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.

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 29, PLATE XIX A. 131
5 mah[â*]dêvyâm=Ajjhitadêvyâm=[u*]tpannô mahârâja-Jayanâthas=tasya
puttras=tat-p[â*]d-ânuddhyâ-
6 tô mahâdâ(dê)vyâ[ṁ*]¹ Murû(ru)ṇḍasvâminyâm=utpannô mahârâja-
Śarvvanâthaḥ kuśalî Vôṭa-
7 santika-Dhavashaṇḍik-ârddhê brâhmaṇ-âdîn=kuṭumbinas=sarvva-kârûṁś=cha
samâjñâpayati [|]
8 Viditaṁ vô=stu yath=aisha ggrâm-ârddhô may=â-chandr-ârkka-sama-
kâlikâ(ka)s=s-[ô*]draṅgaḥ
9 s-ôparikaraḥ a-ch[â*]ṭa-bhaṭa-prâvêśya[h*] sarvva-kara-tyagaḥ² dr(s)-ôtpadya-
mânaka-pui(pra)tyâya-
10 samêtaḥ Chhôḍugômika³ êtat-puttra-[pautra*]-prapauttra-tatputtr-âdy-anu-
kkramêṇa⁴ tâmbra-⁵
11 śâsanên=âtisṛishṭaḥ [|] Anên=âpi may=ânumôditaṁ yath=ôpari-
likhitaka-
12 kkramêṇ=aiva bhagavatyâḥ Pishṭapurik[â*]⁶-dêvyâḥ khaṇḍa-phuṭṭa⁷-
pratisaṁskâra-
13 karaṇâya va(ba)li-charu-sattra-prâdharttanâya⁸ ch=âtisṛishṭas=Tê yûyam=
êshaṁ
14 samuchita-bhâgabhôga-kara-hiraṇy-âdi-pratyây-ôpanaya[ṁ*] karishyath=âjñâ-
śrava-
15 ṇa-vidhêyâś=cha bhavishyatha [|] Yê ch=âsmad-vaṁś-ôtpadyamânaka-
râjânas=tair=iya[ṁ*]
16 dattir=na vilôky(py)=ânumôdanîyâ
(The second plate of this grant is not forthcoming.)
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.
¹ This anusvâra is omitted also in line 6 of No. 31 below, Plate xx.; and thus, as Monier
Williams, in his Sanskrit Dictionary, gives Uruṇḍa as a proper name of a demon and of a man, as
well as Muruṇḍa, we might have read mahâdêvyâm=Uruṇḍasvâminyâm. In line 6, however, of the
newly-discovered grant, No. 28 above, page 127, the reading is very distinctly mahâdêvyâṁ
Muruṇḍadêvyâm.
² Read sarvva-kara-tyâgaḥ.
³ Read gômikâya.
⁴ We have to supply upabhôgyaḥ, or some similar word, here.
⁵ Read tâmra.
⁶ See line 11 of No. 31 below, page 137, and Plate xx., in which the long vowel â was duly en-
graved, and is quite distinct.
⁷ Read sphuṭita. See page 122 above, note 3.
⁸ Read pravarttanâya.
S 2

132 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
(Line 5.)—His son, who meditates on his feet, the Mahârâja Śarvanâtha,—begotten
on the Mahâdêvî **Muruṇḍasvâminî,*¹—being in good health, issues a command to the
cultivators, beginning with the Brâhmaṇs, and to the artisans, in half of (the village of)
Dhavashaṇḍikâ in the Vôṭa santika—
(L. 8.)—“Be it known to you that this half village is, by (this) copper-plate charter,
given to Chhôḍugômika, [to be enjoyed] by the succession of him and (his) sons,
sons’ sons, sons of the latter, &c.,—to endure for the same time with the moon and
the sun; with the udraṅga and the uparikara; (with the privilege that it is) not to be
entered by the irregular or the regular troops; with remission of all the taxes; (and) with such
tribute as may accrue. And it is agreed by him (and) by me, that it is granted for the
purpose of the repairs, by the above-mentioned succession (of him and his descendants), of
whatever may become broken or torn, belonging to the divine goddess Pishṭapurikâdêvî,
and for the maintenance of the bali, charu, and sattra.
(L. 13.)—“You yourselves shall render to these persons the offering of the tribute of
the customary royalties, taxes, gold, &c., and shall be obedient to (their) commands.
(L. 15.)—“And those kings who shall be born in Our lineage,—by them this grant
should not be confiscated, (but) should be assented to.”
(The rest of this inscription, on the second plate, is not forthcoming.)

