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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
(OOTOBER, 1921
BOOK-NOTICE.
THE LAKSHMIDEVI TEMPLE AT DODDA The name of the founder of the temple interests GADDAVALLI. Mysore Archeological Series. me personally. It is Kullahana Rähuta, and the Architecture and Sculpture in Mysore. No. III. name perhaps explains that of a very different By R. Narasimhachar, M.A., Bangalore, Mysore
worthy of the 17th century, known to the early Government Press, 1919. Quarto, pp. viii, 8.
English merchants as Babaraut. He was a genial P ates, xiv.
uffi an, dwelling at various places along the West This is the third of Mr. Narasimhachar's valuable memoirs on individual temples in Mysore Territory.
Coast and carrying on a lucrative trade as archIt describes a typical temple in the Hoysala stylu,
pirate and trader on a large scale, and he was quite as found in Mysore, and luckily it is an early as ready to enter into a friendly deal, profitable to example. As Mr. Narasimhachar says, his first himself, as to gain wealth by barefaced sea piracy. monograph described a temple of three cells, the I observe that Kulla hana Rähuta, or Kullan-rahut second one of one cell, and the third mono
ag the alternative form would be, was mahagraph describes one of four cells rare form, of which this is the only instance in Mysore. Pages
vaddavyavahari, a great merchant, according to his v to viii contain a very valuable list of Hoysala inscription. In my edition of Peter Mundy's Travels buildings ranging from c. 1047 A.D. to c. 1292,1 (1608-1667, Vol. II, p. 316). I have written BabaAnd of Dravidian buildings from c. 800 to c. 1733. raut's name a Baba Rawat. Perhaps I should Altogether we have a valuable brochure in every have written in Baba Rahut. sense.
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NOTES AND QUERIES. NOTES FROM OLD FACTORY RECORDS. bould to implo]rtune your Charity and beg the 22. The Company's premises at Conimere.
loan of the Fort Tent for the Present... 7 November 1682. Letter from John Willcox and
(Rsoorie of Fort St. George, Letters to Fort St. George, Council at Conimere [Kanyimedu] to William Gulford
1682, Vol. II, p. 115.) and Council at Fort St. George...... Wee
R.C.T. humbly request that the boat must be sent to us as soon as possible and that you would be pleased to send us some Palmiros (palmyra timber),
23. A new method of decorticating flax. [t]here being none here ready cut to build us a
7 April 1685. Letter from John Willcox and house, for wee have been miserably put to our shifts Council at Conimere (Kanyimedu] to Wm. Gyfford fór a being. Our Tent stood us in some stead til and Council at Fort St. George. Wee have been the wind and the rain grew to[o] strong for us, and upon all manner of tryalls for the well curing and then wee were faint (fain) to leave that and retrive dressing of Flax, and hope we have hitt upon the (retire) ourselves to a small Mosquit [mosque), but right att la , for tying it up in Small bundles we that proved noe unsavory a Sanctuary that wae (lay itt in) running water; we have some that has were not able to stay above one night in it for the thus layen for above this ten days, and find itt noisome damps and Smells that came from the still keeps its strength, is more plyant and becomes dead bodies that were buried there had almost much softor, which is the way that must prepare choskod u. From thence in the wind and raine, and make it fitt for dressing, for we find by wee were forced to seek for new quarters as at last experienoe, without the Flax is well cured and wee faint for (were fain) to drive into an old Jentue softened, the cloth that is made of it will never turn [Hindu) house which proved too leaky to afford us white. Our Merchants have promised to provide two a good Sheltor; and this has been our manner of bales of it. We now send you the fine piece that was riveing since we came hither. Our Tent, within a upon the loom.-(Records of Fort St. George: Letters day or two, according to our promise, we must to Fort St. George, 1684-85, III, 70.) return to the Fort, which makes us a little the more
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