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INDEX.

(The figures in thick type refer to the Introduction and Appendices.)
abdapa, a conventional term for the
Mêsha-Saṁkrânti, both apparent and
mean, 145, 146;—the figures for the
abdapa, obtained by Prof. K. L.
Chhatre's Tables, are for the apparent
Mêsha-Saṁkrânti, 145, 147;—and
they give the week-day and time, on
and at which it occurred, 146, 147;—
the annual variation in the abdapa is
1 day, 15 ghaṭîs, 31.5 palas . . . 147
a-bhaṭa-chchhatra-prâvêśya, a fiscal term
98 n., 242, 249
Abhayadatta, a minister of Vishṇu-
vardhana of Mâlava . . . . **1

302 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
Âkhaṇḍalamitra, a grantee . . . . 190
Akshapaṭalâdhikrita, an official title
190 n., 257 and n.
akshaya-nîvî, 'a perpetual endowment'
182 n., 33 n., 52, 262
Alarka, an epic king . . . . 147, 149
Albêrûnî, the Arabic historian; his state-
ments regarding the Gupta and other
eras, as rendered by M. Reinaud, 23; —
by Prof. Sachau, 24; — and by Prof.
Wright, 27; — his statements regarding
the Lôkakâla of Kaśmîr and other
parts of the country . . . . 26 n.
Alînâ or Aliṇâ, a village in the Kaira
District; the grant of Śîlâditya VII. of
the (Gupta-Valabhî) year 447 . . 171
Allâhâbâd, mentioned under the ancient
name of Prayâga, 206; — the posthumous
pillar inscription of Samudragupta . 1
Allâhâbâd District, inscriptions from the
1, 36, 39, 40, 45, 264, 266, 267, 271
alphabets used in this series of records: —
of the northern class . 3, 26, 34, 37,
39, 41, 43, 46, 48, 53, 66, 69, 88, 91,
94, 101, 106, 110, 112, 117, 121, 125,
130, 133, 135, 140, 145, 149, 151, 159,
161, 201, 209, 211, 214, 219, 222,
224, 226, 228, 231, 250, 251, 253,
255, 258, 263, 264, 266, 267, 269,
271, 272, 273, 274, 278, 280, 281,
282, 283, 284, 287
of the southern class . 18, 22, 30, 57,
72, 80, 164, 172, 192, 196, 233, 236,
244, 260, 279, 292
of the so-called Kuṭila type 201, 209, 211, 214
of the 'box-headed' type . . 19, 192,
196, 233, 236, 244, 292
of the 'nail-headed' type . . 19, 22, 106
Amânta, the technical name for the
scheme of the lunar months in South-
ern India, according to which arrange-
ment the months end with the new-
moon day, and the bright fortnights
precede the dark, 70; — in astronomical
works, it is always this arrangement
that is actually taken for calculations,
148 n.; — even in Southern India, this
arrangement was not applied to the
Śaka years, for the civil reckoning, till
between A.D. 804 and 866, 79 n.; — on
the other hand, even in Northern India,
this arrangement was used in Nêpâl
with the years of the Nêwâr era, 75,
76; — but it was abandoned there, when
the Nêwâr era was followed by the
Vikrama era in its northern variety . 76
Amâtya, an official title 100 and n., 120, 124, 190
Amblôda, apparently the ancient name of
Bhumara . . . . 110, 111
Amôghavarsha I. (Râshṭrakûṭa); examin-
ation of the date of his Sirûr inscription
of the Śaka year 788, which proves
that the Amânta arrangement of the
lunar fortnights was applied to the Śaka
years, in Southern India, between A.D.
804 and 866 . . . . 79 n.
