily offerings of
the god Mallikārjuna at Koṇḍa muṭra. Mentions
Bhīmājīyya as the sthānapati.

222

Kottalūru.—Pillar lying in Survey
No. 234/2, about two furlongs
to the south-east of the village.

. .

. . . .

Viśvāvasu, Jyēshṭha,
ba. [7], Thursday.

Do.          . .

States that the pillars were set up by a certain Pedi-Nēṇḍu, son of Tōṇṭakūra Malli-Nēḍu of Pōṭlūru.

223

Kūchenapalle.—Slab set up in
front of the ruined temple of
Śiva in Survey No. 421, to the
east of the village.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1498, Dhātu,
Vaiśākha, śu. 10.

Do.           . .

Registers the consecration of the god Gōpālakṛishṇamma
of Kūchenapalle by Tippā-Nāyuṇḍu of Poṭḷapalli and a
gift of land to the same made by him.

224

Another slab set up in the same
place.

Telugu
Chōḍa.

Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Kandūri
Bhīmadēva-Chōḍa-Mahārāja.

Śaka 1156, Jaya,
Āshāḍha, śu. pañchādaśī, Monday.

Do.           . .

Registers the grant of the village Kūchakopalli to the
temple of Yēlēśvara by the king, for the daily worship
and offerings of the deity.

225

Mannēpallepāḍu.—Slab set up
near a well in Survey No. 317.

. .

. . . .

Pramādi, Jyēshṭha,
ba. 10.

Do.           . .

States that the well was dug by one Kolla   .    .

226

Matukumalli.—Slab set up behind
the image of Āñjanēya, situated
on the back-side of the
Karanam’s house.

Gajapati   . .

Purushōttama-Gajapati    . .

Śaka 1406, Krōdhi,
Kārttika, śu. 15.

Do.           . .

Registers the gift of the village Matukumpali in Vinikoṇḍa-sīma by Ajama-khāna who is entitled Sāmantarāya-Mahāpātra, on the occasion of the lunar eclipse. The
donee’s name is not clear.

227

Mēḷḷavāgu.—Rock in Survey
No. 675/3 in Lālipuram (ham-let).

. .

. . . .

Śaka (wrong for
kali ?), 4483 (in
words), Bhāva,
Jyēshṭha, śu. 15,
Sunday.

Do.           . .

Registers a gift of land made by a certain Verlaṇṭ
Peddayaṁgāru to Sāvōju Rāmābattuḍu.

228

Nāyanīpāḷem.—Image set up on
the tank-bund about a mile to
the west of the village.

. .

. . . .

Virōdhikṛit, Kārttika, śu. 12, Saturday.

Do.           . .

Records the consecration of the image of Prōturāju on
the tank-bund at Eḍḷūru by China-Yallappa, son of
Gādela-Yallappa, and registers a gift of land for the
worship of the image.

229

Nīlagaṅgavaram,—Broken slab
set up in Survey No. 307/3,
about two miles to the north-west of the village.

. .

Ambadēva-Mahārāja        . .          . .

Śaka 1212, Vikṛita,
Bhādrapada, ba.
15, Tuesday, solar
eclipse.

Sanskrit and
Telugu.

Much damaged. Registers the gift of the village Mollala-
Kallūru as a Śivapura by the king to a certain
Reṇḍrēvula Mallināthaiyaṁgāru. Mentions Gaṅgaya-
Sāhiṇi of the Kāyastha community, his sis er Chandalāmbā, her husband Ambadēva and two sons Janārdana
and Tripurāridēva.

230

Pērūrupāḍu.—slab set up in
Survey No. 329/2, by the side
of the cart-track leading to
Koppukoṇḍa village.

. .

. . . .

. .

Telugu            . .

States that this is s stone indicating the boundary of the
village Doṇḍapāḍu.

231

Pōṭlūru.—Slab lying in the ruined
temple of Vishṇu to the west of
the village.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.           . .

Fragmentary. Seems to register gift of land made by
some persons.

232
3

Pedestals of two mutilated
images lying in the compound
of the same temple.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.           . .

These are labels giving the names of the images as
‘ Kulaśēkharuḍu ’ and ‘ Periyāḷvāru’.

234

Rāvulāpuram.—Slab set up near
a well in Survey No. 230, by
the side of the cart-track leading to the village from Mannēpallepāḍu.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.           . .

Seems to be an incomplete record. Mentions a Chōḍarāja and registers a gift of land made for his merit to
the temple of Bhīmēśvara.

235

Slab in Survey No. 39 near the
ruined temple of Śiva behind
the forest bungalow.

Kākatīya    . .

Gaṇapatidēva-Māhārāja       .

Śaka 1182, Siddārthin. Śrāvaṇa, ba.
1, Thursday.

Do.           . .

Fragmentary and damaged. Mentions a certain Nūvula
Kāmadē[va].

236

Rēmiḍicherla.—Lintel of the door-way leading into the garbhagṛiha
of the Vishṇu temple.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.           . .

States that the carvings of the door-way of the temple of
Kēśavanātha were the gift of Gumṭala Siṁgā-Reḍḍi.
In characters of the 15th century A. D.

237

Mutilated hero-stone in the
compound of the Śiva temple.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.           . .

Mutilated. Seems to refer to the setting up of the hero-stone by some residents of the village.

238

Slab set up near the well behind
the same temple.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1557, Bhāva,
Kārttika, ba. 15.

Do.           . .

Damaged. Seems to register the construction of the well
by a certain [Aḍvula]Rāmā-Nāyaniṅgāru.

239

Śāvalyapuram.—Pillar lying by
the road-side.

 Velanāṇḍu

Rājēndra-Chōḍayarāja     . .        . .

Śaka 1092, Chaitra,
śu. 5, Tuesday,
Vishuvu-saṅkrānti.

Do.           . .

Damaged. Registers a gift of land made to the god
Tripurāntakadēva of Komaragiri by Pōli-Nāyaka, a
subordinate of the king, for the merit of his lord and
of his own parents and relatives. Mentions Chōḍasamudram.

GUNTUR DISTRICT
—cont.
VINUKONDA TALUK—cont.

240

Vaḍḍemguṇṭa.—Slab set up near
the temple of Rāmaliṅgasvāmin
in Survey No. 436, about a mile
to the north-west of the village.

Kākatīya   . .

Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Rudradēva-
Mahārāja.

