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occurred (3). The Kalinga invasion that occurred
soon after the accession of Saluva Narasimha I, does not
appear to have ended with complete victory for Narasimha's
side. Para 56 of the Madras Epigraphist's Report for
1906-07 quoted by Dr. Krishnaswami Ayyangar, in the same
context as the passage now quoted, shows that there was
confusion caused by the king of Orissa and that festivals
consequently ceased for ten years previous to 1472-73 A.D.
in the Siva temple at Jambai in the South Arcot District.
Under the heading 'Inscriptions confirm these conclu-
sions', Dr. Krishnaswami Ayyangar himself says in the
Little Known Chapter :-
"Up to A.D. 1467 grants in which his (Narasimha's)
name occupies a prominent place are found only in North
Arcot and Kolar Districts. In the seventies they extend
from Tirukoilur to Nagamangala, A grant dated A.D. 1481
at Kankanahalli refers to our Channapatna province."
It will be seen, therefore, that the Kalinga expedition of
Saluva Narasimha described as a victorious progress in the
Saluvabhyudayam should have been in seventies of the
fifteenth century, just before the time of the reference of
the Burhan-i-Maasir to Narasimha at Rajahmundri. I have
already said elsewhere (see paras 82 and 102 of the Introduc-
tion) that the progress in the south of India should have
been after 1476 A.D. Dr. Krishnaswami Ayyangar in the
Little Known Chapter under the heading 'Criticism of the
Theory', refers to the records saying that Mallikarjuna and
Dhanayaka Thammanna were "ruling in happiness in
Penugonda in connection with the administrative business
of Narasinga". This may merely mean that Narasinga
was then a minor or an inexperienced young man and that
occurred (3). The Kalinga invasion that occurred
soon after the accession of Saluva Narasimha I, does not
appear to have ended with complete victory for Narasimha's
side. Para 56 of the Madras Epigraphist's Report for
1906-07 quoted by Dr. Krishnaswami Ayyangar, in the same
context as the passage now quoted, shows that there was
confusion caused by the king of Orissa and that festivals
consequently ceased for ten years previous to 1472-73 A.D.
in the Siva temple at Jambai in the South Arcot District.
Under the heading 'Inscriptions confirm these conclu-
sions', Dr. Krishnaswami Ayyangar himself says in the
Little Known Chapter :-
"Up to A.D. 1467 grants in which his (Narasimha's)
name occupies a prominent place are found only in North
Arcot and Kolar Districts. In the seventies they extend
from Tirukoilur to Nagamangala, A grant dated A.D. 1481
at Kankanahalli refers to our Channapatna province."
It will be seen, therefore, that the Kalinga expedition of
Saluva Narasimha described as a victorious progress in the
Saluvabhyudayam should have been in seventies of the
fifteenth century, just before the time of the reference of
the Burhan-i-Maasir to Narasimha at Rajahmundri. I have
already said elsewhere (see paras 82 and 102 of the Introduc-
tion) that the progress in the south of India should have
been after 1476 A.D. Dr. Krishnaswami Ayyangar in the
Little Known Chapter under the heading 'Criticism of the
Theory', refers to the records saying that Mallikarjuna and
Dhanayaka Thammanna were "ruling in happiness in
Penugonda in connection with the administrative business
of Narasinga". This may merely mean that Narasinga
was then a minor or an inexperienced young man and that