Âmradvîpa, an ancient name of Ceylon
275, 278, 279
Amrakârdava, or Âmrakârdava, apparently
an officer of Chandragupta II. . . 32
Amrarâta, or Âmrarâta, a proper name . 33
Amśuvarman, Mahâsâmanta, and after-
wards king (Ṭhâkurî of Nêpâl), 134 n.,
177, 178, 179, 180, 188, 190, 191; — men-
tioned with the feudatory title, 177, 178,
179; — with the paramount title, 180; —
as king, by Hiuen Tsiang, 96, 184; —
and by Ma-twan-lin, 190; — mention of
his sister Bhôgadêvî, his brother-in-law
Sûrasêna or Śûrasêna, his nephew
Bhôgavarman, and his niece Bhâgya-
dêvî, 180; — his dates, 189; — the value
of his dates, in the Harsha era, in prov-
ing the use of the Gupta era in Nêpâl,
96, 184; — notice of his inscription of
the (Harsha) year 34, .. 178; — of an-
other of the same year, 179; — of an-
other, of the year 39, .. 179; — and of
another, of the year 44 or 45 . . 180
Âmuka, apparently an ancient village or
district in Bâghêlkhaṇḍ . . 125
Ânand, a town in the Kaira District;
mentioned under the ancient name of
Ânandapura . . . . 173, 180, 190
Ânandapura, ancient name of the modern
Ânand . . . . 173, 180, 190
Ananta, an abbreviation of the name of
Anantavarman . . . 226, 228
Anantagupta, or Anantaguptâ, a proper
name . . . . . 265
Anantasêna, a proper name . . 51
Anantasvâmin, the god Vishṇu as 'the
eternal lord,' or as 'the lord of the
serpent Ananta or Śêsha' . . 268
Anantavarman (see also Ananta), a
Maukhari chief, 223, 225, 226, 228; —
his inscriptions in the Barâbar and
Nâgârjunî Hill caves . . 221, 223, 226
Andhaka, an epic family or tribe . 156
Andhra, a tribe or dynasty; mentioned as
defeated by a Maukhari king and taking
refuge in the Vindhya mountains . 230
Animuktakakôṇaka, apparently an ancient
village or district in Baghelkhaṇḍ . 105
Antaka, the god Yama, as 'the dealer of
death' . . 14, 21, 28, 44, 51, 54, 257
Antaratrâ, an ancient village in
Kâṭhiâwâḍ . . . . 170
Antarvêdî, the country between the
Ganges and the Jamnâ; mentioned as
part of the dominions of Skandagupta
69 and n., 71
Anu, an epic king . . . 224 and n., 225
Aphsaḍ, or Aphsaṇḍ, a village in the Gayâ
District; the inscription of Âdityasêna 200
aptôryâma, a particular sacrifice 241 and n., 248
Ârâ (Shâhâbâd) District, an inscription
from the . . . . . 283

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; INDEX. 303

Âraṅg, a village in the Râypur District;
the grant of Mahâ-Jayarâja . . . 191
Ardhanârîśvara, the god Śiva, combined
with his wife Pârvatî; a probable early
instance of an image of this form . . 224
Arhat, a title in the Jain hierarchy . . 68
ari-shad́varga, or ari-shaṭka, 'the collec-
tive six enemies of religion' 156 and
n., 259, 260, 264
Arjunadêva (Chaulukya); examination
of the date of his Verâwal inscription
of the Valabhî year 945 . . . . 84
Ârjunâyana, a tribe, conquered by
Samudragupta, 14; — the name per-
haps denotes early kings of the
Kalachuri dynasty . . . . . 10
Âryabhaṭa, the first, an astronomer;
he was born A.D. 476, .. 143 and n.;
he is the author of the Âryabhatîya
or Ârya-Siddhânta, the date of which
is A.D. 499-500, .. 156 n.; — and this
is the text-book of the Âryapaksha
school of astronomers, 145 n.; — his
rule for determining the years of the
Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter by the
mean-sign system . . . . . 169
Âryabhaṭa, the second, an astronomer; he
is the author of the work which is usually
called the Laghu-Ârya-Siddhânta,
and the date of which is between A.D.
628-29 and 1150-51 . . . . 156 n.
Âryabhatîya, or Ârya-Siddhânta, an
astronomical work by the first Âryabhaṭa,
written A.D. 499-500, .. 156 n.; — this
is the text-book of the Âryapaksha
school of Hindu astronomers . . 145 n.
ârya-saṁgha, 'the community of the faith-
ful;' a Buddhist expression . 31, 32, 262
Ârya-Siddhânta, a name applied some-
times to the Âryabhatîya of the first
Âryabhaṭa, and sometimes to the
Laghu-Ârya-Siddhânta of the second
Âryabhaṭa . . . . . . 156 n.
Âryâvarta, a name of Northern India,
13 and n.; — list of the kings conquered
therein by Samudragupta . . . 13
Aśîrgaḍh, a hill-fort in the Nimâḍ District;
the seal of Śarvavarman (Maukhari) . 219
Âsramaka, an ancient village on the
Tamasâ . . . . . . 128
astronomers, Hindu; the starting-point
used by them for reckoning the places
of heavenly bodies, coincided, in their
opinion, with the equinoctial point,
about A.D. 522-23, .. 146; — the three
schools are the Âryapaksha, Brâhma-
paksha, and Saurapaksha, based on
respectively the Ârya-Siddhânta of
the first Âryabhaṭa, the Brahma-Sid-
dhânta, and the Sûrya-Siddhânta . 145 n.
astronomical terms, explanation of . 145 to 153
aśvamêdha, a sacrificial ceremony which
centred in a horse, 28 and n., 241, 248;
— after being long in abeyance, it was
revived by Samudragupta, 28 and n.,
44, 51, 54, 257; — and there is an allu-
sion to this in the epithet aśvamêdha-
parâkrama on coins which are attri-
buted to him . . . . . 28 n.
