The Indian Analyst

78

Byāgavāḍi.—Stone set up near the house
of Māli Gauḍa in the village.

Western Chālukya       .

Vikramāditya (II)        .           .           .           .

….

Kannaḍa (archaic)      .

Damaged. Seems to record the remission of a certain cess.

79

Byaranāḷ.—Stone set up on the boundary of Survey No. 48.

….

….

Śaka … Śōbhakṛit.
Jyēshṭha śu. 5.

Kannaḍa         .           .

Seems to state that a piece of land was secured as an endow-
ment. Mentions the Śēnabhōga of Bhētanahāḷa in the
Tiḷavaḷḷi sīme. In late indifferent characters.

80

Hero stone set up near the temple of Kallappa.

Yādava            .           .

[Rāmadēvarāya]          .           .           .           .

Vikrama, Bhādra-
pada ba. 5, Saturday.

            Do.      .           .

Damaged. Records the death of Sōmā Nāyaka and others
at Bētanahaḷḷi.

81

Gejjihaḷḷi.—Slab set up in the Śiva temple.

Western Chālukya       .

Tribhuvanamalla (Vikramāditya VI)

Śaka 1026, Subhānu,
Kārttika śu. 13,
Thursday = 1103
A.C., October 15,
Thursday.

            Do.      .           .

Damaged. Records gift of land to Sthānapati Sōmēśvara
Paṇdita for offerings to two deities in the temple of
Mūlasthāna at Gejjeyahaḷḷi by Boppa Gāvuṇḍa of the Gejje
family. It is stated that the village Gejjeyahaḷḷi situated
in the tract of Eḍavoḷal-70 was endowed to Boppa Gāvuṇḍa and named after his family by Mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvara Tailapadēva who was governing the district of Pānugal-500.
Sēnabōva Rājaṇa of Ālūr wrote the record in ink and
Akkasāli Hālōja incised it on stone.

82

Another slab set up in the same temple.

            Do.      .           .

            Do.                  .           .           .           .

            Do.      .           .

            Do.      .           .

Registers gift of land for the offerings of two deities in the
temple of Mūlasthāna and for the maintenance of tanks at
Gejjeyahaḷḷi by Boppa Gāvuṇḍa of the Gejje family when
Mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvara Tailapadēva of the Kadamba family
was governing the district of Pānungal-500. See No. 81
above.

83

Third slab set up in the same temple   .

Kalachurya      .           .

Niśśaṅkamalla (Sankaṁa II)              .           .

Śaka 1100, Hēviḷa-
mbi. …. lunar
eclipse = 1178 A.C.,
March 5, Sunday.

            Do.      .           .

Damaged. Contains description of the rulers of the Kadamba
family and Tantrapāla Mallarasa. Records a gift of land
after purchase by the latter for the benefit of the temple of
god Tailēśvara.

84

Pedestal of Nandi image inside the same
temple.

….

….

….

            Do.      .           .

States that Sarasvatīgaṇadāsi Moḷayōja, son of Kāḷōja,
prepared the Nandi image.

85

Hanamāpur.—Stone lying in a field .

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….

            Do.      .           .

States that the field is the king’s gift (arasana mānya) main-
tained by the son (not specified) of Keṁchapaya who belonged to the Gautama gōtra, Kātyāyana sūtra. Atharvavēda and Mādhyaṁdina śākhā. In characters of about the 16th
century.

86

Hāvaṇgi.—Stone (No. 1) set up in the fort.

Rāshṭrakūta   .           .

            Indra   .           .           .           .           .          

….

            Do.      .           .

Broken. Refers to the administration of Mahāsāmantādhi-
pati Śaṅkaragaṇḍa bearing the titles Jayadhīra, Bhuvanai-
karāma and Abhimānadhavaḷa, over the Banavāsi nāḍu.
Registers a gift of land whose details are lost.

87

Stone (No. II) set up in the same place.

            Do.      .           .

            Do.                  .           .           .           .

Śaka 840 (in words),
Bahudhānya, Bhā-
drapada, Puṇṇame,
Monday = 918 A.C.
August 24, Monday.

            Do.      .           .

Damaged. Registers gift of land for a perpetual lamp to god
Kalidēva of Hāvaṇige by Kāmarasa, the Suṅkavergaḍe of
the  tract Eḍevolal-70 which was under the administration
of Mahāsāmanta Baṁkeya of the Mugaḷa family, when
Dōrapayya was governing the Banavāsi nāḍu.

88

Stone (No. III) set up in the same place.

Western Chālukya       .

Tribhuvanamalla (Vikramāditya VI)

Chālukya-V i k r a m
year 40, Hēmaḷa-
ṁbi, Māgha, Amā-
vāsye, Monday,
solar eclipse. Irregu-
lar.

 

Kannaḍa         .           .

Records a gift of land for public use, in the presence of god
Mūlasthānada Rāmeśvara of Havaṇige, by the Kadamba
chief Mahamaṇḍalēśvara Tailahadēva to the Prabhu Gāvu-
ṇḍus of the region who had assembled for taking a bath at
the holy spot on the river Varadā.




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