THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 26, PLATE XVI. 117
No. 26; PLATE XVI.
KARITALAI COPPER-PLATE INSCRIPTION OF THE
MAHARAJA JAYANATHA.
THE YEAR 174.
THIS inscription,—which was first brought to notice by General Cunningham, in 1879,
in the Archæol. Surv. Ind. Vol. IX. p. 12. f. No. 3, where he published a translation of it,
with a lithograph of the two passages containing the date (id. Plate iv. No. 5),—is from
some copper-plates that were found, about 1850, in a small receptacle inside a ruined
temple of the god Vishṇu, in his incarnation as the Boar, at Kârîtalâî,¹ a village about
twenty-three miles north-east of Muḍwârâ,² the chief town of the Muḍwârâ Tahsîl or
Sub-Division of the Jabalpur District in the Central Provinces. I obtained the original
plates, for examination, from the possession of General Cunningham.
The plates, which are inscribed on one side only, are two in number, the first measur-
ing about 9⅛" by 6¾", and the second 9¹⁄₁₆" by 6⅛". The edges of them are here and
there fashioned slightly thicker than the inscribed surfaces, with corresponding depressions
inside them, so as to serve as rims to protect the writing; and the inscription is in a state
of excellent preservation throughout. The plates are fairly thick; but the letters are
deep, and shew through on the backs, so clearly that in many places they can be read
there. The engraving is good; but the interiors of many of the letters shew marks of the
working of the engraver’s tool.—In the upper part ³ of each plate, there is a hole for a
ring to connect them. But the ring, and the seal attached to it, are not forthcoming.—
The weight of the two plates is 2 lbs. 7 oz.—The average size of the letters is about ¼".
The characters belong to the northern class of alphabets; and the present inscription,
with the five that follow, and with No. 22 above, Plate xiii., No. 24, Plate xvA., and
No. 25, Plate xvB., illustrates what may be called the standard alphabet, with northern
characteristics, of Central India, from towards the end of the fifth to the middle of the
sixth century A.D. The characters include the rather rare initial ô, in ôghadêva, line 1, and
the equally rare jh, in ajjhitadêvî, line 5; also, in lines 24 and 25, forms of the numerical
symbols for 4, 10, 70, and 100.—The language is Sanskrit; and, except for the benedic-
tive and imprecatory verses in lines 14 to 21, the inscription is in prose throughout. From
a linguistic point of view we have to notice, in utpadyamânaka, line 10 f., the affix ka,
which I have commented on at page 69 above.—In respect of orthography, we have
to notice (1) the use of the dental nasal, instead of the anusvâra, before ś, in vanśa, line 10;
(2) the constant doubling of t, in conjunction with a following r, e.g. in puttra, line 2;
sagôttra, line 7; and ttrâtâ, line 20; and (3) the occasional use of b for v, in sambatsara,
line 21, and sambat, line 24.
The inscription is one of the Mahârâja Jayanâtha; and the charter recorded in it
is issued from the city or hill called Uchchakalpa.⁴ The date of the writing of the
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¹ The ‘Karîtalai and Kareetullaee’ of maps. Indian Atlas, Sheet No. 89. Lat. 24° 3′ N.;
Long. 80° 46′ E.
² The ‘Moorwari, Moorwarra, and Murwára,’ of maps, &c. ³ See page 101 above, note 2.
⁴ The 'iteral meaning, ‘that which is but little short of being a high place,’ points perhaps
rather to the name being properly that of a hill; but of course with a town on it.

118 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
charter is given, in both words and numerical symbols, as the year one hundred and seventy-
four, and the fourteenth day, without any specification of the fortnight, of the month
Âshâḍha (June-July). There is no information given as to the era. But the Bhumarâ
pillar inscription of the Mahârâjas Hastin and Śarvanâtha, No. 24 above, page 110,
shews that the Parivrâjaka Mahârâjas and the Mahârâjas of Uchchakalpa were contem-
poraries; and, therefore, that the era of the latter must be the same with that of the former,
which is distinctly indicated as being the Gupta era. And the result, accordingly, for the
present date, is A.D. 493-94. The inscription is non-sectarian; the object of it being only
to record the grant, by the Mahârâja Jayanâtha, to a Brâhmaṇ, of the village of
Chhandâpallikâ in the Nâgadêya¹ santaka.²
TEXT.³
First Plate.
1 Om Svasti Uchchakalpân=mahârâja-Ôgha⁴dêvas=tasya puttras=tat-pâd-
ânudhyâtô mahâ-
2 dêvyâṁ Kumâradêvyâm=utpannô mahârâja-Kumâradêvas=tasya puttras=
tat-pâd-[â*]nudhyâtê(tô)
3 mahâdêvyâṁ Jayasvâminyâm=utpannô mah[â*]râja-Jayasvâmî tasya
puttras=tat-pâd-[â*]nudhyâtê(tô)
4 mah[â*]dêvyâ[ṁ*] Râmadêvyâm=utpannô mahârâja-Vy[â*]ghras=tasya
puttras=tat-pâd-ânudhyâtô mahâ-
5 dêvyâm=Ajjhitadêvyâm=utpannô mahârâja-Jayanâthaḥ kuśalî Nâgadêya-
santaka-Chha-
6 ndâpallikâyâṁ brâhmaṇ-âdin=kuṭumbinaḥ kârukâṁś=cha samâjñâpayati [।*]
Vadataṁm=bô⁵=stu
7 yath=aisha grâmô mayâ sva-puṇy-âbhivṛiddhayê Kâṇvasagôttra-Vâja-
sanêyaMâdhya-
8 ndina-brâhmaṇa-Mittrasvâminaḥ s-ôdraṅgaḥ s-ôparikaraḥ a-châṭa-bhaṭa-
prâvêśyaḥ
9 chôra-varjjitô=tisṛishṭas=Tê yûyam=asya samuchita-bhâgabhôga-kara-pratyây-
ôpa-
10 nayaṁ kaka(ri)shyatha âjñâ-śravaṇa-vidhêyâś=cha bhavishyatha [।*] Yê
ch=âsmad-vaṁś-ôtpadya-
11 mânaka-râjânas=tair=iyaṁ dattir=nna vilôpy=ânumôdanîyâ samuchita-râj-â-
12 bhâvya-kara-pratyâyâ na grâhyâḥ [।*] Yaś=ch=aimâṁ dattiṁ lôpayêt
sa pañchabhiḥ
¹ As regards Gen. Cunningham’s desire to identify Nâgadêya with the modern Nâgaudh, see
page 94 above, note 1.
² santaka is a technical territorial term, the exact meaning of which is not apparent. It is
perhaps identical in etymology with the Prâkṛit santaka, 'belonging to,' in asmat-santaka,
'belonging to Us,' which occurs in the Vâkâṭaka inscriptions, No. 55 below, line 21, and No. 56,
line 23.—In No. 29 below, line 7, we have the slightly different form, as a territorial term, of
santika.
³ From the original plates.
⁴ Read râj-augha.
⁵ Read viditam vô.

