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The first reference to Mangalore came from Pandyan king Chettian, who ruled the coastal region during 715 CE. He called the town Mangalapuram. [34] Mangalore is identified to be at the center of the Satyaputra Kingdom. The region later evolved to become what is present-day South Canara, with the spread of Tulu language. [35]
The building functioned as the state's land office building until 1917 (60 years) when the agency moved to a larger building across the street. From 1919 until 1988 (70 years) the building housed museums run by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas on the second floor, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy on the first floor.
The Texas General Land Office (GLO) is a state agency of the U.S. state of Texas, responsible for managing lands and mineral rights properties that are owned by the state. The GLO also manages and contributes to the state's Permanent School Fund. The agency is headquartered in the Stephen F. Austin State Office Building in Downtown Austin. [1]
1652 Sanson Map of India. Mangalore was named after the deity Mangaladevi, the presiding deity of the Mangaladevi Temple, [12] or a synonym of the goddess Tara of the Vajrayana Buddhist sect. [13] According to local legend, a princess named Parimala or Premaladevi from Malabar [14] renounced her kingdom and became a disciple of Matsyendranath, the founder of the Nath tradition. [15]
The building is located at 1019 Brazos Street, immediately south of the old General Land Office building and east of the Dewitt C. Greer State Highway Building. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places along with the Greer Building on January 7, 1998. [1]
"Austin Answered" is back. Active from 2017 to 2019, "Austin Answered" belongs to the broad journalistic category of Q&A and advice columns. At the American-Statesman, its origins go back to the ...
During the summer of 1845, Anson Jones, Houston's successor as president, called a constitutional convention meeting in Austin, approved the annexation of Texas to the United States and named Austin the state capital until 1850, at which time the voters of Texas were to express their preference in a general election. After resuming its role as ...
The complex contains three distinct postmodern towers. Tower one, designed by the Dallas-based Rossetti Associates, is clad in a bronze-tinted glass curtain wall with red mullion stripes; Tower two, designed by architecture firm Holt-Fatter-Scott, is a pueblo revival style building with a stucco facade; and Tower three, designed by WZMH Architects, is designed with concrete wall panels. [1]