The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s16.68.2

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Taḷakâḍ, so renamed after the Chôḷa king Râjarâja;⁵ and that he made the Gaṅgavâḍi ninety-six-thousand, obedient to his commands as far as Lokkiguṇḍi, which is Lakkuṇḍi near Gadag, in the Dhârwâr District.⁶ Another record⁷ claims that he acquired the whole of the Maḷe and Tuḷu countries; that Kumâranâḍu as well as Taḷakâḍ, fell into his hands on his merely making preparations to march against them; that Kâñchî obeyed his commands; that the Koṅga kings gave up their elephants to him; that he destroyed the pride of the Chôḷa, Pâṇḍya, and Kêraḷa kings, and slew the Andhra king; that, like a gale, he dispersed the clouds which were the Lâṭa and Varâṭa kings;⁸ that he was like a forest fire to the Kadamba heroes; that he was the lord of Gaṇḍagiri; and that he was like a gale to the cloud which was Jayakêśin (the second of that name in the family of the Kâḍambas of Goa): and it enumerates the provinces and districts which he had seized, as Taḷakâḍ, Koṅgu, Naṅgali, Gangayâḍi, Noḷambavâḍi, Mâsavâḍi, Huligere, Halasige, Banavâsi, and Hânumgal. Another record¹ adds, to the list of his conquests, Singamale, Rodda, Kollagiri,² Ballare, Polalu (probably Holal in the Bellâry District), Baṅkâpur (in Dhârwâr), Râjêndrapura, the Bayalu *nâḍ*, and the Belvola country, with Lokkiguṇḍi, as far as the river Kṛishṇa. And the Sindigere inscription of A. D.