12th century hero stone (Viragal) with old Kannada inscription from the Tarakeshvara Temple at Hangal, Karnataka. Ref source:John Faithful Fleet and James Burgess, Her Majesty's stationary office, 1878, "Pâli, Sanskrit and Old Canarese Inscriptions: From the Bombay Presidency and Parts of the Madras Presidency and Maisûr", p.18