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Report on the Mackenzie Manuscripts. 



In early times Vira Narasimha Gajapati ruled in the above mention- 

 ed town : conquered the king of Calinga-desam ; and sub lued othei' 

 countries. He builr, and had set apart, a fane to Vwaha Narasimha 

 svamt. Vira Capilesrara Gajapati built an agrahdram and a fane, on the 

 banks of the Godaverj^ river. Pums'liottamo, Gajapati built a village, and 

 m\ agrahdram on the sea shore, bearing his o^Nn nania : he also built 

 and had set apart, the fane Ol Jagandfha. His son wis Pratapa-rudra 

 Gajapati. His rule to the westward, especially over cert vin fortresses 

 and villages, was rather more extensive than tliat of his predecessors. 

 V/hile so ruling Vira Crishna Raya maha rai/alu, coming from the 

 west, drove away the said Pratapa-riidra ; and, after remaining some 

 lime, returned. The fagitive princ;e took refuge in the town, or vil- 

 lage, called Andhramanemam. After some lapse of lime, Vira Crishna- 

 deva of the Gajapati race ruled. He gave bis eldest daughter 

 in marriage to Bdhu Balendra Vira Muhmda-raju ; and his young- 

 est daughter to Basava raju son of Mddhaverma, of the Pusapatti race, 

 of the town of Bezavdda. These two sons-in-law he kept in his own 

 palace. The latter being the most handsome of the two, the marriage 

 on the part of the king's youngest daughter, was one, on her part at 

 least, of aft'ection ; and, by her means, the young man became a favourite 

 with her father. The king at all times wore a sword, on the possession 

 of which his kingdom, and authority, were considered to depend. The 

 yomig man Basava, abusing the confidence reposed on him, contrived by 

 stealth, and in a way which the manuscript styles mean and unworthy, 

 to get possession of the sword, expecting the kingdom to follow. A 

 great disturbance arose ; but the king at length regained the valuable 

 heir-loom of his race. He then sent avv^ay the said son-in-law to his own 

 town ; together with wife and dower. He caused an illegitimate son to 

 be installed as his heir to the kingdom ; to the prejudice of three 

 legitimate sons. Disgusted at this preference, the eldest of the two 

 legitimate sons went away to Jaya-puram, and established a rule over 

 nine pdlliyams, or districts. The second son established a rule over nine 

 districts in the Kimedi-country. Bhimadeva, the third legitimate son, 

 laid the foundation of Vijayanagarum (that is what is commonly writ- 

 ten Vizianagarum in the Northern Circars, not Bijnagur on the Toom- 

 boodra river). He there established a rule over twelve pdlliyams, or 

 districts. After the death of the aforesaid Vira Crishna deva Gajapati, 

 the husband of his youngest daughter ; that is to say Basava raja, killed 

 Balendra, the husband of the eldest daughter ; and took possession of 

 the district which had been given to the said Balendra as a marriage 

 portion. At this time the Mlechch'has (barbarian foreigners) took pos- 

 session of the aforesaid town of Cattacapuri (Cuttack). 



