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Gore is occasionally spelt Gorre ; Eaddivaru corresponds to 

 Eaya, the word Raddu being derived from the Sanskrit 

 rdstram ; raddivdru is, therefore, king. Gangaya Deva and 

 Gangadevaya are different forms of the same name. 



The Kakatiyas were the reigning family at Orugallu 

 (Ekasila), to whom belonged Rudra Deva, who is mentioned 

 in the inscription. His full name is Kumara Kakatiya Pra- 

 tapa Eudra Deva, who reigned from S.S. 1190 to about 1245. 

 Hasulu indicates the Hoysala dynasty which reigned at 

 Dorasamudra or Padabidu (Halebidu) in Mysore. 



With respect to the names of places occurring in the in- 

 scription, the identification is not always easy. Kudupaluru 

 seems to correspond to the modern Kadapa ; Gandi is most 

 likely Gandikota in the Kadapa district ; in Lakkindyaka 

 I recognize the leader of Lakh or of Lakkundi situated in 

 the Bombay Presidency, unless it is preferred to explain 

 Lakkinayaka as a personal name ; Adipalli is not far from 

 Kadapa. There are in the Nizam's territory and the neigh- 

 bouring districts many places called Kanduru ; but the place 

 alluded to in the inscription I take to be Karnulu (Kumool) , 

 In the Tarlkh-i-Alai of Amir Khusru, who died 1325 A.D., 

 Kandur is repeatedly mentioned as a place of importance in 

 the wars between the Hindus and the Musulmans (1310-1311 

 A.D. 3 ). ' Terdlakddu is most likely Talakddu in Mysore, the 

 ancient capital of the Ganga dynasty, north of which lies 

 Tondanuru (Tonnur), in which name I am inclined to reoog- 

 nize Tondagddhumapattana. z Adacanitumbaka is Adoni, 



2 Compare the History of India, edited from the posthumous papers of the 

 late Sir H. M. Elliot, k.c.b., by Prof essor John Dawson, Vol. Ill, p. 90, 

 Karnul is also called Kandanavolu or Kandanolu and Kandanuru or Kan- 

 duru. The meaning is derived from the black soil [kandu) round Karnul. 



3 Talkher in the Nizam' s territory, Telikoti in the Kaladgi district of the 

 Bombay Presidency and Tarlakota in Ganjam have similar names. 



Gddhfinia means wheat, which is much grown in Mysore and also in the 

 country round Tonnur. Tondanuru or Yddacapurl, a place of great import- 

 ance, was once also a residency town, 



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