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South Indian Inscriptions

No.	Place of inscription.	Dynasty.	King.	Date.	Language and alphabet.	Remarks.
	RIJAPUR DISTRCIT. SINDAGI TALUK.
1	Āhēri.—Stone standing near the temple of Rāmaliṅga locally called dēgula.’	. .	. . . . .	. . . . .	Kannaḍa	Damaged. In characters of the 14th century A.D. Seems to record a gift of land. Mentions Permaḍidēva.
2	Ālmēl.—Slab lying in front of the village-chāvaḍi.	. .	. . . . .	. . . . .	Do.	States that he who destroyed (the gift of) this land commits the sin of killing the cows.
3	Another slab lying in the same place	. .	. . . . .	. . . . .	Do.	States that Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Sōvadēvarasa granted 20 mattar of land to god Traipurushadēva and (the āchārya) Nāgadēva-Bhaṭa for the merit of Cha[ṁ]ḍaladēvī. The top of the slab bears the figures of Brahmā, Vishṇu and Mahēśvara.
4	Broken slab built into the front wall of the Sāvalgi Basappa temple.	Kaḷachurya	Rāyamurāri Bhujabaḷamalladēva.	. . . . .	Do.	Fragment. Only the portion giving the king’s name is preserved.
5	Broken slab lying in the temple of Īśvara.	Western Chāḷukya	Tribhuvanamalladēva	. . . . .	Do.	Fragment. Only the king’s name is preserved.
6	Slab set up in the temple of Pāvāḍi-Basappa.	Do.	Traiḷōkyamalla	Śaka 966, Tāraṇa, Pushya, Śu. dvitiyā, Monday, [Utta]rāyaṇa-saṅkrānti.	Do.	Damaged. Refers to a Mahāsāmanta (name lost) who is described as “ the lord of Tagara-nagara “, as ruling at Eḷamēla (Ālmēl) and records a gift of land made to the temple of Uttarēśvara. Mentions Brahmarāśi.
7	Stone lying on the road to Kaḍṇi (above 2 miles from Ālmēl).	. .	. . . . .	. . . . .	Do.	In characters of the 12th-13th century A.D. States that this was the north-western boundary of the gift-land.
8	Another stone lying on the same road (about 2½ miles from Ālmēl).	. .	. . . . .	. . . . .	Do.	In characters of the 11th century A.D. States that this was the boundary stone of the field belonging to the temple of Uttarēśvara of Eḷamēla.
9	A third stoen lying on the same road (about 3 miles from Ālmēl).	. .	. . . . .	. . . . .	Do.	Damaged. In characters of the 13th century A.D. Seems to record a gift of land to the temple of Bhōgē[śva]ra.
10	Baḷagānūr.—Slab built into the left cutes wall of the temple of Chaṇḍēśvara.	Western Chāḷukya	Traḷōkyamalladēva	Śaka 97[8], Durmukhi,Bhādrapada, [saṅkra]maṇa,	Do.	Badly damaged. Records a gift of land by Ūroḍeya Kallayya, Sōvayya and other individuals. Mentions a certain Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara (name not clear).
11	Bammadēvanamaḍu.—Stone set up in a field of Sangappa about a mile to the west of the village.	. .	. . . . .	. . . . .	Do.	States that this was the mānya land of Jakeya-Nāyaka.
12	Bekkināḷ.—Stone built into the raised platform of the darga outside the village.	Western Chāḷukya	Tribhuvanamalladēva ‘ ruling kalyāṇa.’	Chāḷukya-Vikrama year 10, Krōdhana, Pushya, śu. pañchamī, Monday, Uttarāyaṇa-saṅkramaṇa.	Do.	Two fragments. Seems to register the renewal of an early gift of land for a water-shed and some students, etc., which had lapsed for a long time, made, with the consent of the king, by Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Kaliyammarasa.