inscriptions in the hassan district

60 Beur Taluq.
67
Date ? about 1300 A. D.
Vithala-Devi, having purchased certain houses (described) in Guhyakere,
made a math a for 18 Srivaishnavas.
69
Datef about 1200 A D.
Carved by the sculptor . balara-deva of Lokkigundi, a lion to the
elephants titled sculptors, superior of the company of skilled and titled
sculptors, the Visvakarmma of the Kali-yuga.
71
Date 1117 A. D
The opening portion, with the omission of a few verses, corresponds with
that of No 58 above, down to " Vallala, Vishnu, Udayaditya". (Praises of
Vishnu-Deva.) First of all taking into his arms the wealth of the Poysala
kingdom, which was bis inheritance, he brought under his command all the
points of the compass, and capturing Talakadu, became the first to the Ganga
kingdom, — the promoter of the Yadu-vamsa, the king Vishnu The goddess
of Victory, without deserting him, reposed with pride in his arms, and his
fortune increasing, he burnt the chief city of the Gangas,— the mighty
Vishnu namod Bhujabala-Ganga
When, (with a long list of titles and epithets, corresponding with those in
No. 58 above, with a few omissions) Tnbhuvana-Malla, the strong-armed Vha-
Ganga Vishnuvarddhana-Poysala-Deva by the might of his arm was protecting
all the territory bounded east by the lower ghat of Naiigah, south by Kongu,
Cheram and Anamale; west by the Bacakanur-ghat load of Konkana; north
by Savimale—And, united with the senior queen, the crowned mahadevi (with
numerous epithets, as in No. 58), santala-Devi, Vishnuvarddhana-Poysala-Deva
was in his residence in the great city Vglapura, ruling the kingdom in peace
and wisdom' —
(The remainder of the grant corresponds with No. 58 above, except that the
villages granted are different. 0 )
And making prayers and sacrifices in the presence of the god Vijaya-
Narayana, he granted to 120 Bhattas the land of Hinya-Muguh, with Chikanahalli;
and to 21 Bhattas, Benneyur, with Areyahalh and Keleyabeyahalli;
and to 32 Srivaishnavas, Nittur in Tagare-nad.
1) This grant and No 58 were made on the same day, which 1* there called Vaddavara, and
here Adivara.