inscriptions in the hassan district

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honour of Lakshmi-Nrihari, like Ambarisha and other kings of old. In his
court he was served by twice eight fair ones, holding chamaras in their hands,
and honoured with the emblems in gold of the fish, conch, discus and makara.
In On. 168, 160 and 165, which are probably all of the same date, 1G48,
we are told that the Chennarayapattana-sime was given by the king to Dodaiya,
the son of Channaviraya-gauda, prabhu of Kanakaranahalli in Tungani-nad oi
the Chennapattana-sime. This must be the modern Kankanhalh in the south
of the Bangalore District. On receiving it, however, we are told that (besides
various temples, tanks etc.) he built the stone fort "in the royal business (rajakdryadalli)
of the Patsaha of Vijayapura" (168 and 166), "in the service
(kdryadalli) of the Turuka-raja" (160). The reference is evidently to the
Adil Shahi king of Bijapur. We know that an invasion by the Bijapur forces
under Ran-dulha Khan took place, in which all the north and east of the
present Mysore country were overrun In 1G38 Senngapatam itself was
besieged, but the enemy was repulsed with great slaughter by Kanthirava-
Narasa-Raja. Eventually, by 1644, the province of Carnatic Bijapur Balaghat
was formed, composed of the Bangalore, Hoskote, Kolar, Dod-Ballapur and
Sira districts, and bestowed as a jagir on Shahji (father of the celebrated
Sivaji), who was second in command under Ran-dulha Khan. From an inscription
in the Shikarpur taluq we shall find that a fort was erected there by
the Bijapur Sultan Muhammad Adil Shah in 1632, marking the limit of the
conquests in that direction. The building of this fort at Channarayapattana
in 1648 must therefore have been in accordance with some agreement or treaty
with Bijapur, though I am not aware that rdja-kdrya has this meaning. It
more properly signifies that the fort was built for the Bijapur Padshah, but
the Mysore Raja was evidently in possession of the place. Hence some mutual
understanding must be assumed, entered into for the greater security of both
dominious. Basavaiya, the son of Dodaiya, succeeded him in the time of Deva-
Raja-Wodeyar, and was in power from 1663 (Cn. 158) to 1670 (On. 166).
Ag. 2 and 3 bring us to the reign of Chikka-Deva-Raja in 1677. In these
inscriptions we have a false accusation brought against the shanbhog of Arkalgud
by his deputy, from which the former was ordered to clear himself by the
ordeal of plunging his hand into boiling ghi, in the presence of the god
Arkkesvara. This he successfully performed, and was confirmed in his office
The details are curious.
In Hn. 118 and 132 we have sales of villages in 1762, in the reign of
Krishna-Raja-Wodeyar, the sum paid in each case being ten times the annual
rental or revenue, with all tolls and taxes, which are specified.
Bl. 66 shows us that in 1774, when Chama-Raja was king, and the most
excellent Bahadur, the Navab Haidar-Ali was ruling, Nanjaraja had the
unfortunate tower of the Belur temple again built, and fixed a kalasa upon it.
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