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NIMBAL INSCRIPTION OF YADAVA BHILLAMA
respectively Taçavalage and Gonavalage of the record. Hamjige is represented by modern Hamjgi, 3 miles north-east of Nimbal. Gumdavamda is to be identified with Gundván, 9 miles north-west of Nimbal and situated on the Bijapur-Jhalki road. Amdiţige is the same as Amjutgi, 7 miles north-west of Indi and about 8 miles north of Nimbāl. Bairaļige is modern Bhairangi, about 10 miles north of Nimba!. Ajjunavāla and Battakuņike have to be identified with modern Arjanäl and Bhatgunki, 5 miles to the north-west and 1 mile west of Bhairangi respectively. Hiri-y-Imdi is still known by the same name and is said to have existed close by the modern Indi. Chikka-Bēvinur has also retained its name to this day and is 7 miles north-east of Nimbaland 3 miles north-west of Indi. And lastly Kamnavori is modern Kannur, 12 miles west-south of Nimbā!. It may be noted that except Kannur which is in the Bijapur taluk of the same district and Varanasi and Srisaila, the above-mentioned places are included in the modern Indi tāluk.
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1 Srimatu dakshiņa-Váraņāsi Nimbahurada Kõţi-tirtthava mindu sri2 Kõți-Samkharadēvara sparśana mādidade parcha-bram-hmēti kiduvudu 3 abhinava Srisaiļa yi-nālkum bāgil-olage pumónyakha(ka)ra hiri4 du vommaņi māờidade anamta pumm nyavam sri-Köţi-Samkharaděva 5 ru kuduvaru ! Svasti srimata Yāda[va*)?-Nārāyaṇam Pratāpa-cha6 kravartti Bhilla[ma*]-dēva-varsa(rsha)da mūgeneya (Phallavarga-samvatsarada 7 Bhadrapada-amavāse sūryya-grahaņa vyatipāta 8 samkramā(ma)na nimittavägi Tadavalageya kuppa9 dali sukha-samkhatā!-vinodadim rājyam-gaiyutta-10 10 m-irddalli Māyidēva mukshavägi. Nimbahurada sri11 Kõți-Samkharadēvarggeamga-bhöga ramga-bhögakke kotta a12 fuvatt-ettiinge sumka [ha Jsāda bannigel sarvva-namasyavägi dha13 rā pūrvvakaṁ māļi kotta sā{śā)sana mamgaļa maha Sri-Śri (Sri) i 14 Mūvattāru biļu mukshavāgil Gamgara Kamni-settiye(yun) Ba15 teya [R]ēvi-settiyum Nimbaburada Sri-Köţi-Samkharadēva. 16 rgge muttu-māņikava bēridere (dade)....vottilu golagava bittaru 17 Nimbaburada sri-Köţi-Samkharadēvargge Attarageyali ma
See p. 98, n. 1 below.
Cf. Bombay Gazetteer, Vol. XXIII, Bijapur District, p. 654, n. 5. . From the ink-impression. • Read Sankarading
This anusvira is unnecessary. • Read Srisaila.
The engraver has inadvertently omitted to write this akahara. . Read Plava nga. . Read sai katha. 10 Read rajyan-gerryatta-. 11 Read mukhya.. 1 The subscript of the letter here is the same as that of the latter used in the inscriptions of this period.
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