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INSCRIPTIONS. 



According to an account found in the 18th volume of the 

 Local Records, p. 23, one Jotti Rami Nayadu, a follower 

 of Grangaya Deva, erected this stone tablet. 16 



In the 18th volume of the Local Records we find lower 

 down on the same page !<J3, another passage relating to 

 Grangaya Deva. Its date coincides with the end of 1271 and 

 the beginning of 1272 A.D. It runs as follows : — 



After the Maharaja Grangaya Deva had been reigning for 

 some time, the renowned Maharaja Mandalesvara Tripuran- 

 taka Deva came and entered Duvvuru, made this village his 

 capital, fortified extensively the site of the town, selected 

 it as his residence, and held the sovereignty over a little 

 territory. Proof of this is afforded in the inscription on a 

 fragment of a stone-tablet near a snakebund on the raised 

 earth mould of a fig-tree in the midst of the village Janna- 

 varam belonging to the abovementioned division half a 

 paragu on the west of the chief town of. Duvvuru. On it 

 is written " Hail to the illustrious Maharaja Mahamanda- 

 lesvara Brahmaraksasa Tripurantaka Deva who was ruling 

 his kingdom in the town of Duvvuru in the enjoyment of 

 peace and pleasant news in the year Prajotpatti, correspond- 

 ing to the Saka year 1194." Three-fourths of this tablet is 

 broken in pieces and cannot be made out, the whole context 

 therefore is not known. 



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