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 26, PLATE XVI. 119
Second Plate.
13 mahâpâtakair=upapâtakaiś=cha saṁyukta[h*] syân(d)=Uktaṁ cha Mahâ-
bhâratê bhagavatâ
14 Vyâsêna [I*] Sva¹-dattâṁ para-dattâṁ vâ yatnâd=raksha Yudhishṭhira
mahîṁ=mahîmatâṁ śrêshṭha
15 dânâch=chhrêyô=nupâlanaṁ [II*] Bahubhir=vvasudhâ bhuktâ râjabhiḥ
Sagar-âdibhiḥ yasya
16 yasya yadâ bhûmis=tasya tasya tadâ phalaṁ [II*] Prâyêṇa hi
narêndrâṇâṁ vidyatê n=â-
17 śubhâ gatiḥ pûyântê tê tu satataṁ prayachchhantô vasun-
dharâṁ [II*] Shashṭi-varsha-sahasrâ-
18 ṇi svarggê môdati bhûmi-daḥ âchchhêttâ ch=ânumantâ cha tâny=êva
narakê vasêt [II*]
19 Âsphôṭala(ya)nti pitaraḥ pravalganti pitâmahâḥ bhûmi-dô=sma[t*]-kulê
jâtaḥ sa nô(naḥ)
20 ttrâtâ bhavishyati [II*] Sarvva-sasya-samṛiddhân=tu yô harêta vasun-
dharâṁ śva-vishṭhâyâṁ kṛimi-
21 r=bhûtvâ pitṛibhis=saha majjati I(II) Saṁba(mva)tsara-ga(śa)tê chatuḥ-
saptatê Âshâḍha-mâsa-
22 sya chaturddaśamê divasê asyâṁ divasa-purvvâyâṁ² likhitaṁ³ mayâ
bhôgika-Râjyi-
23 l-âmâtya-naptṛi-bhôgika-Dhruvadatta-puttra-bhôgika-Guñjakîrttinâ [I*] Dûtak-
ôparika-⁴
24 dîkshita-gṛihapati-sthapati-saṁrâṭ-Chchha(chha)rvvadatta iti II Saṁba(mva)t
100 70 4 Âshâ-
25 dha di 10 4 I(II)
TRANSLATION.
Ôm! Hail! From (the city or hill of) Uchchakalpa;⁵—(There was) the Mahârâja
Ôghadêva. His son, who meditated on his feet, (was) the Mahârâja Kumâradêva,
begotten on the Mahâdêvî Kumâradêvî. His son, who meditated on his feet, (was) the
Mahârâja Jayasvâmin, begotten on the Mahâdêvî Jayasvâminî. His son, who medi-
tated on his feet, (was) the Mahârâja Vyâghra, begotten on the Mahâdêvî Râmadêvî.
(Line 4.)—His son, who meditates on his feet, the Mahârâja Jayanâtha,—begotten
on the Mahâdêvî Ajjhitadêvî,⁷—being in good health,⁸ issues a command to the
¹ Metre, Ślôka (Anushṭubh); and in the following five verses.
² Supply tithau. ³ Supply śâsanam.
⁴ Read dûtaka uparika. — Dûtaka should be a word by itself, in the nominative singular; not
in composition with uparika.
⁵ The context is in line 5 f.,—"the Mahârâja Jayanâtha ...... issues a command." The
genealogy that intervenes, is by way of a parenthesis.
⁶ See page 16 above, note 2.
⁷ The first part of this name, ajjhita, must be a Prâkṛit word. There might be some tempta-
tion to correct it into the Sanskrit ujjhita; but there is not the slightest approach to the vowel u
below the final m of the preceding word dêvyâṁ, in any of the passages in which it occurs.—Gen.
Cunningham read the name as Majjhitadêvî; but this is incorrect, as there is no trace whatever of an
anusvâra over the vyâ of dêvyâṁ, in any of the passages.—We have another Prâkṛit name in Ijjâdêvî
in line 5 of the Dêô-Baraṇârk inscription of Jîvitagupta II., No. 46 below, Plate xxixB.
⁸ kuśalin; a technical expression of constant use in charters.

120 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
cultivators, beginning with the Brâhmaṇs, and to the artisans, at (the village of)
Chhandâpallikâ in the Nâgadêya santaka :—
(L. 6.)—“Be it known to you that, for the purpose of increasing my own religious
merit, this village is granted by me,—with the udranga and the uparikara, (and with the
privilege that it is) not to be entered by the irregular or the regular troops, (but) with
the exception of (the right to fines imposed on) thieves,—to the Brâhmaṇ Mitrasvâmin,
of the Kâṇva gôtra and the Vâjasanêya-Mâdhyamdina (śâkhâ).
(L. 9.)—“You yourselves shall render to him the offering of the tribute of the
customary royalties¹ and taxes, and shall be obedient to (his) commands.
(L. 10.)—“And those kings who shall be born in Our lineage,—by them this grant
should not be confiscated, (but) should be assented to ; (and) the tribute of the taxes which
by custom should not belong to the king, should not be taken.
(L. 12.)—“And whosoever may confiscate this grant,—he shall become invested
with (the guilt of) the five great sins and the minor sins.”
(L. 13.)—And it has been said in the Mahâbhârata by the venerable Vyâsa,—“‘ O
Yudhishṭhira, best of kings, carefully preserve land that has been given, whether by thy-
self or by another ; (verily) the preservation (of a grant) (is) more meritorious than
making a grant ! 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) ! As a rule, indeed, no inauspicious condition is
experienced by kings ; but they are purified for ever, when they bestow land ! 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 ! Fathers (in the world of the dead) clap their hands upon their arms, (and)
grandfathers leap (from joy), (saying)—‘ A giver of land has been born in our family ;
he shall become our deliverer ’ ! He who confiscates land, rich in all (kinds of) grains,
(that has been granted),—he becomes a worm in the ordure of a dog, and sinks (into
hell), together with (his) ancestors !”
(L. 21.)—In a century of years, together with the seventy-fourth (year), on the
fourteenth day of the month Âshâḍha,—on this (lunar day), (specified) as above by the
day (&c.),²—(this charter) has been written by me, the Bhôgika Guñjakîrtti, the
grandson of the Bhôgika, the Amâtya Râjyila, and the son of the Bhôgika Dhruvadatta.
The Dûtaka (is) the Uparika, Dîkshita,³ householder,⁴ and chief of architects,⁵
Śarvadatta.
(L. 24.)—The year 100 (and) 70 (and) 4 ; (the month) Âshâḍha ; the day 10
(and) 4.

¹ bhâgabhôga ; lit. ‘enjoyment of shares. My rendering is on the authority of Monier Williams’
explanation of bhâga-bhuj, in his Sanskrit Dictionary, by ‘enjoying taxes ; a king, sovereign.’
² See page 97 above, note 1.
³ Dîkshita ; ‘one who has received initiation, or by whom the preparatory ceremonies have been
observed.’
⁴ grihapati ; ‘the master of a house, a householder ; a man of the second class, who, having finished
his studies, is married and settled.’
⁵ sthapati-samrâj ; the meaning, however, is not quite certain. Perhaps it may mean ‘superin-
tendent of the attendants of the women’s apartments.’

Here is the complete transcription and details for the inscription shown in the plate.

CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III

Plate xvi
No. 26: Kārītalāī Copper-Plate Inscription of the Mahārāja Jayanātha
The Year 174 (Gupta Era = c. 493–494 CE)

Genealogy & Historical Summary

• Dynasty: Mahārājas of Ucchakalpa (modern Uchahara / Bhedaghat region, Madhya Pradesh).
• Genealogy:
  1. Mahārāja Svāmidatta (and Mahādevī Devasvāminī)
  2. Mahārāja Vyāghra (and Mahādevī Jayabhaṭṭārikā)
  3. Mahārāja Kumāradeva (and Mahādevī Dhīrasvāminī)
  4. Mahārāja Jayanātha (born of Mahādevī Jayasvāminī), a devout worshipper of the Bhagavat (Viṣṇu) (Parama-bhāgavata).
• Object: Grant of the village Kālabhakaṇṭaka as an agrahāra (tax-free religious grant) to the Chhandoga (Sāmavedin) Brāhmaṇa Mitrasvāmin of the Śāṇḍilya gotra and K

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THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 27, PLATE XVII. 121

No. 27; PLATE XVII.

