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others. Henee to draw a list of dll thé places ini favotir of who the remission was made, » com-

parative study of all the eopics is exential, Here the four complete copies have been closely

compared for heing edited while the others have been referred to

list obfaitied is given Farther down,

Mittiiiay es

8) UW SRIN Aas hy eS The inscription 1g of mor. than onlinary. interest to: the student of his Firstly, it gives a detailed-listof the conquesta, of: Krishgadévariys in the Telugu country up to the date of the record though it dors not state the dates of the different campaigus and conqtesta

wharever necessary. The full = pghg? + 1s a pee j= eh BAL bereu

Vijayanagara history.

Secondly, on ancqunt of the use-made. of this record by IL Krishna Rastri, it has ». bearing onthe »

identification of" Catnir " of Nuniz, « difficult Problem for which offered so far, Lastly it gives ns. some idea of a few of the taxes in the empire. aa ‘ ;

and there ix no need, uloretors, to consider then at ‘atiy length here, phere tie he

1, S09 tele

on which the opinion tentatively expressed by Krishna Sistri seenia to be open. ¢

deration. This relates te the expedition against Catuir mentioned by Noniz and

the oné How ndited)‘frite the

connie. of the, king's.northarn ,campatim np to Sithhachalarn wind Poppuniri, where-he plitited a

north, even into the interior of the Gajapati's dominions;

burnt his capital town of, Kajal (i.0,, Cuttack) thus forcini# the Gajupati

‘to thake'pewen by offer-

ing the hand of one of his datighters"",, He then Points out that we have! ho epigraphicd!evidgnee

memorated hy the pillar of vigtory-at Pottnndra or occurred. Inter A& part of another:

and: proceeds : ‘‘ This much,

that Krishpariva was at Sishhidri at the beginning of Saka 1438,.and. that

discoverei—in the conquest of Catuir which ia mestioned by Nunie nest, gal order, after making peace with the King.of Orya. The name Catwir cannot be traced

any proper names that could load to the identification of Catuir. in this « possible reference to Vollore,. But as Telnga literature

firm the taota related in lithic records or registered by Nunig, tommppose that the ‘Cituir’ of Nutnix is identical with Ka

‘Anaual Repo, A. 8. I., 108-9, pp,

it may not be al bla ar taka (Cuttack) méntionéd in Reranm snd that Keiasiy,stding to th later authority, mum hale Reglf cee

1 I capitlire Wis'ih Hood. direoted ; Tier does it disclose

Sewell thinks that. there is haa sp far been fonndite eon

ee oe 176-83, i THe ry

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