1883.] J. W. Parry — Memorandum on a couple of stones. 167 



[11.] One rukha for each of these, namely coins 



[12.] As we gave, to last as long as the sun and moon. 

 [13, 14.] If the order be violated even by a line then the sin of 

 killing cows on the banks of the Ganges. 



[15, 16.] (Cannot be made out) 



[17.] By order of Panimappa son of Rama. 



[18.] Subhadramallama 



[19.] A deed of gift protecting the request of Subhadramallama. 



Note. 



The author is indebted to Mr. M. Sheshagiri Shastri, Professor of 

 Sanskrit and Telugu at the Presidency College, Madras, for the above trans- 

 lation. Several pandits and munshis have endeavoured to make an English 

 translation, but could only succeed in giving the purport of the inscription. 

 Mr. Shastri requests, however, that it may be stated that the forms are very 

 archaic, and he believes there have been errors in copying, so that he will not 

 guarantee the absolute accuracy of the translation unless he first of all 

 sees the original stone or photographs of it. 



One rukha was probably equal to 1 anna 3 pies. In Sewell's * Dynas- 

 ties of Southern India' no such king as Panimappa is mentioned, but possi- 

 bly Singhana II, 1209 — 1247 A. D., is meant, because he " claims to have 

 conquered the king of Telunga (Telingana)," and is sometimes called Tribhu- 

 vanamalla ; and also because there are ^'38 inscriptions of his reign extant 

 which prove that the kingdom had extended in size." 



The Second Stone 

 is rectangular, being 3 feet 1 inch by 1 foot 8| inch. The thickness 

 varies from 10 inches to 13 inches. The stone would weigh about 9|- 

 maunds. It is probably quartzite but looks like a fine-grained sandstone. 

 The formation of the letters of this stone is totally different from that of 

 the first stone, and the words too are more difiicult, being chiefly Sanskrit 

 written in Telugu character. 



It is therefore certain that some other individual wrote this inscrip- 

 tion, but as the purport is the same, viz., the violation of the order being 

 equal to the sin of killing a cow on the banks of the Ganges, and as the 

 same dynasty of the Yaduvas is referred to, it is probable that the dates 

 are contemporaneous. 



A copy of the inscription in the original Telugu characters will be 

 found in the Appendix. 



Mr. Shastri is unable to decipher the first 5 lines, but submits the 

 following as an approximate translation of the remainder. 



[5.] The dynasty of Yadu. 



[6.] The moon of that, dynasty — the sun and the moon. 



