JUNE, 1873.]

ARCHAEOLOGY OF BELARI DISTRICT.

eye in the forehead of Pullavabhupati, and he has certain other qualifications. In the reign of Nata Bhimudu and other potent kings born in the family of the said Kalikaludu, the earth had been prosperous for a long time. Somabhupati, son of Duhutta Nārāyaīya Rāmabhupati of the same fami ly, who is the emblem of Supreme Being himself, subdued many neighbouring kings and begat a son named Prince Gangādharabhupati by his wife Surámbikä. Gangādharabhupati, devoting him self to the god and Brahmans, begat a son, Bhakit bhupati, who resembles Parijata (the name given to all the flowers resembling in scent the jessa mine), which exhales a sweet scent over all the

earth, and who is a votary of Śiva, by his wife Irugambá, who is the daughter of Kāmabhupati of the lunar brace, and sister of Vahupati. Bhakitbhupati, deserving as he is to be adored

by many kings, wore the badges or the honourable distinctive marks of “Gandabherunda,” which is fit

to repel all lions of foes (i.e. kings' foes), and of “Rāyavesiya bhujanga,” which is fit to compel all kings to leave off their haughtiness and be sub missive, and so he continued to reign. One day, while he was proceeding on his royal tour, he hap

pened to meet on a hill a Brahman hermit named Visvanadhudu, who is well versed in Vedas, and

finding him to be zealously engaged in divine con

templation, and, as such, an emblem of Siva,

saluted him.

He remained there for some time

with devoutness.

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On Monday, the 15th of the waxing moon of Kārtika, Şālivāhana Saka 1277, he gave with plea sure to the said Visvanadhudu, who is steadfast in

devotion and a great hermit of the Kaušika gotra, the village of Kadavakolanu, which is replete with complete comfort and every blessing and with the eight sources of pleasure. The village is bounded on the east by a large ant-hill, on the south-east by Chintajodupallam, on the south by a Vagu or watercourse, on the south-west by Madetopuna Nandikambham, on the west by Doni Maru, on the north by a Kunta or pond, on the north-east by the boundaries of Bommada and Makkala.

The said king having given to the aforesaid worthy Brahman the village of Kadavakolanu, within the above-mentioned notable limits, thought the descendants of his family would be meritori

ous. May this Sāsana, inscribed to notify the gift of the village called Kadavakolanu, endure until the end of time !

As bestowing the gift is common to all kings, this deserves to be preserved by you for ever. Rāmachandrulavaru will frequently pray all kings that commit anything to affect this gift. —Proceedings of the Madras Government, Public De partment, 7th April 1873.

ARCHAEOLOGY OF BELARI DISTRICT. (From the Delári District Manual, by J. Kelsall, M.C.S.) TIE finest specimens of native architecture are presenting hunting-scenes and incidents in the to be seen at Hampi, the site of the ancient city of Rāmāyala. The four centre pillars are of a kind

Vijyanagar. These ruins are on the south bank of the Túngabadrà river, about 36 miles from Be lāri, and cover a space of nearly nine square miles. At Kamlapúr, two miles from Hampi, an old tem

ple has been converted into a bangalâ, and this is probably the best place to stop at when visiting the ruins. Many of the buildings are now so

destroyed that it is difficult to say what they were originally meant for, but the massive style of architecture, and the huge stones that have been

employed in their construction, at once attract attention.

Close to Kamlapür there is a fine

stone aqueduct, and a building which has at some time or other been a bath.

The use of the arch

of black marble handsomely carved. The flooring of the temple, originally large slabs of stone, has been torn up and utterly ruined by persons in search of treasure which is supposed to be buried both here and in other parts of the ruins. The use of another covered building close by, with numerous underground passages, has not been ascertained.

It also is covered with basso-rilievos,

in one of which a lion is represented. At a little distance is the building generally known as the “Elephant stables,” and there seems no reason to doubt that it was used for this purpose. Two

other buildings, which with the elephant stables form roughly three sides of a square, are said to

in the doorways, and the embellishments used in

have been the concert-hall and the council-room.

decorating the inner rooms, show that the design

Both, but especially the latter, have been very fine

of this building was considerably modified by the Musalmans, even if it was not constructed by them altogether. A little to the south of this is a

buildings.

very fine temple, of which the outer and inner walls are covered with spirited basso-rilievos re

Not far off are the remains of the Zenana, Sur

rounded by a high wall now in a very dangerous condition, and beyond this again the arena where tigers, elephants, and others animals were pitted