Śaka 11[9]0, Vibhava,
Āshāḍha, śu. 1,
Thursday.

Telugu        . .

Registers gifts of lands made to the god Abhinavakaṭakam
Mailāradēva of Vaddagikuṇṭa by Appaṇa-
Bolli-Nāyuḍu, the aṅgarakshaka (body-guard) of the
king.

241

Vanikuṭa.—Slab lying near the
tank in Survey No. 39, about a
mile to the west of the village.

Vijaya-
nagara.

Śrīraṅgarāyadēva-Mahārāya    . .

Śaka 1[621], Bahudhānya,
Āśvija, śu.
10.

Do.               . .

Registers the gift of the village Vaniguṇṭa to Kandāḷa
Annaṅgarāchāryula-Ayyavāru, son of Raṅgāchāryula-Ayaṁgāru, by the chief Veligōṭi Veṅkaṭappa-Nāyanimgāru,
son of Rāyapa-Nāyanimgaru and grandson of
Peda, Koṇḍama- Nāyanimgaru of the Rēcharla family.
The village granted is stated to be situated in the
Vinukoṇḍa-sīma which was given as amaranāyaka to
the donor by the king.

242

Vēlpūru.—Slab set up in front of
the Rāmaliṅgasvāmin temple.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1363, Raudri,
Pushya, ba. 30,
Sunday, Ardhōdayapuṇyakāla.

Do.               . .

Registers a gift of land made to the god Rāmayyadēva of
Vēlupūru by a certain Kēśavōjhulu of the village, for
the merit of his parents.

243

Ēlūrpāḍu.—Nandi-pillar set up in
front of the Bhīmēśvara temple.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1057      . .          . .

Sanskrit and
Telugu.

Praises the city Sarasīpurī. Registers that Bhujabala-Bhīma Kāṭama-Nāyaka exempted the Brāhmaṇas,
the ascetics, their women, cattle and all other things
that belonged to them, from tolls in the wharf of
Neṇḍapi, and states that he set up the Nandi-pillar in
front of the temple of Mahādēva on the bank of the
river.

244

Same pillar         . .          . .      . .

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1150. Vishuvusaṅkrānti.

Do.               . .

Registers the gift of sheep for a perpetual lamp to the
god (name not specified), by a certain Saṅkurāju of
Ēlūru, (his) three servants (lēṅkas) and the residents
of the village, for the merit of Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara
Kolani Kēśava-Maṇḍalēśvara.

245

Kumudavalli.—Pillar lying in
front of the Viśvēśvara temple.

. .

. . . .

Kāḷayukta, Śrāvaṇa,
śu. 14, Sunday.

Do.               . .

Slightly damaged in the end. Seems to state that
Ārādhyula-Ammarāju and another person marked the
boundaries of the village. Mentions Kākatarāju
Kṛishṇapa and Nātarāju Veṅkaṭaiya.

NIDADAVOLE TALUK.

246

Kumāradēvam.—Pillar in the
Kalyāṇa-maṇḍapa of the
Veṅkaṭēśvarasvāmin temple.

. .

Malayamuna Vishṇuvardhanadēva-Chakravarti.

Śaka 1203, Vṛisha,
Pausha, śu. 15,
Friday, Uttarāyāṇa-saṅkrānti.

Telugu                . .

States that a certain Mahādēva-Nāyaniṁgāru bought a
piece of land from Vāsudēva-Bhaṭṭa and granted it
probably to the temple of Sōmanāthadēva of Tilatīrtha. Also refers to a gift of 45 sheep made for a
perpetual lamp to the god. Mentions the vidvanmahājanas of Sūryanārāyaṇapuram.

247

Same pillar        . .         . .          . .            . .

. .

. . . .

Śaka [1157], Mārgaśira, śu. daśamī,
Wednesday.

Do.                . .

Badly damaged. Mentions the temple of Sōmēśvara-Mahādēva at the Tila-tītrtha in the village Sūryanārāyaṇapuram and seems to register a gift of land by
Ma ayamuna Mahādēvarāja to the same.

248

Pillar in the mukha-maṇḍapa of
the same temple, proper left.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1159, Uttarāyaṇasaṅkrānti.

Do.                . .

Damaged. Registers a gift of money made by Polisena-Ollasāni, daughter of Oilupa-Malli-Nāyuḍu to the
temple of Ishṭakāmēśvara-Mahādēva at Gajjaram,
for some lamps in the temple.

249

Same pillar     . .           . .         . .         . .

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1162, Uttarāyaṇasaṅkrānti.

Do.                . .

Damaged. Registers a gift of land to the temple of
Ishṭakāmēśvaradēva of Vēlpūru made for worship
and a perpetual lamp, by Lōkema, daughter of
Kōna-Bētrāja and wife of Malayamuna Gaṇapatidēva.

250

Do.          . .             . .           . .          . .

. .

. . . .

Śaka 11[7]2, Māgha,
punnamī.

Do.                . .

Badly damaged. Seems to register a gift of 50 cows to
a temple (name lost). Refers to Vēṅgīśvararāja of
Vēṅgī and Malayamuna Gaṇapa[ti].

251

Do.          . .             . .           . .          . .

. .

. . . .

Śaka 11[62]   . .           . .

Do.                . .

Bady damaged. Registers gifts of lands made by Aḍapa
Mahādēvana-Pegaḍa, son of Muchchirāja, for offerings
to the God Ishṭakāmēśvara-Mahādēva.

252

Another pillar in the same
maṇḍapa, proper right.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 11[6]0, Kārttika, śu. mahādvādaśī, Thursday.

Do.                . .

Registers the gift of taxes made to the temple of
Ishṭakāmēśvara-Mahādēva of Gajjaram by the merchants (nakara) of the village.

253

Same pillar     . .      . .        . .         . .

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1244, Mārgaśira, ba. 15, solar
eclipse.

Do.                . .

Registers the setting up six (?) pillars in the temple
mentioned above, by Appana-Peggaḍa Annamaṁgāru
and a gift of land made to it by the same person.

254

Do.          . .             . .           . .          . .

. .

. . . .

Śaka 11[8]8, (wrong
for 1373), saṅkrānti.

Do.                . .

Registers gift of land made to the temples of Ishṭakāmīśvara-Mahādēva and Rāmanāthadēva at Gajjaram.

TADEPALLIGUDEM TALUK.

