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(4) "Vīra-pratāya Bukka-Rāya in his court gave an order to the emperor (or master) of ten sciences (daśa-vidyā-chakra-varti), the hydraulic engineer (*jala-sūtra-da*) Siṅgāya-bhaṭṭa, that they must bring the Henne river to Penugoṇḍe—and that Siṅgāya-bhaṭṭa conducting a channel to the Siruvera tank gave to the channel the name Pratāpa-Bukka-Rāya maṇḍala channel and had this śāsana written." "An interesting case is recorded in this inscription : when the prince Bukka Rāya was Governor of Penugoṇḍa in 1388 (A. D.), he ordered the hydraulic engineer to bring the Henne river (the modern Pennār) to the city. Accordingly a channel was made from Kallūḍi to the Siravera tank, 10 miles to the north. How the water was carried beyond that does not appear. An amusing account is given of the accomplishments of the engineer who was master of ten sciences."