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² The term Nijagali refers to Nijagli in Nelamaṅgala tāluka (E.C., IX, Intr., p. 24, n. (2); while the name Kaṭaka Rāya figures in a Nellore inscription (Butterworth-Chetty, Nellore Ins., I, 174, v. 53). What connection there is between these two names I cannot make out. The Rev. Heras in his Beginnings guesses about them thus: "Evidently this was a well-known person in the time of Bukka, perhaps the most famous king of the kingdom of Hastinavati", p.