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South Indian Inscriptions

 
No. Place of inscription. Dynasty. King. Date. Language and alphabet. Remarks.
  BIJAPUR DISTRICT─concld. BADAMI TALUK─concld. Bādāmi─concld.          
20 Near the above …. …. …. ….

Written in a peculiar script re embling shell characters ; not clear.

21 Boulder to the left of the house of Appaṇabhaṭṭara Aṇṇappa. …. …. …. Kannaḍa Records the obeisance of a person (name lost) to ‘Jagadīśvara, Gaṇapati and Nārāyaṇa’.
22 Slab built into a wall of the Jumma Masjid at the foot of the rook-out caves in Bādāmi. ‘Ādil Shāhī (?) …. …. Arabic style of writing Thulth of a crude type. Islamic creed and the Nād-i-Alī (Ref. E. I. M. 1917-18, p. 46, Pl. XVIII a). Nos. 22 to 34 kindly read by the Government Epigraphist for Moslem Inscriptions).
23 Another stone in the same place Do. …. …. Do. Qurān, Chapter XLVII, verses 1-3.
24 A third stone built into the wall of the same masjid. Do. ….

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Do. Qurān, Chapter XVIII, verses 1-6.
25 A fourth stone in the same masjid Do. …. …. Do. Qurān, Chapter II, verse 256, Chapter LXI, verse 13 and Chapter XII, verse 64.
26 Another stone in the same place …. …. …. Arabic script Tughra. Islamic creed.
27 A stone built into a wall of the Karigumaṭa near Jumma Masjid. …. …. …. Arabic s c r i p t Naskh. Qurān, Chapter II, verse 256.
28 Another stone built into a wall of the same masjid. …. …. …. Arabic s c r i p t Thulth of an ornamental type. Nād-i-Alī.
29 Stone built into a wall of the Gumaz at the foot of a rock-cut cave. …. …. …. Arabic s c r i p t Mixed Naskh and Thulth. Qurān, Chapter XLVII, verses 1-4.
30 Another stone in the same place ‘Ādil Shāhī …. …. Peraian s c r i p t Naskh. Arch built by Malik ‘Abdu’l-Azīz, son of Malik Yaqūt in memory of his wife Shamna Bībī..
31 A third stone close by ‘Ādil Shāhī (?) …. …. Arablc script Mixed Naskh and Thulth Qurān, Chapter II, verses 256-57.
32 A fourth stone built into a wall of a rockcut cave. Do. …. …. Do. Islāmic creed in two different forms.
33 A fifth stone in the same place Do. …. …. Arabic and Persian script Mixed Naskh and Thulth. Nād-i-Alī.
34 A sixth stone in the same place Do. …. …. Arabic script Naskh Qurān, Chapters XVIII, verses 1-9.


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