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united efforts and knowledge, the accompanying trans- 

 lation was given, in which I have every confidence af- 

 ter the experience I have had of the tidelity of other 

 translations by the same hands (some of which are al* 

 ready communicated). 



* The inscription is useful as an historical record^ if 

 the Raja Racsiiamalla, mentioned here, be the same 

 with the sovereign of the same name mentioned in a 

 history of Mysare, whe flourished about the eighth 

 century ; thus agreeing in date nearly with the monu- 

 ment. 



' The beauty of the character was also a strong mo- 

 tive for removing it, as an appropriate offering to a So- 

 ciety, whose labors have been so successfully employed 

 in illustrating the interesting remains of Hindu anti- 

 quity ; and a permanent specimen of a character which 

 appears hitherto to have escaped much notice. 



* The common Cdnara language and character arc 

 used by the natives of all those countries extending^ 

 from Cohnhatore*, north to Balkee-^ near Beder, and 

 within the parallels from the eastern Ghats to the 

 western, comprehending the modern provinces of My- 

 sore \, Sera [j, upper Bednore ^, Soonda ^, Goa, Adoni^ 

 Rachore^^, Canoiil\Xy the Duah of the KisJwd 2Ln^ 

 Tung-hhadrii, and a considerable part of the modern 

 Sid^ahs of Beder and Bijapur, as far as the source of 

 the Kishnd at least. Its limits and point of junction 

 with the Mahrattas may be yet ascertained w'ith more 

 precision ; but in 1797, I had the opportunity of ob- 

 serving, that the junction of the three language?, TV 

 liuga, Mahratta, and Canara, took place somewhere 

 about Beder. 



C'xamutur. t Phalaci. X Mehisi'r, || Sira. 



%-Bcd'tHr, % SundJ. t !" R.ichur, XX CariJannr-,, 



