218 Hindu Inscriptions, [Jai?. 



space contained between the Malapahara and the Tunga ; bearing 

 dates from 1114 (the third of his reign), to 1133; and the country 

 north, to the Krishna, seems to have been frequently contested, and to 

 have belongecl, undisputedly, to neither party, though the advantage 

 seems generally to have been on the side of Bellala. 



OF THE DEVAGIRI YADAVAS. 



No information is given in any of the inscriptions of the origin of 

 this branch of the Yadavas, but it is not improbable they sprang from 

 the Bellalas. The enmity that subsisted between the two races would 

 induce the former to withhold all mention of their descent from their 

 rivals, in their enumeration of titles, and may account for Ballam being 

 always referred to as the founder of the family ; or, he may have been 

 some petty local chief, who had risen into power, and assumed the 

 Yadu titles. The genealogy stands thus, in an inscription at Hari- 

 hara: " Sri Lakshmi, and Taradi Natha (the moon), were born from 

 the Kshira Samudra. Soma became the first Raja in the three worlds, 

 and in this distinguished race was born Yadu Ray a, from whom de- 

 scended other Yadava earth-rulers. Afterwards, as Ram Krishna be- 

 came sole lord of the earth by the destruction of the Asuras, so Balam 

 Nrapa destroyed the Kshettris." 



Ballam 

 Jayatuk Deva 

 Simha Deva 



Kandaraya Deva, or 

 Ranner Dev 



r ^1 



1. ShenkarDeva 2. Bhima Deva. 



1 



Mahadeva 

 Karacliandar 



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3. A daughter, married Hari Pal Deva, 



In another inscription, Kandaraya, or Kanner Deva, is addressed 

 as " endowed with all power, the great lord of Dwarawati pura, 

 sprung from the Vishnu Vansa, with the standard (dhwaja) of the 

 golden Garuda ; the sun expanding the closed petals of the lotos-like 

 Yadu Kula, a Trinetra (Siva) to the Madana-like (Kama) Malava, 

 the terrifier of the Gurjara raya, causing the Konkana raja to tremble, 

 the thruster-out of the Hoisala rayas, the restorer of the Telunga raya, 



