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{{Infobox artifact
| name = Katigenahalli 1348CE Donation Inscription
| image = File:Digital Image of the Katigenahalli 1348CE Donation Inscription.png
| image_size = 200
| image_caption = Digital Image of the Katigenahalli 1348CE Donation Inscription.png
| material = Stone
| height = {{convert|177|cm|in|abbr=on}}
| width = {{convert|115|cm|in|abbr=on}}
| writing = Kannada
| created = {{start date and age|df=yes|1348|12|01|p=yes|br=yes}}
| location = {{coord|12.97503|77.59567}}
| website = https://mythicsociety.github.io/AksharaBhandara/#/learn/Shasanagalu?id=115051
| discovered_date = 1902
| discovered_by = B L Rice
| language = Kannada
}}
{{Coord|12.975030|N|77.595670|E|type:landmark|display=title}}
[[File:Katigenahalli 1348CE Donation Inscription.jpg|thumb|420x420px|Katigenahalli 1348CE Donation Inscription. Picture Courtesy: [[Wikimedia Commons]] ]]Kattigehalli is a locality in northern [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]], near [[Yelahanka]] (India), The name "Kattigenahalli" is first documented in a 14th-century CE [[Kannada script|Kannada]] donation inscription discovered in Katigenahalli but presently housed in the [[Government Museum, Bangalore|Government Museum, Bengaluru]]. It records the donation of the village of Kattigenahalli to Kacheyanayka, son of Bairisetti, by Mahasavatadhipati Maileyanayka and Yelakka's (Yelahanka) Naadaprabhus, namely Bairideva, Macideva, Maragonda, Tamiyappa, Kanagonda, Devanna, Allalajiya, and other Gavundas. This donation happened during the reign of kings [[Harihara I|Harihara]] and [[Bukka Raya I|Bukka]] of the Karnataka Empire ([[Vijayanagara Empire]]). Savantadhipati, as mentioned in the inscription, is the same as Samantadhipati, a feudatory chief. The kingdom was divided into many Naadus (administrative units), each presided over by a Naadaprabhu, the chief of a Naadu. The names of most of the persons mentioned in this inscription also occur in the Ganigarahalli inscription ([[Epigraphia Carnatica]] Vol 09, BN 24).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mysore. Dept. of Archaeology |url=https://archive.org/details/epigraphiacarnat09myso/page/n313/mode/1up |title=Epigraphia carnatica. By B. Lewis Rice, Director of Archaeological Research in Mysore |last2=Rice |first2=B. Lewis (Benjamin Lewis) |last3=Narasimhacharya |first3=Ramanujapuram Anandan-pillai |date=1894 |publisher=Bangalore Mysore Govt. Central Press |others=Robarts - University of Toronto}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Mysore. Dept. of Archaeology |url=https://archive.org/details/epigraphiacarnat09myso/page/n71/mode/1up |title=Epigraphia carnatica. By B. Lewis Rice, Director of Archaeological Research in Mysore |last2=Rice |first2=B. Lewis (Benjamin Lewis) |last3=Narasimhacharya |first3=Ramanujapuram Anandan-pillai |date=1894 |publisher=Bangalore Mysore Govt. Central Press |others=Robarts - University of Toronto}}</ref> The inscription mentions that the donations are Sarbamaanya (Sarvamaanya). Sarvamaanya can be broken down into "sarva" (all) and "maanya" (exempt), meaning that all revenues were exempt from taxation.

== Discovery and dating ==
The inscription was first documented and published in [[Epigraphia Carnatica]] Vol. 9 as Devanahalli Inscription No. 50. The inscription can be precisely dated to Monday, 01-Dec-1348 CE Julian as it is mentioned as "''śakābda 1271nĕya sarvvadha . . . .da mārggasira su 10 so''". The inscription was in poor condition in 2017, and upon bringing it to the attention of the government authorities, it was shifted to the [[Government Museum, Bangalore|Government Museum, Bengaluru]].

== Physical characteristics ==
The inscription is 177 cm tall, 115 cm wide. The [[Kannada script|Kannada]] Characters are 4.5 cm tall, 4.4 cm wide & 0.25 cm deep (very shallow).

Transliteration of the Inscription

The transliteration was first published in the [[Epigraphia Carnatica]]; the text below is a rereading of the inscription published in the Mythic Society journal.