Aśvapati, an official title . . . 260 and n.
Atharva-Vêda (see Vêda); a mention of
the study of it . . . . . 290
ati-brahmaṇya, translated by 'extremely
friendly to Brâhmaṇs;' but perhaps
more properly a sectarian title (com-
pare parama-brahmaṇya, 28 n.) . . 290
âtirâtra, a particular sacrifice . 241 and n., 248
atithi (see also sattra), one of the five
great sacrificial rites . . 116 n., 170, 190
Âtmabhû, the god Vishṇu, as 'the self-
existent one . . . . . 230 and n.
Atri, an ancient astronomer, quoted by
Rishiputra, and through him by Utpala,
for the heliacal-rising system of the
Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter . . 170
atyantabhagavadbhakta, a Vaishṇava sec-
tarian title . . . . 28 n., 90, 160
atyantamâhêśvara, a Śaiva sectarian
title . . . . . 28 n., 240, 248
atyantasvâmimahâbhairavabhakta, a
Śaiva sectarian title . . 28 n., 241, 248
aulikara-crest, a term requiring explana-
tion . . . . . 151 and n., 155
Avamukta, a town or country in Southern
India; in the time of Samudragupta,
its king was Nîlarâja . . . 13
Avantivarman, a king, probably of the
Maukhari tribe or dynasty . . 215, 218
avâta, a fiscal term, requiring explanation
. . . . . . . 138 and n.
âya, 'revenue,' a fiscal term . . 138 and n.
ayanâṁśas, 'the degrees of precession of
the equinoxes' . . . . . 146
Ayôdhyâ, the modern Audh or 'Oude'
or 'Oudh;' represented, in a spurious
grant, to have been a camp of Samu-
dragupta . . . . . . 255, 257
Âyuktaka, an official title . . . 169 and n.
ba, an abbreviation of bahula, 'the dark
fortnight;' used in connection with di
(see under ba di), 92 n., 93; — used by
itself . . . . . . . 171
Bâdâmi, a town in the Kalâdgi District;
the value of the cave inscription of
Maṅgalîśa, of Śaka-Saṁvat 500 ex-
pired, in proving that the historical
starting-point of the Śaka era is the
commencement of the reign of some
particular king or kings of the Śaka
tribe . . . . . . 142, 143
ba di, or va di, and śu di, are simply ab-
breviations of separate words (see ba,
di, śu, and va), and not words in them-
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dark fortnight' and 'the bright fort-
night;' they denote the fortnight, and
the solar or more properly civil day in
the fortnight or in the month . . 85 n., 92 n.
Baghēlkhaṇḍ, inscriptions from . . 93,
100, 106, 110, 112, 121, 125, 129, 132, 135
bāhulēya, 'a bull' . . . . 157 and n.
Balādhikṛita, an official title . 109 n., 210 and n.
Bālāditya, a biruda or second name of
Dhruvasēna II. of Valabhī . . 41, 182
Bālāditya, a king of Kāśī, and apparently
not the first of that name, 285, 286 ;—
another king of Kāśī, of the same
name; his wife was Dhavalā . . 286
Bālāditya, Bālādityadēva, an early king
of Magadha, who is mentioned by
Hiuen Tsiang in connection with
Mihirakula, 215, 218 ;—there is pro-
bably an allusion to him in the Sārnāth
inscription . . . . . 286
Balavarman, a king in Northern India,
conquered by Samudragupta . . 13
Balavarman parichchhēda; an ancient
territorial division in Baghēlkhaṇḍ . 105
bali, one of the five great sacrificial rites
116 and n., 124, 129, 132, 170, 190, 290
Bali, a demon, whose power was over-
thrown by Vishṇu in his incarnation as
a dwarf . . . . . . 62
Bandhuvarman, a Mālava feudatory of
Kumāragupta (Early Gupta), 7, 80, 86 ;
—the Mandasôr inscription, which gives
for him the date of the Mālava year
493, . . . 79 ;— the value of this
record, in proving that the Gupta era
runs from an epoch in or very close to
A.D. 319-20 . . . . . 65
Bandhuvatsasvāmin, a grantee . . 199
bappa, a Prākṛit word meaning 'a father'
186 n., 188, 189
Bāppadēva, a Sēnāpati of Pravarasēna II. 249
Bappārya, a grantee . . . . 243
Bappasvāmin, a grantee . . . 105
Barābar Hill, in the Gayā District; men-
tioned under the ancient name of
Pravaragiri, 222, 223 ; —the cave in-
scription of Anantavarman . .
bāva, a Prākṛit word denoting 'a relative
of the same generation with a father;'
i.e., generally, 'an uncle' . . 18, 186 n.