255

Anantapalle.—Pillar set up at the
entrance into the mukha-maṇḍapa of the Vēṇugōpāla-
svāmin temple, proper right.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1383, Prajāpati,
Kārttika, śu. 12,
Friday.

Do.                . .

Registers a gift of land made to the temples of Kēśava[rāya]-Perumāḷu of Ānūṇḍipalli by Abinēḍu, son of
Chilakūri Kāchinēḍu.

256

Pillar set up in the same place,
proper left.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.                . .

Damaged. Seems to register the grant of a village as a
sarvamānya-srōtriyam-to Kaṅka-Jīyya.

257

Pillar in the shrine of Vighnēśvara
in front of the Vēgi-Liṅgēśvara
temple.

. .

. . . .

Nandana, Śrāvaṇa,
[śu.] 10, Sunday.

Do.                . .

States that [the shrine] was built by Vīrayya, son of
Bhīmuḍu Ammana.

KURNOOL DISTRICT.
NANDYAL TALUK.

258

Kānāla.­─Broken slab lying in
front of the temple of Chennakēśava.

Vijayanagara.

Sadāśivadēva-Mahārāya            ..

Śaka[14]81      ..          ..

Do.                . .

Registers an annual grant of 10 varāhas from the
tax realised out of the sarvamānya village Telugurāyani-Peddakrānāla alias  Kṛishṇarāyasamudram
in the Siruvōḷa-sīma, by Kṛishṇamarājayyadēva-Mahārāja, son of Mūrtirājayyadēva-Mahārāja and
grandson of Āravīṭi Bukkarāja-Rāmarājayyadēva-Mahārāja, for the perpetual lamps and the lamps at
the entrances of the temple of Chennakēśvara-Perumāḷ
of that village.

259

Two fragments of a slab lying
near the same temple.

Do.

[Sadāśīvadēva-Mahārāya]     . .

Śaka 14[69], Plavaṅga, . .

Do.                . .

Fragmentary. Mentions Kṛishṇarāyasamudram as the
surname of a village (name lost), probably the one
mentioned in No. 258 above. Registers some-gifts,
probably of taxes, made to the temple of Viṭṭhalēśvara,
Mentions Kandanavrōli-sīma.

KURNOOL DISTRICT—cont.
NANDYAL TALUK—cont.
Kānāla—cont.

260

Slab set up in front of the
Nāgēśvarasvāmin temple.

Kākatīya     . .

Pratāparudradēva ‘ruling
from Oraṅgallu.’

[Śaka 1]23[0], . . . . . . .
Kārttika, śu. . . . .

Telugu      . .

Much worn-out. Registers gifts of lands by a general
(name lost) of the king to the temple of Mūlasthānam-Nāganāthadēva at Kānāla for the worship of the
God. The chief seems to have held away over
Ghaṇḍikōṭa, Mulki-nāṇḍu. Penampāḍi, Pottapi-nāṇḍu,
Peḍakallu and Nātavāḍi. The donor bears also the
title Rāyapaṭṭa-sāhiṇi.

SIRUVEL TALUK.

261

Pedda-Chintakuṇṭa (near Āḷḷagaḍḍa).─ Pillar in the mukhamaṇḍapa of the Sāmbaśivēśvara
temple.

. .

. . . .

Hēviḷambi, Āshāḍha,
ba. 7

Do.               . .

States that Tammaḷa-Paruvatana had an image of
Gaṇēśa made by Ka[nu]mala Kommana and granted
(to him) some land near Yammanūru.

262

Same pillar         . .       . .         . .      . .

. .

. . . .

Akshaya. Kārttika,
ba. [13]. [Monday].

Do.               . .

States that Malli-Seṭṭi, son of Gānala Vaji-Seṭṭi of
Sīraṅgapuram constructed a pond by raising a dam
across a stream flowing through the field at
Chintakuṇṭa.

263

Another pillar in the same place . .

. .

. . . .

Śukla, Āshādha, śu.
15, Thursday.

Do.               . .

States that a fourth share of the lands belonging to
Anna-Jīyya was sold to Kāvēmula Nāga-Jīyya and
records a statement of Sidda Jīyya, Māra-Jiyya and
Kampa-Jiyya, sons of Anna-Jiyya, that they would
observe the conditions under which the lands were
given by their father. As witnesses to this transaction are mentioned Pōchema-Reḍḍi, Kasavi-Reḍḍi
and several others. The characters belong to the 14th
century A.D.

264

A broken slab lying in the compound of the same temple.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1364, Durmati,
Pushya, śu. 15,
Thursday, lunar
eclipse.

Do.               . .

Mutilated and worn-out. Confirms grants of land
formerly made to the eight temples, viz., Rāmayadēva,
Gōpinātha,Mayilāradēva, Vināyaka, Chavuḍēśvarī,
Gaṅgā, Pōtularāju and Sōmayadēva by Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Kampayyadēva-Mahārāja son of Avubhaḷayyadēva-Mahārāja and Ōbāyamma, for the merit of
his parents.

265

Slab set up in the temple of
Hanumān in front of the
village Chāvaḍi.

Vijayanagara.

Sadāśivadēva-Mahārāya       . .

Śaka 147[0], Kīlaka,
Māgha, śu. 7,
(Ratha-saptamī).

Do.               . .

Registers a remission of the Jōḍi, etc., taxes on their
holdings to the Karaṇams of the village Chintakuṇṭa
in the Avuku-sīma, which was his nāyaṅkara by China-Timmayyadeva-Maharāja, son of Timmarāja, grandson
of Rāmarāja and great-grandson of Āravīṭi Bukkarāja.

266

Slab set up against the front wall
of  the Vēṇugōpālasvāmin
temple.

Do.

. . . .

Śaka. . . . . , Parīdhāvi,
Kārttika, śu. 12.

Do.               . .

Badly worn-out. Seems to be a record of the time of
Sadāśiva.

267

Dēvarāyapuram.—Slab set up
against the front wall of the
Āñjanēya shrine.

Do.

Sadāśivadēva-Mahārāya         . .

Śaka 1469, Plavaṅga,
Śrāvaṇa, ba. 30,
Monday.

Do.        . .

Registers the gift of Dēvarāyapura-agrahāram to the
learned men of that village by China-Avubhaḷayyadēva-Mahārāja, son of Narasiṅgarāja and grandson of
Nandēla Siṅgarāja of the lunar race and the Ātrēyagōtra, for the merit of Narasiṅgarāja Raghupatirāja
Avubhaḷarāja. The village granted is stated to be
situated in Siruvōḷa-sīma which was given to the donor
as nāyaṅkara by the king. The grant was made in the
presence of the god Paṇḍaraṅgi Viṭṭhalēśvara.

