The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s12.126

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(3) The Mahâkûṭa pillar inscription, from the neighbourhood of Bâdâmi.⁵ This is a genealogical and historical record of considerable interest. As regards Mangalêśa himself, it says that—having set his heart upon the conquest of the northern region, and having conquered king Buddha and taken possession of all his substance, and, having a desire to set up a pillar of victory on the bank of the river Bhâgîrathî (the Ganges),—he decided that it would be proper to set up first a pillar of religion; and so he called into his presence his father's wife Durlabhadêvî, and, reminding her that the wealth of the Kalachuri⁶ had been otherwise expended, proceeded to supplement an endowment of the god Makutêśvaranâtha,⁷ which had been made by his father and elder brother, by granting ten villages, including Srîyambâṭaka, Vrîhimukhagrâma, Kesuvolaḷa,⁸ Kendôramânya, and Nandigrâma. The