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'overcame and 1 took tribute from Vijaya-varasinha-vijaya-rayalu, the 1 

 ruler of Vijayanagaram. He made suitable largesses to the Brahmans ; j 

 and ruled 79 years, down to Sal. Sac. 786. His son was Bhuvanaica-malla, j 

 who conquered the Cuttack king, taking away banners ; and, as before, i 

 installed the son in the father's place. Not being satisfied with the 1 

 tribute paid by the ruler at Vijayanagarum, he again levied war, and 

 received further villages and presents together with five superior |i 

 women, as wives ; to whom he made grants in free tenure of lands, ex- 

 tending even as far as Conjeveram, to find them betel and areca (or pin- 

 money). He also gave an agreement, engraven on gold, to the chief at I 

 Vijayanagarum, certifying that he would not again levy war. He large- 

 ly built, and endowed, various fanes and shrines. He ruled 86 years , 

 down to Sal. Sac. 872. His son was Tri r h> vana malla, who as before, 

 fought with the Cuttack prince, and installed his son. He governed 86 

 years, down to Sal. Sac. 956. The son of Tribhvvana-malla, was Kalza- ? 

 ti-prol~raju who being a minor, his ministers disagreed among them- | 

 selves ; which Balla-hundu the Gajapati of Cuttack hearing, besieged 

 Anumacondu, during twelve years, by troops under the orders of a 

 general named VhvanaCha-deva > who Was in the end repulsed by Kale at U 

 prol-raju. The latter formed a residence at some distance, at Gangd- 

 puram, and the people of Anumacondu were accustomed to send thither i 

 presents, on a small cart. One day the axle of the cart broke ; and, be- j 

 ing left on the spot, the next day the iron was found to be transmuted 

 into gold. The king, going to the place, found there a golden symbol of 

 Siva; and iron, brought thither, being changed info gold, he thence 

 acquired the means of extensive building. The said symbol w T as remov- j 

 ed, and established on a small hill, consisting of a single rock (whence ! 

 the name e/ca-sila in Sanscrit, and orcmgal in Telugu). A fane was 

 built, and also a tow r n around it; in which there were 500 Saiva fanes and 

 300 Vaishnava fanes, ten shrines of Ganesa and ten of Virabhadra ; to 

 which festivals, and all customary appurtenances were appropriated, j 

 As iron, being brought into contact with the aforesaid image, was uni- l 

 formly transmuted into gold, he in consequence had a vast quantity of 

 golden utensils formed, so that he acquired great celebrity j and, in his 

 time, the custom of weighing gold was first introduced. He had two 

 sons ! tbe eldest, being born in a muhurtam, or astrological time, unpro- 

 pitious to the father, the said child was taken and lodged in a fane ; the ! 

 officiating hierophant in which gave to the boy the name of Rudra. 

 His father one night went alone to the fane, and Rudra mistaking his jl 

 father for a thief, mortally wounded him with a sword. The king made I 

 known to all around, that the child was his son ; and, causing him to be 

 installed, died eight days after receiving the wound. Kahati-prol-raju fl 