268

Mutilated slab in another shrine
of Āñjanēya.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.         . .

Damaged. Seems to refer to the setting up of the image
of Hanumān in the temple. Mentions Chintakuṇṭa.

KOILKUNTLA TALUK.

269

Bōdemmanūru.—Slab lying in the
temple of Chennakēśavasvāmin.

Vijayanagara.

Sadāśivadēva-Mahārāya       . .

Śaka 1470, Kīlaka,
Māgha, śu. 7.

Do.         . .

Registers remission of certain taxes on their holdings
to the karaṇams of the village Pinayammanūru in
Avuku-sīma granted as nayaṅkara to him by China-Timmayyadēva-Mahārāja, son of Timmarāja, grandson
of Rāmarāja and great-grandson of Āravīṭi Bukkarāja
on the occasion of Ratha-saptamī.. The village
Pinayammanūru is stated to be situated in the Tāḷḷapodavū-risīma, at the foot of the Ghaṇḍikōṭa hill.

270

Iñjēḍu.—Slab set up against the
prākāra wall (inside), to the
proper right of the main
entrance into the temple of
Veṅkaṭēśvara.

Do.        . .

Do.        . .

Śaka 1480, Kāḷayukta,
Chaitra, ba. 6.

            Do.        . .

Damaged. Registers a remission of taxes on the
barbers and dommaris of Gondalūru, by Koṇḍrājayyadēva-Mahārāja, son of Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Ramaraja
Veṅkaṭēśa.

271

Another slab in the same place,
proper left of the entrance.

Do.        . .

Do.        . .

Śaka 1[475], Ānanda,
Chaitra, śu. [10].

Do.        . .

Registers certain gifts made by a body of Vipravinōdins
to the god Veṅkaṭanātha of Iñjēḍu on the occasion of
Śrī-Rāma-Jayanti, for the merit of their community.

272

A third slab in the same place . .

Do.        . .

Achyutarāya- Mahārāya         . .

Śaka 1455, Vijaya,
Māgha, śu. 15,
Thursday, lunar
eclipse.

Do.        . .

Registers the grant of the marriage-taxes, etc., of the
village of Iñjēḍu to the temple of Tiruveṅgaḷanātha
by Rāmappaṅgāru, son of Bācharasayya, the governor
of Guddalūru-sīma for offerings, etc., to the god.

273

Slab built into the wall of a room
on the north side of the central
platform inside the prākāra of
the same temple.

. .

. . . .

Śubhakṛit, Vaiśākha,
śu. 5.

Do.        . .

Regīsters the gift of a tamarind grove and lands to the
temple of Veṅkaṭādri at Iñjēḍu by Maṭli Varadarāja.

274

Another slab built into the same
wall.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1[522], Vikārin,
[Śrāvaṇa], ba. 1[3],
Wednesday.

Do.      &nbnbsp; . .

Registers a grant of land made to the temple of Tiruveṅgaḷanātha of Iñjēḍu by a certain Mogatalla Akki-Reḍḍi of Pinayamanūru, who is stated to have
consecrated the images of the goddess and the Āḷvārs
therein.

275

Slab set up under a margosa tree
to the north of the same
temple.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 146[1], Vikārin,
Jyēshṭha, ba. 30.

Do.        . .

States that Pāṇayya, son of Kasavarāju, the karaṇam of
Iñjēḍu, constructed a step-well in the temple of
Veṅkaṭādri. Registers a gift of land made by a
certain Māchi-Nāyani Pāpi-Nāyaniṁgāru for the
worship of the god and for the maintainance of the
well.

276

Tummalapeṇṭa─Mutilaṭed slab
lying in front of the Āñjanēya
temple.

Vijayanagara.

Sadāśivadēva-Mahārāya           . .

Śaka . . . . . , Piṅgaḷa,
Phalguṇa, śu. 11.

Do.        . .

Registers the grant of remission of the taxes on the
barbers pf Avuku-sīma by Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara
Rāmarāja-Tirumalarājayyadēva-Mahārāja to Timmōju. Mentions the dommari- pannu among the
taxes.

KURNOOL DISTRICT—cont.

KOILKUNTLA TALUK—cont.

277

Uyyālavāḍa.— Two fragments of
a slab lying in the Chennakēśavasvāmin temple.

Gajapati . .

. . .  .

. .

Telugu    . .

Badly damaged. One of the fragments  refers to a Śiva
temple and that of Ahōbalēśvara and to the setting
up of a jayastambha by Narasiṁ . . . . truḍu,
the  ūḷigam of [Kapilēśvara]dēva-Mahārāja. The
other fragment mentions some gifts of lands given
for the merit of Kapilēśvaradēva-Mahārāja and the
donor’s parents.

NANDIKOTKUR TALUK.

278

Dāmagaṭla.—Slab set up against
the prākāra wall (outside) of
the temple of Bhōgīśvarasvāmin.

Kākatīya    . .

Pratāparudradēva         . .             . .

Śaka 1233, Virōdhikṛit, Bhādrapada,
śu. 2, Monday,

Do.                   ..

States that Kappera Mallasānamma of Dāmagaṭḷa gave
a cow, etc., had an iron-drum made for the
temple of Bhōganāthadēva and erected a shed for
keeping the drum. Dāmagaṭḷa is stated to be situated
in the nāyaṅkara territory of Vīḍyamu Kommarāju.
On another slab in the same place is a much damaged
inscription dated in Śaka 1235 which mentions a certain
Mahārāja (name lost) and his gifts.

279

Slab fixed in the celling of the
 temple of Chennakēśavasvāmin.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1650, Plavaṅga,
Chaitra, śu. daśamī.

Do.                   ..

Records the obeisance of the stone-cutter (kāśa) Śarabhanna to the god Chennakēśvarasvāmin of Dāmagaṭḷa.

280

Vīpanagaṇḍla.—Fragment of a
slab built into the platform
under the margosa tree near the
well called Bommanna-bhāvi.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.                   ..

Fragmentary. Mentions a certain Veṅkaṭādrirāja.
Seems to register contributions levied on the produce
of grain in the village.

281

Slab set up near the same well   ..

