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

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 11, PLATE VI A. 45
mulation of the lustre of the three worlds ; who is the god Brahmanya ; (and) who resides
at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,—this great work has been accomplished by Dhruvaśarman, who
follows the path of the customs of the Kṛita age, and of the true religion, (and) who is
honoured by the assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(L. 10.)—Having made a gateway,¹ charming, (and) . . . . . . . . the abode of saints,
(and) having the form of a staircase leading to heaven, (and) resembling a (pearl)-neck-
lace of the kind called kaubêrachchhanda, (and) white with the radiance of pieces of
crystalline gems ;—(and having made), in a very proper manner, a [religious] almshouse(?),
the abode of those who are eminent in respect of virtuous qualities ; resembling in form
the top part of a temple ;—he, the virtuous-minded one, roams in a charming manner
among the items of religious merit (that he has thus accumulated) ; may the venerable
Śarman endure for a long time !²
(L 12.)—This lofty pillar,³ firm and excellent, has been caused to be made by that
same Dhruvaśarman, whose piety, having acquired the excellent reputation of nectar
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . on the earth, is so highly esteemed by all perfect beings that there is no
one who would fail to worship him ; (and) by whom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by means of the
abundance of (his) unprecedented accumulation of superhuman power.
No. 11; PLATE VI A.
MANKUWAR STONE IMAGE INSCRIPTION OF KUMARAGUPTA.
THE YEAR 129.
THIS inscription was discovered in 1870 by Dr. Bhagwanlal Indraji, and appears to have
been first brought to notice by General Cunningham in 1880, in the Archæol. Surv
Ind. Vol. X. p. 7, where he published his reading of the text, accompanied by a lithograph
(id. Plate IV. No. 2.).—And, in 1885, Dr. Bhagwanlal Indraji published his own reading
of the text, and a translation of it, in the Jour. Bo. Br. R. As. Soc. Vol. XVI. p. 354.
Mankuwâr⁴ is a small village near the right bank of the Jamnâ, about nine miles in
a south-westerly direction from Arail or Arayal, the chief town of the Arail Parganâ in
the Karchhanâ Tahsîl or Sub-Division of the Allahâbâd District in the North-West Pro-
vinces. The inscription is on the front of the pedestal of a seated image of Buddha, which,
when it came to the notice of General Cunningham, was in a garden at Mankuwâr,
belonging to the Gôsâî of Dêôriyâ⁵ or Dêwariyâ ; and it appears to be still there. But it
was said to have been originally discovered in a brick mound between the five rocky
hillocks called Pañch-Pahâḍ, a short distance to the north-east of Mankuwâr. The
image represents Buddha, seated ; wearing a plain cap, fitting close to the head, with
¹ pratôlî ; see page 43 above, note 1.
² This is a play on the meaning of the first part of his name, dhruva, 'immovable, stable,
enduring.'—For the use of the second part, to represent the whole name, see page 8 above, note 3.
³ lit. "this loftiness of a pillar."
⁴ The 'Manküâr and Munhowar' of maps, &c. Indian Atlas, Sheet No. 88 Lat. 25° 19′ N. ;
Long. 81° 52′ E
⁵ The 'Deoriya and Deorya' of maps, &c. ; about a mile to the north-west of Mankuwâr.—
Bhagwanlal Indraji writes the name 'Devaliâ.'