inscriptions in the hassan district

100 Belur Taluq.
170
Date 1135 A. D.
Praise of Sambhu Usual account of the rise of the Hoysalas down to
Vishnuvarddhana. The Tulu country, Chakragotta, Talavana-pura, Uchchangi,
Kolala, the terrible Hadiya-ghatta, Bayal-nad, the Nilachala hill-fort, Rayantyapun,
Tereyur, .the Gondavadi-sthala — these he took with a frown.
(On the date specified) wheti Vishnuvarddhana-Hoysala-Deva was in D6rasamudra,
ruling the kingdom of the world — Marasingha-Nayaka and others
(named) made a grant for the god Nagesvara of certain land (specified) given
them by the king
171
Date about 1160 A, D.
Praise of Sambhu. May JanneSvara grant to Janna his dosires
Usual descent of the Yadu-kula. Among those Yadu kings, a king named
Sala, hunting along the slopes of the Sahya mountains, was astonished to see
a haro pursuing a tiger. While coming along saying this is heroic soil, a holy
nshi, fearing that the tiger was coming to kill him, called out adam pay Sala
(hit it, Sala), on which that valiant one, before it could step a span (gen)
forward, slew it with his dagger (gen). The great muni thereupon rejoicing
granted him the boon of this tiger as a victorious crest, and this exclamation
as a victorious name. Thenceforward the Yadu-vamsa was known as the
Poysala-vamsa, and that place became Sasakapura (the town of the hare).
There to Vinayaditya-Poysala was born a son Ereyanga, who had three
sons - Ballala, Vishnu and Udayaditya Mahesa his god, the goddess of victory
his wife, his subjects his territory, his allies those related to him by marriage,
his fame which resembled trie milk in the cocoa-nut his treasury, — thus
was king Ballala praised in all the world (Then follow numerous verses,
many of which have occurred in previous inscriptions, in praise of Vishnu.)
He captured Talakad, pursued after the army of the Tigulas, and became the
fiist to the Ganga kingdom. On Pandya flourishing his sword, Hoysalesa cut
him down with his own sword, and left only half a man to look on in the
Tigula's army. The Tuju country, Chakragotta, Tajavana-pura, Uchchangi,
Kolala, the seven Male, Vallur, Kanchi, Kongu, the dreadful Hadiya-ghatta,
Bayal-nad, the NIlachala hill-fort, Rayarayapura, Tereyur, KoyatUr, the
Gondavadi-sthala,— these he took with a frown. His wife was Lakshma-Devi,
and they had a son Narasimha (48 lines here are defaced).
Jannamayya-heggade received from Narasimha-Hoysala-Deva and gave (for
the god Jaunesvara) certain land at Belavadi (specified), measured with the