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THE VIJAYANAGAR KINGS
Harihara (I) â ruling from Vidyanagaraâ.
38. The inscriptions belonging to the Vijayanagara dynasty secured this
year come mainly from the Trichinopoly and Tanjore districts, while a few are
from Cuddapah. The earliest of them
are two copper-plate grants from the
Anantapur district belonging to king Harihara (I), ‘ruling from Vidyānagara’
and dated in Śaka 1270 and 1271. (C. P. Nos. 8 and 9). They are engraved
in the Telugu script which is however much too late for the period claimed for
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