inscriptions in the hassan district

XXXII INTRODUCTION.
tadri-Raja. He was seated then on the jewel throne in Ghanagiri (Penugonda).
In Bl. 81 and 122 of 1660, he was on the throne in Velapun or Belur, and
his descent is given as just above stated. Hn. 40 winds up with a verse
saying that,—chariots and armies maintained by property taken from Brahmans
will in time of war crumble away like a bridge built of sand.
Jdvagal.
Among the inscriptions are a few relating to some of the minor chieftains
of the District. Thus we have the rulers of Javagal (Arsikere taluq) in Ak. 2
under date 1515. They claim to be of the Lunar race, and descended from
Channa. His son was Timma, whose son was Naivjendra, also called Rayana.
His son was the Bhairava who was ruling the YamaSila, (the Sanskrit equivalent
of Javagal) country at the date mentioned, when he caused the great tank of
Bayirasamudra to be made.
JDurgga.
Next we have the ruler of Durgga, the modern Maharajandurga (Hassan
taluq) in 1595 (Ak. 60). His name was Rangappa-Nayaka. But in Vol. VI
the line goes back to 1371 (Mg.87) when Bodha-uiahadeva was on the throne,
possibly the donor of Coorg inscriptions No. 8 and 9 (Vol. I). Acaording to
tradition the line came to an end with a king who was a cannibal ? and who
threw himself over a precipice on the Droog from remorse at finding he had
killed his son by mistake.
Nuggihalli.
Next we have the chiefs of Nuggihalli (Channarayapatna taluq). There
are three of their inscriptions. The first is Hn. 98 of ? 1513, when Virupa-
Raja-maha-arasa's son Maia-Raja'made a grant. Hn. 117 of 1573, informs us
that they were of the Putdur-vaihsa, and gives their titles, one of which was
'champion over thirteen kings'. The genealogy here goes back to Tirumala-
Ra,ja, son-in-law of Praudha-Deva-maharaya of Vijayanagara. He had a son
Rayoder, whose son was Indusekhara-Raja, whose son was Basava-Rajaya-Devamaha-arasu.
On. 256 gives us in 1627 the names of Sali-Nayaka and his son
Immadi-Bhairappa-Nayaka.
Belur.
This province has been called Balam in Vol. VI, and Major Montgomery, in
an official report of 62 years ago, says, — "This tract of country (Maharajdroog)
formed a part of the old province of Bullum, so called from a village of that
name (now Munjerabad) The word is said to be derived from the Canarese
4 Bala' or strong, and to have been given in commemoration of the great bodily