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

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; INTRODUCTION. 29
I am, therefore, glad to be able now to publish the following transliteration, with in-
terlinear word-for-word rendering, and translation, which Prof. William Wright, of
Cambridge, has recently been kind enough to give me, from Prof. Sachau's published
text, of the original of the whole passages of which M. Reinaud's and Prof. Sachau's
renderings have been printed above:—
Text and Literal Rendering.
{ Wa-li-dhâlika 'a'radû 'an-hâ wa-jâ'û 'ilâ
{ And for this they have turned away from them and have come to
tawârîkh Shrî-Hrish wa-Bigarmâdita wa-Shaka wa-Bilaba
the eras of [Śrî-Harsha] and [Vikramâditya] and [Śaka] and [Valabhî]
{ wa-Kûbita. ........... Wa-'ammâ ta'rîkh Balba
{ and [Gupta]. ........... And as regards the era of [Valabhî]
{ wa-huwa ṣâhib madînat Balbah wa-hiya janûbîyah 'an
{ and he lord of the city of [Valabhî] and it south from
{ madînat 'Anhlwârah bi-ḳarîb min thalâthîn jozhan fa-'inna
{ the city of [Aṇhilvâḍa] by near to thirty [yôjana] behold
'auwalu-hu muta'akhkhir 'an ta'rîkh Shk bi-mi'atain
the first of it posterior to the era of [Śaka] by two hundred
{ wa-ihdâ wa-'arba'în sanah. Wa-musta'milû-hu yada'ûn Shg-kâl
{ and one and forty years. And the users of it put down [Śaka]-era
{ wa-yankuṣûn min-hu majmû' muka"ab 'as-sittah wa-murabba'
{ and lessen from it the sum of the cube of six and the square of
{ 'al-khamsah fa-yabkâ ta'rîkh Balba. Wa-khabaru-hu 'âtin
{ five and remains the era of [Valabhî]. And his history is coming
fî mauḍi'i-hi. Wa-'ammâ Gûbt-kâl fa-kânû kamâ kîla
in its place. And as regards [Gupta]-era they were as is said
{ ḳauman 'ashrâran 'aḳwiyâ'a fa-lammâ 'inḳaraḍû 'urrikha
{ a people wicked strong and so after they perished it was dated
bi-him. Wa-ka-'anna Blb kân 'akhîru-hum. Fa'inna
by them. And as if that [Valabhî] was the last of them. And behold
'auwala ta'rîkhi-him 'aîdan muta'akhkhir 'an Shg-kâl
the first of their era also posterior to [Śaka]-era