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the Devanhalli grant of Saka 1506') and Venkata I, who issued the Vilâpâka grant of
Rama (27 to 29). Saka 1523. The Kondyâta.grant mentions the reigns of both Ranga II and Venkata I, and
Ranga (30 to 33). continues the Variávali from Rama III, the elder brother of Venkata I, thus :
Põdavenkata or Venkata II, Pinaverkata. Rama (25).
who resided at Pěnugonda
and issued the Kondykta grant Tirumala. Ranga (26).
of Saka 1558. Venkata II cannot have belonged to the fourth generation after Venkata I, as the difference between the dates of their grants is only 35 years. If one supposes that the genealogist has confounded Råma I with Râma III, the two branches of the Varnsdvali may be combined thus :
Rama I (9 to 12; 25)
Tirumala
Ranga I (13 to 15; 26)
Rama II (16, 17; 27 to 29) Tirumala (19 to 22) Venka Adri (18) Ranga (30 to 33) RaghunAtha Ranga II (23) Rana III Venkata I (24) [Saka 1506]
[Saka 1523] Pědavenkata Pinavenkata or Verkata II
[Saka 1558) Veikata II would then have been a very represent the celebrated Chalukya dynasty; distant relation of Ranga II and Venkata I, the Bijjala the Kalaharis; and Bukka last two kings of Karnata of the other branch.' the princes of Vijayanagara. The Viļa
The earlier half of the Vamávali has scarcely páka and Kondyâta grants throw no light on any historical value, and is evidently compiled the confused accounts which we possess of the from different sources. The first or mythical later kings of Vijayanagara." Although the part serves to connect the kings of Karnata kings of Karnata may have been related to with the Somavarnea or Lunar-race; hence the kings of Vijayanagara, it is impossible to Venkata I and Venkata II profess to be say how they descended from those VijayaAtreyagotrajas or descendants from the race nagara princes whose inscriptions have been of Atri, the Moon's father. Nanda is the published." representative of the old dynasty of Pataliputra, Ranga II is the first prince who is called which was overthrown by the Maurya Chandra- king of Penugopda in the KondyAta grant. gupta. Chalik ya, after whom Venkata I He and his two successors Venkata I and and II call themselves Châļikyachakravartins, | Venkata II bear in their respective grants the or emperors of the race of Chaļikya," seems to titles 'lord of the town of Araviti," and
Mr. Rice has misunderstood the stanza tresting of the birth of Ranga II, which rans thus in the Vikpiks grant (20)
अनंतरं तननय[:] प्रतीतभकास्ति हस्तापजितपुशाखी।
श्रीवेगळांबाचिरपुण्यराशि[0 श्रीरंगराय[ भितभागधेयः॥ Mr. Bioe's king Visakhi is the Kalpadrums (dyufakhn) and belongs evidently to the same race s the famous Valabht king S11Aditya Musalli' and the late Gurjars prinse&rt-Datta Kuiall.
• Sinoe the above was written, Dr. Burgess has gent me a photograph of a grant of king Range dated Saka 1566 which proves my arrangement of the Karnata Vansavalt to be correct, as it calls Venkatldri the younger brother of Veikata II's grandfather (khydtas tasya pitamahdnujatayd).
.Vi!Apaka grant, 92; and Kondykta grant, 12. 10 VilApAka grant, 83; and Kondykta grant, 13.
11 Ravenshaw and Wilson, Ariatic Researches, vol. XX, p. 1.
11 Mr. Fleet has given list of the Vijayanagara inscriptions published by himself, and of other unedited ones, in the Journal of the Bombay Branch R.As. Boc., vol. XII, p. 336. That passage of the Kondylta (and Vildpaka) grant which trests of the privileges granted to the donoo (58 to 82) and the comminatory stansmat the end of the grant (66 to 70) resemble literally the oorresponding passages of a Vijayanagara.grant publish ed by Colebrooke, Miscellaneous Essays, And. ed., vol. II, p. 254.
" The only other prince who receives this biruda in the Vansduali is Pinnama II.