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1632, (wrong
for 1623), Vṛisha,
Mārgaśira, ba. 10,
Friday.

Do.                   ..

Registers a gift of land given as inām to Bommi-Reḍḍi, so of Bhūmi-Reḍḍi, who dug a well in the
village of Vimpanagaṇḍḷa. This village is said to have
been in Kandanavrōlu-(sīma) and to have been
formerly given to Mūsā-Khan as mokhāsa by Abdullā-Wāhabu-Sāhebulayyavāru who was governing the
Kandanavrōlu-sthala under Sultan Pādaśāha Vijayāpura of Bijapur.

282

Slab standing on the bed of
a broke to the east of the
village.

Kākatīya    . .

Gaṇapatidēva-Mahārāja         . .

[Lost]         . .

Sanskrit in
Telugu.

Very much worn out. Gives the genealogy of the king
and mentions a subordinate of his (name lost), and
registers the grant of a village for the merit of his
overlord, the king, and of his own parents, on the
occasion of a solar eclipse.

283

Slab lying in Survey No. 291,
about half-a-mile to the north
of the village.

. .

. . . .

. .

Telugu         . .

Damaged. Seems to refer to some gifts of land and an
agrahāra. The figure of a sanyāsin or Vāmana is
carved below the writing. Mentions Vipunagaṇḍḷa.

284

Slab built into the parapet of the
well near the Śiva temple, about
a furlong to the west of the
village.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1659. Naḷa,
Vaiśākha, śu. 10.

Do.                   ..

States that the well was constructed by Vīramarāju, who
was the son of Doḍḍamarāju and grandson of Pā[vi]rāju.
He is said to have belonged to the Kāśyapa-gōtra, the
Kātyāyanī-sūtra and the Sūraparāju-vaṁśa.

PATTIKONDA TALUK.

285

Kuṅkanūru.—Pillar set up in
front of the Āñjanēya temple.

. .

. . . .

Siddārthin Kārttika, śu. 15.

Do.             . .

Registers a kavulu (cowl) given to the kāpus of Kuṁkanūru by Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Komāra-Rāmarājayya,
(son of) Pōṭapāṭi Komāra Timmarājayadēva-Mahārāja.

286

Slab set up in the Rāmaliṅgēśvara temple.

Western
Chāḷukya.

Bhūlōkamalladēva, ‘ruling at
Jayantīpura’.

Chāḷukya-Vikrama
year (mistake for
Bhūlōkamalla
year 3. Kīlaka.
Kārttika, śu. 10.
Thursday.

Kannaḍa          . .

Partly worn out. Registers gifts, probably of lands,
made for the worship in the temple of Rāmēśvaradēva
of the ghaṭikā-sthāna Kukuvanūru situated in Saulu-70, a subdivision of Naravāḍi-500, by Sakaradēvachōḷa-Mahārāja, son of Bhīmadēva, and by Manneya
Mācharasa. Sakaradēva, bears the usual Telugu-
Chōḷa titles.

287

Hero-stone set up outside the
compound of the Rāmaliṅgēśvara temple, on the east side.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.             . .

In characters of the 12th century A.D. Mentions a
certain Sōma-gāvuḍa as a devotee of Rāmēśvaradēva.
A figure of a hero in a fighting posture is sculptured
on the slab.

288

Slab set up in front of the Kēśavaśvāmin temple.

. .

. . . .

. .

Telugu         . .

Badly damaged. In characters of the 15th century A.D.
Seems to record the establishment of an agrahāra
called Śrīraṅgapura.

289

Slab set up near the well called
Mādireḍḍi-bhāvi to the west of
the village.

Vijayanagara.

Sadāśivadēva-Mahārāya          . .

Śaka 148[4], Siddhārthin, Bhādrapada, śu. 11.

Do.            . .

Refers to the construction of a well and a lift at Kuṁkanūru by the sons of a certain Ōbayya of the Ṛik-śākhā,
the Gautama-gōtra and the Āśvalāyana-sūtra, and
registers gifts of lands made for the merit of Mahāmaṇḍalēśvera Pina-Śrīraṅgarāja by his son Timmarāja-Kuṅkanūru is stated to be situated in Tēkaṇṭikōṭa-sīma, which was the nāyaṅkara of the latter.

290

Maddikera.—Slab set up near the
village Chāvaḍi.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1661, Siddhārthin, Māgha, śu, 2
and Śaka 1696,
Jaya, Śrāvaṇa.
ba. [1]4, Monday.

Do.             . .

Damaged. Registers the original grant and the kavulu
given by Rājaśrī Rāmappa-Nāyanivāru, son of
Bujjapa-Nāyaka and grandson of Mahārājaśrī
Dēvanikoṇḍa Rāmappa-Nāyanivāru, and its subsequent renewal by his son Kṛishṇarāyalu. Rāmappa-Nāyanivāru, the great- grandfather of his namesake
mentioned above, is said to have belonged to the lunar
race and the Mārkaṇḍēya-gotra and bears the title
‘Dēsiṅgarāya-rā[jya-]sthāpanāchārya.’ Refers to Maddikēra-sthala and the 56 countries.

291

One of the pillars set up in a row
at the top of the flight of steps
in front of the Chennakēśava
temple.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1603, Durmati,
Śrāvaṇa, ba. 12,
Monday.

Do.              . .

Registers a grant of land made to certain stone-masons
by Rāmappa-Nāyanivāru, son of Rājaśrī, Dēvanakoṇḍa Bojjappa-Nāyaḍu, for having made and
set up some pillars (uṭla-kambhālu) in the temple of
Chennakēśavadēva of Maddikkera.

292

Slab set up against the wall (outside) of the house of Kottapēṭa Veṅkaṭa-Reḍḍi.

Vijayanagara.

Sadāśivadēva-Mahārāya         . .

Śaka 1466,  Krōdhin,
 . . . . . .

Do.              . .

Damaged. Registers a remission of taxes on barders of
Maddikera by Śrīraṅgarāja-Ayyavāru who was ruling
at Jagatāpi Guttidurga, at the instance of Alluḍu-Rāmarājadēva-Mahārāja.

293

Slab lying on the roof of the
ruined temple of Vīrabhadra in
front of the house of Jamedār
Timmappa-Nāyuḍu.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1484, Dundubhi, Māgha, ba.
14.

Do.             . .

