74 THE ANTIQUITIES OF M0KHALIN6AM. 
Three on tlie wall of the store room near the garbha- 
kovila, one of which is in Ndgari characters. 
One on the southern wall of a sraall temple to the north- 
east of the main temple. The characters belong to diffe- 
rent types. The inscription does not appear to be a complete 
one. The slab probablj' belongs to an older temple^ from 
the ruins of which it must have been brought there. 
One on the eastern wall of a small temple adjoining the 
above, similar in style and likewise incomplete. 
8. (II.) The Bhimesvara teviple. This is situated some 
200 yards from the Muhhalingesvara temple. All the outer 
buildings have disappeared, the garhhakovila and the 
mandapa alone being now in existence. It is more or 
less similar in structure to the preceding temple. The 
linga is a big cylindrical, polished stone, called Bhimes- 
vara after the famous BMma of the Pandava dynasty who 
is said to have placed it there. But all the inscriptions 
there prefix the word " Aniyanha " to the name, making it 
Aniyanka-BMmesvara. The etymology of the word is not 
known. I have noticed some eleven inscriptions on this 
temple in characters similar to those noticed above, latest 
Eastern Chalukyan. Six of these refer to Auantavarma- 
deva. 
Three on the front gate, dated Saka years 1107. 1064. 
and 1014 respectively; the 2nd referring to Anonfa- 
varmadeva. 
Two on the gateway of the garhhaJcSvila, dated Saka 
yeai's 1020 and 1022, during the reign of Anantavarma- 
deva. 
Two on the southern gate of the mandapa, Saka years 
1110 and 1093. 
Three on the first pillar of the mandapa, in the southern 
row towards the front gate, one of which 1 could read. It is 
a Sanskrit slSka, recording a private grant in the Saka year 
