Annual Report of the Mysore Archaeological Department for the year 1929 with the Government Review Thereon

The record which is in the Prakrit language and Brahmi characters has thrown new light on the condition of the Dakhan in the 3rd century A. D. Care was taken to verify the readings of the inscriptions meant for publication though the process involved much time and labour for the editors. [...] But the usual work of collecting and studying ancient coins was continued in the department and in the course of the Director's tours the collection belonging to the Beleir temple that of Patel Chikkannagauda of Halebid and smaller collections met with in the course of the tours were examined. [...] The pillars of the navaranga are of the usual 16 sided pattern on square bases ; the ceilings are plain and the door of the sukIjaneisi is uninteresting. [...] Of the two small shrines on either side of the main basti the one to the south enshrines the image of Bahubali and the one to the north is dedicated to Pargvanatha. [...] An inscription on one of the pillars to the north of the T Oranabagil states that the northern pattasale of the basti was constructed in 1147 A. D.' Three of the images in the cells of the Palichakfita Basti were ascertained to be Chandranatha Santinatha and RarAvanatha.