inscriptions in the hassan district

200 Ghannarayapatna Taluq.
Be it well. When vira-Narasimha-Deva was ruling the kingdom of the
world: —(on the date specified), all the Brahmans of the immemorial agrahara
Mallikarjjunapura, which is Dindigur, considering that the former division was
not equal, had the wet and dry fields of the villages measured by agents, and
agreeing among themselves, on the principle that all were equal and should
share alike, made the following permanent settlement of the desired shares
(tchchhd-vrtth). Here follow the number of shares allotted to each village
(named); altogether 138 shares. All those who have permanently agreed
to this settlement, if anything should befall from the act of God or from the
inroad of wild tribes, cannot excuse themselves saying it is not equal. In
whatever village any sale or gift takes place, this settlement is not to be
transgressed.
171
Date 1651 A.D.
Be it well. (On the date specified), when Dodaiya of Kanikaranahalli in
the Chennapattana-sime, and Kanthfrava-Narasa-Rajaiya, held the havdla of
the Chennarayapattna-sime, Nagabhaktaiya set up (the god) and built the
mantapa.
172
Date 1209 A. D.
(Nagari chatecters)
Om. Obeisance to Ganapati. Usual account, in Sanskrit, of the rise and
genealogy of the Hoysalas, to Ballala.
Be it well. When, (with usual titles and other epithets), the pratapachakravartti
Iloysala vira-Ballala-De'va, having subdued all kings, was in the
royal city (rajadhdni) named Vijayasamudra on the bank of the Tungabhadra,
protecting his subjects in peace:—
His chief minister was Pandita-dandinatha. May Isvara protect him. His
mother was Uma-devi, his father the king Ballala, and Pandita was their son.
Praises of his valour as a general of the army, stating that with his sword
he chopped off the heads of the enemies elephants and made a satra for the
Betalas, while with the blood he shed he made as it were a water-shed for the
Bhutas. May the Yadu king's councillor Pandita-dandinatha live as long as
moon and stars. Praise of his liberahty, his five fingers being like the five
trees of plenty, no one was ever equal to him or ever will be.
Thus adorned with so many unparalleled good gualities, Pandita-dandinatha,
when, doing obeisance to his lord Ballala-Deva, he begged for the village of
Dinduguru in order to form an agrahara, the king also was favourable to it.