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

226 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
which they regard him),—(lives only) for (the purpose of dealing out) death. The far-
reaching (and) powerful arrow, scattering the elephants and driving horses wild with
fear, of him who has the name of Ananta,¹—impelled with speed (and) skilfully discharged
from the machine of (his) bow, fitted with a well-stretched string, that is drawn very
tight (and) rivals the screams of an osprey (with the noise of its twanging),—teaches
to the wives of (his) enemies the condition of the sorrows (of widowhood).

No. 50; PLATE XXXIB.

NAGARJUNI HILL CAVE INSCRIPTION OF ANANTAVARMAN.
THIS inscription, again, appears to have been discovered, about 1785, by Mr. J. H.
Harington, and was first brought to notice in 1788, in the Asiatic Researches Vol. I.
p. 276 ff., where Sir Charles Wilkins published his translation of it, from a copy made un-
der the direction of Mr. Harington, and, with it, a lithograph from the same materials.²
—And in 1837, in the Jour. Beng. As. Soc. Vol. VI. p. 672 ff., Mr. James Prinsep published
another reading of the text, and a translation of it, accompanied by a lithograph (id. Plate
xxxiv.), reduced from an ink-impression taken under the direction of Mr. Hathorne.
This is another inscription from the Nâgârjunî Hill³ in the lands of Jâphra, in the
Gayâ District of the Bengal Presidency. On the south side of the hill, there is another
cave-temple, which also is shewn to belong to the Aśôka period by another inscription, in
four lines, of Dasalatha-Dêvânaṁpiya on the rock over the entrance, and which, from the
first two words of that inscription, has come to be called the “Gôpî Cave.”⁴ The inscrip-
tion now published is on the smooth and polished surface of the granite rock, on the left
hand in the entrance to the cave.
The writing, which covers a space of about 4′ 11″ broad by 1 11½″ high, is in a state
of excellent preservation throughout ; except that, in the last line, the name of the village that
was granted has been intentionally obliterated.—The average size of the letters is about
1″. The characters belong to the northern class of alphabets, and are of precisely the
same type as those of the preceding two inscriptions of the same chieftain, Nos. 48 and
49 above, Plates xxxB. and xxxiA., exhibiting, in the same way, the fully developed mâtrâs.
—The language is Sanskrit ; and, except for the opening symbol representing the word
ôm, the inscription is in verse throughout.—In respect of orthography, we have to
notice (1) the use of the guttural nasal, instead of the anusvâra, before ś, in anśu, line 2, and
before h, in anhas, line 9; (2) the customary doubling of k and t, in conjunction with a
following r, e.g. in vikkrama, line 4, and puttrêna, line 7; and (3) the use throughout of
v for b, in lavdhaṁ, line 5; vandhu, line 6; and amvubhiḥ, line 9.
The inscription is another record of the Maukhari chieftain Anantavarman.
It is not dated. It is either a Śaiva, or a Śâkta, inscription ; the object of it being to
record the installation in the cave, by Anantavarman, of an image of the goddess Pârvatî,
the wife of Śiva, under the name of Kâtyâyanî, and also the grant to the same goddess,
under the name of Bhavânî, of a village, the name of which has been destroyed.
¹ As regards this abbreviated form of his name, see page 8 above, note
² See also the Calcutta reprint of the Asiatic Researches, Vol. I. p. 236 ff.
³ See page 224 above, and note 1.
⁴ Marked E. in Gen. Cunningham’s sketch in the Archaeol. Surv. Ind. Vol. I. p. 40, Pl xviii.

jval-ātmā ||
Verse 2: Sragdharā:
tasyodbhūto yaśobhir-vvitatam-apahṛt-āśeṣa-kānta-dyutīnāṁ
dīptendrāṇāṁ diśām-antar-amala-vapuḥ kīrtti-śeṣo dharitrīm |
śāstāsīd-bhūri-dhāmā nṛpa-śata-makuṭ-ālīḍha-pād-āravindaḥ
śrī-śārddūla-kṣitīśaḥ kṣata-ripu-mahimā śārdūla-vikrīḍit-āṅgaḥ || (or śārdūla-vikrīḍit-occaiḥ)
Verse 3: Vasantatilakā:
tasy-ātmajaḥ pṛthu-kul-āmbar-pūrṇa-candro
hrīmān-vineya-mati-kānti-vilāsa-dhāmā |
ārtta-priyo sthita-pada-padavī-su-dātā
nāmn-ānanta-varmmā kṛtī kṣitipa-maulir-ananta-kīrttiḥ ||
Verse 4:
kātyāyanīṁ sthita-cala-caraṇ-āgra-pātād-