Bayley, Sir E. Clive; the views express
by him on the Gupta era and connec
matters, with the result that he
lected the epoch of A.D. 190-91 . 3, 58
Beal, the Rev. S. ; certain points in
translation of the Travels of Hiuen
Tsiang, which may be made more clear
through the Early Gupta chronology 40
Benares mentioned under the ancient
name of Kāśī . . . . 286
Benares District, an inscription from the 284
Bendall, Mr. C. ; the importance of his
discovery of the Gôlmāḍhitôl
tion of Śivadēva I. of the (Gupta) year
316, which proves the use of the so-
called Gupta era in Nēpāl, and fixes
the chronology of the early rulers of
that country . . . . . 96
Bengal Asiatic Society's Library, an in-
scription from the . . . . 200
Bengal Presidency, inscriptions from the
47, 200, 208, 211, 212 n., 213, 221, 223,
226, 254, 274, 278, 280, 281, 283
Beṇṇākārpara bhāga, an ancient division
in the territory of the Vākāṭaka Mahā-
rājas . . . . . . 248
Berars, an inscription from the . . 235
Bhadra, a proper name . . . 259
Bhadrāryā, a proper name . . . 51, 52
bhāga, a territorial term . . . 248
bhāgabhōga, 'royalties,' a fiscal expression
120 and n., 124, 129, 132, 138, 254 and n.
Bhagadatta, the name of a king, or of a
family of kings; a Nēpāl inscription
allots Harsha of Gauḍa, Kaliṅga,
Kōsala, Ōḍra, &c., to the Bhagadatta
lineage, 187 ; — intermarriage of this
family with the Thākurī rulers of
Nēpāl . . . . . . 187
Bhāgalpur District, an inscription from the 211
bhagavadbhakta, a Vaishṇava sectarian
title . . . . . . 271
Bhagavaddōsha, a proper name . . 156
bhagavat, in the sense of 'divine,' de-
notes the god Vishṇu, if not connected
with any other specific name, 28 n. ;—
thus used (see also some of the secta-
rian titles quoted under Vaishṇava
inscriptions), 40, 41, 123, 124, 129,
269, 270 ;—applied to Buddha, 28 n.,
47, 262 ; — to Kārttikēya, 28 n., 44 ;—
to Jinēndra, 28 n. ;—to Śiva, 28 n., 36,
290 ;—to the Sun, 28 n., 71, 218 ;—to
Vishṇu, 28 n., 56, 78, 90, 115, 142,
161 ; — applied to priests, in the sense
of 'venerable,' 28 n. ;—and to Vyāsa,
the arranger of the Vēdas 28 n., 98,
105, 109, 116, 120, 124, 129, 134, 171
Bhāgavata, a Vaishṇava sect . . 28 n., 123
bhagavatī, feminine of bhagavat; applied
to the goddess Pishṭapurī or Pishṭa-
purikā . . . . 116, 132, 138
Bhagīratha, an epic hero . . . 77
Bhāgīrathī, the river Gaṅgā, as 'belong-
ing to Bhagīratha,' with reference to
the legend of his bringing down the
river from heaven to earth . . 241, 248
Bhagraha, or Bhāgraha ; the Dātaka of the
grants of Hastin of the (Gupta) years
156 and 163 . . . 100 and n., 105
Bhagwanlal Indraji, Dr. ; remarks on, and
rectification of, the historical results
deduced by him from the Nēpāl in-
scriptions . . . 95, 96 and n., 177 to 191
Bhāgyadēvī, daughter of Bhōgadēvī and
Śūrasēna or Sūrasēna . . . 180
Bhairava, see Svāmi-Mahābhairava . 241, 248

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; INDEX. 305
[Left Column]
Bhândak, a village in the Central Pro-
vinces; it is not to be identified with
Vâkâṭaka as the supposed name of a
place . . . . . . . . . . 234
Bhandarkar, Dr. R. G.; views expressed
by him on the Gupta era and connect-
ed matters . . . . . . . . 48, 63
Bhânugupta, a king, perhaps of the Early
Gupta stock, 7, 17, 92, 93, 152;—the
Êraṇ pillar inscription, which gives for
him the date of the (Gupta) year 191,
. . 91;—a note on the details of the
date . . . . . . . . . . 77 n.
Bhânuguptâ, wife of Ravikîrtti . . 152, 156
Bharadvâja gôtra included the Parivrâjaka
Mahârâjas . . . . . . . . 115
Bhâraśiva, a tribe or dynasty, connected
by marriage with the Vâkâṭaka Mahâ-
râjas . . . . . . . . 241, 248
Bharata, an epic hero . . . . . 77 147
Bharatpur State, inscriptions from the 251, 252
Bhartṛiśarman, a grantee . . . . 243
Bharukachchha, an intermediate ancient
name of the modern Broach . . . 95 n.
