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Discovery and dating
This inscription is documented in the 1905 edition of the Epigraphia Carnatica, volume 09 published by B.L.Rice as Bengaluru Taluk Inscription No 30. The inscription's installation date is given as Shaka 1462, Krodhi Samvatsara, Margashira, Shukla 5, which corresponds to Wednesday, 19 November 1544 A.D. according to the Julian calendar.

Characteristics of the inscription stone
This inscription is 133 cm high, 67 cm width and 13cm thick. This type of rock is rectangular granite. This inscription is engraved on both the front and back sides of the stone. The front side of the stone is dressed, while the backside of the stone is not dressed well. On the top of the stone is a drawing of the sun and moon, between which is a Sudarshan Chakra.

This stone inscription has 19 lines on the front and six lines on the back and it can be observed that the scribe '0' is used at the beginning of each line to mark the lines and write directly.

Transliteration Of The Text
The exact transliteration of the inscription in Kannada and ISAT (line numbers are not part of the original inscription, including them is a default practice with inscriptions) are as follows

Summary Of The Inscription
This inscription is a record of the donation of the village of Allalasandra by local administrator, Rachur Narasappa, to the Allalanatha temple at Jakkur.

The religious merit of the donation was to benefit an official Marateya Vittaleshwara.

Language and Script
The scribe of this inscription wrote the inscription using simple language in a way that the common man could also understand it. The inscription is in Kannada language and Kannada script.

Discovery And Dating
This inscription was first noticed in 1911 by R Narasimhachar (Head, Mysore Archaeological Department) and mention of it is made by him in the Annual Report Of The Archaeological Survey Of Mysore For The Year 1910 To 1912. Susequently, There is no mention of the inscription in literature. Kalkere Lake guardian Mark Mackenna Anthony noticed this inscription near a sewage drain during his morning stroll in 2018. It has since been conserved opposite Creative School, L G Lakedew, Bileshivale.

In 2022 this inscription was identified and 3D digital scanned by the Mythic Society Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Project team based on media reports about the inscription.

Transliteration Of The Text
The inscription is in Tamil and the script is Grantha and Tamil .Inscription was read by Soundari Rajkumar & Pon Karthikeyan who are Citizen Epigraphists. As the text flows from the left side of the stone to t he front side, the table below consolidates text from both sides into one line for ease of reading purposes The exact transliteration of the inscription in Kannada and ISAT (line numbers are not part of the original inscription, including them is a default practice with inscriptions) are as follows:

Summary Of The Text
MAR mentions the inscription on two stones, today, only one of these is traceable. So rather than provide an incomplete summary based on this one stone, a complete summary is provided here based on the narration in MAR. This inscription explains that during the rule of Rajadiraja Raja Parameshwara Vira Harirayan, Damodara Settiyar of Kalkere, who was the superintendent of Tenkuru Nadu in Sannai Nadu of Nigarili Sola Mandalam had made this lamp pillar.

Features of the Inscription
The inscription stone measures 114 cm tall and 77cm wide, while the characters are 6.9 cm tall, 6.7 cm wide and 0.3 cm deep. The inscription is inscribed in the Kannada language and Kannada script.