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t 68 I mu was erected and endowed by the Rftyus, au<t by the Rajas of Mysur. XII. T—Hdlabed Purvottaram. An account of the reign of Fir a V el aha at //*?- labed or Dwdrasamudra, the ancient capita] of the Veldla kings, until taken and destroyed by the Mo- hammedans in the 14th centurv: the ruins are still to be seen at Halabed or Hallybedu, or traces of the walls of the palace and a temple of Siva erect- ed by Vishnu Verddhana Raja prior to A. D. 1280> (Buchanan's Mysore 3.391. and Wilks p. U). The site of this capital as noticed by Major Wilks, was first discovered by Col. Mackenzie. „ XIII. — Hdlakdnara vernanam. Account of some sacred places along the Hema- vati River in Mysur, and the construction of the temple of Ananteswara, by Vira Veldla Ray a. XIV. — Haranahalli Vernanam. Account of Haranahalli in Mysur whither Ra- ma is said to have come in quest of Sita, and where Konkana Rishi established a shrine of Kaildses- wara. A grant of land was made by Someswara Ray a to the Brahmans, which was divided amongst them in a hundred and twenty-eight shares by Krish- na Ray a.