KHOH COPPER-PLATE INSCRIPTION OF THE MAHARAJA JAYANATHA.

THE YEAR 177.

Tʜɪs inscription,—which was first brought to notice by General Cunningham, in 1879,
in the Archæol. Surv. Ind. Vol. IX. p. 13, No. 4, where he published a partial trans-
lation of it, with a lithograph of the passage containing the date (id. Pl. iv. No. 6),—
is from another set of copper-plates that appear to have been found somewhere in the
valley near the village of Khôh,¹ in the Nâgaudh State in the Bâghêlkhaṇḍ division of
Central India. I obtained the original plates, for examination, from the possession of the
Râjâ of Nâgaudh, through the kindness of Major D. W. K. Barr.
The plates, which are inscribed on one side only, are two in number, the first mea-
suring about 9⅜" by 6⅝", and the second 9⅛" by 6⅝". They are quite smooth, the edges
having been neither fashioned thicker, nor raised into rims; the inscription, however, is
in a state of very good preservation throughout. The plates are fairly thick; but the
letters here and there shew through faintly on the backs of them. The engraving is good,
but shews, as usual, marks of the working of the engraver's tool throughout.—In the
upper part of each plate, there is a hole for a ring to connect them. But the ring and
seal are not forthcoming.—The weight of the two plates is 3 lbs. 11 oz.—The average
size of the letters is about ¼". The characters belong to the northern class of alphabets,
and are of the same type with those of the preceding inscription of the same Mahârâja of
the year 174, No. 26 above, Plate xvi. In râjânas, line 12, the vowel â is attached, in a
very unusual way, to the top stroke of the j; instead of to the centre of it, as in rôjâ (for
râja), line 13; this occurs occasionally in other inscriptions also; and it is difficult to say
whether it is an authorized variety of practice, or only a mistake on the part of the
engraver. The letter r, in combination with a following consonant, is formed uniformly
above the top line of writing. The characters include the rather rare jh, in ajjhita,
line 5.—The language is Sanskrit; and the entire inscription is in prose, except for the
benedictive and imprecatory verses in lines 16 to 20. From a linguistic point of view, we
have to notice (1) the use of the Prâkṛit word phuṭṭa, in line 10; and (2) in pratishṭhâ-
pitaka, line 9, and utpadyamânaka, line 12, the affix ka, which I have commented on at
page 69 above.—In respect of orthography, we have to notice (1) the doubling of
k and t, in conjunction with a following r, e.g. in kkramêṇa, puttra, and prapauttra
line 9; and (2) the use of v for b, in vali, line 10.
The inscription is one of the Mahârâja Jayanâtha; and the charter recorded in it
is issued from the city or hill called Uchchakalpa. The date of the writing of the
charter is given, in words, as the year one hundred and seventy-seven (A.D. 496-97), and
the twenty-second day, without any specification of the fortnight, of the month Chaitra
(March-April). It is a Vaishṇava inscription. And the object of it is to record the
grant, by the Mahârâja Jayanâtha, to some Brâhmaṇs, of the village of Dhava-
shaṇḍikâ, for the purposes of a temple of the god Vishṇu, under the name of Bhagavat
or the Divine One, established by them there.

¹ See page 93 above, and note 3.
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122 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
TEXT.¹
First Plate.
1 Svasty=Uchchakalpân=mahârâj-Aughadêvas=tasya puttras=tat-pâd-ânudhyâtô
mahâ-
2 dêvyâṁ Kumârad[ê*]vyâm=utpannô mahârâja-Kumâradêvas=tasya puttras=
tat-p[â*]d-ânudhyâtô
3 mahâdêvyâṁ Jayasvâminyâm=utpannô mahârâja-Jayasvâmi(mî) tasya
puttras=tat-pâd-ânudhyâtô
4 mahâdêvyâṁ Râmadêvyâm=utpannô mahârâja-Vyâghras=tasya puttras=
tat-p[â*]d-ânudhyâtô mahâ-
5 dêvy[â*]m=Ajjhitadêvyâm=utpannô mahârâja-Jayanâthaḥ kuśalî(||)
Dhavashaṇḍikâyâ[ṁ*] vrâ(brâ)hma-
6 ṇ-âdîn=kuṭumvi(mbi)naḥ kârukâṁś=cha samâjñâpayati [|] Viditaṁ vô=stu
yath=aisha grâmô may=â-
7 chandr-ârkka-samakâlikaḥ Śâśatanêya-Sarvvavâdha-divira-tatputtra-bhâgavata-
Gaṅga-ta[t]puttra-
8 Raṅkabôṭa-Aja²garadâs[â*]nâṁ sva-puṇy-âbhivṛiddhayê bhagavat-pâd[ê*]bhyaḥ
dêv-[â*]grahârô=tisṛishṭa[h*] [|]
9 êbhiś=ch=âttra pratishṭhâpitaka-bhagavat-pâdânâṁ puttra-[pautra]-prapauttra-
tatputtr-âti(di)-kkramêṇa khaṇḍa-
10 phuṭṭa³-pratisaṁsk[â*]r[êṇa*] va(ba)li-charu-sattra-pravarttan-âdy-anushṭhânêna
cha sva-puṇy-âbhivṛiddhiḥ
11 karttavyâ [||] Tê yûyam=êshâṁ samuchita-śu[l]ka-bhâgabhôga-kara-hiraṇy-
âdi-pratyây-ôpanayaṁ⁴
12 karishyath=âjñâ-śravaṇa-vidhêyâś=cha bhavishyatha [|] Yê ch=âsmad-
vaṁś-ôtpadyamânaka-râjânas=tair=iyaṁ
13 datti[r]=nna vilôpyâ anumôdan[î*]yâ samuchita-rô(râ)j-âbhâvya-kara-
pratyâyâ na grâhyâ[ḥ*]
Second Plate.
14 chôra-daṇḍa-varjyaṁ [| kâ]l-ânukâlaṁ cha pratipâlanîya [|] Yaś=ch=
aimâṁ dattiṁ lôpayêt=sa pa[ṁ]cha-
15 bhir=mmahâpâtakair=upapâtakaiś=cha saṁyuktaḥ sy[âd*] [||] Uktaṁ cha
Mahâbhâratê bhagavatâ vêda-vyâsêna
16 Vyâsêna [|] Sva⁵-dattâṁ para-dattâm=vâ yatnâd=raksha Yudhishṭhira
mahî[ṁ*] mahîmatâṁ śrêshṭha dânâch=chhrêyô=nupâla-
17 naṁ [||] Prâyêṇa hi narêndrâṇâṁ vidyatê n-â-śubhâ gatiḥ
pûyattê(ntê) tê tu satata[ṁ] prayachchhantô vasundha-
18 râ[ṁ*] [||] Shashṭiṁ varsha-sahasrâṇi⁶ svarggê môdati bhûmi-daḥ |
âchchhôttâ ch=ânumantâ cha tâny=[ê*]va narak[ê*] vasêt [||*]
¹ From the original plates.
² Read bôṭ-âja.
³ Read sphuṭita. — Phuṭṭa is a regular Prâkṛit formation; but is not admissible in a Sanskrit passage.
⁴ This anusvâra is so high above the ya, that it seems to have been omitted at first, and inserted subsequently, somewhat at random.
⁵ Metre. Ślôka (Anushṭubh); and in the following four verses.
⁶ Read sahasrâṇi.

