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INSCRIPTIONS 



Anamadeva continued the war in alliance with Ramaraja 

 and at last they succeeded in defeating Yali Khan and the 

 Raja of Katak. As a reward for these glorious deeds Pratapa 

 Rudra, when he had returned from his captivity, gave to 

 Ramaraja his daughter Rudramma as wife, and Anamadeva 

 gave him his daughter Mummakka. Pratapa Rudra con- 

 ferred on him also all the land south of the Krishna river 

 and presented him with five crores of gold coins. 



Though Ramaraja had left a numerous family behind, the 

 immediate heir to his throne was his younger brother 

 Tirumalardja (also called Erratvmmardja to distinguish him 

 from his elder brother) who resembled his brother in energy 

 and bravery. In battles fought near Penugonda, the Nizam 

 suffered defeat at the hands of Tirumalaraja, as is related 

 in the Yasucaritram. In the Narasabhupallyam he is called 

 Calukya Narayana and Mannevibhala. He is, moreover, 

 known as a friend and protector of poets and scholars. Rama- 

 raj abhusana dedicated to him his Yasucaritram, and it contains 

 a good account of the history of Tirumalaraja. His wife was 

 Vengaldmba, by whom he had four sons, Raghunatharaja, 

 Srirangaraja, Sriramaraja, and Yenkataraja, who assisted 

 their father, when they had grown up, in consolidating 

 and extending his rule. Raghunatharaja, who assumed as his 

 ensign the Yaraha or boar, fought, according to the Yasu- 

 caritram, successfully against the Sapada and the Nizam in a 

 battle near the Krishna river. His brother tirirangardja 6 * was 



64 It is to this Srirangaraja that the Devanhalli inscription refers. The 

 date given by Mr. Rice is incorrect. It should be Saka 1306 instead of 

 Saka 1506, if the numeral words anga (6), ambara (0) and indu (1) are 

 right, there ought to be a numeral word denoting three, e.g., vahni, instead 

 of bdna (5) between ambara and indu. The pedigree given in the in- 

 scription is clear and coincides totally with all the other records. A great 

 point in favor of the accuracy of the inscription is that it agrees in the names 

 of the wives of the different kings. Thus the wife of the first Ramaraja 

 was Lakkdmba, that of Srirangaraja was Timmamba, that of Tirumalaraja 

 Vehgalamba, and the name of one of their sons was Srirangaraja. The 

 inscription seems to have been very illegible, as the beginning of p. 254 (see 

 Rice's Mysore Inscriptions) gives no sense. Tirumalaraja had no son Visdkhi. 



