Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c9.s2.13

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[^1): Mr. Walhouse kindly drew my attention to it. [^2): For an inscription on a bell, see *Indian Antiquary*, ii., p. 360. [^3): ‘Mahāvaṁso’ (p. 243); Abd-al-razzak (in “India in the fifteenth century.” Hakluyt Soc.); Castanheda (translated by N. L. 1583, *f.* 106) mentions a gold idol of 30 pounds weight with emerald eyes; Wyllie (“Essays”, p. 342) mentions an image of Kṛishṇa, with diamond eyes, in Kattywar. There is a gold statuette of Buddha in the Museum at Batavia, and also a gold liṅga. A gold idol of Gaṇeça valued at £50,000 was taken from the Mahrāthas in 1819.