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charter under discussion, was in due course brought down from top of the hill, and is now in the museum of Shimoga. The other half of it was left uncared, which contained the second half of the same inscription. Luckily this was noticed by R. Narasimhachar which he published in the MAR 1923, pp. 14-15. Not knowing that was a part of the same inscription published earlier by Lewis Rice, on paleographic grounds of the charter, Narasimhachar proposed a date of tenth century. K.V. Ramesh, while editing the inscriptions of the Western Gangas, has included this fragmentary inscription of MAR 1923, and also, unware of its background, has suggested the date as second half of the 10th century A.D. (1WG: No. 150 pp. 468-70).
But, after a careful examination, I discovered that the schavādi inscription is an integral part of the Kallurgudda inscription published earlier by Lewis Rice. Therefore, the suggested date of tenth century A.D. to Ichavādi inscription is not correct. It should be C.E. 1121-22. Lack of proper knowledge has cost the country darely, in the form of the destruction of inscriptions and invaluable art pieces. One such example, in the present context of the history of the Mandalināờ, is the above charter of Shimoga number 4, which introduces the king, his wife and four sons, highly praised and credited with numerous virtues and achievements worthy of note.
List of some important inscriptions of the Mandali-1000 principality; reference numbers are from EC. VII-I (1902) and belong to Shimoga (Sh.), Honnāļi (HI.), Sikāripura (Sk.) and Cannagiri (Ci.) taluks: Si. Inscription Date Place and page number No. No. 4 1121-22 Kallūru-gudda, pp. 10-15
1218 Basavana Gangūru. pp. 15-18 1060 Harakere. p. 18 1085 Tattekere pp. 19-21 1400
Gānjanur. pp. 21-22
Gânianur on 1120 Gondi Cattanahalli p. 22
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