B-STONE INSCRIPTIONS, 1950-51.

South Indian Inscriptions

61	Left side of the entrance into the inner shrine of the same temple.	..	….	..	Do.	Above a penal of sculptures. States that the sculptures depict the scene of Śaṁka-gāvumḍa conferring the certificate let victory) to the illustrious Ēkāntada Rāmayya. Loc cit.
62	Stone set up in the compound of the Besavēśvara temple.	Western Chālukya	Tribhuvanamalladēva	Chālukya-Vikrama year 26, Vishu, Vaiśākha amā vāsya, Sunday, solar eclipse = 1101 A.D., April 30, solar eclipse ; the weekday was Tuesday.	Do.	Registers a gift of the village Muriganahaḷḷi to the temple of Brahmēśvara by Daṇḍanāyaka Gōvindarasa. See Ep. Ind., Vol. V, pp. 214-15.
63	Same slab, below No. 62	Do.	Do.	Chālukya-Vikrama year 29, Tāraṇa, Bhādrapada śu. 6, Sunday ==1104 A. D., August 28, Sunday.	Do.	Registers grants made to the same temple by the inhabitants of Abbalūru. Loc cit.
64	Hero stone (No. I) set up in the compound of the same temple.	..	….	Śaka 101[8], Dhātu	Do.	Damaged. Records the death of a warrior in a fight (details not clear). In characters of about the 12th century.
65	Hero stone (No. II) set up in same place.	Kaḷachurya	Sōmēśvara	..	Do.	Damaged. Seems to record the death of Bīra of Abbalūr in a fight.
66	Hero stone (No. III) set up in same place.	Yādava	Siṁhaṇa	……… Chaitra, Sunday.	Do.	Records the death of two warriors Mācha and Gōma in a cattle raid at Abbalūru, led by Īśvaradēva of Beḷagavatti, when the feudatory Siṅgaṇadēva was governing Banavāsi-12000. Published in Ep. Ind., Vol. V. pp. 261 ff
67	Hero stone (No. IV) set up in same place.	Vijayanagara	Haribara[I]	Pramāthi, Āshāḍha Paurṇimā, Monday. Irregular.	Do.	Damaged and worn out. Records the death of a warrior in a fight (details not clear), when the king’s officer Samudra-śāḷuva Vīra-Bāchappadēva was administering the tract.
68	Hero stone (No. V) in the same place.	Yādava	Siṁgaṇa	Śaka … Sarvadhāri, Phālguna śu. 1, Thursday = 1349 A. D., February 19.	Do.	Do. Records the death of a warrior in a fight (details not clear). Mentions Abbalūru.
69	Māsti (Mahāṅatī) stone (No. 1) set up on the tank bund near the same temple.	..	….	Year 1[1], Pramādi	Do.	Do. Records the death probably of a lady (details lost).
70	Māsti stone (No. 2) set up in same place.	Yādava	Siṁgaṇa	..	Do.	Do.
71	Stone set up in S. N. 119 near the village.	..	….	Year 26, Jaya	Do.	States that it is the gift land (vṛitti) of Kavi Kōnēri. In characters of about the 15th century. Figure of Vāmana is carved in the upper portion.
72	Stone (No. 1) set up near the Grāma dēvatā temple.	Western Chālukya	Trilōkyamalla	..	Do.	Damaged and worn out. States that the king’s subordinate Daṇḍanāyaka Mahādēvarasa was governing Banavāsi-12000 and Huligere-300. Contains a description of Māyidēva Daṇḍanāyaka who was a subordinate of the above. He seems to have belonged to the Sahavāsi tantra of Rāyanārāyaṇapura in Kalyāṇa.