Bhâskarâchârya, an astronomer; the
author of the Siddhânta-Śirômaṇi, the
date of which is A.D. 1150-51,
. . 156 n.;—his rendering of the rule
of the Brahma-Siddhânta, for one of
the unequal-space systems of the nak-
shatras . . . . . . . . . 166
Bhâskaradatta, a grantee . . . . . 97
bhaṭa, 'regular troops,' in composition
with châṭa and chhatra, 98 and n., 105,
109, 120, 128, 132, 138, 169, 195, 199,
242, 249, 299;—used alone . 98 n., 241, 248
Bhaṭârka, Sênâpati (of Valabhî), 41, 167,
180;—he overthrew a tribe or dynasty
named Maitraka . . . . 13, 167, 180
Bhaṭṭa, a title of respect attached to the
names of learned Brâhmaṇs . 52, 190, 298
Bhaṭṭâraka, a regal title, properly applied
to feudatory Mahârâjas, 177, 178, 180,
181, 17 n.;—but sometimes applied to
paramount sovereigns, 180, 17 n.;—ap-
plied to a Yuvarâja, 181;—used with-
out anything to shew the status of the
person whom it qualifies, 182;—in the
sense of 'worthy of worship, sacred,' ap-
plied to gods, 17 n.;—thus, to the Sun,
129, 218;—in the sense of 'reverend,'
applied to priests . . . . . . 17 n.
Bhaṭṭârikâ, feminine of Bhaṭṭâraka, a
title of the wives of Mahârâjas and
Mahâsâmantas . . . . 17 n., 221, 290
Bhaṭṭisôma, a proper name . . . . 67
Bhau Daji, Dr.; views expressed by him
on the Gupta era and connected
matters . . . . . . . . 41, 44
Bhava, a Buddhist teacher . . . . 277
Bhavadatta, a grantee . . . . . 298
Bhavanâga, Mahârâja, of the Bhâraśiva
tribe or dynasty; his daughter was the
wife of Gautamîputra . . . 241, 248
[Right Column]
Bhavânî, the goddess Pârvatî, the wife of
Śiva, in her pacific and amiable form . 228
bhava-sṛij, 'the creator of existence,' an
epithet of the god Śiva . . . 155 and n.
Bhavasvâmin, a grantee . . . . . 97
Bhêlsâ, a town in Scindia's Dominions;
inscriptions in its neighbourhood . . 21, 34
Bhikshu, 'a Buddhist mendicant,' 33, 34,
47, 262, 281;—mention of Śâkya
Bhikshus . . . . 272, 279, 280, 282
Bhikshuṇî, feminine of Bhikshu; men-
tion of a Śâkya Bhikshuṇî . . . . 274
Bhîmadêva, a Hindu king of Kâbul;
remarks on some of his coins, which
have been supposed to bear dates in
the Gupta era . . . . . 57 to 60
Bhîmavarman, Mahârâja, 266;—his Kô-
sam image inscription of the (Gupta)
year 139 . . . . . . . . 266
Bhitarî, a village in the Ghâzîpur District;
the pillar inscription of Skandagupta 52
bhôga, a territorial term . . . 112 and n.
bhôgabhâga, 'share of the enjoyment,' a
fiscal term . . . . 189, 195, 200, 299
Bhôgadêvî, sister of Aṁśuvarman, and
wife of Śûrasêna or Śûrasêna . . 180
Bhôgavarman (Maukhari), son-in-law of
Âdityasêna of Magadha . 177 n., 187, 15 n.
Bhôgavarman, son of Bhôgadêvî and
Śûrasêna or Śûrasêna, and nephew of
Aṁśuvarman . . . . . 177 n., 180
Bhôgavarman, Syâmin, the Dûtaka of the
inscription of Śivadêva I. of the (Gupta)
year 316; perhaps to be identified with
the nephew of Aṁśuvarman . 177 and n.
Bhôgika, an official title 100 and n., 105,
109, 120, 124, 129, 134
bhôgya-tithi, 'the portion of a tithi that
is still to run' . . . . . . 152
Bhôjadêva of Kanauj; examination of
the date of his Dêôgaḍh inscription of
Vikrama-Saṁvat 919 and Śaka-Saṁvat
784, which proves that one or other,
or both, of the unequal systems of the
nakshatras continued in use up to
A.D. 862 . . . . . . . . 107
Bhôjaka, the title of a class of priests 218 and n.
