The Indian Analyst

 

Slab built into the steps behind the kalyāṇa-maṇḍapa of the same temple.

Do.

Sadāśivadēva Mahārāya          

Śaka 1475, Virōdhi-kṛit Kārttikā śu.
11.

Do.     

Damaged. Seems to register a gift of certain villages in the Ēruva-sīma to god Surabhēśvara by Daḷavāyi Veṅgaḷa- Nāyuḍu, the kāryakartta of Mahāṁaṇḍaleśvara Erra-Tir umalayyadēva mahārāja.

272

A second slab built into the same place

Do.

Achyutadēva Mahārāya           

Śaka  . . . . . . . , Hēma-
ḷambi, Jyēshṭha śu. 15, lunar eclipse.
Irregular.

Do.     

Damaged. Records the gift of village in Ēruva-sīma by the son of Sāḷuva Timmayadēva-Mahārāja to god Surabhēśvara for the merit of the king, Rāmābhaṭḷayya and his father Timmarāja. The name of the gift village and the details of grant are lost.

273

Base of the saptamāṭri panel near the same
temple.

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Do. (Archaic)

Damaged. Mentions Ēruva-Mahādēvī. In characters of about the 7th century.

274

Slab near the pālakolanu by the side of the Gaṇēśa on the hill opposite the
same temple.

Kāyastha         

Jannigadēva-Mahārāja             

Śaka 1181, Kālayukta, Kārttika ba. 1, Tuesday, lunar eclipse = 1258,
A.C., November 12, Tuesday, lunar
eclipse.

Telugu

Registers a gift of land made by Mahāpradhāni and Sarvādhi-kāri Anantadēva to god Muktēśvara for the merit of the king. Also records  another gift of 5 ga (of land ś) by Paḍihāri Baḷiyappa-Nahiḍu (Nāyuḍu) for the lamp and bells for the same deity. States that Mahādēvarāśi, the son of Īśānarāśi was in charge of the endowments (made to the temple).

275

Fragment of a slab lying in the Vīrabhadra
temple in the village.

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Pārthiva Vaiśākha śu. 15, Monday.

Do.     

Seems to record the installation of the deities Brahmā, Vishṇu
and Mahēśvara by some chief (name lost) for the merit of his father Bommarāju and his mother (name lost). In characters of about the 17th century.

276

Slab set up in front of the same temple

Vijayanagara   

Sadāśivadēva Mahārāyā          

Śaka 1467 Viśvā-vasu, Kārttika śu. 11, Monday. Irregu-
lar.

Do.     

Registers the grant of land in Turimeḷḷa included in the Ēruva-
sīma which given as amaranāyaṅkara to the donor by Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Nandyāla Aubhaḷayyadēva Mahārāja, to god Bhīmēśvara of Turimeḷḷa by Siṅgarayyadēva Mahārāja, son of Avubhaḷayyadēva Mahārāja, of Pāṇem.

277

Fragment of a slab lying near the same
temple.

Rāshṭrakūṭa 

[Indra ?]          

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Kannaḍa

Fragmentary. Seems to record the exploits of a chief by name Ponniga, the general of the forces of Indra-Narēndra (Indra
III).

278

Slab in a field on the way to Mādhavā-puram-śrōtriyam, about 1½ miles N. E. of the village.

Vijayanagara   

Harihararāya Oḍeya   

Śaka 1314, Āṅgīrasa,
Āshāḍha śu. 15, Friday. Irregular.

Telugu 

Damaged. Records the construction of a tank and the assign-ment of lands under it to various families who took part in its construction including the karaṇams, in Turimeḷḷa when Kaṭhārisāḷuva Guṇḍayadēva Mahārāja was ruling over Turimeḷḷa-rājya.

 

KURNOOL TALUK

 

 

 

 

 

279

Kurnool Town.─Slab fixed at the entrance outside the Abdul Wahab’s Mosque.

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A. H. 1052 (1642-43 A. C.).

Persian in Nastālīq      

Records the construction of the gateway of a  tomb on the date
which is indicated by a chronogram.

280

Same place.

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Arabic in Thulth          

Bears a Quaranic verse and pious ejaculations in Arabic invoking blessings on the occupant of the tomb through the intercession of Prophet Muhammad.

281

Do.     

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A. H. 1048 (1638-39
A. C.)

Persian in Nastālīq      
and Thulth.

Records the demise of some person (name not given) who is
described as a ministers and as a devout Muslim of Sufistic views. The date is indicated both by figures and by a
chronogram.

282

Do., inside the mosque

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A. H. 1052 (1642-43
A. C.).

Persian in Thulth         

Refers to the death of a person (name lost).

283

Lintel slab fixed at the doorway of the Kale
Karim Sahib’s mosque.

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A. H. 1145 (1732-33
A. C.).

Arabic and Persian
in Thulth.

Mentions Allāh, Muhammad and the four  . . . .




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