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South Indian Inscriptions

 
No. From whom received. Dynasty. King. Date. Language and alphabet. Disposal of the Original. Where to be published. Remarks.
5 Sri M. S. Sarma of the Bhārati office, Madras. .. Prōlaya-Nāyaka …. Sanskrit in Telugu Returned to Mr. Sarma. Ep. Ind. Records the gift of the village Vilasā in Kōnāvani-maṇḍala by the king to the scholar Vennayaśarman of the Bhāradvājagōtra who in turn along with his brother Gaṇapaya settled it as an agrahāra in shares to 108 Brahmans well versed in the Vēdas and Śāstras, whom he assembled from several places and settled in this village. Relates the circumstances in which the chief rose to power in the Tiliṅga country after the capture and fall of the Kākatīya Pratāparudra at the hands of the Turushkas (Mussalmans).
6 Sri Settipalli Ramayya, resident of Ārambāka, Repalle taluk, Guntur district. E a s t e r n Chālukya. Bādapa …. Do. Purchased by the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Do. Registers the grant of the village Intēru in Velanāṇḍu-vishaya by the king to his minister Māveṇaśarman of the Kuṇḍinagōtra for being made over by the latter to his son Yuddhamalla, the namesake of the donor’s father. Mentions Tālapa, the younger brother of the king, as helping him in the administration of his kingdom.
7 Sri Ramachandra Reddi, O.B.E. of Buchchireddipalem, Nellore district. Gajapati Pratāparudra Śaka [12]23 (expressed by chronogram guṇa lōchanārka, mistake for 1443), Durmati, Vaiśākha Monday, lunar eclipse. Sanskrit in Nāgarī Returned to the owner. S. I. I. Registers the grant made by the king in the presence of god Saṅgamēśvara in the course of his victorious march, of an agrahāra named Rājamāṁbāpuram to two Brahmans by name Nārāyaṇa and Nannaya who were agnate cousins.
8 Sri Boya Chauḍappa of Khaderpeta, Gooty taluk, through the District Collector, Anantapur. Vijayanagara Hariharadēva-Mahārāya ‘ruling from, Vidyānagara’. Śaka 1270, Sarvajit, Vaiśākha, śu. 15. Telugu Do. Do. Records a grant of 35 puṭṭi of land at Dēvarapalle alias Bhāskarakshētram in Guti-rājya to a certain Hampā-Jōsya (probably) for (the worship of god) Doḍḍi Ahōbalēśvara after allotting specified portions to the members of the several working classes of the village (for their services) ; (same as C. P. No. 9 of 1920-21).
9 Sri Yerlam Yella-Reddi of the same village, through the District Collector. Do. Do. Śaka 1271, Sarvadhāri, Māgha, śu. 15. Do. Do. Do. Records the grant of the village Jambulaviṇḍla alias Bhāskarakshētra in the Guttirājya as Saroa[mānya*]- agraharām to the same donee mentioned above, and the grant of reḍḍirikam to Nakkā Gaṅhaya and Yarayalam Kōvi-Reḍḍigāri Nārapa-Reḍḍi.


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