S6 Of the race of OijisaJa Kings. [No. 3^3. 



northern hemisphere from the aforesaid village as much land a? 

 miglit be sown by thirty Kidacoms of seed from the land beneath 



the tank. 



A'arasin^ha-rai/a gave to Govhulesvara and Vinayoga-hhatta^ to 

 these two as much land as might be (sown by 10) ten Kulacams of 



seed. They gave that land to Ndgesvara-devatd 

 ^ ll"!— '^^ ^' '^"'^'^ y^^^ 1094, in Vijaya year, Chaitra,^ 



Suddha-iiavajyii, or Sunday in Punarvasii-nac- 

 shetra. This is a copy of the inscription in Ckola-v angalayn-ndges - 

 vara-S'ca??n (temple.) In this way making besides many other 

 donations, and governing the Congu and Carnataca countries, having 

 fought with and received tribute from Kerala, Pandiya-desam^ Chola- 

 desa77i, Andhra-desa77i, Varatam and Indu-desas, having received the 

 fame of rdjadhi-rdya (king of kings) being celebrated under the title 

 of Vira-narasingTia. he died in Jaya (28-cycle) year in the month 

 of April (Jit. fell at the feet of Ganga-nat'lia or flsknu.) He 

 ruled 27 years. 



Subsequently the crown devolved on Valldla-raya his son by 

 Knvala-deci. T'aUala-raya was anointed and installed in Talicad in 

 ^ ^^^^ Jaya year ; and, together with his minister (7?zan^r?) 



named Cliandra maculi^ he v«-as as a lion in the 

 estimation of the Congu-nangavadi and other PaUiya-carar (chiefs) 

 and going into Kerala-desaiii with many elephants, horses, and foot 

 soldiers, and troops, he fought with that king, and plundered the 

 whole of Kei'o.la-desa ; besides which he received from him (its king) 

 much wealth. He also received from * * * * KayaJca, of the 

 Pandya-desa?)!, tribute and afterwards while reigning in Vijaya- 

 puram (perhaps an epithet of his own town " city of victor}'") he 

 received tribute from the Gaudar] and PaUiya-cd7'ar, and from that 

 place he protected the Chola kingdom : he fought much with the 

 chieftains of Ko?ica7ia-desar7i.X and having gone thither, his people 

 being afflicted with sickness, he left that country, and returned to 

 his own town. Subsequently Valldla-raya, made many charitable 

 donations, and investigating into many Sastras, he governed the 

 kingdom, according to Dherma-sastra. and bestoM'ed many grants of 

 land on the rajas of his own family (relations of the king, royal 

 family.) 



• The lunar month Chaitra and matiiiou ruuarrasu do not accord 

 tGenerallj owners of Tillajeg. 

 \ The Northern Konkan. 



