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2. A Copper plate recording a grant of land by a prince named Kinniga Bhūpāla for the purpose of maintaining the worship in a Jain temple, S. 1513 (A.D. 1591), Khara.
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P. 850. Kanara (South) Dist., Coondapoor tāluk.
27. Basrur: A record of Devaraya (II, 1422-49) in the same year relating gift of one Kolaga of paddy on every bullock load coming from other places to Basrur for the benefit of the Jain basti, by the Chaṭṭis of Basrur, etc.
P. 852. Kanara (South) Dist.. Coondapoor tāluk.
62. Kōṭeśvara: Echappa is identical with the Jain chiel of Gairsappa who married a daughter of the last Karkal king Bhairasu Uḍaiyār about 1560.
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P. 855. Kanara (South) Dist., Mangalore tāluk.
93. Mulki (Kanarese). On the south face of the Manastambha in front of the Jain basti. Records five verses, arranged in 25 squares and praising the Tirthankaras.
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Pp. 856-860. Kanara South Dist. Mudabidri tāluk.
Mudabidri formerly called Bidire or Venupura or Vamsapura and belonged to the province of Tuludesă. The earliest inscription in it belongs to the Alupa King Kulasekhara, dated in A.D. 1205. The remaining belong to the Hoysala and Vijaynagar dynasties. The members of the local Jain dynasty called the chautars even now receive pension, and have got a ruined palace.
INSCRIPTIONS IN KANARESE:
103. Hosabasti. A record of the Vijaynagar king Vīra-Devaraya (IF) in §. 1351.
104. Do. of the Vijaynagar king Praudha-Devaraya (II) in S. 1373. Refers to the building of a mantapa.
105. Do. in the reign of the Vijaynagar king Virūpākṣa in §. 1394. Gift of land.
106. Do. in §. 1409. A gift of land.
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