Bhôjakadêvârya, a grantee . . . . 243
Bhôjakaṭa, a kingdom subject to the Vâ-
kâṭaka Mahârâjas . . . . . 241
Bhôpâl State, inscriptions from the, 29,
260, 279;—remarks on the spelling and
derivation of the name of Bhôpâl . 29 n.
Bhrukuṇṭhasiṅha, a proper name . . 71
Bhujaṅgadâsa, a proper name . . . 116
bhukta-tithi, 'the elapsed portion of a
tithi' . . . . . . . . 152
bhukti, a territorial term 100 n., 218 and
n., 295 and n., 298
Bhumarâ a village in the Nâgaudh State;
the pillar inscription of Hastin and
Śarvanâtha . . . . . . . 110
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Bhumbusapadraka, the name of some land in the village of Vajragrâma . . . . 170
bhûmi, a particular land-measure . . 241 and n.
bhûmichchhidra, a fiscal term . 138 and n., 170, 190
bhûta, a fiscal term, requiring explanation . . . . . . . 170 and n., 189
Bhûtapati, the god Śiva, as ‘the lord of beings’ . . . . . . . 225
Bihâr, a town in the Patna District; mentioned under the ancient name of Vihâra, and as the city of Yaśôvarman, 47 n.; — the pillar inscription of Skandagupta . . . . . . . 47
Bijayagaḍh, a hill-fort in Râjputânâ, near Byânâ; the fragmentary inscription of the Yaudhêyas, 251; — the pillar inscription of the Varika Vishṇuvardhana, of the (Mâlava) year 428 . . . . 252
Bilsaḍ, or Bilsand, a village in the Êṭâ District; the pillar inscription of Kumâragupta of the (Gupta) year 96 . . 42
bird-standard on the Early Gupta coins; there is evidently an allusion to it in the mention of the Garuḍa-tokens, i.e. coins or banners bearing representations of Garuḍa, that were given by feudatories to Samudragupta . . 14 and n.
Blochmann, Mr.; his proposal for amending the translation of Albêrûnî's words regarding the origin of the Gupta era . 28 n.
Bôdh-Gayâ, a Buddhist site near Gayâ; the inscription of Mahânâman of the (Gupta) year 269 (the date of which, however, should perhaps be referred to the Kalachuri era), 274; — the image inscription of Mahânâman, 278; — the image inscription of Dharmagupta and Damshṭrasêna . . . . . . 281
Bôdhimaṇḍa, the miraculous throne under the bôdhi-tree at Bôdh-Gayâ, or its site . . . . . . . 275, 278
Bôdhivarman, a proper name . . . . 272
Bombay Presidency, an inscription from the . . . . . . . . 56
boppa, a Prâkṛit word meaning ‘a father’ 188 n.
bôṭa, or vôṭa, a termination of names . . 31 n.
Bôṭaka, a proper name . . . . . 170
‘box-headed’ characters . 18, 192, 196, 233, 236, 244, 292
Brahmadêvasvâmin, a grantee . . . . 195
Brahmagupta, an astronomer; he was born A.D. 598, . . 172; — he is the author of the Brahma-Siddhânta, the date of which is A.D. 628-29, . . 156 n., 165 n.; — and this is the text-book of the Brâhmapaksha school of astronomers, 145 n.; — his rule, as rendered by Bhâskarâchârya, for one of the unequal-space systems of the nakshatras, 166; — his rule for determining the years of the Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter by the mean-sign system . . 169

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Brahman, the god, ‘the creator’ of the Hindu triad (see Svayambhû, Vêdhas, Vidhâtṛi; and, for his wife, see Sarasvatî), 155 n., 208; — mentioned as the creator, preserver, and destroyer, subject to the direction of Śiva . . 155 and n.
Brahmaṇya, an epithet of the god Kârttikêya . . . . . . . 45
Brahmapûraka, a village in the Beṇṇâkârpara bhâga . . . . . . 248
Brahmaputra, the river; mentioned under the name of Lauhitya, 145, 148; — and of Lôhitya . . . . . . 206
Brahma-Siddhânta, an astronomical work by Brahmagupta; it was written A.D. 628-29, . . 156 n., 165 n.; — and it is the text-book of the Brâhmapaksha school of astronomers . . . . 145 n.
Bṛihaspati, the regent of the planet Jupiter, and the preceptor of the gods 170, 76, 86, 90 n., 157
Bṛihaspati, an astronomer, quoted by Dâdâbhâî, in the Kiraṇâvalî, in support of the heliacal-rising system of the Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter . . 170
bṛihaspatisava, a particular sacrifice 241 and n., 248
Bṛihat-Saṁhitâ, an astrological work by Varâhamihira; its statement for the naming of the years of the Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter according to his heliacal rising in particular nakshatras, 161; — and for the grouping of the nakshatras for that purpose . . . 162
Broach (Bharuch, or Bharôch), the chief town of the Broach District: mentioned under the ancient name of Bharukachchha . . . . . . . 95 n.
