inscriptions in the hassan district

ARKALGUD TALUQ.
1
Date ? 1673 A. D.
Be it well. (On the date specified), Sidapa-gauda granted to the Paiichalas
of Basavapattana a sasana as follows: —The customs dues of Basavapattana
are doubled. Imprecation.
2
Date 1677 A. D.
The rajadhiraja pararaesvara piaudha-pratapa aprati-malla Chikka-Devamaharaja-vadeyarayya,
(on the date specified), caused to be written and sent -
to Hampaiyya of Arakalagudu an order as follows: — Whereas ther office of
syanabhaga of the Arakalagudu ashtavane-sthala has come down, inherited
from former times as a royal gift, to Bhaire-Hebharuva's (son) Venkatapati; —
and his deputy (hastaka), Narasappa's son Nanjappa having made petition
that it cannot belong to him, that he is not the syanabhaga of the Arakalagudu
ashtavane-sthala, and that he is a traitor to the king;—And this Venkatapatayya,
according to order, having stood erect and circumambulated the feet of the
god Arkkesvara, repeating—"That the office of syanabhaga of the Arakalagudu
ashtavane-sthala has come down to me, inherited from former times as a royal
gift, is true. I am no traitor to the king;" —and in front of the god plunging
his hand into ghi boiled as hot as possible, has won:—Therefore, as before,
the office of syanabhaga of the Arakalagudu ashtavane-sthala, and the property
pertaining to it (specified), we have this day confirmed to Baire-hebharuva's
(son) Venkatapati; and he will therefore receive the kaditta l) and potstone
from the palace, and all the accounts of the Arakalagudu ashtavane-sthala
will in future be written by his hand and obtained from him.
A copy of this order will be given to the syanabhaga's records at the palace,
and the original given to Venkatapati
3
Date 1677 A. D.
This is a repetition of the above, but says that Venkatapati's father had
made over his charge to the deputy (hastaka) and gone to some other place,
where he died: (hence no doubt the ground for the deputy's accusation).
*' The kaditta is a folding book of cotton cloth, blackened o\er, and is written on with a style
of potstone (balapa). It WAS formerly used for all Government records and acconts, and is still in
use in many native shops and warehouses.