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P. 848. Kanara (South) Dist.
2. A Copper plate recording a grant of land by a prince named Kinniga Bhupāla for the purpose of maintaining the worship in a Jain temple, s. 1513 (A.D. 1591), Khara.
P. 850. Kanara (South) Dist., Coondapoor taluk,
27. Basrur : A record of Devarāya II, (1422-49) in the same year relating gift of one Kolaga of paddy on every bullock load coming from other places to Basrur for the benefit of the Jain basti, by the Chattis of Basrur, etc.
P. 852. Kanara (South) Dist., Coondapoor taluk.
62. Koteśvara : Echappa is identical with the Jain chief of Gairsappa who married a daughter of the last Karkal king Bhairasu Udaiyar about 1560.
P. 855. Kanara (South) Dist., Mangalore taluk.
93. Mulki : (Kanarese). On the south face of the Manastambha in front of the Jain basti. Records five verses, arranged in 25 squares and praising the Tirthankaras.
Kanara South Dist., Mudabidri taluk.
Mudabidri, formerly called Bidire of Venupura of Vamsapura and belonged to the province of Tuludeśa. The earliest inscription in it belongs to the Āļupa king Kulasekhara, dated in A.D. 1205. The remaining belong to the Hoysaļa and Vijayanagar dynasties. The members of the local Jain dynasty called the chautars even now receive pension, and have got a ruined palace.
Inscriptions in Kanarese :
103. Hosabasti. A record of the Vijayanagar king Vira-Devarāya (II) in Ś. 1351.
104. Do. of the Vijayanagar king Praudha-Devarāya (II) in ś. 1373. Refers to the building of a mantapa. .
105. Do. in the reign of the Vijayanagar king Virūpākṣa in s. 1394. Gift of land.
106. Do. in ś. 1409. A gift of land. 107. Do. in $. 1383, gift of money.
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