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THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 50, PLATE XXXI B. 227
In line 8 of this inscription, the Nâgârjunî Hill is spoken of as (a part of) the
Vindhya range. This is in accordance with facts; since the Vindhya mountains, though
most conspicuous in Western and Central India, do extend right across the peninsula,
until, passing through the neighbourhood of Gayâ, their easternmost spurs reach and dis-
appear in the valley of the Ganges at Râjmahâl.
TEXT.¹
1 Ôm [||*] Unnidrasya² sarôruhasya sakalâm=âkshipya śôbhâṁ ruchâ l³
s-âvajñaṁ Mahish-âsurasya śirasi nyastaḥ kvaṇan-nûpuraḥ |
2 Dêvyâ vaḥ sthira-bhakti-vâda-sadṛiśîm yuñjan=phalên=ârthitâṁ | diśyâd=
achchha-nakh-âṁśu-jâla-jaṭilaḥ pâdaḥ padaṁ sampadâm ||
3 Âsîd=ishṭa-samṛiddha-yajña-mahimâ śrî-Yajñavarmmâ nṛipaḥ | prakhyâtâ(tô)
vimal-êndu-nirmmala-yaśâ[ḥ*] kshâttrasya dhâmnaḥ padaṁ |
4 prajñân-ânvaya-dâna-vikkrama-guṇair=yô râjakasy=âgraṇî[ḥ*] | bhûtv=âpi
prakṛiti-stha êva vinayâd=akshôbhya-sat[t*]v-ôdadhi[ḥ*] ||
5 Tasy=ôdîrṇa-mah-ârṇav-ôpama-raṇa-vyâpâra-lavdha(bdha)ṁ yaśaḥ [l*] tanvânaḥ
kakudaṁ mukhêshu kakubhâṁ kîrt[t*]yâ jit-êdaṁyugaḥ [l*]
6 śrîmân=va(ba)ndhu-suhṛij-jana-praṇayinâm=âśâḥ phalaiḥ pûraya[n*] | puttraḥ
kalpa-tarôr=iv=âpta-mahimâṁ⁴ Śârdûlavarmmâ nṛipaḥ ||
7 Tasy=anantam=ananta-kîrtti-yaśasô=Nant-âdi-varmm-âkhyayâ | khyâtên=âhita-
bhakti-bhâvita-dhiyâ puttrêṇa pût-âtmanâ [l*]
8 â-sûrya-kshiti-chandra-târakam=iyaṁ puṇy-âspadaṁ vâñchchha(ñchha)tâ |
vinyast=âdbhuta-Vindhya-bhûdhara-guhâm=âśritya Kâtyâyanî ||
9 Dhaut-âṅhô-mala-paṅka-dôsham=amalair-mâhânadair=amvu(mbu)bhiḥ | vyâdhût-
ôpavana-priyaṅgu-vakulair=âmôditaṁ vâyubhi[ḥ*] |
10 kalpânt-âvadhi-bhôgyam=uchcha-śikhari-chchhây-âvṛit-ârkka-dyutiḥ | [— —]
grâmam=analpa-bhôga-vibhavaṁ ramyaṁ Bhavânyai dadau ||
TRANSLATION.
Ôm! May the foot of (the goddess) Dêvî, fringed with the rays of (its) pure nails
point out the way to fortune, endowing with a (suitable) reward your state of supplication
which is such as befits the expression of firm devotion ;—(that foot) which, surpassing in
radiance all the beauty of a full-blown waterlily, was disdainfully placed, with its tinkling
anklet, on the head of the demon Mahishâsura !⁵
(Line 3.)—There was a king, the illustrious Yajñavarman, possessed of greatness
by celebrating copious sacrifices; renowned; possessed of fame as pure as the spot-
less moon; the abode of (all) the dignity of one of the warrior caste;—who, though
he was the foremost of all kings in respect of wisdom, (high) descent, liberality, and
prowess, yet, through modesty, was (like) an ocean which adheres to the natural state
(of tranquillity), (and) the calmness of which is never to be disturbed.
¹ From the original stone. ² Metre, Śârdûlavikrîḍita, throughout.
³ It is not customary to punctuate the first and third pâdas of a verse; but it was done almost
uniformly throughout this inscription.
⁴ Read mahimâ.
⁵ A demon who assumed various forms, but principally that of a buffalo, and was slain by Pârvatî,
who, in the form of Dêvî or Durgâ, attacked him, on a lion, and cut off his head.
2 F 2.

228 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
(L. 5.)—His son (was) the king Sârdûlavarman, who stretched out over the faces
of the points of the compass, (as) an emblem of sovereignty, the renown that he had
acquired in the occupation of war resembling (in its extensiveness) the great swollen ocean;
who conquered (the stains of) this present age with (his) fame; who was illustrious; (and)
who acquired, as it were, the glory of the kalpa-tree, by satisfying with rewards the wishes
of (his) relatives and friends.
(L. 7.)—Of him, who was always possessed of infinite fame and renown, the son (is)
he, pure of soul, (and) possessed of intellect animated with innate piety, who is known by
the appellation of Varman commencing with **Ananta;**¹—by whom, desiring a shrine of
religious merit that should endure as long as the sun, the earth, the moon, and the stars,
this (image of) (the goddess) Kâtyâyanî has been placed in (this) wonderful cave of the
Vindhya mountains.
(L. 9.)—He has given to (the goddess) Bhavânî, to be enjoyed up to the time of the
destruction of all things, the charming village of . . . . . . ., possessed of a great wealth
of enjoyment,—the sin, impurity, mud, and blemishes of which are washed away by the
pure waters of a great river;²—which is filled with perfume by the breezes that agitate
the priyaṁgu³ and vakula-trees⁴ in (its) groves;—(and) from which the radiance of the
sun is screened off by (this) lofty mountain.

No. 51; PLATE XXXII A.

JAUNPUR STONE INSCRIPTION OF ISVARAVARMAN.

THIS inscription,—which was discovered by General Cunningham in 1875-76 or 1877-78,
and was first brought to notice by him in 1880, in the Archæol. Surv. Ind. Vol. XI.
p. 124 f., where he published his reading of the text, accompanied by a lithograph
(id. Plate xxxvii. No. 1),—is from a stone built in as one of the lower voussoirs of the outer
arch of the south gate of the Jâmi Masjid at **Jaunpur,**⁵ the chief town of the Jaunpur
District in the North-West Provinces.
The writing, which covers a space of about 1′ 3½″ broad by 1′ 1½″ high, is, so far as
it goes, in a state of very good preservation, except for the marks by which it has been
disfigured a little above the centre of the stone. But it is only a fragment of a very
much larger inscription. Nothing has been lost at the top, and at the ends of the lines.
But from thirty-eight to seventy-two aksharas,—probably the larger number,—are lost
at the beginning of each line; and also an indefinite number of lines below the last line that
is extant.—The average size of the letters is about ⁷⁄₁₆″. The characters belong to the

¹ i.e. Anantavarman.
² We might find in this verse a reference to "the pure waters of (the river) Mahânadî." But the
Mahânadî, which rises in the Râypur District, flows into the Bay of Bengal, without coming anywhere
within two hundred and fifty miles of the Nâgârjunî hill. The small river that runs past this hill, is
named the Phalgu; and it flows into the Ganges, not into the Mahânadî. Under the name of Phalgu,
it is mentioned in an inscription, belonging to about the twelfth century A.D., of a prince named
Yakshapâla, at the Satî Ghât at Gayâ (Ind. Ant. Vol. XVI. p. 64, line 2).
³ priyaṁgu; the Panicum Italicum; a medicinal plant, and perfume.
⁴ vakula; the Mimusops Elengi.
⁵ The 'Jounpoor' of maps. Indian Atlas, Sheet No. 88. Lat. 25° 41′ N.; Long. 82° 43′ E.

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 51, PLATE XXXII A. 229
northern class of alphabets, and are radically of much the same type as those of the
Asîrgaḍh seal of Śarvavarman, No. 47 above, Plate xxxA.; but the execution is, in some
details, still more florid. In dôrbhyâm, line 1, kîrttêr, line 4, karair=guṇair=guṇavatâm,
line 5, and other places, we have to note that the superscript r is formed on the top line
of the writing, instead of above it.—The language is Sanskrit; and the extant portion of
the inscription is in verse throughout.—In respect of orthography, the only points that
call for notice are (1) the doubling of k, t, and d, in conjunction with a following r, e.g. in
kkrûra, line 5; kshattrêṇa, line 1; and upaddravair, line 5; and (2) the use of v for b, in
lavdha, line 1.
The inscription mentions, in line 4, a 'king' named Îśvaravarman, of the
Maukhari, or as it is here called the Mukhara family, who is evidently the Mahârâja
Îśvaravarman, the grandfather of Śarvavarman, who is mentioned in line 5 of the
Asîrgaḍh seal, No. 47 above, page 219. But the lacunæ in the following lines are so exten-
sive, that it is impossible to say whether the historical information given in them refers to
Îśvaravarman, or to one of his descendants. It is much to be wished that the first half of
the stone could be recovered; since, in addition to clearing up this point, it would probably
give the name of a king in connection with the city of Dhârâ that is mentioned in line 6,
and also the name of a king in connection with the Andhras who are spoken of in lines
7 and 8; and the latter information might afford the much-wanted starting-point for settling
the chronology of the Andhra family. It would probably give us also the name of a king of
Saurâshṭra or Kâṭhiâwâḍ, in connection with the mountain Raivataka that is men-
tioned in line 7. The extant portion of the inscription contains no date, and nothing to
indicate a sectarian character.

**TEXT.**¹

1 ² . . . . . . . . . . . r(?). ksh(?). l(?). gam³ || Dôrbhyâm⁴=[Â]tmabhuvô dhanuḥ
saha-bhuvâ kshattrêṇa lavdh(bdh)-âtmanâ vistâr⁷
2 . . . . . . . . [u]dayini⁵ Mukharâṇâṁ bhûbhujâm=anvavâyê | sakala-
purusha-śakti-vyakta-śâṅrga-pratâpô
3 . . . . . . . . . . . karmmaṇâ⁶ yajñaṁ dh[û]ma-vitâna-mêgha-nivahaḥ puṇyaṁ
vitênê divi ||⁷
4 . . . . . . . . . . . laka⁸-srast-âlakâgram kulaiḥ || Tasya⁹ dikshu [v]itat-
âmala-kîrttêr=âtmajô nṛipatir=Îśvaravarmmâ
¹ From the ink-impression.
² If (since we have a half-mark of punctuation after anvavâyê in line 2) we accept the double mark
of punctuation after the fourth extant akshara of this line as marking properly the end of a verse,
seventy-two aksharas have been cut away and lost here. If, however, it marks only the end of the
second pâda of a verse, then only thirty-eight aksharas are lost.—I have tried several ways of
arranging the verses, in order to determine exactly how many aksharas are lost at the commencement
of each line, but without being able to satisfy myself. The probability is, however, that the larger
number (seventy-two) has been lost at the beginning of this line, and in proportion all the way down.
³ Metre, doubtful. ⁴ Metre, Śârdûlavikrîḍita.
⁵ Metre, Mâlinî.
⁶ Metre, Śârdûlavikrîḍita.
⁷ This mark of punctuation is followed by some scroll-work, to fill up the line.
⁸ Metre, Śârdûlavikrîḍita.
Metre, Svâgatâ.

230 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
5 . . . . . . . . . [kri]p¹-ânurâga-śamita-kkrûr-âgam(?)-ôpaddravair=lôk-ânanda-karair=
gunair=gunavatâṁ kô nâma
6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . [a]dhishṭhitaṁ kshitibhujâṁ siṁhêna siṁhâsanam || Dhârâ-
mârgga-vinirgat-âgni-kaṇikâ
7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . dam || Vindhy-âddrêḥ prati-randhram-Andhra-patinâ śaṁkâ-
parêṇ=âsitaṁ yâtô Raivatak-âchalaṁ
8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . sâṁ ² vâraṇânâṁ ghaṭâsu vyâptêsh=ûtkhâta-khaḍga-dyuti-
khachita-bhujêshv=Andhra-sênâ-bhaṭêshu
9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . ra³-prapâta-salilaiḥ snâtaṁ śilâ-gandhibhiḥ prâlêy-âddri-
bhuvaś=cha śîta-payasaḥ prakshâ-
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . rēṇubhir=giri-sarit-pûr-ôrmmi-bhaṅg-âkulair=utsarppadbhir=anupragê=
pi divasô yasy=âp .
11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h ya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TRANSLATION.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Wielding]
with (his) arms the bow of (the god) Âtmabhû,⁴ by means of (his) innate warriors' skill
that pervaded (his very) soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in the flourishing lineage
of the Mukhara kings; whose prowess with the bow was displayed with all the energy of
a man ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by the rite . . . . . . . . . ; (and his) religious
merit, arising from sacrifices, spread out over the sky (in the form of) the mass of the
clouds of the canopy of the smoke (of his oblations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
having the ends of (their) curls fallen down . . . . . . . . . . . . by the families . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Line 4.)—Of him, whose spotless fame spread far and wide over the regions, the
son (was) king Îśvaravarman, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . with virtues which by
means of compassion and affection allayed the troubles (caused) by the approach of cruel
people, and which effected the happiness of mankind ; who, indeed, of virtuous people
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; by him, a very lion to (hostile) kings, the throne
was occupied. A spark of fire that had come by the road from (the city of) Dhârâ
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the lord of the Andhras, wholly given over to fear,
took up (his) abode in the crevices of the Vindhya mountains ; . . . . . . . . . . . . went to
the Raivataka mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . among the warriors of the
Andhra army, who were spread out among the troops of elephants (and) whose arms were
studded with the lustre of (their) swords drawn out (from the scabbards), . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bathed with the waters, fragrant with benzoin, of the torrents of
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . and cleansing the lands, full of cool waters, of (Himâlaya) the moun-
tain of snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . with the pollen . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
disordered by the breaking of the waves of the swollen mountain-streams, (and) flowing
onwards, . . . . . . . . . . . . . whose day, even in the hours that come next after daybreak
¹ Metre, Śârdûlavikrîḍita, and in the next three lines.
² Metre, Sragdharâ.
³ Metre, Śârdûlavikrîḍita, and in the next line.
⁴ lit. ‘the self-existent one;’ an epithet of Brahman, Vishṇu, and Śiva. From the mention of a
bow, it must here denote Vishṇu, who carries the bow of horn named Śârṅga.

CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM.
Vol. III Plate xxxii

A.—Jaunpur Inscription of Isvaravarman

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [य]शोराशिरुदार-कीर्त्तिर्-भू[भृ]न्-नृपस्-सुचरितै-र्जग[तीं पुना]नः [।]
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [दृप्त]-द्विप-घटा-विघटैक-शूरस्-तस्यात्मजो जयति भूपतिर-ईश्वर[वर्मा] [॥]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [धारा-धरै]र्-गगन-सिन्धुरि-वान्ववाहि
4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [दिक्षु] विदि[क्षु] च ख्यात-शौर्यो यशोधर-[गिरिर्-यथा]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [यस्यापि] द्यु-तरङ्गिणी-विम[ला] विस्तीर्[णा] गुण-सन्ततिः
6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [स्थिर]-कीर्त्तिर्-गुणी श्लाघ्य[स्-त]स्याभूत्-तनयः प्र[भोः] . . . . [प्रथित]-कीर्त्तिर्
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [वृतः ॥] विज्ञातुः शङ्कितस्य प्रतिभट-यशसां गामिवाम्भोधि-सीम्नि ध्वस्ते दैवे ततश्च
8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [यो मौखरेः का]न्ता-कान्ति-पयोधरोन्नति-सुखं मुञ्चन्-द्विपद्रोहिणीं युद्धायाहव-रङ्गमूर्-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [धनि नृप-पति]र्मत्तः-प्रभिन्न-द्विपस्-तिर्य्याङ्-निर्य्यद-सृङ्-निविष्ट-मधुप-व्रात-च्छलाद्-यत्-पदौ
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [पूजारोचिषि राज]-मण्डलम-भवाद्-रक्त-प्रवाल-श्रिया धारिभ्यां भुवि रोपितौ रण-शिरो-विभ्राजि-
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No. 52; PLATE XXXII B.
SONPAT COPPER SEAL INSCRIPTION OF HARSHAVARDHANA.
THIS inscription, which is now brought to notice for the first time, is from a copper
seal in the possession of Moharsingh Ramratan Mahajan, a merchant at Sônpat¹ or
Sônipat,² the chief town of the Sônpat Tahsîl or Sub-Division of the Dehli District in the
Pañjâb. I obtained the seal for examination through the kindness of Mr. J. D. Tremlett,
B.C.S., who, in fact, had the first information of it, and brought it to my notice.
The seal is oval, measuring about 5⅞″ by 6⅞″. All round it there runs a rim, about
½″ broad; and inside this there are, in rather shallow relief on a slightly countersunk sur-
face,—at the top, a bull, recumbent to the proper right; and below this, the inscription that
is given below. That it is only a seal, belonging to a copper-plate from which it has been
detached, is shewn by plain indications of soldering on the back of it, and also by the
spurious Gayâ plate of Samudragupta, No. 60 below, Plate xxxvii., which has a similar seal
attached to it. The letters of the inscription are worn down so much, that in many places
they can only be read by getting the light to fall on the surface at different angles; and in
some places they are entirely illegible. The only historical information, however, that seems
to be lost, is the completion of the name of Prabhâkaravardhana’s father, in line 4. I have
to acknowledge some assistance from Dr. Bhagwanlal Indraji in reading this inscription;
but, of course, without binding him to any of the details of it, as here published.—The
weight of the seal is 3 lbs. 6 oz.—The average size of the letters is about ⅛″. The
characters belong to the northern class of alphabets, and are of much the same type as
those of the Asîrgaḍh seal of Śarvavarman, No. 47 above, Plate xxxA.; but the forms are
rather more conservative in details.—The language is Sanskrit; and the inscription is
in prose throughout.—In respect of orthography, the only point that calls for notice
is the doubling of t, in conjunction with a following r, in puttra, lines 2 and 7.
The seal is one of Harshavardhana, king of Kanauj, who began to reign³ A.D.
606 or 607; and it is of peculiar interest, as being the first of his own epigraphical records
that has ever come to light. I have made every effort to discover the plate to which it
belongs; as the inscription on the plate would make the genealogy perfect, and also, if be-
longing to the early years of Harshavardhana’s reign, would probably shew what era was
used by him prior to the establishment of his own. But I have not succeeded in obtaining
any information about it; and it seems to have been hopelessly lost sight of. The pre-
sent owner of the seal states that there is no record of the plate itself having ever been in
the possession of his family; so it is very doubtful whether it is now in existence.
¹ The ‘Sonipat, Soonput, and Sunput,’ of maps, &c. Indian Atlas, Sheet No. 49. Lat. 28° 59′ N
Long. 77° 3′ E.
² Other forms of the name are Sônêpat, and Sunpat.
³ See Ind. Ant. Vol. XIII. p. 420, note 37.

232 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.

TEXT.¹

1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . y . . . śrîma(?)hâ(?dâ) . .
2 . . . . . paramâdityabha[ktô mahârâ]ja-śrî-Râjyavarddhanaḥ [॥*]
Tasya puttras=tat-p[â]-
3 [d-ânudhyâtaḥ] śrî(?)-Ma(?)hâ(?)dêvyâm=[utpannaḥ paramâ]dityabhaktô
mahârâja-śrîmad-Âditya-
4 [varddhanaḥ²] [॥*] [Ta]sya [puttras=tat-pâd-ânudhyâtaḥ śrî]-Mahâ³-
sênaguptâ-dêvyâm=utpanna . . . . . .
5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . y . sarv[v]a-varṇṇ-âśrama-vyavasthâpana-
pravṛi-
6 [ttaḥ] . . . . . y . . .va(?) prava[r]ddh . . . . . . paramâdityabhaktaḥ
paramabhaṭṭâraka-
7 mahârâjâdhirâja-śrî-Prabhâkaravarddhanaḥ [॥*] Tasya puttras=tat-pâd-
ânudhyâ[ta] . . . . . . .
8 . . . . . . i . . . . . . . . . . . śr[î]matyâ[ṁ] Yaś[ô]maty[âm-utpannaḥ]
paramasô(sau)gata . . . .
9 . . . . . [paramabhaṭṭâraka]-mahârâjâdhi[râja]-śrî-Râjyava[rddhanaḥ] [॥*]
10 [Tasy=ânujas=tat-pâd-ânu]dhyâtô mahâdêvyâ[ṁ] Yaśômatyâ-
11 [m=utpannaḥ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [pa]-
12 [ramabhaṭṭâraka-ma]hârâjâ[dhi]râja-śrî-Harsha-
13 varddhanaḥ⁴ [॥*]

TRANSLATION.

(There was) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the most devout worshipper of the Sun, the Mahârâja, the illustrious Râjyavardhana (I.) His son, [who meditated on] his feet, (was) the [most devout] worshipper of the Sun, the Mahârâja, the illustrious **Âdityavardhana,**⁵ [begotten] on the illustrious Mahâdêvî(?). His [son, who meditated on his feet], (was) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the most devout worshipper of the Sun, the Paramabhaṭṭâraka and Mahârâjâdhirâja, the glorious Prabhâkaravardhana, begotten on the Dêvî, [the illustrious] Mahâsênaguptâ, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (and) who was employed in regulating all the castes and stages of religious life. His son, who meditated on his feet, (was) the most devout follower of Sugata,⁶ the Paramabhaṭṭâraka and Mahârâjâdhirâja, the glorious Râjyavardhana (II.), begotten on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the glorious Yaśômatî. [His younger brother], who meditated on [his feet], (is) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the [Paramabhaṭṭâraka and] Mahârâjâdhirâja, the glorious Harshavardhana, [begotten] on the Mahâdêvî, Yaśômatî.

¹ From the original seal.
² This part of the name is quite illegible; but the analogy of the other names seems to indicate that the termination here was the same, viz. vardhana.
³ These two aksharas, mahâ, are very indistinct; but I think they may be accepted as certain.
⁴ These three aksharas, varddhanaḥ, are rather small and cramped, in the centre of the bottom of the seal.
⁵ See note 2 above.
⁶ paramasaugata is a Buddhist sectarian title. Sugata, lit. ‘well-gone; well-bestowed; one who has attained a good state,’ was one of the names or titles of Buddha.

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; NOS. 53 AND 54, PLATE XXXIII A & B. 233
Nos. 53 & 54; PLATE XXXIII A & B.
NACHNE-KI-TALAI STONE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE
MAHARAJA PRITHIVISHENA.
THESE two inscriptions were discovered by General Cunningham in 1883-84, and were
brought to notice by him in 1885, in the Archæol. Surv. Ind. Vol. XXI. p. 97 f., where he
published his reading of the text of the complete one, No. 54, accompanied by lithographs
of both of them (id. Plate xxvii.)
Nachnê-kî-talâî,¹ meaning literally the "tank of Nachna," is a small village or col-
lection of huts, about seven miles south-west of Jasô,² the chief town of the Jasô State in
the Bundêlkhaṇḍ division of Central India. When I drafted the title of the Plate, I
understood that the inscriptions were on a boulder lying in the jungle; whereas it now
appears, from General Cunningham's published account, that they are on a loose slab
which was found lying at 'Lakhura, Lakhuria, or Lakhâwara,' which is the name of the
ground outside the fort of 'Kûthara or Kûtharagarh,' which again is given as an older
name of the site on part of which the village of Nachna or Nachnê-kî-talâî now stands.
The inscription of four lines, No. 54, is on the face of the slab; and the incomplete in-
scription, No. 53, on the side or edge of it. The explanation of No. 53 probably is, that
this side was intended to be the front of the stone; but that the stone was then found to be
too rough, and this face was made the side of it, and the inscription was commenced
again and finished on what is now the front of it. And I am extremely doubtful whether
the inscription on the side, No. 53, really consists of more than one line. Some signs
resembling the syllables vyâghra are pencilled-in on the impressions that were sent to me;
but I was unable to depute my own copyists to Nachnê-kî-talâî for the purpose of taking
fresh impressions to settle this point, or to go there myself.
The writing of No. 53 covers a space of about 1' 9¾" broad by 7½" high; and of
No. 54, about 1' 9" broad by 1' 1" high. The imperfections of some of the letters appear
to be due to incomplete engraving, owing to irregularities of the stone, rather than to sub-
sequent injury. In the centre of No. 54 there is a sculpture which may be either a
Buddhist wheel, or the sun-symbol. — The size of the letters varies from ⅞" to 1¼". The
characters belong to the southern class of alphabets, and give another specimen of the
'box-headed' variety of the Central India alphabet, which I have noticed at page 18 f.
above. — The language is Sanskrit; and both the inscriptions are in prose. — In respect
of orthography, the only point calling for remark is the doubling of dh, before y, in
anuddhyâta, in line 2 of No. 54.
As regards the contents of the inscriptions, No. 53 gives simply the name of the
Mahârâja Pṛithivishêṇa of the Vâkâṭaka tribe or dynasty. No. 54 repeats this, and
adds the name of a feudatory of his, Vyâghradêva. No date is given; and nothing to
shew any sectarian purpose. And the record simply refers to Vyâghradêva having made
something or other, which must have been either a temple, or a well or tank, of which this
slab evidently formed a part.
¹ The 'Nachna, Nâchna, and Narhua,' of maps, &c. It should be in the Indian Atlas, Sheet
No. 70, but is not entered there. Lat. 24° 24′ N., Long. 80° 30′ E.
² The 'Jasso, Jusso, and Jussoo, of maps, &c.
2 C.

234 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
As regards the name of this family, Vâkâṭaka, General Cunningham¹ has proposed
its identification with the modern Bhândak,² a place evidently of considerable antiquity,
the chief town of the Bhândak Pargaṇâ in the Chândâ District in the Central Provinces,
fifteen miles north-west of Chândâ,³ and eleven miles south-east of Warôḍâ.⁴ It is possi-
ble that Bhândak may have been the Vâkâṭaka capital. But the identity of the two
names cannot be upheld. In the first place, there is the difficulty of accounting for the
disappearance of the k in the second syllable of Vâkâṭaka, and for the change of the
lingual ṭ into the dental d, with a nasal before it. In the second place, as pointed out by
Dr. Bühler,⁵ there is an insuperable obstacle, in the suggested change of v into bh. And,
in the third place, I have to point out that the name Vâkâṭaka must be derived from an
original vakâta; like, for instance, Mâhâkântâraka from Mahâkântâra, Kausalaka from
Kôsala, Kairaḷaka from Kêraḷa, and Paishṭapuraka from Pishṭapura, in line 19 of the
Allâhâbâd posthumous pillar inscription of Samudragupta, No. 1 above; and like
Traikûṭaka from Trikûṭa, in line 1 of the 'Pardi' grant⁶ of the Traikûṭaka Mahârâja
Dahrasêna of the year 207. If any trace of the name is to be found in the maps of the
present day, we must look for some such place as Wakât, Bakât, Bakaṭ, Baktôr, or
Baktaulî; and it might possibly be found in 'Waktapur,' in the Rêwâ-Kânṭhâ Agency.
TEXT.⁷
No. 53.
1 Vâkâṭakânâṁ mahâ⁸râja-śrî(śrî)-Pṛithivishêṇa......
2 Vyâ(?)ghra(?)⁹
No. 54.
1 Vâkâṭakâna[ṁ*] mahârâja-śrî(śrî)-
2 Pṛithivishêṇa - pâd - â¹⁰nuddhyâtô
3 Vyâghradêvô mâtâpitrô[ḥ*] puṇy-
[â*]rtthaṁ
4 kṛitam¹¹=iti [॥*]
¹ Archæol. Surv. Ind. Vol. IX. p. 121 f.
² The 'Bhanduk' of the Indian Atlas, Sheet No. 73. Lat. 20° 6' N.; Long. 79° 9' E.
³ The 'Chandah' of maps. ⁴ The 'Warorá and Wurroda' of maps, &c.
⁵ Archæol. Surv. West. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 117 f.; and Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 239 f.—Dr. Bühler
speaks of Vâkâṭaka as being the name of a country, as well as of the tribe governing it. It probably
did, in the usual way, denote the country, as well as the tribe or dynasty. But it does not occur in the
compound quoted by him, 'Pavarajja-Vâkâṭaka,' which exists only in the original misreading, for
Pavarajjavâṭaka, in line 22 of the Siwanî grant, No. 56 below, page 246.—Vâkâṭaka has also been
supposed to occur as the name of a place or country in line 161 of the Anamkoṇḍ inscription of the
Kâkatîya chieftain Rudradêva; but this, again, is only due to the original misreading (Jour. Beng. As.
Soc. Vol. VII. pp. 903, 908); the place that is really mentioned is Kaṭaka, as is shewn by the litho-
graph published with my own reading of this inscription (Ind. Ant. Vol. XI. pp. 11, 16, 20).
⁶ Jour. Bo. Br. R. As. Soc. Vol. XVI, p. 347.
⁷ From Gen. Cunningham's ink-impressions; so also the lithographs.
⁸ This hâ was at first omitted and then inserted below the line.
⁹ These two aksharas are very doubtful; they are pencilled-in on the ink-impression, and there
may be some traces of them; but the impression is not deep enough for them to shew in relief on the
back of it
¹⁰ This dâ was at first omitted and then inserted below the line. ¹¹ Read kṛitavân.

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CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM.
Plate xxxiii
A.—Nachne-ki-talai Rock Inscription of the Maharaja Prithivishena.
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THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 55, PLATE XXXIV 235
TRANSLATION.
Vyâghradêva, who meditates on the feet of the Mahârâja of the Vâkâtakas, the
illustrious Prithivîshêna, has made (this) for the sake of the religious merit of (his)
··ents.
No. 55; PLATE XXXIV.
CHAMMAK COPPER-PLATE INSCRIPTION OF THE
MAHARAJA PRAVARASENA II.
THIS inscription was discovered about 1868, and,—the original plates having been
obtained by Major H. Szczepanski, and forwarded by him to Dr. John Wilson, of Bom-
bay,—was first brought to notice in 1879, by Dr. Bhagwanlal Indraji's reading of the
text, published in Notes on the Bauddha Rock-Temples of Ajanta,¹ p. 54 ff.—And in 1883,
Dr. G. Bühler, C.I.E., published his own reading of the text, and a translation of it, in the
Archæol. Surv. West. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 116 ff., and also, accompanied by a lithograph of the
plates, but not of the seal, in the Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 239 ff.
The inscription is on some copper-plates that were found in ploughing a field at
Chammak,² the ancient Charmâṅka of the inscription, a village about four miles
south-west of Ilichpur,³ the chief town of the Ilichpur District in the Commissioner-
ship of East Berar, in the Haidarâbâd Assigned Districts. The original plates, which I
obtained for examination from Dr. Burgess, are now, I understand, again in the posses-
sion of Major Szczepanski.
The plates, of which the first and last are inscribed on one side only, are seven in
number, each measuring from 7⅜" to 7½" by from 3½" to 3⅝". They are quite smooth, the
edges of them having been neither fashioned thicker, nor raised into rims. A few of the
letters on the first and last plates have been damaged by rust; but the rest of the in-
scription is in a state of excellent preservation. The plates are fairly thick and substan-
tial; and the letters, which are not very deep, do not shew through on the reverse sides at
all. The engraving is good; but, as usual, the interiors of the letters shew here and
there marks of the working of the engraver's tool.—Towards the top of each plate, there
is a hole for a ring to connect them. The ring is circular, about ¼" thick and 3⅝" in
diameter. It was not soldered into the socket of a seal; but the ends of it were flattened
off, as if to overlap and fasten with a pin or bolt; there is, however, no hole in them to
shew that they were ever actually secured in this way. The seal⁴ is a flat disc of copper,
rising slightly towards the centre, about ⅛" thick and 2⅞" in diameter. To the centre of
the back of it, there is soldered a small ring, by which it slides on the larger ring men-
tioned above. Across the surface of the seal, there is the legend, in four lines, of
¹ No. 9 of the separate pamphlets of the Archæological Survey of Western India.
² The ‘Chamuck’ of the Indian Atlas, Sheet No. 54. Lat. 21° 12' N.; Long. 77° 31' E.—In Notes
on the Bauddha Rock-Temples of Ajanta, p. 54, the plates are said to have been obtained from
Sâgar in the Central Provinces. And in Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 234, they are called the Ilichpur grant.
But in Archæol. Surv. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 116, it is stated explicitly that they were found in a ploughed
field at Chammak.
³ The ‘Ellichpur’ of maps, &c.
⁴ See Plate xxxiiiC.
2 G 2.

236 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
which the text and translation are given below.—The weight of the seven plates is about
6 lbs. 14 oz., and of the two rings and the seal, about 14½ oz.; total 7 lbs. 12½ oz.—The
average size of the letters is about 5/16". The characters belong to the southern class
of alphabets, and are of the ‘box-headed’ variety of the Central India alphabet, on which I
have commented at page 18 f. above. But, whether intentionally or accidentally, the heads
of the letters were scooped out hollow through nearly the whole of this inscription; and
the true box-shaped tops are discernible in only a few places; e.g. in lines 58 and 59.
The characters include forms of the numerical symbols for 8 and 10, in line 60, and for
8,000, in line 19.—The language is Saṁskṛit. The legend on the seal is in verse; but
the inscription itself, except for the benedictive and imprecatory verses in lines 36 to 39,
is in prose throughout.—In respect of orthography, we have to notice (1) the use of the
upadhmânîya, in râjñaḥ=pravara, line c; pâṇêḥ=prasâda, line 13; śambhôḥ=prasâda,
line 16; and rakshitavyaḥ=pari, line 32; but not in kalîyaḥ putra, line 30; (2) the
occasional doubling of k and d, in conjunction with a following r, e.g. in kkrama, line b;
kkriyâbhis, line 31; and ddrôha, line 4; (3) the doubling of th and dh, in conjunction with
a following y, in bhâgîratthy-amala, line 6, and sarvvâddhyaksha, line 21; and (4) the
doubling of v after the anusvâra, in saṁvvatsarê, line 60.
The inscription is one of the Mahârâja Pravarasêna II., of the Vâkâṭaka
tribe or dynasty; and the charter recorded in it, is issued from the town of Pravarapura.
It is dated, both in words and in numerical symbols, in the eighteenth year (of his
government), on the thirteenth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month Jyêshṭha
(May-June). It is a non-sectarian inscription; the object of it being simply to record the
grant, by Pravarasêna II., to a thousand Brâhmans, of the village of Charmâṅka, i.e.
the modern Chammak itself, in the Bhôjakaṭa kingdom.
TEXT.¹
The Seal.
a Vâkâṭaka³-lalâmasya
b kkrama-prâpta-nṛipa-śriyaḥ
c râjñaḥ=Pravarasênasya
d śâsanaṁ ripu-śâsanam [||]
First Plate.
1 Dṛishṭaṁ [||] Svasti Pravarapurâd=agnishṭôm-âptôryyâm-ôkthya-
shôḍaśy-âtirâtra-⁴
2 vâjapêya - bṛihaspatisava - sâdyaskra - chaturaśvamêdha - yâjinaḥ
[L36

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 55, PLATE XXXIV. 237
Second Plate; First Side.
6 nâm=parâkram-âdhigata-Bhâgîratthy-â(a)mala-jala-mûrddhn(rddh)-âbhi-
shiktânân=daś-â-
7 śvamêdh-âvabhṛitha-snânânâm=Bhâraśivânâṁ mahârâja-śrî-Bhava-
nâga-dau-
8 hitrasya Gautamî¹putrasya putrasya Vâkâṭakânâṁ mahâ-
râja-śrî-Rudraśê-
9 nasya sûnôr=atyatna(nta)mâhêśvarasya saty-ârjjava-kâruṇya-
śauryya-vikrama-na-
10 ya - vinaya - mâhâtmy - âdhima(ka)tva - hâ²(pâ)tr - âgata - bhakti(kti)tvâ-
dharmmavî(vi)jayî(yi)tva-
Second Plate; Second Side.
11 manônairmmâ(rmma)ly-âdi-guṇais=samupêtasya varsha-śatam=abhi-
varddhamâna-kôśa-
12 daṇḍasâdhana-sannâ(ntâ)na-putra-pautriṇaḥ Yudhishṭhira-vṛitnê(ttê)r=
Vâkâṭakâ-
13 nâṁ mahârâja-śrî-Pṛithivishêṇasya sûnôr=bbhagavataś=Chakra
pâṇêḥ=prasâ-
14 d-ôpârjji³ta-śrî-samudayasya Vâkâṭakânâṁ mahârâja-śrî-Rudra-
sêna-
15 [sya] sûnôr=mmahârâjâdhirâja-śrî-Dêvagupta-sutâyâṁ Prabhâva-*
Third Plate; First Side.
16 tiguptâyâm=utpannasya Śambhôḥ-prasâda-dhṛiti-kârttayugasya
17 Vâkâṭakânâm = parama-mâhêśvara - mahârâja - śrî - Pravarasênasya
vachanâ[t]*
18 Bhôjakaṭa-râjyê Madhunadi(dî)-taṭê Charmmâṅka⁴-nâma-
gr[â]maḥ râjamânika-bhu(bhû)mî-*
19 sahasrair=ashṭâbhiḥ⁵ 8000 Śatr[u]ghnarâja-putra-Koṇḍarâja-*
vijñâptyâ nânâ-gô-
20 tra-charaṇêbhyô brâhmaṇêbhyaḥ sahasrâya dattaḥ [||*]
Third Plate; Second Side.
21 Yatô=smat-santakâ[ḥ] sarvvâddhyaksh-âdhiyôga-niyuktâ âjñâ-*
sañch[â]ri-kulaputr-âdhikṛitâ*

¹ The form of superscript î that we have here, is somewhat different from that which occurs
throughout the rest of this inscription.—In line 7 of the next inscription, page 245 below, this syllable
has the short vowel i, as is optionally allowable.
² The engraver first formed hi, and then partially cancelled the i. Probably the man who wrote
the copy from which he engraved, had hesitated between hit-âgata and pâtr-âgata.—The form of
superscript i used here, was not of general use till somewhat later times. But, in the present inscrip-
tion, it occurs again distinctly twice in ti, in line 16, in ni, line 21, and twice in vi, line 23; and in
other places; and, in many other instances throughout the inscription, there is a tendency to form it
in the same way.
³ The engraver first formed jji, and then corrected it into rjji.
⁴ The engraver first formed skâ, and then partially cancelled the s.
⁵ We have to supply parimitâḥ, or some similar word, after this instrumental case.