No. 30; PLATE XIX B.

KHOH COPPER-PLATE INSCRIPTION OF THE

MAHARAJA SARVANATHA.

THE YEAR 197.

THIS inscription,—which was first brought to notice by General Cunningham, in 1879,
in the Archæol. Surv. Ind. Vol. IX. p. 14, No. 6, where he published a partial translation
of it,² with a lithograph of the passage containing the date (id. Pl. iv. No. 7),—is on
another copper-plate, the only one forthcoming of an original set of two,³ that appears to
have been found somewhere in the valley near the village of **Khôh,**⁴ in the Nâgaudh State
in the Bâghêlkhaṇḍ division of Central India. I obtained the original plate, for examin-

¹In No. 28 above, line 6, page 127, she is called Muruṇḍadêvî. In No. 31 below, line 6, page
136, the termination of her name is svâminî as here.
² But he wrongly treated it as the continuation of the first plate of the grant of the year 214,
No. 31 below, Plate xx.
³ The grant of the year 214, No. 31 below, Plate xx., furnishes another instance, similar to that
of the grant, the date of which is lost, No. 29 above, page 129, in which the last line of the first
plate is left half blank. And, so far as the context goes, this inscription might be taken as the
continuation of No. 29. But the edges of this plate are rounded off more; the copper is of a totally
different quality, thickness, and weight; and the characters, though of just the same period, differ
very much in details of execution,—notably in the visarga, e.g. in grâhyâḥ, line 2, guptâḥ, line 13,
and dâtavyaḥ, line 14, as contrasted with nâthâḥ in line 6, s[ô*]draṅgaḥ in line 8, and samêtaḥ in
line 10, of No. 29, Plate xixA. And there can, on the whole, be no doubt that in Plate xixA. and B.
we have the first and second plates of two separate grants; not one entire grant.
⁴ See page 93 above, and note 5.

CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM.
Vol. III. [Plate xix]
A.—Khoh Plate of the Maharaja Sarvanatha.
(Facsimile of Copper-plate Inscription A)
Line 1: [Plate facsimile text in Gupta Brahmi script]
Line 2: 2 [Plate facsimile text]
Line 3: [Plate facsimile text]
Line 4: 4 [Plate facsimile text]
Line 5: [Plate facsimile text]
Line 6: 6 [Plate facsimile text]
Line 7: [Plate facsimile text]
Line 8: 8 [Plate facsimile text]
Line 9: [Plate facsimile text]
Line 10: 10 [Plate facsimile text]
Line 11: [Plate facsimile text]
Line 12: 12 [Plate facsimile text]
Line 13: [Plate facsimile text]
Line 14: 14 [Plate facsimile text]
Line 15: [Plate facsimile text]
Line 16: 16 [Plate facsimile text]
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B.—Khoh Plate of the Maharaja Sarvanatha.—The Year 197.
(Facsimile of Copper-plate Inscription B)
Line 1: 22 [Plate facsimile text in Gupta Brahmi script]
Line 2: 2 [Plate facsimile text]
Line 3: [Plate facsimile text]
Line 4: 4 [Plate facsimile text]
Line 5: [Plate facsimile text]
Line 6: 6 [Plate facsimile text]
Line 7: [Plate facsimile text]
Line 8: 8 [Plate facsimile text]
Line 9: [Plate facsimile text]
Line 10: 10 [Plate facsimile text]
Line 11: [Plate facsimile text]
Line 12: 12 [Plate facsimile text]
Line 13: [Plate facsimile text]
Line 14: 14 [Plate facsimile text]
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THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 30, PLATE XIX B. 133
ation, from the possession of the Râjâ of Nâgaudh, through the kindness of Major D.
W. K. Barr,
The plate, which is inscribed on one side only, measures about 7⁷/₁₆" by 5⅞". The
edges of it were fashioned slightly thicker than the inscribed surface, with corresponding
depressions inside them, so as to serve as rims to protect the writing; and the inscription
is in a state of perfect preservation almost throughout. The plate is fairly thick; but
the letters are rather deep, and shew through clearly on the back of it. The engraving
is good; but, as usual, the interiors of the letters shew marks of the working of the engra-
ver'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 13 oz.—The average size of the letters is between ⅛" and 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, and Plate xvi.—The language is Saṁskṛit; and, except for the bene-
dictive and imprecatory verses in lines 4 to 10, the inscription is in prose throughout.—
In respect of orthography, we have to notice (1) the use of the upadhmânîya, in
saḥ=pañchabhir, line 2; (2) the use of the dental nasal, instead of the anusvâra, before
ś, in viṁśati, line 11; (3) the doubling of g and t, in conjunction with a following r, e.g.
in viggrahika and puttrêna, line 12; (4) the use of b for v, in bâ, line 4, and saṁbatsara,
line 10; and (5) the use of v for b, in valâdhikṛita, line 13.
The first plate, containing the name of the Mahârâja and the place whence the
charter was issued, is lost; but the date, and other details at the end, shew that the in-
scription is one of the Mahârâja Śarvanâtha of Uchchakalpa. The date of the
writing of the charter is given, in words, as the year one hundred and ninety-seven
(A.D. 516-17), and the twentieth day, without any specification of the fortnight, of the
month Âśvayuja (September-October.) The details of the grant are lost, in the first
plate.
TEXT.¹
(The first plate of this grant is not forthcoming.)
Second Plate.
1 Yathâ-kâlaṁ=cha pratipâlanîyâ [।*] samuchita-râj-âbhâvya-kara-pratyâyâś=
chaḥ²
2 na grâhyâḥ [।*] Ya imân=dattin=lôpayêt=saḥ=pañchabhir³=mahâpâtakair=
upapâta-
3 kaiś=cha saṁyuktas=syâd=Uktañ=cha Mahâbhâratê bhagavatâ vêda-vyâsêna
Vyâsêna [।*]
4 Sva⁴-dattâm=para-dattâm=bâ(vâ) yatnâd=raksha Yudhishṭhira mahîm=
mahîmatâñ=chhrêshṭha⁵ dânâ-
5 ch=chhrêyô=nupâlana[ṁ*] [॥*] Prâyêna(ṇa) hi narêndrâṇâṁ vidyatê
n=[â*]-śubhâ gatiḥ pûya-
¹ From the original plate. ² Read cha.
³ Read dattiṁ lôpayêt=sa pañchabhir.
⁴ Metre, Ślôka (Anushṭubh); and in the following four verses.
⁵ Read mahîmatâṁ śrêshṭha.

134 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
6 nt[ē*] tē tu satataṁ prayachchhantô vasundharâṁ [||] Bahubhir=
vvasudhâ bhuktâ râjabhir=Sagar-âdi-
7 bhiḥ yasya yasya yadâ bhûmis=tasya tasya tadâ phala[ṁ] [||]
Shashṭi-va[r]sha-sahasrâ-
8 ṇi svarggê môdati bhûmi-daḥ âchchhêttâ ch=ânumantâ cha tâny=êva
narakê vasê-
9 [t*] [||] Sarvva-sasya-samṛiddhân=tu yô harêta vasundharâṁ śva-
vishṭhâyâṁ kṛimir=bhûtvâ
10 pitṛibhis=saha majjatê [||] Likhitaṁ¹ samba(mva)tsara-śatê sapta-navaty-
uttarê Aśva-
11 yuja-mâsa-divasê viṁśatimê² bhôgika-Phâlgu³datt-âmâtya-naptrâ bhô-
12 gika-Varâhadinna-puttrêṇa mahâsândhivigrahika-Manôrathêna [|]
13 Dûtakaḥ mahâva(ba)lâdhikṛita-Śivaguptaḥ [|] Halir-âkara-kumbha-daṇḍa-
14 pratimê(mô)chan-âtilêkhinê=pi dûtakaḥ uparika-Mâtṛi(tṛi)śiva[ḥ*] [||]
TRANSLATION.
(The opening part of this inscription, on the first plate,
is not forthcoming.)
" And, according to opportunity, it should be preserved. And the tribute of the taxes
which by custom should not belong to the king, should not be taken.
(Line 2.)—" Whosoever may confiscate this grant,—he shall become invested
with (the guilt of) the five great sins and the minor sins."
(L. 3.)—And it has been said in the Mahâbhârata, by the venerable Vyâsa, the ar-
ranger 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 expe-
rienced 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 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, 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. 10.)—(This charter)* has been written, in a century of years, increased by
ninety-seven, on the twentieth day of the month Aśvayuja, by the Mahâsâṁdhivigrahika
Manôratha, the grandson of the Bhôgika, the Amâtya Phalgudatta,⁴ (and) the son
of the Bhôgika Varâhadinna. The Dûtaka (is) the Mahâbalâdhikṛita Śivagupta.
Moreover, the Dûtaka to an additional writer⁵ for the remission of the fines on
.........⁶ and water-pots, (is) the Uparika Mâtṛiśiva.
¹ Supply śâsanam.
² We should perhaps correct this into viṁśatitamê, as the base viṁśatima seems to be properly
used only when in composition with another numeral, e.g. dva-viṁśatima, in No. 27 above, line 21
page 123. But viṁśatima, by itself, occurs again in line 18 of the Goa grant of Satyâśraya-Dhruvarâja-
Indravarman (Jour. Bo. Br. R. As. Soc. Vol. X. p. 365.)
³ Read phalgu; see page 123 above, note 2. ⁴ See page 123 above, note 2.
⁵ See page 100 above, note 3. ⁶ The meaning of halir-âkara is not apparent.

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 31, PLATE XX. [Right-aligned: 135]

No. 31; PLATE XX.

KHOH COPPER-PLATE INSCRIPTION OF THE

MAHARAJA SARVANATHA.

THE YEAR 214.

THIS inscription,—which was first brought to notice by General Cunningham, in 1879,
in the Archæol. Surv. Ind. Vol. IX. pp. 14 and 16, Nos 6 and 8, where he published a
translation of it,¹ with a lithograph of the passage containing the date (id. Pl. iv. No. 8),—
is on 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 Baghelkhaṇḍ division of Central
India. 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 measuring
about 8⅝" by 6", and the second 8⅝" by 5⅞". 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, though the plates are here and there worn quite
through by rust, the inscription is in a state of very good preservation almost throughout.
The plates are rather thin; and the letters shew through on the backs of them so clearly
that in many places they can be read there. 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 of each plate, there is a hole for a ring to connect them. But the ring, with
the seal attached to it, is not now forthcoming; having been abstracted by slitting the
plates from the ring-holes to the edges.—The weight of the two plates is 1 lb. 2 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 Kârîtalâî grant of the Mahârâja
Jayanâtha of the year 174, No. 26 above, page 117, and Plate xvi. They include
the rather rare jh ajjhita, line 5.—The language is Sanskrit; and, except for the
benedictive and imprecatory verses in lines 20 to 27, the inscription is in prose through-
out. From a linguistic point of view, we have to notice, in utpannaka, line 9; utpadya-
mânaka, lines 9 and 16; and kâritaka, line 11, 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 18; (2) the use of the guttural nasal, instead of the
anusvâra, before ś and h, in vaṅśa, line 16, and saṅhitâ, line 19; and (3) the doubling
of g and t, in conjunction with a following r, in viggrahika, line 29, and puttra, lines 1 to
5; but not in putra-pautra, line 12.
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 of the writing of the char-
ter is given, in words, as the year two hundred and fourteen (A.D. 533-34), and the sixth
day, without any specification of the fortnight, of the month Pausha (December-January).
It is apparently a Vaishṇava inscription; the object of it being to record the sanction of the

¹ But he wrongly attached No. 30 above, with the date of 197, to the first plate of this grant, and
took the second plate of this grant as the continuation of No. 29 above.
² See page 93 above, and note 3.

136 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
Mahârâja Sarvanâtha to the transfer, among private grantees, of two villages named
Vyâghrapallika and Kâcharapallika in the Maṇinâga pêṭha, for the purposes of a
temple of the goddess Pishṭapurikâdêvî at the town of Mânapura.
This town of Mânapura is possibly the modern Mânpur,¹ near the river Śôṇ,
about forty-seven miles in a south-easterly direction from Uchaharâ, and thirty-two
miles south-east of Kârîtalâî. And, if this identification is accepted, we have here another
item of evidence tending to connect the Mahârâjas of Uchchakalpa with the part of the
country in which their grants are found. But it is obviously not of as much force as the
two points to which I have previously drawn attention; viz. the existence of the inscription
of Hastin and Śarvanâtha on the pillar at Bhumarâ, No. 24 above, page 110; and the
mention of the river Tamasâ, in Śarvanâtha's grant of the year 193, No. 28 above, page
125, in such a way as to shew that he had actual territorial ownership over at any rate
a certain village on the northern bank of that river. As regards the present passage, it
is not so conclusive, because a Mahârâja might very well make a grant of land within his
territory to a temple outside it. At the same time, that temple would not be far distant
from his own domains.
TEXT.²
First Plate.
1 Ôm Svasty=Uchchakalp[â*]n=mahârâj-Aughadêvas-tasya puttras=tat-pâd-
ânudhyâtô mahâdêvyâ[m*]
2 Kumâradêvyâm=utpannô mahârâja-Kumâradêvas-tasya putt[r*]as=tat-pâd-
ânudhyâtô
3 mahâdêvyâ[m*] Jayasvâminyâm-utpannô mahârâja-Jayasvâmî tasya
puttras=tat-pâd-â-
4 nudhyâtô mahâdêvyâṁ Râmadêvyâm=utpannô mahârâja-Vyâghras=tasya
putt[r*]as=tat-pâd-ânudhyâ-
5 tô mahâdêvyâm=Ajjhitadêvyâm=utpan[n*]ô mahârâja-Jayanâthas=tasya
puttras=tat-pâd-ânu-
6 dhyâtô mahâdêvyâ[m*]³ Muruṇḍasvâminyâm=utpannô mahârâja-
Śarvvanâthaḥ kuśalî Maṇi-
7 nâga-pêṭhê Vyâghrapallika-Kâcharapallika-grâmayô[r*]=brâhmaṇ-âdit(n)-
prativâsinaḥ⁴
8 samâjñâpayati [। ] Vidita[m] vô=stu yath=aisha(tau) grâmau mayâ
s-ôdraṅgau s-ôparikarau
9 a-châṭa-bhaṭa-prâvêśyô(śyau) râj-âbhâvya-sarva-kara-pratyây-ê(ô)tpannak-ôtpadya-
mânaka-samô(mê)-
10 tau â-chandr-ârkka-samakâlikau chôr?-ta(da)ṇḍa-varjjitau Pulinda⁵bhaṭasya
pras[â*]dîkritau
¹ The ‘Manpoor, Manpora, and Mánpur,’ of maps, &c. Indian Atlas, Sheet No. 89. Lat.
23° 46' N.; Long. 81° 11' E.
² From the original plates.
³ See page 131 above, note 1.
⁴ This visarga is imperfect, only the upper part of it having been engraved.
⁵ The stroke at the bottom of this nda, which gives it somewhat of the appearance of ndra,
seems to be due to a slip of the engraver’s tool.

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 31, PLATE XX. 137
11 tên-âpi Mânapurê kâritaka-dêvakul[ê*] bhagavatyâḥ Pashṭha¹purikâ-
dêvyâḥ pûjâ-ni-
12 mittaṁ khaṇḍa-sphuṭita-pratisaṁskâraṇâya cha Kumârasvâminê putra-
pautr-ânvay-ôpa-
13 bhôjyô(jyau) pratipâditau [I*] may=âpi bhûmichchhidrâ(dra)-nyâyêna tâmra-
śâsan[è*]n=ânumôditau [I*]
14 Tê yûyam=êv=ôpalabhy=âjñâ-śravaṇa-vidhêyâ bhûtvâ samuchita-bhâgabhôga-
kara-hiraṇy-â-
15 vât-ây-[â*]di-pratyâyân=upanêshyatha [I*]
Second Plate.
16 Y[ê*] ch=âsmad-vaṁś-ôtpadyamânaka-râjânas=tair=iyaṁ datti[r*]=nna vilôpyâ
yathâ-kâla[ṁ*] sa[ṁ*]varddha-
17 nîy=ânumôdanîyâ paripâlanîyâ cha [*] râj-âbhâvya-kara-pratyâyâ[ḥ*]
sarvvê na grâhyâ[ḥ*] [I*]
18 Yaś=ch=aitâṁ dattiṁ lôpayêt=saḥ=pañchabhir²=mahâpâtakair=upapâtakaiś=cha
saṁyuktô bhûyâ-
19 d=Uktañ=cha Mahâbhâratê śatasâhasry[â*]ṁ saṁhitâyâṁ param-arshiṇâ
Parâśara-sutêna
20 vêda-vyâsêna Vyâsêna [I*] Pûrvva³-dattâṁ dvijâtibhyô yatnâd=raksha
Yudhishṭhira mahî[ṁ*] mahî-
21 vatâ⁴ śrêshṭha dânâch=chhrêyô=nupâlanam [II*] Prâyêṇa hi narêndrâṇâṁ
vidyatê n=[â*]-śubhâ
22 gatiḥ pûyattê(ntê) tê tta(tu) satataṁ prayachchhantô vasu[ndharâṁ*] [II*]
[Bahubhir=vvasu*]dhâ bhuktâ râjabhis=Sagar-âdibhi[ḥ*]
23 yasya yasya yadâ bhûmis=tasya tasya tadâ phalam [II*] Shashṭi-
varsha-sahasrâṇi
24 svarggê môdati bhûmi-daḥ akshêptâ ch=ânumantâ cha tâny=êva narakê
vaset [II*] Sva-da-
25 ttâṁ para-dattâṁ vâ yô harêta vasundharâ[ṁ*] śva-vishṭhâyâṁ
kṛimir=bhûtvâ pitṛibhis=saha
26 majjati [II*] A-pânîyêshv=araṇyêshu śushka-kôṭa[ra*]-vâsinaḥ kṛishṇ-âhayô
hi jâ-
27 yantê pûrvva-dâyaṁ haranti yê [II*] Likhitaṁ⁵ sa[ṁ*]vatsara-śata-
îvayê chaturddaś-ôttarê
28 Pausha-mâsa-divasê shapthê(shṭhê) Phalgudatt-âmatya-pranapt[r*]â Varâha-
din[n*]a-napt[r*]â
29 Manôratha-sutêna sândhivigrahika-Nâthêna [I*] Dûtakô Dhṛiti-
svâmikaḥ [II*]
¹ Read pishṭa. ² Read sa pañchabhir.
³ Metre, Ślôka (Anushṭubh); and in the following five verses.
⁴ Read mahimatâṁ. ⁵ Supply śâsanam
T.

138 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
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,—begotten
on the Mahâdêvî **Muruṇḍasvâminî,**¹—being in good health, issues a command to the
residents, beginning with the Brâhmaṇs, at the villages of Vyâghrapallika and Kâchara-
pallika in the Maṇinâga pêṭha :—
(L. 8.)—“Be it known to you that these two villages were bestowed, as a mark of
favour, upon Pulindabhaṭa,—with the udranga and the uparikara; (with the privilege
that they were not to be) entered by the irregular or the regular troops; with whatever had
(by custom) accrued or might accrue in connection with the tribute of all the taxes which
should not belong to the king; to endure for the same time with the moon and the sun;
(but) with the exception of (the right to) fines imposed on thieves. And now they are
granted by him to Kumârasvâmin, to be enjoyed by the succession of (his) sons and sons’
sons, for the purpose of the worship of the divine goddess Pishṭapurikâdêvî at the temple
which he has caused to be built at (the town of) Mânapura, and for the purpose of re-
pairing whatever may become broken or torn. And, by (this) copper-plate charter, they
have been assented to by me, according to the rule of bhûmichchhidra.²
(L. 14.)—“You yourselves, understanding (this), (and) being obedient to (their)
commands, shall render the tribute of the customary royalties, taxes, gold, âvâta,³
revenue,⁴ &c
(L. 16.)—“And those kings who shall be born in Our lineage,—by them this gran
should not be confiscated, (but) according to opportunity should be increased (and)
assented to and preserved. And none of the tribute of the taxes which should not belong
to the king, should be taken.
(L. 18.)—“And whosoever may confiscate this grant, he shall become invested
with (the guilt of) the five great sins and the minor sins.
¹ In No. 28 above, line 6, page 127, she is called Muruṇḍadêvî. In No. 29 above, line 6, page
131, the termination of her name is svâminî, as here.
² bhûmichchhidra, lit. ‘a fissure (furrow) of the soil,’ is a technical fiscal expression of constant
occurrence in inscriptions. Dr. Bühler has recently discovered the meaning of it, in Yâdavaprakâśa’s
Vaijayantî, in the Vaiśyâdhyâya, verse 18, where it is explained by kṛishya-yôgyâ bhûḥ, ‘land fit
to be ploughed or cultivated.’
³ âvâta is a technical fiscal term, the meaning of which is not apparent. It is derived either from
vâ, ‘to blow, or vai, to become dried or withered,’ in composition with the prefix â.—The more
usual expression is simply vâta; e.g. sa-vâta-bhûta-dhânya-hiraṇy-âdêya, in line 26 of the Mâliyâ
grant of Dharasêna II., No. 38 below, Plate xxiv.
⁴ âya, lit. ‘that which comes in; income,’ is now a technical fiscal term for ‘the customary dues of
the hereditary village-officers and servants.’ It is, however, not quite certain that it had this special
meaning in the early inscriptions.

Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, Vol. III

Plate XX: Khoh Plate of the Maharaja Sarvanatha — The Year 214

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First Plate (Lines 1–15)

ओं स्वस्ति [॥] उच्छकल्पात्सपादपद्मोपजीव्यानेकगोसहस्रहस्त्यश्वहिरण्यादिप्रदस्य महाराजौघदेव[स्तस्य पुत्रस्तत्पादानु]-
ध्यातो महादेव्यामोघदेव्यां समुत्पन्नो महाराजकुमारदेवस्तस्य पुत्रस्तत्पादानुध्यातो महा[देव्यां कुमारदे]-
व्यां जयस्वामिन्यां समुत्पन्नो महाराजजयस्वामि तस्य पुत्रस्तत्पादानुध्यातो महादेव्यां जय[स्वामिन्यां जयदेव्यां]
समुत्पन्नो महाराजव्याघ्रस्तस्य पुत्रस्तत्पादानुध्यातो महादेव्यां व्याघ्रदेव्यां समुत्पन्नो म[हाराजज]-
यनाथस्तस्य पुत्रस्तत्पादानुध्यातो महादेव्यां जयनार्थदेव्यां समुत्पन्नः परमभागवतो म[हाराजशर्व्वनाथः]
कुशल्यस्मिन्नेवाश्रमकविषयसम्बद्ध-व्याघ्रपल्लिकायां प्रतिवासिनः कुडुम्बिनः समा[ज्ञापयति विदि]-
तमस्तु वो यथैष ग्रामो मया मातापित्रोरात्मनश्च पुण्याप्यायनायात्रेव भगवत्याः पिष्टपुर्याः पु[ण्य]-
गन्धाक्षतधूपदीपमाल्यानुलेपनादिसन्ततोपयोगाय खण्डस्फुटित-संस्कार-करणाय चो[च्छ]-
कल्पकेय-विष्णुनान्दि-पौत्र-प्रियात्मज-शुक्रेणोत्सृष्टः पूर्व्वदत्त-भोग-भागेन यतोस्माभिरेत[स्य]
धर्मार्थमेवैतस्य ग्रामस्यायमुदकातिसर्गेणातिसृष्टः सोद्रङ्गः सोपरिकरः अचोरदण्डव[र्ज्यः]
पूर्व्वप्रत्यंश-वर्ज्जः अचाटभटप्रावेश्यः अनुचितकरविष्टिकर-वर्ज्जितः आचन्द्रार्क[क्षितिसम]-
कालीनः पुत्रपौत्रान्वयभोग्यः [॥] तदेवं ज्ञात्वा भवद्भिरेतस्य ग्रामस्यानुज्ञा-श्रवण-विधेयैर्भू[त्वा]
यथोचित-भोग-भाग-कर-हिरण्याद्युपनेयं [॥] भविष्यतश्च राज्ञः सम्बोधयति [।] तद्यथा [।] अस्म[त्कुल]-
जातानुवर्त्तिभिर्द्दान-रुचिभिः स्वपुण्य-यशः-प्रवर्द्धमानैरिदमनुमोदितव्यं परिपालयि[तव्यं च ॥]
यश्चास्य लोभादज्ञानाद्वा परिपन्थां कुर्य्यात्कारयेद्वा स पञ्चभिर्म्महापात कैरुपपातकैश्च [युक्तः स्यादिति ॥]

Second Plate (Lines 16–29)

उक्तञ्च महाभारते भगवता परमर्षिणा वेदव्यासेन व्यासेन [॥]
पूर्व्वदत्तां द्विजातिभ्यो यत्नाद्रक्ष युधिष्ठिर [।] महीं महिमतां श्रेष्ठ दानाच्छ्रेयोनुपालनं [॥]
बहुभिर्व्वसुधा भुक्ता राजभिः सगरादिभिः [।] यस्य यस्य यदा भूमिस्तस्य तस्य तदा फलं [॥]
षष्टिं वर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गे मोदति भूमिदः [।] आच्छेत्ता चानुमन्ता च तान्येव नरके वसेत् [॥]
स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा यो हरेत वसुन्धरां [।] स विष्ठायां कृमिर्भूत्वा पितृभिः सह पच्यते [॥]
विन्ध्याटवीष्वतोयासु शुष्ककोटरवासिनः [।] कृष्णाहयो हि जायन्ते भूमिदानं हरन्ति ये [॥]
अस्मत्कुल-समुत्थैस्तु भूपादैरपि यत्नतः [।] आचन्द्रार्कमयं धर्म्यः पालयितव्यो यशोर्त्थिभिः [॥]
संवत्सर-शते चतुर्द्दशोत्तरे द्विशते पौष-मास-शुक्ल-पक्ष-द्वितीयायाम् [॥]
संवत् २१० ४ पौष शु दि २ [॥]
दूतकोत्र महाबलाधिकृत-नागसिंहः [॥]
लिखितमिदं शासनं सन्धिविग्रहिकाक्षपटलाधिकृत-भोगिक-पुत्रेण
सन्धिविग्रहिकाक्षपटलाधिकृत-मनोरथेन [॥]
उत्कीर्ण्णं सूर्य्यदत्तेन [॥]
ओं नमः परदैवतेभ्यः [॥]

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THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 32. PLATE XXI A 139
(L. 19.)—And it has been said in the Mahâbhârata, in the Śatasâhasrî-Saṁhitâ, by
vyâsa, the arranger of the Vêdas, the supreme sage, the son of Parâśara,—“O Yudhish-
ṭhira, best of kings, catefully preserve land that has previously been given to the twice-
born; (verily) the preservation (of a grant) (is) more meritorious 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, com-
mencing 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,—he becomes a worm in the ordure of a dog, and sinks (into hell) together with
his ancestors! Those who confiscate a previous grant, are born (again) as black serpents,
inhabiting the dried-up hollows of trees, in desert places destitute of water!”
(L. 27.)—(This charter) has been written in two centuries of years, increased by
fourteen, on the sixth day of the month Pausha, by the Sâṁdhivigrahika Nâtha, the
great-grandson of the Amâtya Phalgudatta; the grandson of Varâhadinna; (and) the
son of Manôratha. The Dûtaka (is) Dhṛitisvâmika.

No. 32; PLATE XXI A.

MEHARAULI POSTHUMOUS IRON PILLAR INSCRIPTION OF CHANDRA.

THIS inscription was first brought to notice in 1834, in the Jour. Beng. As. Soc Vol.
III. p. 494. where Mr. James Prinsep published a lithograph of it (id. Plate xxx.),
reduced from a facsimile made in 1831 by Lieutenant William Elliot, 27th Regiment N. I.
This lithograph was not accompanied by any details of the contents of the inscription;
and it does not represent a single letter of the original correctly, and is quite unintelligible
from beginning to end.—In 1838, in the same Journal, Vol. VII. p. 629 ff., Mr. James
Prinsep published a much improved lithograph (id. Plate xxxiii.), reduced from an ink-
impression made in the same year by Captain T. S. Burt, of the Engineers; and, with it,
his own reading of the text and a translation of it.¹—And finally, in 1875, in the Jour. Bo.
Br. R. As. Soc. Vol. X. p. 63 ff., Dr. Bhau Daji published a revised version of the text and
translation, including the correct reading of the king’s name as Chandra, with a lithograph
which appears to have been reduced from a copy on cloth made by Dr. Bnagwanlal
Indraji.²
Mêharaulî, or Mêmharaulî,³—an evident corruption of Mihirapurî,—is a village

¹ The translation is reprinted in Thomas' edition of Prinsep's Essays, Vol. I. p. 320 f.
² This paper was published in 1875; but it was read before the Society four years earlier, on
the 13th April 1871.
³ The ‘Maharoli, Manroli, and Muhroulee, of maps. Indian Atlas, Sheet No. 49. Lat. 28° 31′
N.; Long. 77° 14′ E.—The pillar has always been known as the “Dehli Pillar;” and I think the
name of the village in which it really stands, so important because of its obvious derivation, viz.
Mihirapurî, ‘the city of the sun, or of the Mihiras,’ was not put on record, in connection with the
inscription, until I noticed it (Ind. Ant. Vol. XV. p. 362.)
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