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JUNE, 1884.)
KARŅÅTA GRANTS No. II.
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jayanagara, and the kings of Karnața retired historical persons or as mere fictions of the to Pěnugonda and Chandragiri. It genealogists, it is worthy of note, that the was evidently because the Karņåta kings consi- king Så lava Nrisimha whose rale was dered themselves as successors of the old made firm by,' i.e., who was the protégé of, dynasty of Vijayanagara, that they were in- Rama's great-grandfather Bukka according to duced to adopt, as they have done, the Soma. the Karnata grauts, may have been Sadasiva's varsa, a number of Birudas, and whole stanzas grandfather Nrisimba or Narasa of Vijayaof the Vijayanagara grants." Although there nagara. 18 is no evidence from other sources whether the | Leaving out the mythical beginning, the kings of the Karnata Varná ávali from the Vamśávali of the Rajas of Kargata stands great Rúma upwards are to be considered as at present as follows:
Pinnama I.
Somideva. Raghavadeva. Pinnama II.
Bukka, protector of Salava Nsisimha (of Vijayanagara P); married to Balla or Ballam..
Ráma, married to Lakk&. Ranga, married to Tirumala.
Rema, Tirumala,
Venkat & dri married to a sister of Sadasiva of married to Vengal.
(stanza 31). Vijayanagara; killed 1565 A.D.
Ranga Ranga, Raghunatha. Ranga I, Rama. Venkata I, (stanza 32). one of five brothers.
(grants S. 1497
(grants $. 1508 to 1506).
to 1535). Gopala
(stanza 338.) Pědavenkata Pinavenkata.
Tirumala. Ranga. or Venka ţa II.
Ranga II. (grant 8. 1558),
Råma.
(stanzas 35 to 40;
grant $. 1566). The following Karşâta grants were made over to me by Dr. Burgess, " (No. 2 excepted) : No. Number Name of king. Saka Year of the cycle. A.D.
REMARKS of plates.
year. 5 1. Ranga I. 1497
Yuva.
1575-6 Do.
1506 Tårana.
1584-5 Abridged translation by
Mr. Rice, Mysore Inscr.,
p. 252. 5 2. Venkata I. 1508 V yaya.
1586-7 Do. 1519 Hevilambi.
1597-8 From Madura. 1523
1601-2 Ind. Ant., vol. II, p. 371. 1526 Krodhi.
1604-5 Do.
1535 Pramedhicha. 1619-4 3. Venkata II. 1558 Dh&tri.
1636-7 In the Madras Museum;
Ind. Ant., vol. XIII, p. 5 4. Ranga II. 1566 Tirana.
1644-5 The subjoined grant. Wilson, 1.c., p. 15. Lassen, Indische Alterthums | L.c., p. 7, where this king is called Saluva Narsinha. kunda, vol. IV. p. 299. Mr. Chisholm, the Old Palace of 10 Besides I have to hand (10), the three first plates of Chandragiri, Ind. Ant., vol. XII, p. 295.
an incomplete grant of Venkata I, and (11), an evidently 11 The names Bukka, Raiga, and Veokața are also
forged grant on six plates of Achyuta dated Saka 1936 found in both the Vijayanagara and the Karnata Varhfd
(for 1636 P), the your Vijaya; the writer of this inscription valis.
has copied with terrible blunders the genealogy down to 2 This identification is supported by the first of the Venkata I, and simply substituted the name Achyuta in three lists of Vijayanegara kinge oompiled by Wilson, the last stansa.
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Plava.
Do. Do.