Buddha (see also Buddhas, and Sugata), the founder of the Buddhist religion, 260; — mentioned as ‘the teacher’ or ‘the teacher of mankind,’ 277, 278, 281; — as ‘the saint,’ ‘the chief of saints,’ and ‘the great saint,’ 277, 278; — and as ‘the chief kinsman of the Śâkyas,’ 277; — inscribed images of Buddha 45, 278, 280, 281
Buddhagupta, a king of Magadha, mentioned by Hiuen Tsiang; he is not to be confused with the Budhagupta of the Êraṇ pillar inscription . . 46 and n.
Buddhamitra, a proper name . . . 47
Buddhas, mentioned as four in number, 262 and n.; — invoked in the plural 47 and n.
Buddhist inscriptions (for another instance of Buddhist worship, see paramasaṁgata) 182, 39, 45, 260, 262, 271, 272, 273, 274, 278, 280, 281
Buddhists spoken of under the sectarian title of Paramasaṁgata . . 232 and n.
Budhagupta, a king, perhaps of the Early Gupta stock, 7, 57, 89, 90; — he is not to be confused with the Buddhagupta, king of Magadha, mentioned by Hiuen Tsiang, 46 n.; — his Êraṇ pillar inscrip-

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tion of the (Gupta) year 165, .. 88;
— examination of the date . . . . 80
Bühler, Dr. G. ; quoted as inclined, sub-
ject, however, to further consideration,
to identify Tu-lu-h'o-po-tu with
Śîlâditya VII. of Valabhî . . . 51
Bulandshahar District, an inscription
from the . . . . . . . 68
bull-emblem on seals 164, 219, 231, 282, 283
Bundêlkhaṇḍ ; mention of this part of the
country under the ancient name of
Ḍabhâlâ or Dahâlâ, 113, 114, 116;—
inscriptions from Bundêlkhaṇḍ . . 233
Calcutta Imperial Museum, inscriptions
in the . 18, 36, 39, 40, 264, 267, 274,
280, 281, 284
castes ; mention of the castes and stages
of religious life, 185, 221, 232;—castes
mentioned in this series of records :—
Brâhmaṇ ; by the name Brâhmaṇa, 38,
39, 71, 97, 104, 105, 109, 116, 120, 123,
128, 132, 138, 170, 218, 241, 242, 249,
252, 257, 265, 290, 298 ;—by the word
brahman, in brahma-dêya, brahma-
dêya, brahma-ghna, brahma-hatyâ
and brahm-arshi, 34, 84, 171, 185, 190,
242 ;—by the words dvija and dvijâti,
64, 67, 71, 72, 78, 163 and n., 185, 195,
200, 206 ; — and by the word vipra,
alone and in vipr-arshi, 71, 85, 90, 160 ;
—Kshatriya; by the name Kshatriya,
71, 129 ; — and by the words kshattra
and kshâttra . . . . 223, 225, 227, 251
cave-inscriptions . 21, 34, 221, 223, 226, 258
Central India, inscriptions from . 21, 29,
34, 72, 79, 93, 100, 106, 110, 112, 121,
125, 129, 132, 135, 142, 149, 150, 233,
258, 260, 279
Central Provinces, inscriptions from the
18, 88, 91, 117, 158, 191, 196, 219, 243, 291
Ceylon, mentioned under the name of
Siṁhala, and as conquered by Samu-
dragupta, 14;—mentioned under the
name of Âmradvîpa, 278, 279 :—and of
Laṅkâ, 277, 278 ;—its early history and
dates require to be rectified in accord-
ance with the Bôdh-Gayâ inscription
of Mahânâman (or may be adjusted by
it, if the date of it should be in the
Kalachuri era) . . . . . 16, 275
chakra, 'a discus ;' as an emblem on seals 292
Chakrabhṛit, the god Vishṇu, as 'the
wielder of the discus' . . . . 65
Chakradhara, the god Vishṇu, as 'the
holder of the discus' . . . 78 n 221
Chakrapâlita, the governor of the town
of Girinagara in the time of Skanda-
gupta . . . . . . . 63, 64, 65
Chakrapâṇi, the god Vishṇu, as 'holding
the discus in his hand' . . . 240, 248

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Chakravartin, a title of paramount sove-
reignty . . . . . 41, 134 n., 183 and n.
