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1. IN SAIVITE SHRINES.
506. 85 of 1897.-Grantha and Tamil.) In the front gopura of the Jayaṅkoṇḍanātha temple, left of entrance a record in the third year of the Hoysala King Vīra Rāmanāthadēva. Records gifts of land. [Vīra Rāmanātha was the younger brother of Narasimha III (1254-91) and son of Vīra Sōmesvara (1234-52) who was left in charge of the southern half of the Hoysala Empire.)
507. 86 of 1897.—(Grantha and Tamil.) On the south wall of the central shrine of the same temple. The name of the king is indistinct. Records gift of land.
508. 87 of 1897.-(Tamil.) On the north wall of the same shrine. A record in the eighth year of the Pandya king Ko-Māravarman Parākrama-Pāndyadēva. (Unidentified.) Records gift of land.
509. 88 of 1897.- (Tamil.) On the north wall of the mantapa in front of the same shrine. Records description of boundaries.
510. 89 of 1897.--(Tamil.) On the east wall of the same mantapa right of entrance. A record in the twelfth year. Provides for the payment of certain dues on arecanuts.
511. 90 of 1897.-(Tamil.) On the same wall, left of entrance. A record in the twelfth year of the Pandya king Kō-Jatāvarman alias Sundara-Pāndyadēva II (1276–90). Provides for the payment of certain dues on pepper and cloths. (See Ep. Ind., Vol. VI, p. 311, where Dr. Kielhorn discusses the date.) He opints out that the tithi is not quite right and arrives at the date Friday, 12th September 1287. As Diwan Bahadur
