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• Birth	Before 1747
  Sex	Male
  Person ID	I3237	Bantwal Baliga Family
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2006
  Family	NN
  Children	1. Ramayya Baliga
  Family ID	F1630	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Birth: The earliest documented evidence referring to a Baliga or Balo can be found in the book “The Ancient History of South Canara” written by Sri Ganapathi Rao Aigal which mentions one Damarsa Bale, among other Samasthas of Bantwal, signing a letter of offering to Sri Bhadra Narasimha Temple of Manjeshwar. Inscribed on a copper plate in Kannada Language and script, this letter of offering was created in the year 1747 A.D. The full text of the letter in Roman script given below: Namasthunga shirashumbhi Chandra chaamara chaarave thrayilokya nagaraamba moolasthambaaya shaambavi swasthi shri jayaabhyudaya nrupa shaalivaahana shaka varusha 1668ne kshaya samIda chayithra shuI 2lu shrimatthu manjeshwara bhadra narasimha devara bhandaarakke Bantuvala Pete Daamarsa Bale I Bappaya Naayaka I Range Prabhu I Soyira Kamathi I Abbaya Sonabova I munthaada samastharu barashikotta dharma saasanada patte kramavanthendare devara amrutha padi nandaa deepthi munthaada viniyogada bage naavu maaduva vevahaaradalu varusha 1ra bhandaarakke koduvudu ga 9 varahaamnu thappadanthe kaalkaalam prathilukottu bandevendu barashikotta patte hatthara salurutthadinda bhadranarasimha devara padakke Damarsana bimnahaa, Bappayana bimnahaa, Rangayana bimnahaa, Shoyirana bimnaha, Abayana bimnahaa, ee prakaara barakotta thaamra shaasana patte.