1847.] 



Kongu-desa-rajakal. 



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archery, in prosperity like to Dfxendra ; and he made the garlands 

 on the crowns of all other kings to fall at his feet. Taking with 

 him swords, rockets, and other offensive weapons, he overcame hos- 

 tile kings : he sent a great many persons to the town of Vaivasvata 

 Menu (that is, he killed them). He was a very great votary of the 

 Lingamdrcam (or Saiva sect). Consequently he popularly acquired 

 the name of JsFandi-verma. He ruled for some time in the town 



called Muganda. His voung-er brother named 



22. Siva-rama. ^. ^ , . . \ , 



jbwa-rama-raya, bemg anomted and crowned m 



Dalava-pui'a he, with great devotedness, inquired concerning the 

 Niti-sastra of the divine Brahmans ; and so ruled the kingdom. At 

 that time the manner of making donations of land, that is to say 

 during the time that he lived in Muga7tda-patnam, was as follows : 



(according to the mode of making the Sassanams) 

 ^*668-^9 ^' ^' Saca-vasthu.gr ega-hanna-yaddha 591* in Brah- 



moduti year 4 of the cycle, in Macara month, 

 (December) the tenth of the year in the Uttardyana {\v\\\\e the sun is 

 to the north of the equator). He was like the Ganda bird among 

 other kings, who were lions (fabled to take them, and carry them 

 away) he was named Siva-maha-raya. The gift was made to Vasa- 

 deyan^ his town was called Nettamur ; he was a son of Vishnu (one 

 so called), and was skilled in the Veda-sastra, a man of holy disposi- 

 tion. To him Uliyar-hdhhalli and Heli-halli, were given by the 

 king, in free gift, without rent or tax. And in this kind of manner 

 he performed many other acts of charity. His grandson {Jit. his 



. son's son) Prithivi-Congani-mahathi-raya being- 



23. Prithivi Congani. , . , , , , ^ 



crowned m Dalavan-pura^ ruled over the Oarndta- 



ca-desam ; Sri-Purusha-raya being general of his forces, he gave to 

 him (the general) twelve villages in Vijaya Scanda-puram, who, re- 

 siding in them, made war with hostile kings and conquered them ; 

 and thus giving great satisfaction to the king, the king conferred 

 on him the title of Chauriyd-verma-narendra-Senddi'pati, (z. e.) the 

 armed warrior, king of men, and commander of the forces. The 

 ^ g manner of giving land to him is the foUo^qng. S. 



Saca-Ashta-ytdoshya-shutam 668 in the Prahhava 

 year (the 1st of the cycle,) in Chittra month, in the fifth day of the 

 bright half of the moon's age in the Aswini mansion, the first (of the 



* The date S. S. 591, A. D. 668—9, is introduced, apparently by a specimen of the mode 

 of using words for numbers— vasthu-grega 500, banna 90, yuddha 1. There is some 

 discrepancy in the astronomical date, so that I should suppose that instead of Macara 

 (solar sign) we should read Margasirsha (lunar month) corresponding with Cancer, 

 Astronomical dates are not previously given, 