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19 Bahubhir=vvasudhâ bhuktâ râjabhis=Sagar-âdibhiḥ [|] rya(ya)sya yasya
yadâ bhûmis=tasya tasya tadâ phalaṁ [||]
20 Sarvva-sasya-samṛiddhân=[t]u yô harêta vasundharâ[ṁ*] [|] sa vishṭhâyâṁ
kṛimi[r*]=bhûtvâ pitṛibhiḥ saha majya(jja)tê [||]
21 Saṁvatsara-śatê sapta-saptaty-u[tta]rê Chaittra-mâsa-divasê dvâ-
viṁśatimê likhitaṁ¹ bhôgika-Phâlgu²datt-âmâtya-
22 mâtya³-naptrâ bhôgika-Varâhadinna-puttra-sândhivigrahika-Gallunâ [|] dûtak-
ôparika⁴-dîkshita-gṛiha-
23 pati-sthapatisamrat-Chharvvadattaḥ [||] Yattr=âghâtâḥ Dhânyavâhika-
pratyuddêśê garttâ pâlî cha [|]
24 Durggamaṇḍala-pradêśê pâlî [|] Suvarṇṇakakshaka-pradêśê gôpatha-
śaraḥ ardhêna cha pâlî [|]
25 Âmuka-pradêśê garttâ [|] Dâramaṇḍala-pradêśrê(śê) pâlî [|] Vakra-
vaṇa-prâvêśya-maṇḍala-pradêśê pâlî [|]
26 grâmê yâvat-kûpaṁ pravishṭâ iti [||]
TRANSLATION.
Hail! From Uchchakalpa;—(There was) the Mahârâja Ôghadêva. His son,
who meditated on his feet, (was) the Mahârâja Kumâradêva, begotten on the Mahâdêvî
Kumâradêvî. His son, who meditated on his feet, (was) the Mahârâja Jayasvâmin,
begotten on the Mahâdêvî Jayasvâminî. His son, who meditated on his feet, (was) the
Mahârâja Vyâghra, begotten on the Mahâdêvî Râmadêvî.
(Line 4.)—His son, who meditates on his feet, the Mahârâja Jayanâtha,—
begotten on the Mahâdêvî Ajjhitadêvî,—being in good health, issues a command
to the cultivators, beginning with the Brâhmaṇs, and to the artisans, at (the village of)
Dhavashaṇḍikâ:—
(L. 6.)—“Be it known to you that, for the purpose of increasing my own religious
merit, (and) for the benefit of the feet of the Divine One,⁵ this village is granted by me, as
an agrahâra of the god, to continue for the same time with the moon and the sun, to
the _Divira_⁶ Sarvavâḍha, of the Śâśatânêya (gôtra) (?), and his son the Bhâgavata Gaṅga,
and his sons Raṅkabôṭa and Ajagaradâsa. And the increase of their own religious merit
should be effected by the succession of (their) sons, [sons’ sons*], sons of sons’ sons, sons of
the latter, &c., by repairing whatever may become broken or torn, and by attending to the

¹ Supply śâsanam.
² Read phalgu.—The name occurs again with the long vowel â in the first syllable, in line 30 of
No. 28 below, and line 11 of No. 30 below. But the correct form, with the short vowel a, occurs in
line 28 of No. 31 below, page 137.
³ Read âmâtya-naptrâ. The syllables mâtya are repeated by mistake.
⁴ Read dûtaka uparika; see page 119 above, note 4.
⁵ i. e. “for the benefit of the Divine One.”—Here, and in line 9 below, the words “the feet” are
only used in accordance with the customary method of respectful mention. No reference is intended
to any shrine containing ‘foot-prints’ of Vishṇu, which would be denoted by the use of pada, not
pâda.
⁶ Divira is a technical official title, explained by Dr. Bühler (Ind. Ant. Vol. VI. p. 10) as meaning
‘a clerk, writer, or accountant,’ on the authority of a passage in the Lôkaprakâśa of Kshêmêndra,
which explains the details of written documents for the benefit of the Diviras.
R 2.

124 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
maintenance of the bali, charu, sattra, and other (such rites), of the feet of the Divine
One, established here by these persons.
(L. 11.)—"You yourselves shall render to these persons the offering of the tribute
of the customary duties, royalties, taxes, gold, &c., and shall be obedient to (their)
commands.
(L. 12.)—"And those kings who shall be born in Our lineage,—by them this grant
should not be confiscated, (but) should be assented to; (and), with the exception of fines
imposed on thieves, the tribute of the taxes which by custom should not belong to the
king, should not be taken; and (this grant) should be preserved from time to time.
(L. 14.)—"And whosoever may confiscate this grant,—he shall become invested
with (the guilt of) the five great sins and the minor sins."
(L. 15.)—And it has been said in the Mahâbhârata by the venerable Vyâsa, the arranger
of the Vêdas,—"O Yudhishṭhira, best of kings, carefully preserve land that has been
given, whether by thyself or by another; (verily) the preservation (of a grant) (is) more
meritorious than making a grant! As a rule, indeed, no inauspicious condition is ex-
perienced by kings; but they are purified for ever, when they bestow land! 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! 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)! He who confiscates land, rich in all (kinds
of) grains, (that has been granted),—he becomes a worm in ordure, and sinks (into hell),
together with his ancestors!"
(L. 21.)—In a century of years, increased by seventy-seven, on the twenty-second
day of the month Chaitra, (this charter) has been written by the Sâṁdhivigrahika Gallu,
the grandson of the Bhôgika, the Amâtya Phalgudatta,¹ (and) the son of the Bhôgika
Varâhadinna.² The Dûtaka (is) the Uparika, Dîkshita, householder, and chief of archi-
tects,³ Śarvadatta.
(L. 23.)—The boundaries in this matter (are),—in the direction of Dhânya-
vâhika,⁴ a boundary-trench and a bridge;⁵—in the direction of Durgamaṇḍala, a

¹ See page 123 above, note 2.
² dinna is rather a rare word. But it occurs again(1) as the second part of a proper name, in
Indradinna, a Jain teacher (Ind. Ant. Vol. XI. pp. 247, 251), and perhaps in Vîkidinna, in line 25 of the
Mâliyâ grant of Dharasêna II., No. 38 below (where, however, it may be a name by itself); (2) as a
proper name by itself, in line 9 of the Nirmaṇḍ grant of the Mahâsâmanta and Mahârâja Samudra-
sêna, No. 80 below, Plate xliv., and in the case of a Jain teacher (Ind. Ant. Vol. XI. pp. 247, 252); and
(3) as the first component of the name of a village in Dinnâgrâma (Monier Williams’ Sanskrit Diction-
ary, s. v.) Also, we have a village or town named Diṇṇaputra, either a mistake or a local variation
for Dinnaputra, or more probably a mistake for Dinnâputra, in line 54 of one of the Dhâṅk grants
of Śîlâditya V. (Jour. Bo. Br. R. As. Soc. Vol. XI. p. 345; and Indian Inscriptions, No. 15.)
³ sthapati-samraj; see page 120 above, note 5.
⁴ Dhânyavâhika must have been a very common village-name in those parts, as the maps give
‘Danwai,’ ‘Dhanwahi’ (three times), ‘Dhunwahee,’ and ‘Dhunwai,’ all within a distance of thirty-two
miles from Uchaharâ, on the south-east, south, and south-west.
⁵ pâlî; or ‘a raised bank, dike, or causeway.’—This, also, if it did not occur five times in this
passage, and in five different directions, might be taken as a village-name; since the maps give ‘Pali,’
thirty-seven miles north-west, and again seventy miles south by east, from Uchaharâ.

CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM

Vol. III.
Plate xvii

Khoh Plates of the Mahārāja Jayanātha.—The Year 177.

TEXT

First Plate

[ओं] स्वस्ति महामाघसंवत्सरे चैत्रमासशुक्लपक्षत्रयोदश्याम् अस्मिन्र्संवत्सरमासदिवसपूर्व्वायाम्
नृपतेः प्रवर्द्धमानविजयराज्यसंवत्सरे शते सप्तसप्तत्युत्तरे १०० ७० ७ महारा-
जान्वये नप्तारम् महाराजश्रीओघदेवस्य प्रपौत्रम् महाराजश्रीकुमारदेवस्य
पौत्रम् महाराजश्रीजयस्वामिनः पुत्रम् महाराजश्रीव्याघ्रस्य
महादेव्यामज्झितदेव्यामुत्पन्नं परमभागवतः परमदेवताविशेषः
श्रीमहाराजजयनाथः कुशलम् आहात्मनः पुण्याप्यायनाय धीमते
धवशण्डिकायां समुपगतां ब्राम्हणांस्ताम्रपट्टेन प्रतिपादयति
विदितं वो भवतु यथायम् अस्माभिर् धवशण्डिका-ग्रामः सोद्द्रङ्गः
सोपरिकरश्चोरदण्डवर्ज्जः आ-चन्द्र-सूर्य्य-तारक-क्षिति-स्थिति-काल-समकालीनः
पुत्रपौत्रान्वयभोग्यः पूर्व्वराजप्रसादेन यथोचितभागभोगकर-हिर-
ण्यादिप्रत्यायोपनयः कर्त्तव्यः सर्व्वकरविशुद्धः अचाटभटप्रावेश्यः
प्रतिमुक्तकः सकरविष्टिः सोपरिकरः सनिधिः सोपनिधिः अपचौरदण्ड-
वर्ज्जितः यतो भवद्भिर् अस्य सर्व्वसमुचितो भागभोगकरहिरण्याद्युपनयः

Second Plate

कर्त्तव्यः शुश्रूषा च । यश्चास्मद्वंश्यो ऽन्यो वा मर्यादातिक्रमं कुर्य्यात् स पञ्चभिर्
महापातकैरुपपातकैश्च संयुक्तः स्यात् । उक्तञ्च भगवता व्यासेन ॥
षष्टिं वर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्ग्गे मोदति भूमिदः । आच्छेत्ता चानुमन्ता च तान्येव
नरके वसेत् ॥ स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा यो हरेत वसुन्धराम् । गवां शतसह-
स्रस्य हन्तुः प्राप्नोति दुष्कृतम् ॥ विन्ध्याटवीष्वतोयासु शुष्ककोटरवासिनः ।
कृष्णाहयो ऽभिजायन्ते भूमिदानं हरन्ति ये ॥ बहुभिर्व्वसुधा भुक्ता
राजभिः सगरादिभिः । यस्य यस्य यदा भूमिस्तस्य तस्य तदा फलम् ॥
पूर्व्वदत्तां द्विजातिभ्यो यत्नाद्रक्ष युधिष्ठिर । महीं महिमतां श्रेष्ठ
दानाच्छ्रेयो ऽनुपालनम् ॥ यत्नाद्रक्ष युधिष्ठिर ॥ सम्बन्धिभिर्
आत्मनश्च पुण्याभिवृद्धये धवशण्डिकायां दत्तम् । दूतकश्चात्र
भोगिक-गण्डकः । उत्कीर्ण्णञ्च सूर्य्यदत्तेन ॥
संवत् १०० ७० ७ चैत्र शु दि १० ३ ॥
स्वहस्तो ऽयं श्रीमहाराजजयनाथस्य ॥

J. F. FLEET, BO. C.S.
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bridge;—in the direction of Suvarṇakakshaka, (partly) the place where the reeds
grow by the cattle-path,¹ and partly a bridge:—in the direction of Âmuka, a boundary-
trench;—in the direction of Dâramaṇḍala, a bridge;—(and) in the direction of the
district at the entrance of Vakravaṇa, a bridge;—(then the boundaries) enter the village
(again) at the well.

No. 28; PLATE XVIII.

KHOH COPPER-PLATE INSCRIPTION OF THE

MAHARAJA SARVANATHA.

THE YEAR 193.

THIS inscription, which has not been previously brought to notice, is from another set
of copper-plates that appear to have been found somewhere in the valley near the village
of Khôh,² in the Nâgaudh State in the Bâghêlkhaṇḍ division of Central India. I obtained
the original plates, for examination, from the possession of the Râjâ of Nâgaudh, through
the kindness of Major D. W. K. Barr.
The plates, which, so far as the inscription now published is concerned, are inscrib-
ed on one side only, are two in number, the first measuring about 7½" by 6¼", and the
second, 7⅝" by 6¼". The edges of them are fashioned slightly thicker than the inscribed
surfaces, with corresponding depressions inside them, so as to serve as rims to protect
the writing; and the inscription is in a state of excellent preservation almost throughout.
The plates are rather thick, and the letters, though fairly deep, do not shew through on
the backs of them at all. The engraving is good; but, as usual, the interiors of the
letters shew marks of the working of the engraver's tool throughout.—In the upper part
ot each plate, there is a hole for a ring to connect them. The ring is about 7/16" thick and
1¾" in diameter. It had not been cut when the grant came under my notice; but one end
of it had been forced out of the socket of the seal, so that it could be detached from the
plates. It appears, however, to be the ring properly belonging to these plates. The
seal, in which the ends of the ring are secured, is rectangular, about 1⅛" by 1¼".
With the plates, it has been subjected to the action of fire, and has received considerably
more injury than the plates. It can be seen, however, that it contains, in relief on a
countersunk surface, at the top, Garuḍa, the bird-vehicle of Vishṇu, with outstretched
wings, just as on the copper-coins of Chandragupta II.; and below this, in two lines, the
legend, very much damaged, Mahârâja-Śa[r]va[nâ]tha.—The weight of the two plates
is 2 lbs. 4 oz., and of the ring and seal, 2½ oz.; total, 2 lbs. 6½ oz.—The average size of
the letters is about ¼". The characters belong to the northern class of alphabets, and
are of the same type with those of the Kâritalâî grant of the Mahârâja Jayanâtha of the
year 174, No. 26 above, page 117 ff., and Plate xvi. They include the rather rare jh, in
ajjhita, line 5.—The language is Sanskṛit; and, except for the benedictive and impre-
catory verses in lines 22 to 28, the inscription is in prose throughout. From a linguis-
tic point of view, we have to notice (1) the use of the Prâkṛit word phuṭṭa, in line 15; and
(2) in anumôditaka, line 13 f.; uparilikhitaka, line 14; pratishṭhâpitaka, line 14 f.; and
¹ gôpatha-śara, line 24; the meaning, however, is not quite certain.—śara, in one of its
meanings, denotes the reed or grass called Saccharum Sara.
² See page 93 aoove, and note 3.

