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 crop up here and there, and the verbal form j which occurs in the imprecative part of the inscription, shows that forms with St had an extensive polite currency at the period.

28. Mr. Butterworth placed students of Telugu under great obligations by the publication of the Nellore inscriptions which are invaluable for a historical study of the language. Inscriptions of other districts are not available for ready reference like Mr. Butterworth’s volumes. I, therefore, quote a few forms in St which I could readily pick up from my own collection of estampages and transcripts, and from my notes.

KRISHNA DISTRICT


 * 1) An inscription of the time of Prataparudra, undated:
 * 2) An inscription dated in Saka 1231 from Nandalur:
 * 3) An inscription from Srikakulum in the Krishna District, of Krishna Raya, of Saka 1440:
 * 4) An inscription from Srikakulam in the Krishna District, of Saka 1010: 1.
 * 5) An inscription from Srikakulam in the Krishna District, of Saka 1324:
 * 6) An inscription from Tadepalli of Saka 1312:
 * 7) An inscription from Tadepalli undated:
 * 8) An inscription from Gangavaram undated:

GODAVARI DISTRICT


 * 9) From Anaparti. Inscription of Ravu Telugu Rayalumgaru:
 * 10) From Draksharama. A private grant in the cyclic year