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INSCRIPTIONS. 



February 1262 A.D., Old Style. We read in the Local 

 Records, vol. v, pp. 28, 29, as follows : — 



While this Maharaja Gangaya Deva ruled over this 

 country, Maharaja Brahmaraksasa Siddhaya Deva, the son of 

 Maharaja Kadambaraya Bhimaya Deva, undertook an expe- 

 dition with the intention of conquering it. While he was 

 encamped near Somasilapatnam, 12 which lies on the northern 

 bank of the Pinakini, two parugas 13 to the east of which is 

 situated the village Pattapurali, Maharaja Murari Narayana 

 Balamattaganda Grandapendera Janniga Deva (a sister's son 

 of Maharaja G-angaya Deva who reigned over the abovemen- 

 tioned country), prepared for battle as soon as he arrived, 

 after collecting an army from the territory of Maharaja 

 Grangaya. A terrible battle took place between him and 

 Maharaja Brahmaraksasa Siddhaya Deva near Somasila- 

 patnam. Brahmaraksasa Siddhaya Deva died after having 

 been victorious in this battle. In proof - of this there is a 

 written stone-tablet in a deserted Isvara temple (which is 

 situated near the village common of the now deserted 14 village 

 called Annaluru, 15 which lies north of the division of the 

 abovementioned sub-district Duvvuru) dated the 11th day of 

 the bright fortnight of the month of Magna in the year 

 Durmati, corresponding to the Saka year 1183. 



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12 Lies north of the Pennar in Nellore on the frontier of Kadapa. 



13 Originally parugu means a distance a man can run ; or about two miles. 



14 " Being without lights " is its original meaning. 



15 In Kadapa, in the sub -district Dhoor. 