126 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
utpadyamânaka, line 18 f., the affix ka, which I have commented on at page 69 above.—
In respect of orthography, we have to notice (1) the use of the upadhmânîya, in
saḥ=pañchabhir, line 21; (2) the use of the dental nasal, instead of the anusvâra, before ś,
in kârâns-cha, line 8; ansa, in various forms, in lines 10 to 12; and vansa, line 18; (3) the
constant doubling of k and t, in conjunction with a following r, e.g. in anukkrama, line 13;
kkrama, line 14; puttra, line 1; sattra, line 16; and kshattriya, line 31; (4) the doub-
ling of g, under the same circumstances, in viggrahika, line 31; (5) the doubling of dh, in
conjunction with a following y, in anuddhyâta, lines 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6; (6) the occasional
use of b for v, in bâ (for vâ), line 8; bâ (for vâ) line 23; and sambatsara, line 29; and (7)
the use of v for b, in vali, line 16; and valâdhikṛita, line 31.
The first plate of this grant is a quasi-palimpsest. On the outer side of it there
are traces of sixteen lines of writing, containing an inscription of the same Mahârâja
Śarvanâtha, in the same characters as those of the extant inscription. They have been so
carefully beaten in that no impression of them is possible; and only detached words can
be read here and there. But I could distinguish the names of Râmadêvî, in line 4;
Ajjhitadêvî, in line 5; Jayanâtha, in line 6; and Śarvanâtha in line 7. And this inscription
seems to have been cancelled because of the omission of the words Tamasâ-nadyâ uttara-
pârê, between mahârâja-Śarvanâthaḥ kuśalî and brâhmaṇ-âdîn=kuṭumbinaḥ, in line 7.
The extant inscription is one of the Mahârâja Śarvanâtha; and the charter
recorded in it is issued from the city or hill called Uchchakalpa. The date of the
writing of the charter is given, in words, as the year one hundred and ninety-three
(A. D. 512-13), and the tenth day, without any specification of the fortnight, of the month
Chaitra (March-April). It is partly Vaishṇava, and partly of solar worship; the object
of it being to record the grant, by the Mahârâja Śarvanâtha, of the village of Âśramaka
on the north bank of the river Tamasâ, on the agreement between him and the grantees
that it was to be applied to, amongst other things, the purposes of a shrine of Vishṇu under
the title of Bhagavat or the Divine One, and of a shrine of a god the name of which, as
written, must be a mistake for Âditya, the Sun.
I have not been able to identify the village of Âśramaka. But the river Tamasâ
is, of course, the modern 'Tamas' and 'Tons' of maps, &c., which rises in the Mahiyar
State, on the south of Nâgaudh, and, running through the north part of Rewah
(properly Rîwâṁ, or sometimes Rîmâṁ) flows into the Ganges about eighteen miles to the
south-east of Allahâbâd. And the mention of it, under circumstances which shew that
Śarvanâtha had territorial ownership over at any rate a certain village on its northern
bank, is of importance, as giving evidence that the Mahârâjas of Uchchakalpa did belong
to the part of the country in which their grants are found. The only other definite proof
of this is, as noted above, page 111, the existence of the inscription mentioning both
Hastin and Śarvanâtha on the stone-pillar at Bhumarâ.
**TEXT.**¹
First Plate.
1 Ôm Svasty=Uchchakalpât(n)=mahârâj-Aughadêvas-tasya puttras=tat-pâd-
ânuddhyâtô mahâdêvyâ[m*]
¹ From the original plates.

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS ; No. 28, PLATE XVIII. 127
2 Kumâradêvyâm=utpannô mahârâja-Kumâradêvas=tasya puttras=tat-pâd-
ânu-
3 ddhyâtô mahâdêvyâṁ Jayasvâminyâm-utpannô mahârâja-Jayasvâmî tasya
4 puttras=tat-pâd-ânuddhyâtô mahâdêvyâṁ Râmadêvyâm=utpannô mahârâja-
Vyâghras=tasya
5 puttras=tat-pâd-ânuddhyâtô mahâdêvyâm=Ajjhitadêvyâm=utpannô mahârâja-
Jaya-
6 nâthas-tasya puttras=tat-pâd-ânuddhyâto mahâdêvyâṁ Muruṇḍadêvyâm-
utpannô mahârâja-
7 Śarvanâthaḥ kuśalî Tamasâ-nadyâ uttara-pârê Âśramakê brâhmaṇ-â-
8 dîn=kuṭumbinas=sarvva-kârûṅś=cha samâjñâpayati [|] Viditam=bâ(vô)-stu
yath=aisha
9 grâmô may=â-chandr-ârkka-samakâlikas=s-[ô]draṅgas=s-ôparikaraḥ a-châṭa-
10 bhaṭa-prâvêśyaś=chôra-daṇḍa-varjjitaḥ chatu[r*]bhir=aṅśê¹ pratipâditaḥ [|]
atô=
11 nśa-dvayaṁ Vishṇunandinaḥ aparô=py=aṅśaḥ Svâminâga-puttra-vaṇija-
12 Śaktinâgasya aparô=py=aṅśaḥ Kumâranâga-Skandanâgayôḥ [|] êtat-pu-
13 ttra-[pautra*]-prapauttra-tatputtr-âdy-anukkramêṇa² tâmra-śâsanên=âti-
sṛishṭa[ḥ*] [|] êbhir=ap[i] may=[â*]-
14 numôditakaṁ yath=ôparilikhitaka-kkramêṇ=aiva sva-puṇy-âbhivṛiddhayê sva
prati-
15 shṭhâpitaka-bhagavat-pâdânâm=âditsâ³-bhaṭṭâraka-pâdânâñ=cha khaṇḍa-phuṭṭa⁴
pratisam-
16 skâra-karaṇâya va(ba)li-charu-sattra-gandha-dhûpa-mâlya-dîpa-pravarttanâya ch=
[â*]tisṛishṭaḥ⁵ [|]
Second Plate.
17 Tai(tê) yûyam=êshâṁ samuchita-bhâgabhôga-kara-hiraṇy-âdi-pratyây-ôpa
18 naya[ṁ] karishyath=âjñâ-śravaṇa-vidhêyâś=cha bhavishyatha [|] Yê ch=
âsmad-vaṁś-ôtpadya-
19 mânaka-râjânas=tair=iyan=dattir=na vilôpy=ânumôdanîyâ yathô(thâ)-kâlañ=cha
20 pratipâlanîyâ samuchita-râj-âbhâvya-kara-pratyâyâś=cha na grâhyâḥ [|] Yaḥ
21 imân=dattin=lôpayêt=sah=pañchabhir⁶=mahâpâtakair=upapâtakaiś=cha saṁyukta[ḥ*]
22 syâd=Uktañ=cha Mahâbhâratê bhagavatâ vêda-vyâsêna Vyâsêna [|]
Sva⁷-dattâm=para-dattâ-
¹ Read aṁśaiḥ.
² We have to supply upabhôgyaḥ, or some similar word, here.
³ Read âditya. — Âditsâ is a regular formation, in the sense of ‘a desire to seize or take,’
from the desiderative of dâ, ‘give,’ in composition with the prefix â. But it is not known as a proper
name; and there can be no doubt that the engraver has written it by mistake for âditya, ‘the sun.’
⁴ Read sphuṭita. See page 122 above, note 3.
⁵ This shṭaḥ is inserted below the ch=[â], from want of space at the end of the line.
⁶ Read ya imâṁ=dattiṁ lôpayêt=sa pañchabhir.
⁷ Metre, Ślôka (Anushṭubh); and in the following four verses.

