The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s15.148

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⁴ An inscription at Balagamve (P. S. and O.-C. Inscrs. No. 192; Mysore Inscriptions, p. 115) cites the Plava *samvatsara* (*Saka-Samvat 1104* current) as his third year. And, in agreement with this, an inscription at the temple of Gopalasvamin at Chikka-Muddanur in the Nizam's Dominions (I quote from an ink-impression) cites the *Subhakrit samvatsara*, (S.-S. 1105 current) as his fourth year.—These are the only regnal years that I can verify. The entries in Carn.-Desa Inscrs. indicate a different result. But they are not to be relied on. For instance, in the transcript of the Balagamve inscription (op. cit. Vol. II. p. 241), the Plava *samvatsara* is represented as the sixth year; and, in the transcript of the Chikka-Muddanur inscription (ibid. p. 251), *Subhakrit* is represented as the seventh year: though, in both records, the true readings are absolutely certain.—I may mention here that Sir Walter Elliot confused Ahavamalla with Sankama,—evidently taking Ahavamalla as a *biruda* of Sankama; and that, in his Collection, the records of Ahavamalla are entered under the name of Sankama. I made the same mistake, when I prepared my *Pali, Sanskrit, and Old-Canarese Inscriptions*.