The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s15.103

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⁵ The *Purâṇa* ends with various other prophecies, not connected with the present subject, to the effect that the king, thus anointed, should reign for sixty years from the death of Basava; that then, at a time when the Hoysaḷa kingdom was flourishing, the Turks, — (the original probably has Turushkas), — led by the giant Pitâmbara, born among them by the blessing of Śiva, should come and vanquish Bijjala, destroy Kalyâṇa, kill cattle in the temple of Śiva, erect a mosque there, and build the town of Kalburigi; that the kings of Anegundi should build the town of Vijayanagara, near Hampe; that Pitâmbara and his house should reign over the land for seven hundred and seventy years; that then there should arise a king named Vasantarâya, who would drive the Turks out of the country and restore Kalyâṇa; that, all the Śaiva saints coming to life again, Channabasava should become the prime minister of this king, and Basava the commander of his forces; and that thus the Lingâyat religion should be re-established and greatly increased. — This *Purâṇa* was written in A. D. 1585 (*loc. cit.* p. 221). And these “prophecies” are, of course, nothing but confused reminiscences of intervening history.