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himself; after this come verses in praise of the Thousand, who are said to have built a stately temple of Andhäsura (probably that already mentioned). Then follows another supplement (II. 36-38), chronicling a donation of land by four persons.
The second main division of the record (11, 40-47) announces gifts of land to Andhasura from the above-mentioned Jhānasakti (11. 40-44) and the Thousand (11. 44-47). Next comes a third paragraph (11. 47-52) announcing the gift of some land to the god by the Hundred of Kalasavalli. göri, the Thousand of Pali, and certain Kalidēvayya-Setti. Last comes an unfinished paragraph, added long after the preceding, to chronicle a grant by the guild of weavers to the Achārya Vāmasakti for the expenses of the establishment (11. 53-56).
Corresponding to its composite character, our inscription contains four dates. The first of these is given on 11. 7-8 as: the 29th year of the Chalukya-Vikrama era, the cyclic year Tāraņi; Pushya suddha 10, Brihaspativära (Thursday); the uttarāyana-samkrānti. This is irregular. The tithi Pushya suddha 10 corresponded properly to Wednesday, 28 December, A.D. 1104, on which it ended about 18 h. 25 m. after mean sunrise, i.e. about 12.25 P.M., so that the connection with the following Thursday is not far wrong. But it cannot possibly hate been connected with the uttarāyana-samkrānti, which took place about 6 h. 13 m. after mean sunrise on the preceding Saturday, 24 December.
The next date is that given in 11. 40-41; the 7th year of the Kalachurya Tribhuvanamalla (Bijjala), the cyclic year Chitrabhānu; Srāvana full-moon, Somavåra (Monday); an eclipse of the moon. This again is irregular, but only to a slight degree. The given tithi corresponded to Friday, 27 July, A.D. 1162, on which it began about 55 m. before mean sunrise ; and it ended about 4.41 A.M. on the following Saturday. On the same Friday there was a lunar eclipse lasting from 21 h. 45 m. to 23 h. 57 m. after mean sunrise (see Eclipses of the Moon in India, p. xxvii). The Simha-samkrānti took place about 6.13 A.M. on Saturday, 28 July.
The third date is given on 11. 47-48: the 2nd year of Sõmēśvara (IV), the cyclic year Krodhi; the full-moon of Pashya, Somavára (Monday); the uttarayana-saņkrānti. This is also irregular. The given tithi corresponded to Wednesday, 19 December, A.D. 1184; it began about 4 h. 14 m. after mean sunrise on the preceding Tuesday. The uttarāyana-san. korānti did not occur until several days later; it took place about 22 h. 53 m. after mean sunrise on Monday, 24 December. Thus we see that the details of our date are a conflation of two distinct dates, as is often the case.
The last date is stated on 1. 53 as: Saka 1146 (expired), the cyclic year Tārana, Jyaishtha buddha 8, Somavāra (Monday). This is correct. The given tithi corresponded to Monday, 27 May, A.D. 1224, on which it ended about 19 h. 50 m. after mean sunrise.
The places mentioned, besides Pūli, are Belvala and the Six-hundred of the "Two Belvalas" (11. 5, 19), Siveyagēri (1. 37), Kokkuligēri (11. 42, 49), Kattiyagēri (11. 44, 52), Ghaigāgagēri (1. 46), Kalasavalligēri (148), Raviyani and Raviyanagēri (11. 44, 51), Biragutti (1. 51), and some minor localities.
TEXT.1 [The metres are as follows: verse 1, Anushtubh; verses 5, 7, 9, 10, 12-15, 18. Kanda. verses 4, 17, Mahasragdhara; verses 6, 8, 11, Champaka-mala.] 1 Namas-turga-siras-chumbi-chandra-chämara-chåravē [1] trailokya-nagar-arambha
mo!a-stambhāya Sambhavě [ll1*]
From the ink-impression.
