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² Rice, I.A., XII, p. 13. The identification of Maisūru with Mahishamandala, though no doubt very attractive to a Kannaḍiga, is untenable. See Fleet, J.R.A.S., 1910, p. 425, seq.; Pargiter, ibid., p. 867; Rice, J.R.A.S., 1911, p. 809, seq.; Fleet, ibid., p. 816, seq.; Rice, J.R.A.S., 1912, p. 241, seq.; Fleet, ibid., p. 245, seq.; Narasimhachar, Q.J.M.S., X, p. 249, seq. A Sinda king Gaṇḍarādityarasa is called the lord of Māhishamatipura in Saka 969. He ruled over the Sindavāḍi 1,000, Beṇṇevūru 12, and Nuṛuguṇḍa. 711 of 1919; E. Report for 1920, p. 100. Buchanan speaks of a celebrated temple named after Mahishi supposed to have been built by Hanumaṅta, on the banks of the Tuṅgabhadrā near Maluru. Travels through Malabar, III, p. 286. Mr. Sēsha Ayyar would convert Erumaināḍu into Eruvai-nāḍu=Land of Elephants, Q.J.M.S., XI, p. 76. For Mahishavishaya, see Ep. Ind., IV, p. 58, n. 2. See also Munshi, I.A. LI, p. 219.