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

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 57, PLATE XXXVI A 249
(thus) directed with a command preceded by (the words) 'O illustrious one:'—"Be it
known to you, that, in order to increase Our own religion and life and strength and vic-
tory and dominion, (and) for the sake of (Our) welfare in this world and in the next,
(and generally) for Our benefit, this (village) [is granted*] in (Our) victorious office of
justice.
(L. 27.)—"It is not to be entered by the regular troops or by the umbrella-bearers;
it does not carry with it (the right to) cows and bulls in succession (of production), or to
the abundance of flowers and milk, or to the pasturage, hides, and charcoal, or to the
mines for the purchase of salt in a moist state; it is entirely free from all (obligation of)
forced labour; it carries with it the hidden treasures and deposits, and the kḷiripta and
upakhḷipta; it is (to be enjoyed) for the same time with the moon and the sun; (and)
it is to follow (the succession of) sons and sons' sons. The enjoyment of it should not
be obstructed by any one. It should be protected and increased by all (possible) means.
And whosoever, disregarding Our charter, shall give, or cause to be given, even slight
vexation, We will inflict on him, or will cause to be inflicted, punishment, together with
a fine, when he is denounced by the Brâhmaṇs."
(L. 35.)—(This charter) has been written by the Âchârya, while Bâppadêva is the
Sênâpati.
(L. 35.)—And in this subject-matter of religion,—in order to avoid boasting of (other)
meritorious actions performed (by Us),—We do not recite the religious merit acquired by
(Our) care and protection of grants made by various kings who are dead and gone.
(But), out of respect for those who shall be pre-eminent in times to come, We make a
request (for protection of the grant) to future (kings).
(L. 38.)—And two verses, sung by Vyâsa, are to be taken as an authority on this
point:—The giver of land enjoys happiness in heaven for sixty thousand years; (but) the
confiscator (of a grant), and he who assents (to an act of confiscation), shall dwell for the
same number of years in hell! Whosoever confiscates land that has been given, whether
by himself, or by another, he incurs the guilt of the slayer of a hundred thousand
cows!

No. 57; PLATE XXXVI A.

PAHLADPUR STONE PILLAR INSCRIPTION.

THIS inscription was discovered by Captain T. S. Burt, of the Engineers, and was first
brought to notice in 1838, in the Jour. Beng. As. Soc. Vol. VII. p. 1055, where Mr. James
Prinsep published the text of it, as read by Pandit Kamalakanta from Captain Burt's
facsimile, and, with the text, his own translation.
Pahlâdpur¹ is a village near the right bank of the Ganges, six miles east by south
of Dhânâpur, the chief town of the Mahâîch Pargaṇâ in the Zamânîyâ² Tahsîl or Sub-
Division of the Ghâzîpur District in the North-West Provinces. The inscription is on a
sandstone monolith column,—about three feet in diameter; polished and rounded for a

¹ The ‘Palladpur and Puhladpoor’ of maps, &c. Lat. 25° 26' N.; Long. 83° 31' E.—It should be in
the Indian Atlas, Sheet No. 103, almost opposite the village of ‘Puharpoor’ on the other side of the
river; but it is not entered there.
² The ‘Zamania, Zamina, Zeemaneea, and Zumeniah,’ of maps, &c.