गुप्त अभिलेख संग्रह (जे. एफ. फ्लीट - गुप्त सम्राटों एवं परवर्ती नरेशों के ऐतिहासिक पाषाण व ताम्रलेख)

182 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
K.—Dr. Bhagwanlal Indraji’s inscription No. 1; Ind. Ant. Vol. IX. p. 163 ff.—This
furnishes the following short genealogy:—Vṛishadêva (line 3):—his son Śaṁkaradêva
(l. 12), with a reference in lines 9 and 10 to other sons, who, however, are not mentioned
by name;—Śaṁkara’s son, Dharmadêva (l. 16), who with justice [governed] a great
hereditary kingdom (kula-kram-âgatam . . . . . . . . . . râjyaṁ mahat, line 17), and whose
wife was Râjyavatî;—and Dharmadêva’s son Mânadêva (l. 20), who was appointed
to reign by his mother on his father’s death. The inscription then records that
Mânadêva made an expedition to the East, and reduced to obedience some “roguish,”
ill-behaved, or rebellious Sâmantas there; and then went back to the West, where also
he heard of misdoings on the part of a Sâmanta. Here, unfortunately, the available
part of the inscription terminates, the rest being buried underground. The date (l. 1 f.)
is (Gupta)-Saṁvat 386, Jyêshṭha-mâsa-śukla-pakshê pratipadi 1 Rôhiṇî-nakshatra-yuktê
chandramasi muhûrtê praśastê=Bhijiti; the exact equivalent of which, as we have seen at
page 95 ff. above, is Tuesday, the 28th April, A.D. 705.
L.—Dr. Bhagwanlal Indraji’s inscription No. 12; Ind. Ant. Vol. IX. p. 174 ff.—The
charter is issued from Kailâsakûṭabhavana (line 1). The inscription is one of the
Paramabhaṭṭâraka and Mahârâjâdhirâja, the glorious Śivadêva II. (l. 3). The Dûtaka
(l. 23) is the Râjaputra Jayadêva. The date (l. 23) is (Harsha)-Saṁvat 119, Phâlguna-
śukla-divâ-daśamyâm; answering, approximately, to the 20th February, A.D. 725.
M.—Dr. Bhagwanlal Indraji’s inscription No. 2; Ind. Ant. Vol. IX. p. 166 f.—This
is not a formal charter, issued from any specified place. It simply records that, by the
favour of the illustrious ‘king’ Mânadêva (line 1), a certain Jayavarman erected a liṅga
named Jayêśvara, for the welfare of the world, (i.e. of all the people), together with the
king,¹ and endowed it with a permanent endowment.² The date (l. 1) is (Gupta)-
Saṁvat 413, equivalent to A.D. 732-33, without any further details.
N.—Dr. Bhagwanlal Indraji’s inscription No. 13; Ind. Ant. Vol. IX. p. 176 f.—This
inscription is very much damaged.³ The name of the palace whence the charter was
issued, is lost. And the king’s name is illegible in line 3; but, as it is preceded by the
titles of Paramabhaṭṭâraka and Mahârâjâdhirâja, the name was probably that of Śivadêva
II., as in inscription L. above; and Dr. Bhagwanlal Indraji filled up the lacunæ in that
way. This is a Buddhist inscription. The Dûtaka (line 36) is the Bhaṭṭâraka, the
illustrious, or perhaps the venerable, Śivadêva. The date (l. 37) is somewhat doubtful;⁴ but
¹ sa-nṛipatêr=jagatô hitâya; line 2. ² akshaya-nîvî; line 2.
³ I have not seen the rubbing of this inscription.
⁴ In Śaka-Saṁvat 672 current, or 671 expired, the month Jyêshṭha was intercalary (see Indian
Eras, p. 161, and Chronology, p. 126). And the absence of any hint of this in the present record,
would, if the reading of the second numerical symbol as 40 could be established, be a point in favour of
the year being Śaka-Saṁvat 671 current, or 670 expired; which is in accordance with the epoch of
A.D. 605-606.