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Hindu /nscripiio7i&'. 



[Jan. 



The titles of the family in the above inscription are Gandaraditya 

 D^va, Maha Mandaleswar, with the five great Sabdas, the great lord of 

 Tagarapur, like Narendra among the Silaharas, born of the race of 

 Jimutavahanwa (a name of Indra), with the golden garuda ensign, a 

 lion in the service of his master, &c. reigning at Walwada.* It was 

 probably against Vijayaditya, the son of Gandaraditya, that Vijala 

 undertook his last expedition immediately before his assassination by 

 Basava. The circumstances are thus related by the Vijala Cheritra : — 

 ** The king having been warned in a dream that his death approachedj 

 sent for his ministers and great officers, and committed his queen and 

 son to their charge. All obeyed the summons, except Suri Danda 

 Natha of Kolapur ; and Vijala, to punish him, marched against him. 

 But when he had reached the Bhima, messengers met him from Kola- 

 pur, offering submission, and imploring forgiveness. The Raja receiv- 

 ed them kindly, and sent his minister to settle the terms. The minister 

 having gone to Kolapur, returned with a false representation that Suri 

 Danda Natha was bent on resistance, on which Vijala marched forward 

 and besieged the place. The resistance was obstinate, but at last Vijala 

 advancing in person, superintended the sapping of a part of the wall | 

 and having gained an entrance, Suri Danda Natha submitted, paying 

 tribute and offering gifts. f 



In the third inscription of Simha Deva Yuda,| in Saka 1137, that 

 prince styles himself a Garuda to the serpent-like Bhoja, lord of Pan= 

 nala.§ It is remarkable that both the Yadu and the Silahara had 

 adopted the golden garuda as their ensign, which the prince seems un- 

 willing to allow to his feudatory. 



The most interesting circumstance regarding this family is their title 

 of Tagara pura varadeswar, which from its geographical position being 

 laid down by Ptolemy, becomes a point of great importance. As in 

 the instance, hov>^ever, of the title of the Kalabhuryas of Kalanjara 

 pura Varadeswar, it is probable that the use of the name of Tagara pura 

 by the Kolapur chiefs affords no clue whatever to the real position of 

 this place. II 



THE KADAMBAS. 



The traditions of this family lay claim to great antiquity, and appa- 

 rently with some reason, though not to the extent of their pretensions, 



* Now Walwa, near Kolapiir + Vijala Cheritra, Book xii. t Vol. ii., p. 174. 

 5 Pannala is the hill-fort above KolaptSr, a very strong place. 



II A native trader once told me he had passed through a tov/n of this name on his way 

 from Dharwar to Nagptir, four kos beyond Kalburga. He described it as a good-sized 

 town, with a bazaar, and a nala near it. But it was most probable he was mistaken, for 

 had it been in that position it must have been observed by some European traveller who 

 must have frequently passed that way. 



