INSCRIPTIONS. 



271 



Srlranga I, Thmmala's son 

 Vefikatapati . . 

 Srirariga II 27 

 Vefikatapati 

 Ramadeva 



Anegundi Vefikatapati 28 . . 

 Srlrafiga 28 



A. D. 



1572-1585 

 1585-1615 

 1615 



1615-1624 

 1624-1631 

 1631-1643 

 1653 



T. M. D. 



13 5 0 



28 10 0 



0 0 13 



8 8 0 



7 0 0 



12 0 0 



It is this Srlranga who in 1639 granted to Mr. Francis 

 Day, the English negotiator, the settlement at Madras. He 

 must have been therefore already at that time the reigning 

 Eaja in Candragiri. 28 After his overthrow the Narapatis 

 retained only Anegundi, but the subsequent history of the 

 Narapati princes is of no general interest. 



The genealogical table which accompanies this article 

 shows only the pedigree of the Narapatis up to about 1564 as 

 contained in the Narapati vijayam. 



Appendix. 



In all the South Indian inscriptions and manuscript records 

 which refer to historical events the dates are generally speci- 

 fied by the current years of the cycle of Brhaspati, by the 

 years of the Salivahana Saka, by the years of the Kaliyuga, or 

 by other eras in use in various parts of the country. The 

 three first computations are the most important, and it is 

 therefore quite d propos of this investigation that something 

 may here be stated about them. 



Though the Brhaspati cycle was probably introduced into 

 India later than the other two eras, it has in the last 900 

 years taken such a hold on the mind of the Hindus that 

 nearly all their computations contain the years of this cycle. 

 It is learnt by heart by children and not forgotten by them 

 during their lifetime. Wherever, therefore, the year of the 

 cycle disagrees with the year of either the Saka or the Kali- 



27 Wilson gives thirteen years instead of thirteen days to Sri Ranga II. 



28 I am doubtful whether Anegundi Vefikatapati and Sri Ranga did not 

 rule at the same time. Narayanavana is given as Anegundi Vehkatapati's 

 place of residence, it is therefore very probable that during his reign Sri Ranga 

 resided already at Candragiri. 



