The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s14.181

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erning the district attached to the *agrahāra* of Kiriya-Kereyûr:¹ — Chandaladêvî, who also was styled *piriy-arasi*, and in one passage *agramahishî*;² Bilhaṇa mentions her both as Chandaladêvî and as Chandralêkhâ, and in words which shew that she was the daughter of one of the Silâhâra princes of Karâḍ, — probably of Mârasiṁha;³ and she is spoken of in A. D. 1102-1103 as the mother of Jayakarṇa, and in the following year as causing certain grants to be made to the god Kêśavadêva at the *agrahāra* of Ruddavâḍi:⁴ — and Mâḷaladêvî or Mâlikâ, daughter of the *Sânabhôga* or village-accountant Râyaṇa and of his wife Olajikabbe, who is mentioned in an inscription of A. D. 1113-14.⁵ And they shew that he had a daughter, Mailalamahâdêvî, who was married to Jayakêsin II., of the family of the Kâlambas of Goa,⁶ and seems to be identical with the daughter Mâḷaladêvî, — (if the copy gives the name correctly), — who is mentioned in an inscription of A. D. 1105-1106.⁷ They fully confirm Bilhaṇa's statement that, just after his accession, he appointed Jayasiṁha III. viceroy at Banavâsi:⁸ for, a record of A. D. 1079 states that the latter was then ruling as Yuvarâja, and had the Banavâsi twelve-thousand province in his hands;⁹ and others, of A. D. 1077, 1079, 1080, and 1081-82, describe his position in the same way, and shew that he held also the Sântalige thousand, the Beḷvola three-hundred, the Puligere three-hundred, and the Bâsavaḷḷi thousand:¹⁰ and the fact that no indications to the same effect are to be found after A. D. 1080, corroborates Bilhaṇa's further account of how, not long after his appointment, Jayasiṁha rebelled, and was removed from office. They shew that Kalyâṇa continued to be the capital: but, in addition to Banavâsi and Baḷagâṁve, they mention, as other important