Kattigehalli is a locality in northern Bengaluru, near Yelahanka (India), The name "Kattigenahalli" is first documented in a 14th-century CE Kannada donation inscription discovered in Katigenahalli but presently housed in the 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 and Bukka of the Karnataka Empire (Vijayanagara Empire). Savantadhipati as mentioned in the inscription is same as Samantadhipati, a feudatory chief. The kingdom was divided into many Naadus (administrative units) presided by a Naadaprabhu, chief of a Naadu. The names of most of the persons mentioned in this inscription also occurs in the Ganigarahalli inscription (Epigraphia Carnatica Vol 09, BN 24). 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.
The inscription was first documented and published in Epigraphia Carnatica Vol-9 as Devanahalli Inscription Number 50. The inscription can be precisely dated to Monday, 01-Dec-1348 CE Julian as it is mentioned as "Ã ÂakÃÂbda 1271nÃÂya sarvvadha . . . .da mÃÂrggasira su 10 so". The inscription was in a poor condition in 2017, and upon bringing it to notice to the government authorities, it was shifted to the Government Museum, Bengaluru.
The inscription is 177 cm tall, 115 cm wide. The 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 published below is the rereading of the inscription published in the journal of the Mythic Society.
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The translation is published in Epigraphia Carnatica and reads as follows,
"Be it well. (On the date specified), wheo 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 :â 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"