1847.] 



from tlie posterity of Yadu, 



king being made, they joined together their forces (they invaded 



and) took tribute from the Pandya^ Chola and Drdcida-desa,^ and 



going as far as to Calinya-desam they cut that king and his people 



to pieces : and then they fought with the Mahomedans who had 



come from the northward, and conquered them ; and returning by 



way oi Konhana desa they there also took tribute ; 

 The munificence of . 

 Vira-narasingha- ^"d having come to Dicara-samudra, they made 



many grants of land, cows, and marriage expenses : 

 and building many devdlyas (or temples) and giving grants of lands, 

 for the customary offerings, and services therein, they revived the 

 bestowment of the ancient endowments that had been made by 

 J^ishnU'Verddhana in former times. Subsequently the mantri of 



Narasingha-raya who was named Perumal-danda- 

 Vira narasingha- nayalui, by the sanction of his king, in PollRr gave 

 raya, Saca 1206. o, • - 7» 7~ o • - -7 - 



to ^ri-madkava-aeoa to bn-raina-c7^is/ina-svami, 



to Sri-valla-halldla-nafha-svaini, the customary offerings ; and to 

 906 Brahmans, who were in Pollw\ he divided that village into 

 seven portions, and relinquishing six portions to those Brahmans he 

 gave one portion to that svdr/ii. Besides this, to that Kovll, for 

 drawing the car, and lighting lamps or torches, he gave the well 

 watered villages named Peddata kotay Pilla-pau-conda, Tipur 

 belonging to these the smaller villages of Kurmn-halli, Art' ha- ' 

 ffauda-halliy Arnai-halU^ Rama-gauda?i-h.aUi, Kudi-tarruhena-Jcota, 

 Kitiava-gattam, Sival-kalii, to the east of the reservoir of Kiri-lceri; 

 and to the west of the village named Annanhuid the fields which 

 were ^' * * -is- -a- -a- the whole of these lands with 



the numerousf people on them were given to the before mentioned 

 fanes in Saca year 1206 in Suhana year, in Carticey-suddha-padhimi 

 (on Sunday). On this day he made the charitable donation. Vira- 

 narasingha-raya in Saca year 1207, in Pijaya 



S. S. 1207. 



year, the twentieth of the cycle, P halguni-S'iiddha- 

 pdurnami in the midtime of an eclipse (of the moon) gave the village 



* There is a looseness of language as to the acts of Narasingha II., which looks like 

 exaggeration, and hyperbole ; as in various other passages. He went, we are to suppose, 

 southward to Congu and took tribute. He fought against Kerala ; then made peace with 

 its king. Next, in union with the kings of Kerala, Pandya, Chola and Dravida countries, 

 he went and fought with the king of Calinga, as we may suppose the Ganapati ruler of 

 Waraukal : then he fought with the Mahomedans, and returned by way of the northern 

 Koncana country : a very long circuit certainly ; though, at the same time, not 

 impossible. 



i- Obscure in the Manuscript. 



