inscriptions in the hassan district

22 Hassan Tabiq.
The descent of his chief minister was as follows (omitting laudations): —
Praised by all was Chinna-Veggade, whose wife was Makiyakka. Their son
was Eranga, to whom Bokana gave employment as mane-veggade. When he
went before, thinking that Hadavala-Boka was coming, the kings of Chola and
Kongu, trembling sought refuge, and gave up their elephants, horses and
army, did they not? His wife was Bachala, and he had a junior wife Machala-
Devi. By the former he had a son Borama-Deva.
This (with various epithets) Perggade Ereyamayya (on the date specified)
set up in Mudugere the god named after himself Erangesvara aud built for
it a splendid temple (Praise of the temple and of Mudugere). Its muni
(with numerous epithets) was Nagarasi-pandita-dova, with worship of whose
feet, he presented for the temple certain lands (specified). (Usual final verses)
70
Date* about 1180 A. 1).
Praise of Sambhu While the refuge of all worlds, favourite of the eatth,
the maharajadhiraja, illustrious emperor, vfra-Ballala-Deva was ruling the
kingdom of the world as far as the Heddore: — in the fight which took place
regarding the boundary of Koravangala and Dudda, Baramoja and Masandja,
the sons of Bittiyoja, having fallen, all the Brahmans of the immemorial agrahara
Santigrama and the farmers raised this stone to their memory.
71
Date f 1173 A. D
Praise of Sambhu.
There was a king (omitting laudations) named Vinayaditya, whose son was
Ereyanga-Deva. His wife was EchalarDevi, and they had a son Vishnu, to
whom and his wife Lakshma-Devi was born Narasimha. He, by his wife
Echala-Devi, had a son Ballala.
Be it well. On Sunday, the 10th of Sravana suddha, in the year Vijaya
(21st July 1173), at the festival of the anointing to the kingdom and coronation,
in the residence at DCrasaraudra, of—entitled to the five big drums,
the maha-uoandalesvara, boon lord of Dvaravattpura, a submarine fire to the
ocean the Tuluva army, a wild-fire to the forest of the enemies' forces, an
elephant to the lotus-garden the Pandya family, a male bMrunda, plunderer
of foreign countries, a Bhima in war, a Kama of the Kali age, with these
and all other titles,—Tribhuvana-malla, the capturer of Talakadu, Kongu,
Nangah, Nonambavadi, BanavaBe and Hanungal, the strong-armed Vtra-Ganga,
unassisted hero, the fearless valiant Hoysaja vtra-Ballala-Deva: —