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

40 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
the other of an uncertain number,—as a contribution to the perpetual maintenance of a
sattra, or charitable hall or almshouse.
TEXT.¹
1 Jitaṁ bhagavatâ । Pa[ramabhâgavata²-mahârâjâdhirâja]-
2 śrî-Kumâragupta-râjya-[saṁvatsarê³] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 divasê 10 [asyâṁ divasa-pûrvvâyâṁ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5 . . . . sadâ-sat[t*]ra-sâ[mânya] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6 [da]ttâ dînârâḥ 10 ta(?) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7 ti sattrê cha dînârâs=traya⁴ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [॥]
[Yaś=ch=ainaṁ dharmma-skandhaṁ vyuchchhi]-
8 ndyât=sa pañcha-mahâpâ[takaiḥ saṁyuktaḥ syâd=iti [॥]
9 Gôyindâ Lakshmâ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TRANSLATION.
Victory has been achieved by the Divine One! In the reign⁶ of [the most devout
worshipper of the Divine One, the Mahârâjâdhirâja], the glorious Kumâragupta; [in the
year] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; on the day 10; [on this (lunar day), (specified) as above
by the day (&c.)] :—
(Line 3.)— . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [the community of] a perpetual almshouse . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . there were given ten dînâras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and in
the almshouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . three dînâras . . . . . . . . . .
(L. 7.)—[And whosoever shall interfere with this branch of religion],—he [shall
become invested] with (the guilt of) the five great sins!
(L. 9.)—Gôyindâ, Lakshmâ, . . . . . . . . . . . . .

No. 9; PLATE IV D.

GADHWA STONE INSCRIPTION OF KUMARAGUPTA.

THE YEAR 98.

THIS is the last of the inscriptions on the stone discovered by Râjâ Siva Prasad, in
1871-72, at Gaḍhwâ⁵ in the Allahâbâd District in the North-West Provinces. It was not
noticed when the stone was first discovered; but was afterwards found, on clearing away
the lime under which it was hidden, by General Cunningham, who then, in 1880, published
his reading of the text in the Archæol. Surv. Ind. Vol. X. p. 9, with a lithograph (id. Plate
v. No. 1.)
¹ From the original stone.
² This epithet is completed from line 5 of the Bilsad pillar inscription of Kumâragupta, No. 10
below, and line 5 f. of the Bhitarî pillar inscription of Skandagupta, No. 13 below.
³ Read râjyê [saṁvatsarê]; see page 38 above, note 5.
⁴ This may be completed into either trayaḥ, trayôdaśa, trayôviṁśati, or any other numeral
commencing with trayas.
⁵ See page 38 above, note 5.
⁶ See page 36 above, and note 1.