inscriptions in the hassan district

94 Belur Taluq.
143
Date 1152 A.D.
(On the date specified) by order of the Brahmans of the Drohagharatfcachaturvvedimaiigala,
Ganga, son of the washerman Chattana and Chattaka,
recovered their cows and went to the world of gods.
145
Date 1607 A. D "
Praise of Sarobhu. (On the date specified) the maharajadhiraja rajaparamSsvara
vira-pratapa Venkatapati-Raya's ? son Venkatadn-Nayaka and
others (named), in order that merit might be to Krishnappa-Nayaka, made a
grant of Kaburdehalh in the Kondali-tala for the god Narasirixha.
147
Date 11X1 A, D
Obeisance ever to the great Sankara, worshipped by the three worlds, a
fruit-giving witness to all good works.
The first part corresponds with that of No. 58 of this taluq, down to
Vishnu-DSva. First taking into his arms the wealth of the Poysala kingdom
which was his inhetitance, as his strength increased he brought all the points
ol the compass into subjection, and capturing Talakad, he became the first
to the Ganga kingdom,—the promoter of the Yadu-vamsa, the king Vishnu.
The goddess of victory reclining in his arms without withdrawing herself, grew
proud, and as his fortune increased he captured the chief city of the Gangas,
the mighty Bhujabala-Ganga named Vishnu. Behold, in order that Rajdndra-
Chola, recoiling at the pollution of the water of the young Kavevi, should be
forced to use that of the wells and ponds around, Vishnu by his might sent
the corpses of his army down the river in flood, thus displaying the activity
of his valour. While Dhanada (KubSra, regent of the north) is asking, Why
is the south-wind delayed? why has it not set in yet? — the breeze from the
Malaya mountains is occupied in blowing into the nostrils of the skulls of the
myiiad bodies of the enemies slain by king Vishnu in his victorious expeditions
on the banks of the river Kaver! (Further verses in the same style, see
No. 58 above.)
When (with usual titles) Vira-Gaiiga Vishnuvarddhana-PoysaJa-DSva, protecting
all the territory bounded east by the frontier ghat of Nangali, south
by Cheram and Anamale, west by the Barakanur ghat, north by the hill of
Savi (Saviya male), was in the residence of Dorasamudra, ruling the kingdom
in peace and wisdom: —
1) The inscription is much defaced.