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.] Hindu Inscripliom, 217 



after which, in reciting his titles, Bellala assumes that of " winnowing 

 like chaff the state of the worshipper of Narayana Chalukya," and 

 proclaims himself the lord of Uchchangi, Banavasi, Panungal, &c. In 

 another place, he is styled lord of the following six provinces :~Tala' 

 kal, Gangawadi, Nonambawadi, Banavasi, Panungal, and Uchchangi.* 

 Halur, or Hullur, on the Tungabhadra, was likewise his residence 

 for some time, and the plain around bears traces of an immense en- 

 campment, with erect stones to fasten the elephants, horses, &c.t 



He again defeated an army of 12,000 cavalry, and many foot, sent 

 against him by the Devagiri prince (probably Jayatuk Deva), under the 

 command of his general. Soma Nrapa, pursuing him from Surtur to 

 the Krishna, and making himself master of the following fortified 

 places,^ Yerambadagi,§ Manavi,J| Viratankoti,^ Gunati, Belatagi,** 

 Surtur,tt Kurgoda,|:(: and laid siege to Durga. §§ 



The influence of the Bellalas, north of the Tungabhadra, seems to 

 have ceased with Vir Bellala. The only inscription of his son, that 

 I have got, is from Harihara, or Hurry hur, on the south bank of that 

 river; and in that, the acts attributed to him are entirely confined to 

 the country still farther south. He is described as " slaying the son 

 of Kandava Raya, conquering Pandesa, and replacing Choi upon his 

 throne." Farther on he has the titles of a " thunderbolt to the moun- 

 tain of Pandya, a Kanthirava, or lion, to Kandava Raya, like Jinard- 

 han to Keitaba Raya, overthrowing the kingdom of Makara Raya, the 

 confirmer of the Chola Raja's power," and he is said to be reigning 

 at Deva Samudra.|l |1 



It seems evident, then, that the influence of the Bellalas over the 

 districts north of the Tungabhadra, was confined to the reign of Bellala » 

 but even that did not extend far. All Bellala's grants occur in the 



* Ins. at Herur, No. 16, vol. ii., p. l4l. There is a place named Talakal, near Sura- 

 pur, but this seems too far north for Bellala's limits, all the country north of the 

 Krishna being, at this time, in undisturbed possession of the Devagiri prince. The 

 Other places are all to the south. 



+ Ins. at Satayanhali, No, l3, vol. ii., p. 136. 



t Ins. at Harihara, No. 23, vol. ii., p. 147. ? Yelburga, Nizam's territory, 



II Near Raichur. IT Panangal, or Hangal i 



** Now Rettihali, in the Rana Bidnur Taluk. 



t+ Near Dambal, the Jaghir of the Dambal Desayi. %% Near Harihara,. 



\\ Durga is now applied, par excellence, to Chittledrug. i 

 II II Ins. No. 23, p. 147. 



