The Indian Analyst

No.

Findspot

Dynasty

King

Date

Language
and
Alphabet

Remarks

 

NORTH KANARA DISTRICT
ANKOLA TALUK

 

 

 

 

 

132

Alagēri.—Slab set up near Mahadēva temple.

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Kannaḍa         .           .          

Much damaged. Mentions Sōde. In characters of about the 14th century.

133

Bāvikēri.—Pillar lying near the village

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Śaka 1035, Vikṛiti, Phālguna śu. 10, Thursday. Ir-regular.

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Records the death of Rakkasārida, son of Asagārida in a fight at Āridagēri when Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Nāgavar-marasa was ruling. The martyr’s son Gaṇukavārida set up the memorial stone. Sēnabōva Rēvaṇayya composed the record and Goravōja engraved the same.

134

Hanamanaṭṭi.—Slab called jaṭakā set up in a private compound.

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Śaka 1452, Virōdhi, Āśvīja śu. 10, Sun-day = 1529 A.C., September 12, Sunday, f.d.t. ∙19. The śaka year quoted was current.

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Damaged. Seems to states that Mallapa Seṭṭi, Dēvapa Seṭṭi and others constructed the temple of Basava and a well at Aṁkale and made a gift of land for its maintenance.

135

Lakshmēśvar.—Hero stone set up in the village.

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Damaged and worn out. In characters of about the 12th century.

 

WEST KHANDESH DISTRICT

 

 

 

 

 

136

Bhāmēr.—Stone in the fort .

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Nāgarī .           .           .

Not clear.

137

Mēthī.—Slab in the Vishṇu temple near Haribā’s well.

Yādava           

Kṛishṇa .

Śaka 1176, Ānanda, Vaiśākha śu. Jayanī, Sōma.

Nāgarī and Sanskrit

Gives genealogy of the king’s family and records grant of the village Kurukavāṭaka by the king. Half of the income from the village was  to be utilised for worship, offerings, etc. of the god Bhadrahari and the other half was distribut-ed among Brāhmaṇas whose names are specified. Pub-lished in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XXVIII, pp. 312 ff.

 

KOLHAPUR DISTRICT

 

 

 

 

 

138

Gagan-Bāvḍā.—Slab in the Gaibi Darga on the Gagangad hill.

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Arabic .           .           .

Consists of the first Muslim creed, viz., ‘There is no god but Allāh, etc,’. Underneath this are the names of Allāh, Muhammad and Alī, inscribed in Naskh characters in the two panjas (or hand-prints) of Alī.

139

Another slab in the same place

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Do.      .           .           .

Crudely and carelessly engraved. Contains the Nād-i-‘ Ali which is a pious ejaculation used specially by the Shishs. This and the above inscription tend to show that the tomb graced by them contains the remains of a devout Shish, details about whom are not known.

140

Sāngai.—Memorial stone with sculptures in a shrine near the village.

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Sanskrit verse in box-headed south-

Records the death of a lady named Hālidēvī, wife of a king (name lost) in her young age, and setting up of the memorial.




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