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Besides the inscriptions inside this mandapa, 

 the title " Atiranacandapallava " is en- 

 graved, in two of the old characters, on the 

 frieze above the entrance. 



(48). 4. The Bamanuja Mandapa floor (cave) inscrip- 

 tion. This is a partial inscription of eight 

 or ten Sanskrit words cut on the floor of 

 No. 48, and identical with the last line 

 and a half (11 and 12) of the Kamaraja 

 inscription No. 24 (Carr, p. 222). 

 This tends to confirm the idea that this was 

 originally a Saiva shrine. 



(44). 5. Dharmaraja's Mandapa (cave) inscription 

 (No. 44) . This is a longish inscription on 

 the south (or south-south-east) end wall of 

 the verandah or portico. There are some 

 twelve lines, each about 4 feet long. I 

 cannot find any note of the character, or 

 remember what it was like. It is just 

 mentioned as " a long inscription, now 

 almost illegible," at p. 103 of Carr's book. 



(51). 6. The Koneri Mandapa (cave) inscription, on 

 the floor in front of the shrine cell No. 51, 

 consists of a single word or line, of the 

 character of which I can find no note. 



(16). 7. The Panca Pandava Mandapa (cave) in- 

 scription. The entrance to this (No. 16) 

 being choked up with a store of mortar, 

 &c, was not accessible to me for examina- 

 tion. (See notes to accompany Captain 

 Lyon's photographs No 425, p. 62, where 

 it is mentioned as " a long inscription," 

 and associated with a Ungam). 



