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

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 81, PLATE XLV. 291
are desirous of welfare! Whosoever (acting) otherwise, may cause obstruction or the
annoyance of the pain caused by confiscation,—he shall become invested with (the guilt
of) the five great sins and the minor sins!
(L. 12.)—And it has been said :—"The earth has been enjoyed by many kings,
commencing with Sagara; whosoever at any time possesses the earth, to him belongs at
that time the reward (of this grant that is now made, if he continue it)! 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! He who confiscates land that has been given, whether by himself or
by another, is born as a worm in ordure for the duration of sixty thousand years.
(L. 14.)—And the Dâta¹ in this matter (is) the Nihilapati² Kuśalaprakâśa; and
the writer in this matter (is) Udyôtârka, the leader of the assemblage (?).³ The year 6;
(the month) Vaiśâkha; the bright fortnight; the day 10 (and) 1.
(L. 15.)—This grant, which is one of the whole assembly of (the people of) the
country, should be preserved! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .⁴

No. 81; PLATE XLV.

RAJIM COPPER-PLATE INSCRIPTION OF THE RAJA TIVARADEVA.

THIS inscription was discovered about 1785 by a Marâthâ chief named Hanmantrao
Maharik, and was first brought to notice in 1825, in the Asiatic Researches, Vol. XV.
p. 499 ff., where, the original plates having been forwarded by Mr. R. Jenkins, a lithograph
of it was published (id. Plate xiv.), accompanied by a version of the text by a Jain
scholar named Srivarmasuri, and a translation by Professor H. H. Wilson.—Subsequent-
ly General Cunningham obtained the original plates again, and, in 1884, published a fresh
lithograph in the Archæol. Surv. Ind. Vol. XVII. p. 17, and Plates vi. vii. and viii.
Râjim⁵ is a town on the right bank of the Mahânadî river, about twenty four miles
to the south-east of Râypur,⁶ the chief town of the Râypur District in the Central

¹ Dâta; see page 100 above, note 3.—An Ujjain grant of Vikrama-Samvat 1192 (Colebrooke's
Essays, Vol. II. p. 273; and Indian Inscriptions, No. 51, line 13) gives an instance of more than
one original Dâta or Dâtaka being employed for one and the same grant,—viz. "the Purôhita, the
Thakkura, the illustrious Vâmanasvâmin; the Thakkura, the illustrious Purushôttama; the Mahâ
pradhâna, the Râjaputra, the illustrious Dêvadhara; and others,"—without any such circumstances as
those indicated in No. 30 above, page 134, which necessitated the despatch of a second Dâtaka to
authorise the insertion of additional privileges in the charter.
² Nihilapati.—I have not been able to obtain any explanation of the first component of this offi-
cial title.
³ gana-śrêshtha (?).—If this is the proper intended reading, the word must have some technical
meaning; but its exact purport is not apparent.
⁴ The passage commencing with ai(?)ngi(?)k=âtra, in line 15, is too corrupt to be capable of
translation. But it appears to record two other grants made by Mihiralakshmî; and it mentions a
park, some immovable property, and some musical instruments.
⁵ The ‘Rajam and Rajim’ of maps. Indian Atlas, Sheet No. 91. Lat. 20° 58′ N.; Long. 81°
55′ E.
⁶ The ‘Raepoor, Raipur, and Ryepoor’ of maps &c.; see page 196 above, and note 1
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