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

[Header] THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; APPENDIX IV. 183

Dr. Bhagwanlal Indraji read it as (Harsha)-Saṁvat 143, Jyaishṭha-śukla-divâ-trayôdaśyâm ;
answering, approximately, to the 25th May, A.D. 748. There is, however, the possibility
that the second numerical symbol is 20 or 30, instead of 40.
O.—Dr. Bhagwanlal Indraji's inscription No. 14; Ind. Ant. Vol. IX. p. 177 f.—All the
introductory part of this inscription, recording the palace whence the charter was issued
and the name of the king, is broken away and lost. The Dûtaka (line 17) is the Yuvarâja
Vijayadêva. The date (l. 17) is (Harsha)-Saṁvat 145, Pausha-śukla-divâ-tritîyâyâm ;
answering, approximately, to the 6th December, A.D. 750.—Dr. Bhagwanlal Indraji, tak-
ing Vijayadêva as a "vicarious" name of Jayadêva II., allotted the inscription, chiefly on
this account, to Śivadêva II. As far as the date goes, the inscription may be one either
of him, or of Jayadêva II. But Vijayadêva cannot be a "vicarious" name of Jayadêva
II. Occasional instances may be cited, in which the special terminations of names vary;
thus, the Vasantasêna of inscription P. below, appears in R. line 10, and in the Vaṁśâvali,
as Vasantadêva ; and Jayadêva I. of R. line 8, perhaps appears in the Vaṁśâvali as Jayavar-
man. But even this is rare enough. And, apart from the substitution of birudas or secon-
dary titles, the only epigraphical instance that I can quote, of any variation in the first and
really distinctive part of a king's name, is to be found in line 46 ff. of the Kauṭhêm grant¹
of the Western Châlukya king Vikramâditya V., of Śaka-Saṁvat 930, where the Daśavar-
man of other inscriptions is called Yaśôvarman. But that instance is not a very satisfac-
tory one.² And in the present case there is not any metrical exigency, as there is in the
places where the name of Daśavarman occurs, to justify any variation. If the present in-
scription is one of Śivadêva II., then Vijayadêva was another son of his; if, as seems to
me more probable, it is one of Jayadêva II., then Vijayadêva was a son of the last-mentioned
person.
P. —Dr. Bhagwanlal Indraji's inscription No. 3; Ind. Ant. Vol IX. p. 167.—The char-
ter is issued from Mânagṛiha (line 1). The inscription is one of the Mahârâja, the illus-
trious **Vasantasêna.**³ The Dûtaka (l. 21) is the Sarvadaṇḍanâyaka and Mahâpratîhâra
Ravigupta. The date (l. 20 f.) is (Gupta)-Saṁvat 435, Âśvayuji śukla-divâ-1; answering,
approximately, to the 23rd September, A.D. 754.
Q.—Mr. Bendall's inscription No. 4; Journey in Nêpâl, p. 79 f. and Plate xi.—This is
not a formal charter, issued from any specified place; nor does it give any king's name.
It only records a grant by a private person to a Pâñchaka or Committee. The date
(line 1) is (Harsha)-Saṁvat 151, Vaiśâkha-śukla-dvitîyâyâm; answering, approximately, to
the 8th April, A.D. 756.
R.—Dr. Bhagwanlal Indraji's inscription No. 15; Ind. Ant. Vol. IX. p. 178 ff.—This
is not a formal charter, issued from any specified place. The inscription, which gives a

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¹ Ind. Ant. Vol. XVI. p. 23.      ² See id. p 19 f.
³ In inscription R. below, line 10, he is called Vasantadêva.