• The inscriptions of the
Shalankayana and
Vishnukundin kings (c. 4th-6th centuries) mention gosahasra and hiranyagarbha performances. • Attivarman (c. 4th century) of
Ananda dynasty of
Guntur region performed gosahsra and hiranyagarbha. Damodaravarman of this dynasty also made these two donations. • The
Tugu inscription of
Purnavarman (c. 5th century), a ruler of
Tarumanagara in present-day Indonesia, records a gift of a thousand cows to brahmanas. • The
Siripuram inscription of the
Vasishtha king Anantavarman (c. 5th century) records gosahasra and other donations by his grandfather Gunavarman. •
Jayantavarman alias Cendan (c. 7th century) of
Pandya dynasty, according to one of his inscriptions, "castigated the
Kali age" by performing gosahsra along with hiranyagarbha and tulapursuha. • An inscription of the Pandya king Varaguna I (r. c. 768-811) states that his father and grandfather performed hiranyagarbha, tulabhara and gosahasra many times. • The Pandya king Nedumaran, according to his
Madurai inscription, performed many great gifts including those of gosahasra, tulabhara (tulapurusha), and hiranyagarbha. •
Chandradeva (c. 1099 CE) of
Gahadavala dynasty performed gosahasra and tulapurusha donations in front of an idol of
Adikeshava, and then granted some villages, according to his Chandravati inscription • Anavema Reddi (14th century) of
Reddi dynasty made the gosahasra donation. •
Krishnadevaraya (r. 1509-1529) of the
Vijayanagara Empire performed the sixteen great gifts according to the 1510
Rameswaram inscription and the 1513
Srikalahasti inscription. His 1521 Chikalparvi inscription records the performance of gosahasra along with that of other great gifts of ratnadhenu, hiranashva, and tulapurusha. •
Venkata I (r. c. 1542) and
Tirumala Deva Raya (r. c. 1565-1572) of Vijayanagara also performed all the great gifts including the gosahasra. •
Dodda Kempadevaraja (r. c. 1659-1673) of
Mysore of performed the sixteen great gifts, including gosahsra. == References ==