Damaged. Registers the grant of the two villages
Maddikera and the attached agrahāra Timmāpura
made by Ajātivīraśaiva-Śidhabhikshāvṛitti-Ayyavāru,
for worship and offerings during the festival of
Kārttika to the god Vīrabhadra of Maddikera. The
gift was made in the presence of god Mallikārjuna-Mahādēva at Srīparvata.

294

Fragment of a slab set up near
the Bijjappa-Nāyaḍu’s hall.

. .

. . . .

. .

Kannaḍa
(archaic).

Fragmentary. Seems to register some gift of land. The
donor’s name and the purpose are lost. The characters
belong to about the 9th century A.D.

295

Slab set up near the dhvajastambha in front of the temple
of Maddamma.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1731, Śukla,
Āśvija, śu. 10.

Telugu          . .

States that Mallikārjuna-Nāyanivāru, son of Kṛishṇarāyalavāru and grandson of Dēvanakoṇḍa Rāmappa-Nāyanivāru, made a new image of  the goddess
Mādhavī-dēvī and installed it in a temple at
Maddikera, as the original one had been damaged.

KURNOOL DISTRICT—cont.
PATTIKONDA TALUK—cont.

Maddikera. —cont.

296

A slab lying in a field about two
furlongs to the north-east of
the village.

. .

. . . .

Śaka . . . . ,
Pushya, śu.  1.

Telugu            . .

Badly damaged. Engraved indistinctly.

CUDDAPAH DISTRICT.
JAMMALAMADUGU TALUK.

297

Anantapuram.—Stone used as a
mortar near the temple of
Narasiṁhasvāmin about two
miles to the south-west of the
village.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1635, Hēviḷambi, Vaiśākha,
śu. 2, Tuesday.

Do.              . .

States that the mortar was caused to be made by
Veṅkaṭayya, son of Nārāyaṇa, the karaṇam of
Anantapuram.

298

A slab set up in Survey No. 135,
on the site of the ruins of the
Śiva temple.

. .

. . . .

. .

Telugu
(archaic).

Damaged. Records the death of a hero named Korjjindunru in a cattle raid. A figure is depicted as holding an arrow in the right hand and a bow in the left.
The characters may be assigned to about the 8th
century A.D.

299

Another slab set up in the same
temple.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.                   . .

Damaged and worn-out. The characters may be assigned
to the 8th century A.D. The expressions śāsana and
lāñchhana are visible.

300

Bukkapaṭṇam.—A slab set up in
Survey No. 375-1, to the south
of the village.

Vijayanagara.

Dēvarāya-Mahārāya.       . .     . .

Śaka 1353, Sādhāraṇa, Māgha, śu. 5,
Thursday.

Telugu        . .

Registers gifts of lands made to the god Vīrabhadra of
Bukkapaṭṇam by Kumāra Timmayagāru and other
prominent men of the place, for the merit of the king
and of Sāḷuva Tip-parāja and Nala-Kamparāja. The
donor also was a Sāḷuva chief.

301

A stone in Survey No. 414, to the
east of the village.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 14[0]5, [Kārttika], [śu.] 15,
lunar eclipse.

Do.                   . .

Badly damaged. Seems to register some grant of land
by the residents of Bukkapaṭṇam.

302

Eṭūru.—A slab in the Chennakēśava temple.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.                   . .

Badly damaged. Seems to register some gifts of land.

303

Peddanḍlūru.—Fragment of a slab
built into the platform in front
of the Āñjanēya temple.

Vijayanagara.

Achyutarāyadēva-Mahārāya   ..

[Śaka] [14]64, Śōbhakṛit, [Pushya], śu.
[9].

Do.                   . .

Fragmentary. Seems to register the appointment of
certain Rāvula-Nāyuḍu as the warden (baṇṭu) of
Chaṁnūru-sīma, which was the nāyaṅkara of Veṅgaḷurāja, son of Tirumal rāja.

304

A slab set up in Survey No. 200
to the east of the village.

. .

. . . .

[Śaka] 1[2]1[9],
Jyēshṭha, śu. 15,
Thursday.

Do.                   . .

Badly damaged. Gives the epithets Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara,
Maṇḍalika brahmarākshasa, Gaṇḍapeṇḍāra, Eruva-Mallidēvani talagoṇḍu-gaṇḍa, etc., of a chief (name
lost) of the Kāyastha family, who was evidently
Ambadēva-Mahārāja.

305

Poṭṭīpāḍu.—Slab lying near the
dhvajastambha in front of the
Śiva temple, inside the compound of the Narasiṁha
temple.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1 . . . ., Tāraṇa,
Mārgaśira, śu. 12.

Do.                   . .

Registers grant of lands made to a certain Pedayeddalaya by the Reḍḍi and Karaṇam of Poṭṭipāḍu, with
the permission of Bāla-Veṅkaṭ-reḍḍi, in view of his
capture by the Tāṭimarri people and subsequent
release.

306

Slab kept in the chāvaḍi by the
side of the Narasiṁhasvāmin
temple.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 807 (in words),
[Śō]bhakṛit,      . . . .
ba. trayōdaśī,
Dakshiṇā[yana]saṅkrānti. .

Kannaḍa
(archaic).

Damaged. Refers to a certain Dhavaḷeyarasa as ruling
and to the territory Ponmanapāḍi, and registers some
gifts made by him to Puṇya-bhaṭṭa. Mentions Chandraita-Gāmuṇḍa and Pāluvarra Komaraya as witnesses
to the transaction.

307

Garuḍa-stambha set up in front of
the same temple.

. .

. . . .

. .

Telugu              . .

States that the pillar was set up by Niṭūri Vīrā-Bhattuḍu.

308

Tāḷḷaproddaṭūru.—Pillar set up in
front of the Āñjanēya temple.

Telugu
Chōḍa.

[Gaṅgaya] — Dēva-chōḷa Mahārāja.

Śaka 1244, Dundubhi, Magha, śu. 1.
Saturday.

Do.                   . .

States that the king excavated a tank called Gaṅgasamudram for the merit of his parents Allu Gaṅgarāja
and Gaṅgādēvī. The chief bears a number of epithets
such as ‘ the vanquisher of Oraüra-Bhīma ’ and ‘ the
capturer of the wealth of Gaṅgaya-Sāhiṇi’ and is
called Jagatāpi-Gaṅga in the panegyric verses at the end.

309

Same pillar         . .            . .           . .      . .

. .

. . . .

. .

Telugu
(verse).