128 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
23 m=bâ(vâ) yatnâd=raksha Yudhishṭhira mahîm=mahîmatâñ=chhrêshṭha¹
dânâch=chhrêyô=nupâlanaṁ [॥]
24 Prâyêna(ṇa) hi narêndrâṇâṁ vidyatê n=[â]-śubhâ gatiḥ pûyantê
tê tu satataṁ pra-
25 yachchhantô vasundharâ[m*] [॥] Bahubhir=vasudhâ bhuktâ râjabhis=
Sagar-âdibhiḥ yasya
26 yasya yadâ bhu(bhû)mis=tasya tasya tadâ phalaṁ [॥] Shashṭiṁ
varsha-sahasrâṇi svarggê môda-
27 ti bhûmi-daḥ âchchhêttâ ch=ânumantâ cha tâny=êva narakê vasêt=
Sarvva²-sasya-samṛi-
28 ddhân=tu yô harêta vasundharâṁ śva-vishṭhâyâm kṛimir-bhûtvâ pitṛibhis=
saha majjatê [॥]
29 Likhitaṁ³ samba(mva)tsara-śatê tri(tri)-navaty-uttarê Chaittra-mâsa-divasê
daśamê
30 bhôgika-Phâlgu⁴datt-âmâtya-naptra bhôgika-Varânadinna-puttrêṇa mahâ-
31 sândhivigrahika-Manôrathêna [॥] Dûtak[ô*] rma(ma)hâva(ba)lâdhikṛita-
kshattriya-
32 Śivagu⁵ptaḥ [॥]
TRANSLATION.
Ôm! Hail! From Uchchakalpa;—(There was) the Mahârâja Ôghadêva. His
son, who meditated on his feet, (was) the Mahârâja Kumâradêva, begotten on the
Mahâdêvî Kumâradêvî. His son, who meditated on his feet, (was) the Mahârâja
Jayasvâmin, begotten on the Mahâdêvî Jayasvâminî. His son, who meditated on
his feet, (was) the Mahârâja Vyâghra, begotten on the Mahâdêvî Râmadêvî. His
son, who meditated on his feet, (was) the Mahârâja Jayanâtha, begotten on the
Mahâdêvî Ajjhitadêvî.
(Line 6.)—His son, who meditates on his feet, the Mahârâja Śarvanâtha,—be-
gotten on the Mahâdêvî Muruṇḍadêvî,⁶—being in good health, issues a command to
the cultivators, beginning with the Brâhmaṇs, and to all the artisans, at (the village of)
Âśramaka on the north bank of the river Tamasâ:—
(L. 8.)—“Be it known to you that this village is allotted by me, in four shares,
to endure for the same time with the moon and the sun; with the udranga and the upari-
kara; (and with the privilege that it is) not to be entered by the irregular or the regular
troops. Out of them, two shares belong to Vishṇunandin; and another share belongs to
the merchant Śaktinâga, the son of Svâminâga; and another share belongs to Kumâra-
nâga and Skandanâga. It is given by (this) copper-plate charter, [to be enjoyed*] by the
succession of them and (their) sons, [sons’ sons*], sons of sons’ sons, sons of the latter,
&c. Moreover, it is agreed by them (and) by me that it is given for the repairs, by the
above-mentioned succession (of them and their descendants), in order to increase their own
religious merit, of whatever may become broken or torn (in the shrines) of⁷ the feet⁷ of the
¹ Read mahimatâṁ śrêshṭha.
² Read vasêt [॥] Sarvva. ³ Supply śâsanam.
⁴ Read phalgu. See page 123 above, note 2.
⁵ This gu is very much blurred in the original, but is quite legible.
⁶ In No. 29, line 6, and No. 31, line 6, she is called Muruṇḍasvâminî.
⁷ See page 123 above, note 5

Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, Vol. III

Plate xviii
Khoh Plates of the Mahārāja Śarvanātha:—The Year 193

Plate I

ओं स्वस्ति [॥] जयत्युदधिसम्पन्नः श्रीमांस्त्रैलोक्यभावनः [।] शम्भुर्मुकुटसङ्क्रान्त-
चन्द्रांशुजलनिम्नगः [॥] शश्वत्प्रसन्नहृदयः समरेष्वपराजितः [।] महा-
राजौघदेवस्तु सङ्ग्रामजयसाधकः [॥] तत्पुत्रः प्रणताशेषनृप-
मौलिप्रसाधनः [।] कुमारदेव्यामुत्पन्नः श्रीमान्कुमारदेवराट् [॥]
जयति प्रमथितारातिर्ज्जयस्वामिनि यः सुतः [।] महा-
राजो जयस्वाथ्याञ्जातो जयति भूतले [॥] तत्पुत्रः शर-
दभ्राभ्रशुभ्रकीर्त्तिर्यशोन्वितः [।] श्रीशर्व्वदत्तभार्यायां
व्याघ्रो व्याघ्रपराक्रमः [॥] तत्पुत्रो ऽमित्रदमनीपुत्र-
श्छत्रधरो भुवि [।] जयनाथ इति ख्यातो जयत्यमित-
विक्रमः [॥] तस्य पुत्रः परं तेजः शरण्यो रिपुमर्द्दनः [।]
मुकुटेनेव यो दीप्तः पृथिव्यां पृथिवीपतिः [॥] श्री-
मुण्डदेवीगर्भोत्थो महावैश्वानरद्युतिः [।] शर्व्वनाथ
इति ख्यातो जयत्यादित्यसन्निभः [॥] स सर्व्वानेवास्मत्सन्त-
कान्महाराजपुत्रराजस्थानीयसामन्तमहाप्रतीहार-
महादण्डनायकतरवरिककुमारामात्यराज-

Plate II

दूतायुक्तकप्रमातृचोरद्धरणिकभटच्छात्रांश्च
समाज्ञापयति [।] विदितमस्तु वो यथास्माभिः काश्यपसगो-
त्राय वाजसनेयमाध्यन्दिनशाखाध्यायिब्राह्मण-
विष्णुचन्द्राय तस्य पुत्राय प्रियशर्म्मणे ऽस्माभिः
पुत्रपौत्रान्वयोपभोगाय आचन्द्रार्कक्षिति-
स्थितिसमकालीनो ऽयं सोद्द्रङ्गः सपरिकरः
अचोरदण्डवर्जं भागभोगकरहिरण्याद्य-
देयसमेतः आश्रमो ऽतिसृष्टः [।] यतो ऽस्मद्वंश्यैः
कालेन बहुनापि न व्याघातः कर्त्तव्यः [।] यश्चास्म-
त्कुलप्रसूतः समुत्पद्येत स चापि न्यायं
समनुपालयेत् [।] यश्चैनं परिपन्थी स्यात्स
पञ्चभिर्महापातकैरुपपातकैश्च संयुक्तः
स्यात् [॥] उक्तञ्च भगवता व्यासेन [।] पूर्व्वदत्तां द्विजातिभ्यो
यत्नाद्रक्ष युधिष्ठिर [।] महीं महिमतां श्रेष्ठ दानाच्छ्रे-
योनुपालनम् [॥] षष्टिं वर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गे मोद-
ति भूमिदः [।] आच्छेत्ता चानुमन्ता च तान्येव नरके व-
सेत् [॥] सम्वत् १०० ९० ३ कार्त्तिक दि १० [॥]

