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conjunction with the word, rājyan or rājyābhivriddhi.! Ond-uttaram can therefore be understood as an idiomatic expression synonymous of uttar-Ottaram, denoting progressively'.
Jēbulagēri mentioned in the inscription appears to be a part of the town of Annigere.
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First Face. 1 Svasti [11] Kirtti(va]rmma-(Satyä]sraya 2 sri-prithv[vi-vallabha) mahårājā3 dhirāja paramēsvara bhatarara 4 rajyam ond-uttaram-abhivriddhi 885 le äraneyā varsham prava
Second Face. 6 rddamānam-äge Jē7 bulagērige Kali8 yamma gämundū(u)- geyd-I 9 chodiyaman-mädisidon 10 idara munde Kondi
Third Face. 11 bulara-Kuppa Kirttivarmma12 gõsasiya nirisida 13 kirttana Diśāpālasya li14 khitar Prabhunāman
No. 35.--TWO STONE INSCRIPTIONS OF KRISHNA II; SAKA 805.
BY N. LAKSHMINARAYAN RAO, M.A., OOTACAMUND. These two inscriptions were copied by me in the year 1926-27 in the villages of Soratūr and Sirumja both in the Gadag Taluka of the Dharwar District, Bombay Presidency. Soratūr (ancient Saratavura), where a battle was fought between the Hoysala king Ballāla II and the Yadava king Bhillama has already been fully described by the late Dr. Fleet on p. 176, Vol. XIII of this journal. Sirurja which is three miles north of Soratur does not seem to have enjoyed any importance. The inscription at Soraţūr, which I shall call A, is incised on a slab set up in front of the Venkatēsa temple and is in an excellent state of preservation. The Sirumja record, which is called B in the sequel, is on a hero-stone near the village school and is damaged to some extent, particularly in lines 3 and 4.
The alphabet is Kanareve quite regular for the period to which the records refer themselves. Attention may be drawn to the following features which present themselves in this transitional period when the script underwent some radical changes the earlier form of initial i consisting
This will become clear by comparison of the three records using ond-uttaram with some inscriptions where wtar Ottarais cours :-(1) Appigere Inscription : (rajyam ond uttaram-abhivriddhi sale); (2) Nidagundi inscription: (ond-uttaran rajyam-geyyutt-ire); (3) Venkatāpur Inscription : (rājyabhivriddhiy-ond-uttaran sale); (1) Mahakūta pillar inscription of Mangalēka (Ind. Ant Vol. XIX, p. 18): (uttar-ottara-pravarddhamana-rajya. Pachama-sri-varshē); 121 Birúr Lecription of Amoghavarsha I (above, Vol. VII, p. 206): (prevarddhamana samvatsaramgal ayvatt-eradum-uttar-taran rajy-abhivriddhi salutt-iro); (3) Ron Inscription of the same king (ibid., Vol. XIII, p. 186) (rajyadauttar-tentaram-abhivriddhiyo!).
No. 73 and 59 of the Bombay-Karnatak collection for 1926-27.