Engraved below the above inscription in characters of
the 14th century. A.D. Gives a panegyric of Ēruva-Bhīma who is credited with the conquests of Chakragoṭṭha. Manthyana, Veṅgī, Kaliṅga, etc.

KAMALAPURAM TALUK.

310

Indukūru.—Slab set up at the
entrance of the village .

Chōḷa
(Rēnāḍu).

Chōḷa-Mahārāja. .        . .         . .

. .

Telugu
(archaic).

States that a certain Erigal-Dugarāja made a gift of
pannasa. The donee’s name is not clear. The
characters may be assigned to about the 8th century
A.D. Above the inscription is engraved the word
Uruguṭūru in similar characters.

311

Same slab          . .        . .         . .         . .

Vijaya-
nagara.

Vīra — Veṅkaṭapatirāyadēva-
Mahārāya.

Plava, [Mā]rgaśira,
śu. 10, Tuesday.

Telugu             . .

Registers a grant of a lease by Timmannagāru, an agent
under Chinabaṇḍāram Nāgappa-Nāyanigāru, to the
Kāmpus of Indupūru. The latter is stated to have been
the officer in charge of the king’s treasury (bokkasam).

312

Slab set up in front of the villagechāvaḍi.

Do.

Dēvarāya-Voḍeyalu         . .         . .

Śaka 1308, Kshaya,
Vaiśākha, śu. [11],
Thursday.

Do.                . .

Records the construction of a tank by Erugama-Reḍḍi
Mārama-Reḍḍi, and registers gifts of lands as dasavandha, etc.

313

Another slab set up in the same
place.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1643, Plava,
Māgha, śu. 15,
Monday.

Telugu              . .

Refers to the construction of a temple to the god
Chennakēśavasvāmin of Indupūru by Rajaśrī Gōvardhanadāsu Killē Chandragirigāru and to the consecration of the images therein, and registers gifts of lands
to Bollavaram Śēshaya, the Mirāsdārof the village, who
was appointed as the priest, and to Doḍḍavōju and
Vaḍḷa Gurvābattuḍu for having constructed the
temple. Besides this gift of land, Śēshaya received
from the village a certain amount of money every
month fixed by the donor.

314

Fragment of a slab set up in front
of the ‘ Mugguru-Akkalamma’
temple.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.                 . .

Damaged. The writing is much worn out. Refers to
some cowl, the nature of which is not possible to
determine.

315

Slab which was lying in the ruins
of the Śiva temple, now set up
in the compound of the
‘Mugguru-Akkalamma’ temple.

. .

Traiḷōkyamalla Hemmāḍidēva.

Bhūlōka[malla*]
year 54, Durmati,
Paushya, śu.
ēkādaśī, Thursday,
Utṭarāyaṇ-saṅkramaṇa.

Kannaḍa             . .

Registers a gift of land and of a bell made to the temple
of Bhōgīśvara of Indupura by Mupaṇa of Kellagere.
See part II, paragraph 25.

316

Kolavali.—Fragment of a slab
lying by the side of the cart-track about a furlong to the
east of the village.

. .

. . . .

. .

Telugu             . .

Registers gift of a vṛitti and a garden-land made to the
temple of Chennakēśavadēva on the occasion of the
consecration of the god therein.

317

A pillar lying in Survey No. 483
to the east of the village.

Vijayanagara.

Sadāśivadēva-Mahārāya

Śaka . . . . . , Parābhava,
Chaitra, śu. 11,
Monday.

Do.

Registers the remission of taxes on the barbers of
Kolavali by Nandela Timmarāja, by order of the king
and of Rāmārāja.

318

Slab set up near the house of
Nallappa.

Do.

Do.

Śaka 1468, Plavaṅga,
Āśvija, śu. [15].

Do.

Mutilated. Refers to Mahānāyaṅkarāchārya Kūnapali
Dāvināyani Pedapāpi-Nāyaniṁgāru] and some gifts of
lands made by him.

CUDDAPAH DISTRICT—cont.
KAMALAPURAM TALUK—cont.

319

Slab lying in front of the Rāmasvāmin shrine.

(Vaidumba).

. . . .

. .

Telugu            . .

The characters may be assigned to about the 10th
century A.D. The record is much damaged and worn
out. It contains the introduction characteristic of
the Vaidumba kings and seems to refer to the gift of
the village Kolavelli.

320

Pālagiri.—Stone near the dhvajastambha in the Chennakēśava
temple.

. .

. . . .

Śaka 1442, Vikrama,
. . . . ba. 3, Thursday, Makara-saṅkramaṇa.

Do.           . .

Damaged. Mentions the son (name lost) of a certain
Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Rāchirāja Basuvayyadēva and
registers some gifts made by him.

321

Slab set up in front of the
same temple.

Sāḷuva           . .

Immaḍi Narasiṅgarāya-Mahārāya.

Śaka 1462, Rudhirōdgārin, Kārttika,
śu. 12, Tuesday.

Do.           . .

Registers gifts of lands to the temple of Chennakēśavarāya (also called Chennarāya) made by Kāmarasu-Timmayaṁgāru for the daily worship of the god.
The gifts are stated to have been made in the presence
of god Viṭṭhaladēva, on the bank of the Tuṅgabhadrā
and on the occasion of Utthāna-dvādaśī, for the merit
of the king and Narasānāyaṁka-Voḍayalu. Pālagiri
is said to be situated in Muliki-nāḍu. Also registers
gifts of land made by Rāchirāja Eram-Timmaya to the
same temple for the merit of the Rāya and Narasā-Nāyaka.

322

Slab set up on the steps in front
of the same temple.

Vijayanagara.

[Sadāśivadēva-Māhārāya]      . .

[Lost]          . .          . .

Do.         . .

Mutilated and damaged. Registers gifts of lands
probably to the same temple mentioned in the above
inscription.

323

Slab set up in front of the Śiva
temple.

Vaidumba. .

Bhīmarāja         ..          ..          ..

Śaka 978, Durmati
(wrong for Durmukhi ?). Āshāḍha,
śu. 15, Thursday.

Kannaḍa       . .

States that the king renewed the gifts of land made to
the temple of Samarthēśvara previously by king
Akālavarsha Kannaradēva and renovated the temple.

324

Same slab      . .         . .        . .        . .

. .

.  . . .

. .

Telugu    . .

Seems to register a gift of taxes on marriages among
Balija-śeṭṭis to the temple of Bhīmēśvara, made by
the Mahānāḍu (general assembly).

