Hero stone at Basinikoṇḍa
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⟨1⟩ (sva)sti śrī ḻōṅkuḷa[***]
⟨2⟩ [*]ḷki kumbandukala celvu[***]
⟨3⟩ [*](ppa)na (ve)ggeḍaḷ ādityana
⟨4⟩ prabhugaḷa gōṣṭi (bi)rakayi(lō)
⟨5⟩ [**]vikramarāmanamaḻuvakkadhū-
⟨6⟩ (r)ttaN A[*]nabaladakaya ḻō-
⟨7⟩ ṅkuḷaprākara[*]mavumuḍuvuka-
⟨8⟩ yyaṁbuḷōna Ēnugu taṇki
⟨9⟩ poḍici paḍiye(N)
Bibliography
The inscription was noted in A. R. No. 294 of 1905 and first published by J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948, p. 338, № 623 with few metadata and without translation. K. M. Sastry 1969, p. 337 provides a short summary while relying on J. Ramayya Pantulu’s edition.
Secondary
Ramayya Pantulu, Jayanti. 1948. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume X: Telugu inscriptions from the Madras Presidency. South Indian Inscriptions 10. Delhi: Manager of Publications. Page 338, item 623.
Sastri, Korada Mahadeva. 1969. Historical grammar of Telugu with special reference to Old Telugu c. 200 B.C. - 1000 A.D. Anantapur: Sri Vekateswara Univ. Page 337, item 77.
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The text follows the edition of J. Ramayya Pantulu in <bibl rend="omitname"><ptr target="bib:RamayyaPantulu1948_01"/><citedRange unit="page">338</citedRange><citedRange unit="item">623</citedRange></bibl> in absence of a picture.
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<cit><quote rend="block">The inscription refers to the ḻōṅkuḷa family, and a discussion (goṣṭhi) between the minister Āditya, and the king.
States that a certain person attacked an elephant in the battle of Mavumaḍuvu (i.e. Mudumaḍuvu), and having fought with it fell.</quote><bibl><ptr target="bib:Sastri1969_01"/><citedRange unit="page">337</citedRange><citedRange unit="item">77</citedRange></bibl></cit>
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The text follows the edition of J. Ramayya Pantulu in 1948, p. 338, № 623 in absence of a picture. The dots used in the edition to indicate lost or unintelligible characters can not clearly be attributed to a certain quantity of characters (one dot may indicate one or more lost or unintelligible characters). Sastri gives a summary of the content: