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P. u. Discovery of a Kannada inscription, dated in 1541 A.D., at Bhavanagar in Kathiawar-Importance of the work Lokavibhāga in determining the period of the Pallava king Simhavarma.
Pp. 12-29. EPIGRAPHY :
Bhadrabahu inscription and its period-Inscriptions during the reign of the Chalukya kings Kirtivarma II, Raņapakarasa, Goggi and Vikramāditya VI-Inscriptions during the period of the Ganga kings Rachamalla II, Ereganga, Mārasimha and Rāchamalla III–Inscriptions of the Chola kings Vijayalaya, Rājarāja I, Rajendra Chola I and Chola-Ganga-Records of the Hoysala sovereigns Vişnuvardhana, Ballăla II, Narasimha II and Someśvara-Narasimha III and Ballāla III-A record of the Sevunas dynasty-Inscriptions of the Vijaya period pertaining to the reigns of Harihara II, Deva Rāya II, Vira Narasimha and Vijaya-Venkatapati Rāya-Records of the Mysore kings covering the period from 1663 to about 1850 A.D.-Miscellaneous inscriptions.
P. 31. MANUSCRIPTS :
Lokavibhāga, a Sanskrit work treating of Jain cosmography, by Simha Sūri flourishing in the 5th cent. A.D.-Jīvandhara-şat padi, a Kannada work, by the Jain author Koțīśvara-Kavi of Sangitapura..
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE REPORT: Plate 1. Epitaph on Ariștanemi, Sravana Belgoļa. Plate 3. Old inscriptions at Sravaņa Belgoļa & at Kudalur.
141 (VII) Report, do, 1909-10. Bangalore, 1910.
P. 7. Chikka Bilagumba: Proof of existence of some Jain basti in the vicinity of the village, though no Jains are found now for several miles around.
P. 8. Vaidyānāthapura : An inscribed stone of about the 8th cent., in the Vaidyānātheśvara temple appears to have originally belonged to some Jain temple.
Malaganhalli: A Jain epitaph of about the 10th cent. A.D. on a pillar in front of the Mari temple.