238 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
22 bhaṭâch(ś)=chhâtrâś=cha viśruta-pûrvvay=âjñay=âjñâpayitavyâ Viditam=
astu vô yath=ê-
23 h=âsmâkam=manô¹ dharmm-âyur-bva(bba)la-vijay-aiśvaryya-vivṛiddhayê
ih-âmutra-hit-â-
24 rttham=âtm-ânugrahâya vaijaikê² dharmmasthânê apûrvva-dat[t*]yâ
udaka-purvva-
25 m=atisṛishṭaḥ [|] ath=âsy=ôchitaṁ pûrvva-râj-ânumatâṁ châtur-
vvaidya-grâma-ma-
26 ryyâdân(ṁ)=vitarâmas=tad=yathâ a-karadâyî³ a-bhaṭa-chhchha-
(chchhâ)tra-prâvêśya[h]
Fourth Plate; First Side.
27 a-pâraṁpara-gô-balivardda[h*] a-pushpa-kshîra-satdô(ndô)ha[h*] a-
ch[a*]râ-
28 sana-charmm-âṅgâra[h*] a-lavaṇa-klinna-kkrêṇi-khanaka[h*] sarvva-
vê(vi)shṭi-pari-
29 hâra-parîhṛitaḥ⁴ sa-nidhis=s-ôpanidhiḥ sa-kli(kḷi)pt-ôpakli(kḷi)ptaḥ
30 â-chandr-âditya-kâlîyaḥ putra-pautr-[â*]nugamakaḥ [|] bhu[ṁ]jatâṁ
na kê-
31 nachi[d*]=vyâghâtam(ḥ) karttavyas=sarvva-kkriyâbhis=sa[ṁ*]rakshi-
tavyaḥ=par[i*]varddhayi-
32 tav[y*]aś=cha [|] yaś=ch=âyaṁ⁵ śâsanam=a-gaṇayamânô(naḥ)
svalp[â]m=api [pa*]ribâdhâṁ-⁶
Fourth Plate; Second Side.
33 n(ṅ)=kuryyât=kârayitâ vâ tasya brâhmaṇair=vvêditasya sa-
va(da)ṇḍa-nigrahaṁ kuryyâ-
34 ma || Asmi[ṁ*]ś=cha dharmm-âvara-karaṇê ati(tî)t-ânêka-râja-
datna(tta)-sañchitna(nta)na-
35 paripâlanaṁ kṛita-puṇy-ânukîrttana-parihâr-ârttham na
kîrttayâmaḥ [||]
36 Vyâsa-gîtau ch=âtra ślôkau pra⁷mâni(ṇî)karttavyau [|] Sva⁸-
datnâ(ttâ)m=para-datnâ(ttâ)ṁ
37 vvâ(vâ) yô harêta vasundharâṁ gavâṁ śata-sahasrasya
hantu-
Fifth Plate; First Side.
38 r=harati dushkṛitaṁ [||*] Shashṭiṁ varsha-sahasrâṇi(ṇi) svarggê
môdati bhû-

¹ Read yath=aisha âtmanô.
² Read vaijayikê.
³ The engraver first formed yai, and then corrected it into yî.
⁴ Read parihṛitaḥ.
⁵ Read yaś=ch=êdaṁ. The cha of ścha closed up again, almost entirely, after the engraving.
⁶ After this word, kuryyâ was engraved and then cancelled.—The anusvâra is not required;
since, in the next line, we have n, by mistake for ṅ, connecting paribâdhâṁ in saṁdhi with kuryyât.
⁷ The engraver first formed â=pra, and then cancelled the â.
⁸ Metre, Ślôka (Anushṭubh); and in the following verse.

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 55, PLATE XXXIV 239
39 mi-daḥ âchchhêttâ ch=ânumantâ cha¹ tâny=êva narakê vasêd=
iti [||] Śśâ(śâ)sana-
40 sthitiś=ch=êyaṁ brâhmaṇair=îśvatais=ch=ânupâlanîya tad=yathâ
râjñâṁ sa-
41 ptâṅgê râjyê a-ddrôha-pravṛintâ(ttâ)nâṁ [a]-brahmaghna-chaura²-
pâradârika-râjâ-
42 pathyakâri-prabhṛiti(tî)nâṁ [a*]-saṅgr[a*]ma-kurvvatâṁ anya-
grâmêshv=an-a- ||
Fifth Plate; Second Side.
43 par[a*]ddhânâṁ³ â-chandr-âditya-kâlîyaḥ [|] atô=nyathâ kurvvatâm=
anumôdatâṁ vâ⁴
44 râjñaḥ bhu(bhû)mi-chchhêdaṁ kurvvataḥ a-stêyam=iti [||]
Prâ(pra)tigrâhiṇaś=ch=âtra
45 vâra-niyuktâḥ [|] Śâtyâyanaḥ Gaṇâryyaḥ Vâtsya-Dêvâryyaḥ
Bhâradvâja-
46 Kumâraśarmmâryya[ḥ] Pârâśaryya-Guhaśarmmâ Kâśyapa-
Dêv[a*]ryyaḥ Mahêśvarâryya⁶[ḥ*]
47 Mâtṛaryya[ḥ*] Kauṇḍinya-Rudrâryya[ḥ*] Sômâryya[ḥ*]
Hariśarmmâryya[ḥ*]
Sixth Plate; First Side.
48 Bhâradvâja-Kumâraśa[r]mm[â]ryya[ḥ*] Kauṇḍinya(nya)-Mâtṛi(tri)-
śarmmâ Varaśarmm[a*]
49 Gôṇḍaśarmmâ Nâgaśarmmâ Bhâradvâ[ja*]-Śantiśarmmâ Rudra-
śarmmâ Vâtsyaḥ
50 Bhôjakad[ê*]vâryya[ḥ*] Maghaśarmmâ Dêvaśarmmâ Bhâradvâja-
Môkshaśarman[a*]
51 [Nâ]gaśarmmâ Rêvatiśarmmâ Dharmmâryya[ḥ*] Bhâradvâja-
Śarmmâryya[ḥ*]
52 Nandanâryya[ḥ*] Mûlaśarmmâ | Îśvaraśarmmâ | Varaśarmmâ
Sixth Plate; Second Side.
53 Chânsya⁷-Skandâryya[ḥ]* Bhâradvâja-Bappâryya[ḥ*] Dharm-
mâryya[ḥ*] Âtrêya-Skandâryya[ḥ*]
54 Gautama-Sômaśarmmâryya[ḥ*] Bha[r*]triśarmmâ Rudraśa[rmmâ*]-
ryya[ḥ*] Maghâryya[ḥ*] Mâtṛi-
55 śarmmâryya[ḥ*] Îśvaraśarmmâryya[ḥ*] Gautama-sagôtra-Mâtṛi-
śarmmâ-
56 ryya[ḥ*] Kauṇḍiṇya(nya)-Dêvaśarmmâryya[ḥ*] Varaśarmmâryya[ḥ*]
Rôhâryya[ḥ*]
¹ The engraver first formed chcha or chchha, and then cancelled the lower ch, or the chha.
² The engraver first formed râ, and then cancelled the â.
³ Read an-apar[â]ddhânâṁ*, omitting the mark of punctuation.
⁴ The engraver first formed vvd, and then cancelled the lower v.
⁵ The engraver first formed gvd, and then corrected it into grâ.
⁶ This ryya stands at the end of the line, below the râ of mahêśvarâ; but this is evidently the place to which it properly belongs.
⁷ Read vâtsya.