325

Talapanūru.—Slab set up in the
Āñjanēya temple.

Vijayanagara.

Achyutarāya     ..          ..          ..

Śaka 1456, Jaya,
Vaiśākha. śu. 11,
Saturday.

Do.           . .

Damaged and worn out. Registers the gift of the tax
called dommari-pannu to (the temple of) Gōpīnātha.

326

Another slab lying in front of the
same temple.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.           . .

Very much damaged. Only the imprecatory portions
towards the end are slightly preserved.

327

Slab set up in front of the ruined
temple of Śiva.

Vijayanagara.

Sāvaṇa-Uḍaiya   ..          ..          ..

Śaka 1[2]79, [Śubhakṛit, Jyēshṭha], śu.
15, Thursday.

Do.           . .

Worn-out. Registers some gifts of lands made to the
temple of Mūlasthāna-Mallināthadēva of Talpanūru by
a Nāyaka. Mentions Voḍayalu Kaṁparāju.

328

Uruṭūru.—A slab set up in Survey
No. ½, about 1 ½ miles to the
east of the village.

. .

. . . .

Sādhāraṇa, Jyēshṭha,
ba. 7.

Do.           . .

States that the pillar demarcates the boundary between
the three villages Kīrttipalle alias Timmarājapuram,
Uruṭūru and Peddanapāḍu.

329

Slab lying near the Gaṇēśa
shrine to the north of the
village.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.           . .

Fragmentary. Registers a grant of money made to the
temple by a community, probably Dommaris, for the
worship of the god on different occasions such as
Śivarātri, etc for the merit of the 64 families of their
community.

330

Slab in the threshing floor of
Śanivārapu-Hanumanta Reḍḍi.

Chōḷa
(Rēnāṇḍu).

Chōḷa-Mahārāja ..          ..

. .

Do.           . .

Registers the gift of pannāsa made by Erigal-Dugarāja
(see No. 310 above). The characters belong to about
the 8th century A.D.

PRODDATUR TALUK.

331

Hanumalagutti.—A pillar of the
Naṇdi-maṇḍapa in front of the
Śiva temple.

. .

. . . .

. .

Telugu         . .

States that this is the funeral spot (chiti) of Bōḷara
Parvataṛishi. The characters may be assigned to the
10th century A.D.

332

Hero-stone set up against the
dhvajastambha in front of, the
Śiva temple.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.                 . .

Very much worn out. Seems to mention a certain
Irugama Badirāju, son of Chavuka-Baṇṭu, who was
probably killed while hunting as suggested in a frieze
below the record. The characters may be assigned
to about the 9th century A.D.

333

Poṭladurti.—Slab set up in the
prākāra of the Chennakēśava
temple.

Vijayanagara.

Sadāśivarāya-Mahārāya     . .

Śaka 1468, Parābhava, Śrāvaṇa,
ba. 8. Thursday.

Do.                 . .

Registers a gift of the taxes levied on shops, oil-miles,
looms etc., in the village of Pōṭḷadoriti belonging to
the Nallaballe-ṭhāṇe, made jointly by Mallappa, son of
Andugula Parvatarāja, and Timmayya and Sūrayya,
sons of Timmarāja, to the temple of Chennakēśavarāya
on the day of Kṛishṇāshṭamī, for the merit of Nandēla
Timmarājayya and Nāraparājayya. The gift was
intended for the daily worship and for the palanquin
festival of the god.

334

Another salb set up in the same
place.

Do.

Kṛishṇadēva- Mahārāya     . .

Śaka 1435, Śrīmukha, Śrāvaṇa,
ba. 13, Thursday.

Do.                 . .

Registers a gift of the tolls of Pōṭladorti made to the
Chennakēśava temple by Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Rāchirāja, son of Eraguḍi Gaḍḍamayyadēśvara-Mahārāja, for
midnight offerings in the temple on the day of Śrī-jayanti. Another inscription on the same slab registers gifts  of lands to the same temple by Chinna
Mallayya (and ?) Tātayya.

335

A third slab set up in the same
place.

Do.

Achyutadēva- Mahārāya     . .

Śaka 14[15] Nandana, Kārttika, śu.
12, Sunday.

Do.                 . .

Damaged. Seems to register gifts of lands made by
Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Tirumaladēva-Mahārāja, son of
Rāmarāja Śriraṅgayyadēva-Mahārāja of Kandanavrōlu,
to Vāraṇāsi Yallambhaṭḷu and several other Brahmans
of Pōṭḷadurti, for the merit of the king. The gift is
said to have been made in the presence of the god
Viśvēśvara-Virūpāksha on the banks of the Tuṅgabhadrā.

BELLARY DISTRICT.
HOSPET TALUK.

336

Hampi.—Pedestal of a missing
stone image kept in the courtyard of the Archӕological
Museum.

Vijayanagara.

. . . .

Śaka. . . . . , Bhava,
Phālguṇa, ba.
[prati]pad, Monday.

Sanskrit in
Telugu.

Refers to the construction of a Chaityālaya at the city
of Kandanavrōlu and the consecration of the
image of Kumṭha-Tirthaṅkara therein by Immaḍi-Bukka-Mantrīśvara, son of Dharmmabhūshaṇa-Bhaṭṭārakāchārya of the Mūla-saṅgha, Balātkāra-gaṇa and Sarasvatī-gachchha.

337

Walls of the Sarasvatī temple     . .

Do.

Sadāśivadēva-Mahārāya        . .

Śaka 1466, Śōbhakṛit, Kārttika, śu.
12, Utthānadvādaśī.

Telugu          . .

Damaged. Registers some gifts of lands in Kṛishṇāpuramagrahāra founded by Kṛishṇadēvarāya, made
after purchase by a certain Tippamma-Būmakkaṅgāru of the Chaturtha-gōtra, to the temple of Tiruvēṅgaḷanātha for the merit of her ancestors.

338

Pedestal of a Vishṇu image kept
in the Traveller’s Bungalow.

. .

. . . .

. .

Do.              . .

Mentions a certain Kochchaya, son of Bhīmaya and
grandson of Bhīmaya, who was probably the donor or
sculptor of the image.

339
to
342

On the pedestals of four stone
images of Vishṇu (?) lying in
the compound of the Viṭṭhalasvāmin temple.

. .

. . . .

. .

. .

In characters of the century A.D. They read (1)