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by the Andhra bhrityas and their viceroys. These facts afford evidence that the Kannada country was in the possession of the Andhras.
Below the Prakrit inscription on the Malvalli pillar mentioned above is engraved another of about the middle of the 3rd century which registers a grant of land for the gol Isvara of Malvallı hy a Kadamba king Further it is stated in the above-mentioned Talgunda pillar, Inscription that the Kadamba king Kakusthavarma constructed a tank for the god Pranavesvara The tank, which is in front of the Pranaves vara teinple, is popularly known as Panamana-kere, Panama being a corrupt form of Pranava the first word in the naine of the god There is evidence to show that Kakusthavarma was a conteniporary of Samudragupta (330-375), the celebrated king of the Gupta (dynasty, and was connected with him by matrimonial alliance It is thus clear that the Kadambas were connected with the Kannada country
The numerous old records of the Gangas occurring in all parts of the Kannada country bear ample testimony to their rule over it
It was stated before that the Jana community migrated from the north to tlhe Punnata kingdom in the south of Mysore. This ancient kingdom I, known as Puunad in Kannada and is named Paunnata by Ptolemy in the 2nd century A D who says that it was noted for the precious stone called beryl It was ruled by Rashtravarma and other kings from their capital Kırtıpura, the modern Kittur situated on the Kapını river in the Heggadadevankote Taluk of the Mysore District.
Mysore, as stated before, is named Mahisha-rashtra or Maisa-nadu in inscriptions and literature in the Tamil Anthology called Aga-nanuru verse 115 composed by the ancient poet Mamulanar of about the 2nd century A D names Eruimai-nadu (eru Imam - buffalo) and says that it was situated in the west (Kuda-nadu), and verse 36, attributed to Nakkırar, another ancient poet, tells us that in a battle that was