Seal (Oval Ring)

Legend (partially defaced):

महाराजशर्व्वनाथस्य (Mahārāja-Śarvanāthasya)

Genealogy and Historical Summary

• Dynasty: Mahārājas of Uchchakalpa (उच्छकल्प)
• Genealogical Succession:
  1. Mahārāja Oghadeva (महाराजौघदेव)
  2. Mahārāja Kumāradeva (son of Oghadeva and Kumāradevī)
  3. Mahārāja Jayasvāmin (son of Kumāradeva and Jayasvāminī)
  4. Mahārāja Vyāghra (son of Jayasvāmin and Śarvadattā)
  5. Mahārāja Jayanātha (son of Vyāghra and Ajjhitadevī / Amitradamanī)
  6. Mahārāja Śarvanātha (son of Jayanātha and Muruṇḍadevī / Muṇḍadevī)
• Date: Year 193 (Gupta/Kalachuri-Chedi Era), month of Kārttika, the 10th solar/tithi day (सम्वत् १९३ कार्त्तिक दि १०).

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THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS ; No. 29, PLATE XIX A. 129
Divine One, established by them, and of the feet of the sacred Sun,¹ and for the mainte-
nance of the bali, charu, sattra, perfumes, incense, garlands, and lamps.
(L. 17.)—“You yourselves shall render to them the offering of the tribute of the
customary royalties, taxes, gold, &c., and shall be obedient to (their) commands.
(L. 18.)—“And those kings who shall be born in Our lineage,—by them this grant
should not be confiscated, (but) should be assented to, and should be preserved accord-
ing to opportunity. (And) the tribute of the taxes which by custom should not belong to
the king, should not be taken.
(L. 20.)—“Whosoever may confiscate this grant,—he shall become invested with
(the guilt of) the five great sins and the minor sins.”
(L. 22.)—And it has been said in the Mahâbhârata by the venerable Vyâsa, the
arranger of the Vêdas,—“O Yudhishṭhira, best of kings, carefully preserve land that has
been given, whether by thyself, or by another; (verily) the preservation (of a grant) (is)
better than making a grant! As a rule, indeed, no inauspicious condition is experienced
by kings; but they are purified for ever, when they bestow land! 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 contiscator (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, rich in all (kinds)
(of) grains, (that has been granted),—he becomes a worm in the ordure of a dog, and
sinks (into hell) together with (his) ancestors!”
(L. 29.)—(This charter) has been written, in a century of years, increased by ninety-
three, on the tenth day of the month Chaitra, by the Mahâsâṁdhivigrahika Manôratha,
the grandson of the Bhôgika, the Amâtya Phalgudatta,² (and) the son of the Bhôgika
Varâhadinna. The Dûtaka (is) the Mahâbalâdhikṛita, the Kshatriya Śivagupta.

No. 29; PLATE XIX A.

KHÔH COPPER-PLATE INSCRIPTION OF THE

MAHARAJA SARVANATHA.

THIS inscription,—which was first brought to notice by General Cunningham, in 1879,
in the Archæol. Surv. Ind. Vol. IX. p. 15, No. 8, where he published a translation of
it,³—is on another copper-plate, the only one now forthcoming of an original set of two,⁴
that appears to have been found somewhere in the valley near the village of Khôh,⁵ in the
Nâgaudh State in the Baghêlkhaṇḍ division of Central India. I obtained the original plate,
for examination, from the possession of the Râjâ of Nâgaudh, through the kindness of
Major D. W. K. Barr.
¹ See page 123 above, note 5; and page 127, note 3.
² See page 123 above, note 2.
³ But he wrongly took, as the continuation of it, the second plate of the grant of the same
Mahârâja Śarvanâtha of the year 214, No. 31 below, Plate xx.
⁴ See page 132 below, note 3. ⁵ See page 93 above, and note 3.

130 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
The plate, which is inscribed on one side only, measures about 7⅞" by 6". The edges
of it were fashioned slightly thicker than the inscribed surface, with corresponding depres-
sions inside them, so as to serve as rims to protect the writing; and the inscription is in a
state of very fair preservation almost throughout. The plate is rather thin; but the letters
are shallower than usual, and shew through only indistinctly on the back of it. The engrav-
ing is good, but shews, as usual, marks of the working of the engraver's tool throughout.
—In the upper part of the plate, there is a hole for a ring to connect it with the other that
belonged to it. But the ring and its seal are not forthcoming.—The weight of the plate
is 10½ oz.—The average size of the letters is about ⅛". The characters belong to the
northern class of alphabets, and are of the same type with those of the Kâritalâî grant of the
Mahârâja Jayanâtha of the year 174, No. 26 above, page 117, and Plate xvi. They include
the rather rare jh, in ajjhita, line 5.—The language is Sanskrit; and, the first plate only
being extant, this portion of the inscription is in prose throughout. It has not been en-
grossed as carefully as was usual in inscriptions of this early date. From a linguistic
point of view, we have to notice (1) the use of the Prâkṛit word phuṭṭa in line 12; and (2)
in uparilikhitaka, line 10, and utpadyamânaka, line 15, the affix ka, that I have commented
on at page 69 above.—In respect of orthography, we have to notice (1) the use of the
dental nasal, instead of the anusvâra, before ś, in kâriñś=cha, line 7, and vanśa, line 15;
(2) the doubling of k, g, and t, in conjunction with a following r, e.g. in anukkrama, line
10; ggrâma, line 8; and puttra, line 1, and sattra, line 13; (3) the doubling of dh, in
onjunction with a following y, in anuddhyâta, lines 1 to 5; and (4) the use of v for b, in
vali, line 13.
The inscription is one of the Mahârâja Śarvanâtha; and the charter recorded in it
is issued from the city or hill called Uchchakalpa. The date is lost, in the second plate.
The inscription is apparently Vaishṇava; the object of it being to record the grant, by
the Mahârâja Śarvanâtha, of half of the village of Dhavashaṇḍikâ, on the agreement
between him and the grantees that it should be applied to, amongst other things, the pur-
poses of a temple of the goddess Pishṭapurikâdêvî.
This village of Dhavashaṇḍikâ seems to be the same one that was granted by the
Mahârâja Jayanâtha, in the year 177, as recorded in No. 27 above, page 121, for the
purposes of a temple of the god Vishṇu, under the name of Bhagavat or the Divine One.
And the present assignment of half of it specially for the purposes of a temple of Pishṭa-
purikâdêvî, furnishes one item of proof that this goddess was a form of Lakshmî, the wife
of Vishṇu.¹
TEXT.²
First Plate.
1 Om Svasty=Uchchakalpât(n)=mahârâj-Aughadêvas-tasya puttras=tat-pâd-
ânuddhyâtô mahâdêvyâṁ
2 Kumâradêvyâm=utpannô mahârâja-Kumâradêvas-tasya puttras=tat-pâd-
anuddhyâtô
3 mahâdêvyâ[ṁ*] Jayasvâminyâm=utpannô mahârâja-Jayasvâmî tasya
puttras=tat-pâd-ânu-
4 ddhyâtô mahâdêvyâ[ṁ*] Râmadêvy[â*]m=utpann[ô*] mahârâja-Vyâghras-
tasya puttras=tat-p[â*]d-ânuddhyâtô
¹ See also page 113 above, note 2.
² From the original plate.