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who was ruling the Banavese twelve-thousand province and the Huligere three-hundred distriot; and subordinate of the latter, the Dandandyaka Mayiddia.. And it further mentions a Mahamandaléfrarg named Bovidbvarase, belonging to some branch of the Kadamba family, who had the hereditary title of "supreme lord of Bandbavapora, the best of towns, and the epithet of "he who has attained the excellont favoor of the god Prapaměsvata."
That part of the record which contained the donative passages and the date, is either illegible or broken away and lost. But, from the fact that Mahadevarna is here described as a foudatory of Tails III. himself, as also in the record of A.D. 1152, whorons in the Balagami inscription of A.D. 11556 he is desoribed as Dandandyaka of Bijjale, we may refer the present record to about A.D. 1168.
ABSTRACT OF CONTENTS. The record opens with the usual verse Namas-tuinga-hiras-chumbi, eto, in praise of the god Siva under the name of Sambhn. It then refers itself to the reign of the asylum of the universe, the favourite of fortune and of the earth, the Maharajadhirdja, Paramédvara, and Paramabhaftáraka, the glory of the family of Satyasraya, the ornament of the Chalukyas, the glorious Trailokyamalladeva-(Tails M.) (line 8). And it then proceeds to say that the Cholika (1. 4) came against him in war, bat had to unwillingly pay tribute to him; that, in the other direction, the king of Malava (1.5) was frightened and fled away to refuge, and the Gurjara saved himself only by giving even more than the Chola had given (1. 6); and that all other kings had to acknowledge the gway of the emperor Narmadi-Tailapa (III.) (11. 6, 7).
While he, the Pratápachakravartin (1. 8), bearing the burden of the whole earth, was reigning with the delight of an ngreonblo or friendly interchange of communications (with his foudatories),7 - and while his fendatory, the Mahdsdmantadhipati who had attained the
which is tied to the head of a king's favourite borte or elephant. And the mediationary gives salari, adhari, and odhaniga, in the sense of 'groom,' and adhana, in the sense of the act of tending and training bories,' and, under aghari, botes the Malayalam eldri. [Compare p. 108 above, and note 6).- The me official title, with the same use of turaya for turaga, occurs again in record of A.D. 1168 (see the next nota).
These two persons are mentioned togetber in other records also :-(1) An Inscription of A.D. 1165-56 at Balxgami in Mysore (P. 8. O.-C. Ineoro. No. 181; and see Myr. Insors. p. 100). The construction of this record is - Trailokyamalladtpara vijaya-rdjyam (lines , . . . . . ... maldmaidaldharada Bijana. ddvarasar (IL 10, 11) .. ..* .
. . . Mahad darasani (1. 18).
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dpraonaida-dadda.dya kandi. 11. 19 .
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. . . . tas-waldpradhana (1. 16). ..... Kdyidbarasan (1. 20). This describes Mayidvar M Maldprad hdns of Mahadvarses, and the latter is Dandandyala of Bijjala, during the reiga of Taila IIL (8) An insoription of A.D. 1169 whloh is wid to be at a temple of Siddhappe at Pars in the Rod tlaka, Dharwk district (Carn.-Dés Ingoro. Vol. II. p. 1. but there does not seem to be. village named Par or Purs anywhere in the Dharwer district; perbapo Puradakeri, in the Kathlala, is intended). This describes Mabaddaren w fondatory of Tails III. bimself, and Ms. Maldadmantadhipati, Karituraya. paffardhani, Sinddhipati, and Dandandyala, enjoying thaligero three-hundred and the Banevad twelvethousand, with the pleasure of so agreeable or friendly interobange of communications; and is beribes MAyiddraria . Maldadmantadhipati and Dandandyaka sabordinate to Mahadramas, and wenjoying the hejjwals and saddardoula taxe.
Bandhasa-puratar-dd Midara. The reading is very distinct. The place is not otherwise knom. Can It be the modern . Band bole,' in the Krishparijpeg taluks, Mysore distriot?
It might be expected, I think, that the name would be Praqavram. But the consonant in the third ollable is distinctly m, not ..
See note 1 above. Prom the ink-impresion. This record is not in the Cars-Dana Inaire, + Subhasa katid-ninddadida ndiyadyoyuttow-in. • Tat.pddapadm-ópajtoi.