Digital Images of each of the characters of this inscription, images of the inscription itself, a summary, and other information about the inscription have been shared via [https://mythicsociety.github.io/AksharaBhandara/#/learn/Shasanagalu?id=115051 Akshara Bhandara software]
{| class="wikitable"
!Line
Number
![[Kannada script|Kannada]]
![[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]
|-
|1
|. ಸ್ತಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಶಕಾಬ್ದ ೧೨೭೧ನೆಯ ಸರ್ವ್ವಧ . . . . .
|. sti śrī śakābda 1271nĕya sarvvadha . . . .
|-
|2
|.ದ ಮಾರ್ಗ್ಗಸಿರ ಸು ೧೦ ಸೋ ಶ್ರೀ ಮನು ಮಹಾಮಂಡ . . .
|da mārggasira su 10 so śrī manu mahāmaṃḍa
|-
|3
|ರ ಚತುಸಮುದ್ರಧಿಪತಿ ಹರಿರಾ . .
|ra catusamudradhipati harirā . .
|-
|4
|ಭಾಡ ಭಾಸೆಗೆ ತಪ್ಪುವ ರಾಯರ ಗಂಡ .
|bhāḍa bhāsĕgĕ tappuva rāyara gaṃḍa
|-
|5
|ವೀರ ಹರಿಯಪ್ಪ ವೊಡೆಯರು ಬುಕ್ಕಂಣ .
|vīra hariyappa vŏḍĕyaru bukkaṃṇa .
|-
|6
|ಡೆಯರು ಶ್ರೀ ಪ್ರಿತ್ತುವಿ. ರಾಜ್ಯಂಗೆಯುತ್ತಮಿರಲು
|ḍĕyaru śrī prittuvi rājyaṃgĕyuttamiralu
|-
|7
|ಶ್ರೀ ಮನು ಮಹ ಸವಂತಾಧಿಪತಿ . . . ಕಗಂಡ ಮೈಲೆಯ
|śrī manu maha savaṃtādhipati . . . kagaṃḍa mailĕya
|-
|8
|ನಯ್ಕರು ಶ್ರೀ ಮನು ಮಹ ಎಲಕ್ಕನಾಡ ಪ್ರಬುಗಳು
|naykaru śrī manu maha ĕlakkanāḍa prabugalu
|-
|9
|ಬೈರಿದೇವ ಮಾಚ್ಚಿದೇವ ಮರಗೊಂಡ ತಾಮಿಯಪ್ಪ
|bairideva māccideva maragŏṃḍa tāmiyappa
|-
|10
|ಕಂನಗೊಂಡ ದೇವಂಣ ಬೈಂ . ಪ್ಪ ಆಲ್ಲಾಳಜೀಯರು ವೊಳ
|kaṃnagŏṃḍa devaṃṇa baiṃ . ppa āllālajīyaru ̤ vŏla
|-
|11
|ಗಾದ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಗೌಉಂಡುಗಳು ಆ ಬೈರಿಸೆಟ್ಟಿಯ ಮಗ
|gāda samasta gauuṃḍugalu ā bairisĕṭṭiya maga
|-
|12
|ಕಚ್ಚೆಯನಾಯ್ಕಂಗೆ ಕೊಟ್ಟಕೊಡಗೆಯ ಸಾಸನ
|kaccĕyanāykaṃgĕ kŏṭṭakŏḍagĕya sāsana
|-
|13
|ದ ಕ್ರಮವೆಂತೆಂದಡೆ ಅ ಕಟ್ಟಿಗೆಹಳ್ಳಿಯ ಚತ್ತುಸೀಮೆ
|da kramavĕṃtĕṃdaḍĕ a kaṭṭigĕhall̤iya ca ̤ ttusīmĕ
|-
|14
|ಯನು ಕೊಡಗೆಆಗಿ ಸರ್ಬ್ಬಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಕೊಡಗೆಯಾಗಿ
|yanu kŏḍagĕāgi sarbbamānyavāgi kŏḍagĕyāgi
|-
|15
|ಕೊಟ್ಟ ಕೊಡಗೆಯ ಸಾಸನ ಧರೆ ಚಂದ್ರಸೂರ್ಯ್ಯ ಉಳಂನ ಸಲು
|kŏṭṭa kŏḍagĕya sāsana dharĕ caṃdrasūryya ulaṃna salu
|-
|16
|ವಂತಾಗಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟಕೊಡಗೆ . ಮಂಗಳ ಮಹಶ್ರೀ ಶ್ರೀ
|vaṃtāgi kŏṭṭakŏḍagĕ . maṃgala ma ̤ haśrī śrī
|}[[File:3D Scanning of the Katigenahalli 1348CE Donation Inscription.jpg|thumb|380x380px|3D Scanning of the Katigenahalli 1348CE Donation Inscription. Picture Courtesy: [[commons:File:3D_Scanning_of_the_Katigenahalli_1348CE_Donation_Inscription.jpg|Wikimedia Commons]] ]]

== Translation ==
The translation is published in [[Epigraphia Carnatica]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mysore. Dept. of Archaeology |url=https://archive.org/details/epigraphiacarnat09myso/page/n397/mode/1up |title=Epigraphia carnatica. By B. Lewis Rice, Director of Archaeological Research in Mysore |last2=Rice |first2=B. Lewis (Benjamin Lewis) |last3=Narasimhacharya |first3=Ramanujapuram Anandan-pillai |date=1894 |publisher=Bangalore Mysore Govt. Central Press |others=Robarts - University of Toronto}}</ref> and reads as follows,

"Be it well. (On the date specified), when the maha-mandalesvara, master of the four oceans, subduer of hostile kings, champion over kings who break their word, vira-Hariyappa-Vodeyar Bukkanna-Vodeyar was ruling the kingdom of the world :— the maha-samantadhipati .... Maileya-Nayaka, the great Elakka-nad prabhu Bairi-Deva, and others (named), with all the farmers, granted to Bairi-Setti's son Kariya-Nayaka the Kodigehalli village as a sarbbamanya-kodage for as long as sun and moon endure".

== References ==
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[[Category:Inscription stones of Bengaluru]]

Katigenahalli inscriptions and hero stones - Revision history

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