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

236 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
which the text and translation are given below.—The weight of the seven plates is about
6 lbs. 14 oz., and of the two rings and the seal, about 14½ oz.; total 7 lbs. 12½ oz.—The
average size of the letters is about 5/16". The characters belong to the southern class
of alphabets, and are of the ‘box-headed’ variety of the Central India alphabet, on which I
have commented at page 18 f. above. But, whether intentionally or accidentally, the heads
of the letters were scooped out hollow through nearly the whole of this inscription; and
the true box-shaped tops are discernible in only a few places; e.g. in lines 58 and 59.
The characters include forms of the numerical symbols for 8 and 10, in line 60, and for
8,000, in line 19.—The language is Saṁskṛit. The legend on the seal is in verse; but
the inscription itself, except for the benedictive and imprecatory verses in lines 36 to 39,
is in prose throughout.—In respect of orthography, we have to notice (1) the use of the
upadhmânîya, in râjñaḥ=pravara, line c; pâṇêḥ=prasâda, line 13; śambhôḥ=prasâda,
line 16; and rakshitavyaḥ=pari, line 32; but not in kalîyaḥ putra, line 30; (2) the
occasional doubling of k and d, in conjunction with a following r, e.g. in kkrama, line b;
kkriyâbhis, line 31; and ddrôha, line 4; (3) the doubling of th and dh, in conjunction with
a following y, in bhâgîratthy-amala, line 6, and sarvvâddhyaksha, line 21; and (4) the
doubling of v after the anusvâra, in saṁvvatsarê, line 60.
The inscription is one of the Mahârâja Pravarasêna II., of the Vâkâṭaka
tribe or dynasty; and the charter recorded in it, is issued from the town of Pravarapura.
It is dated, both in words and in numerical symbols, in the eighteenth year (of his
government), on the thirteenth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month Jyêshṭha
(May-June). It is a non-sectarian inscription; the object of it being simply to record the
grant, by Pravarasêna II., to a thousand Brâhmans, of the village of Charmâṅka, i.e.
the modern Chammak itself, in the Bhôjakaṭa kingdom.
TEXT.¹
The Seal.
a Vâkâṭaka³-lalâmasya
b kkrama-prâpta-nṛipa-śriyaḥ
c râjñaḥ=Pravarasênasya
d śâsanaṁ ripu-śâsanam [||]
First Plate.
1 Dṛishṭaṁ [||] Svasti Pravarapurâd=agnishṭôm-âptôryyâm-ôkthya-
shôḍaśy-âtirâtra-⁴
2 vâjapêya - bṛihaspatisava - sâdyaskra - chaturaśvamêdha - yâjinaḥ
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