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Malamandalesvara Göbüri Obayadēva-Mahārāja as a subordinate of Sadasiva in Saka 1469 in an inscription at Ahobalam, though we cannot say for certain whether he is the same chief who is referred to as Mahamandalesvara Göbūri Aubhalarājayya in No. 543 of the Epigraphical colleotion for 1915, dated in Saka 1482, from the Bellary district. About this period some more chiefs of the family are brought to our notice, who were connected with the Kurnool, Cuddapah and Chingleput districts. For instance, we find & certain Kondrāju in Saka 1473 at Koilkuntla,
Narasaraju in Saka 1478 at Tondūru,' a Giriyapparāju in Saka 1529 at Dudyāla, a Göbūti Tirumalai-Nāyaka in Saka 1501,' and a Mahamandalēšvara Göbūri Obarājayyadēva-Maha. raja. Barradas? mentions a certain Obo Rāya as the brother-in-law of Verkata and a Chinnaobrays (Chinna-Obala-Rāya) as a brother of the traitor Jaggaraya who also belonged to the Göbūri family, and whose daughter Bāyamā was married to Venkata. This Obarājayyadēvs should evidently have been different from Obayadēva, the subordinate of Sadasiva, and possibly his grandson. He has been surmised to be a son of Tirumalai-Nayaka of the Kunnattür in. scription with whom again, if we may hazard & guess, Päps-Timmarája, mentioned above, and Timma, who married Obāmbā, the sister of Tirumala I, 10 and was the father of Narasa, might be identical. In that case Venkataraja, the father of Seshadriraja of the present grant, Oburaja or Obalarāja and Narasa should have been brothers.
Of the places mentioned in the grant, Tirupati is called Soshachala and Phapisvaragiri. Tangataru is a village in the Prodduțur taluk of the Cuddapah district. Chandragiri is too well known to require identification. Venkațājammapēta seems to have been a part of Chandragiri itself. The name Tondavādi-tațáka seems to be connected with the modern Tondavāda near Chandragiri and Gollapalli is a few miles further east. I am unable to identify Gopidēvipálys. Like the Mangalampăd charter of the same king! this grant was also composed by Chidambara-Kavi and incised by Kāmayāchārya.
TEXT. [Metros : Verses 44-69 and 73-76, Anushfubh ; vv. 70-72, Arya ; v. 77, Salint.]
Fourth Plate ; First Side. 111 . . . arama 112 ufua
ATHAT" a wife a. 113 gramafa [188] Tage getui (at)fauti 114 Uuetoa ufa' [184] ITTHON
7 1 No. 63 of the Mad. Ep. Collection for 1915. * Rangacharya's Madras Inscriptions, Kl. 110. • Ibid., Cd. 635.
Ibid., Kl. 401. No. 255 of the Mad. Ep. Collection for 1909. See Ep. Repl. for 1910, p. 105, para. 36. • No. 332 of Mad. Ep. Collection for 1909. 7 Sewell's Forgotten Empire, pp. 223 and 228. • Sources of Vij. Hist., p. 263. • Mad. Rp. Rep. for 1910, Part II, para. 56. 10 Sources of Vij. Hist., Genealogy on page XIV. 1 Nellore Inscriptions, Part I, p. 26.
12 In line 1 to 111 the first forty veres of the Viläpakkam grant (p. Ixd., Vol. IV, pp. 273-278) are topro duced with two other verses (Nos. 39 and 80) which occur in the Ponagalära graat m v. 81 and 89 (Ep. Ind., YOL. XVI, p. 950).
** Rond AG [The time of the year Is Prouidin.--Ed.) 14 Read guet fort.
