Allalasandra inscriptions and hero stones

Allalasandra is a historic locality in North Bengaluru, situated adjacent to the Gandhi Krishi Vigyan Kendra (GKVK) campus on Bellary Road. The name Allalasandra is mentioned in an inscription dated to 1544 CE, tracing its historicity back about 500 years. The inscription records the donation of the entire village of Allalasandra to the Allalanatha temple at Jakkur.

The earliest map of Allalasandra is a 1905CE state land records map which shows the village and adjoining areas being of 2.47sq km, 7.78 km perimeter. The village is shown bounded by Yelahanka kasaba, Shivanahalli, Jakkur Plantation, Bytrayanapura, Kothi Hosahalli, Kodigehalli, Kodigehalli Plantation and Chikka Bommasandra villages. Today the same area has been apportioned between Allalasandra village, GKVK campus, upmarket Judicial Layout and some portions of Bellary road.

Four inscriptions were documented in this locality spanning from the 11th century to the 18th-19th century CE, of which only two are physically present, the status of the rest two remains unknown.

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