Hindu Inscriptions. 



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But this success was of short duration. Soon after the succes- 

 sion of Mubarik Ghilji, he marched in person to the Dekkan, and on 

 his arrival at Devagiri, Hurpal Dev with his confederates, not even 

 waiting for attack, fled in dismay. He was pursued, taken, flayed 

 alive, and his head placed above the gate of his own capital.* 



This seems to be the last notice that occurs of the Yadava dynasty 

 of Devagiri. Their capital was occasionally the scene of the contests 

 that ensued during the final subjugation of the Dekkan, but it is only 

 mentioned in the light of a subjugated province! until, in a. h. 739 

 (a. D. 1333), Muhammed Toghluk made it the metropolis, of the em- 

 pire, and removed thither the population of Dehli, giving it the name 

 of Dowlatabad, which it still re tains. J 



OF THE NOBLES AND GREAT FAMILIES OF KUNTALA DESA. 



The remaining inscriptions in the volume relate, some to the last 

 great dynasty that existed in Southern India, that of Anagundi or 

 Vijayanagar, some to the grants made by different local chiefs, and 

 the remainder to those by village officers or obscure individuals not 

 deserving of notice, either because the name of the sovereign under 

 whom they were made is not mentioned, the date not given, &c. 



Of the first class (that of the Vijayanagar dynasty), the number 

 procured is not sufficient to make up a complete series, and more 

 has already been made known concerning them than can be offered 

 here. The list in the catalogue explains the names and dates, which 

 is all the notice that it seems necessary to take of them. 



The next class is deserving of greater attention. Some of the 

 families therein mentioned, of whom insulated notices have been ob- 

 tained, have been considered as independent sovereigns, though they 

 can only be regarded as great hereditary feudatories. And in the 

 darkness that overspreads all ancient Hindu history, and the eager- 

 ness with which any well-authenticated name or date is seized upon 

 to fill up the dreary voids in the records of former days, it seems parti- 

 cularly useful to ascertain the precise power and relations of any 

 remarkable names or titles that may be met with. 



* A, H. 718. It is p. 389. t Ibid. p. 40J, 4, 5. * Ibid. p. 420. 