Chammak, a village in the Ilichpur Dis-
trict ; mentioned under the ancient
name of Charmâṅka, 236, 241 ; — the
grant of Pravarasêna II. . . . 235
Chandra, an emperor of Northern India,
12, 142 ; — he may perhaps be identified
with the Early Gupta king Chandra-
gupta I., or he may possibly be the
younger brother of Mihirakula, men-
tioned, but not named, by Hiuen
Tsiang, 12, 140 n. ; — he may possibly
have had also the name of Dhâva ; but
this is hardly borne out by the con-
struction of the record, 142 n. ; — his
Mêharaulî posthumous pillar inscription 130
Chandragupta I. (Early Gupta), 17, 18,
16, 28, 44, 51, 54, 257 ; — he seems to
have had the birudas or second names
of Vikrama and Vikramâditya, 18 ;—
his wife was Kumâradêvî, of the Lich-
chhavi tribe or clan, 16, 28, 44, 51, 54,
257 ; — he may perhaps be identified
with the Chandra of the Mêharaulî
pillar inscription . . . . 12, 140 n.
Chandragupta II. (Early Gupta), 17, 18, 25,
28, 32, 33, 35, 38, 44, 51, 54 ; — spoken
of as 'the accepted son' of Samudra-
gupta, 27, 51, 54 ; — this seems to in-
dicate that he was specially selected by
his father to succeed him, 12 n. ; — he had
the birudas or second names of Vikrama,
Vikramâditya, and Vikramâṅka, 18 ; —
he may possibly have had the title of
Dêvarâja ; but it has not been found on
his coins, and it is more probably the
name of one of his ministers, 33 n. ; —
his wife was Dhruvadêvî, 44, 51, 55 ; —
he visited Udayagiri on a tour of con-
quest, 36 ; — his Udayagiri inscription
of the (Gupta) year 82, . . 21 ; — his
Mathurâ inscription, 25 ; — his Sâñchi
inscription of the year 93, .. 29 ; — his
undated Udayagiri inscription, 34 ; —
his Gaḍhwâ inscription of the year 88 . 36
Chandrâpura, an ancient town . . . 71
Chandravarman, a king in Northern India,
conquered by Samudragupta . . . 13
Chandravarman, Sâmanta, mentioned in
the inscription of Jishṇugupta of the
(Harsha) year 48 . . . . 180
charaṇa, a sect or school studying any
particular śâkhâ of the Vêdas . . 241
Charmâṅka, the ancient name of the
modern Chammak . . . . 236, 241
charu, one of the five great sacrificial
rites . 116 and n., 124, 12 170, 190, 290
châṭa, 'irregular troops,' in position
with bhaṭa .. 98 and n., 1 109, 120,
128, 132, 138, 169, 195, 199, 299
chaturdaśa-vidyâsthâna, 'the fourteen
sections of science' . . . 115 and n.
chatur-udadhi-salil-âsvâdita-yaśas, an
epithet of Samudragupta, 27, 44, 51,
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54, 257; — applied also to Vijayarâja
(Chalukya of Gujarât) . . . . 14 n.
Chaturvêdin, 'a Brâhmaṇ acquainted
with the four Vêdas' . . . 71, 190, 242
chaura-varjam, a fiscal term which is
explained by chôra-daṇḍa-varjyam . 109
Chaurôddharaṇika, an official title . 218 and n.
Chêdi era; see Kalachuri or Chêdi era . 8, 9, 10
Chhagalaga, Mahârâja (Sanakânika) . 25
Chhandâpallikâ, an ancient village in the
Nâgadêya santaka . . . . 120
chhâtra, 'an umbrella bearer,' in compo-
sition with bhaṭa, 242, 249; — used
alone . . . . . . . 241, 248
Chhatre, the late Prof. Kero Lakshman;
a method of calculating the week-days,
ending-times, and English dates, of
Hindu tithis, with his Tables, explained
by Mr. Sh. B. Dikshit, Appendix II.,
145 to 159; — the results thus obtain-
ed, may sometimes differ from those
obtained from the Sûrya-Siddhânta and
other Hindu works; but the difference
will not amount to more than 5 or 6
ghaṭîs . . . . . . . 155
Chhôḍugômika, a grantee . . . . 132
Chhôḍugômin, a proper name . . . 116
Chirbira, the Dûtaka of the Mâliyâ grant
of Dharasêna II. of the (Gupta-Valabhî)
year 252 . . . . . . 171
Chitrakûṭasvâmin, the god Vishṇu, as
'the lord of Chitrakûṭa' . . 268 and n.
Chitravarman, a Sênâpati of Pravarasêna
II. . . . . . . . . 243
chôra-daṇḍa-varjyam, a fiscal term . 98 n., 124
chôra-drôhaka-varjyam, a fiscal term which
is explained by the preceding . . . 116
chôra-varjam (see also chaura-varjam),
an elliptical expression for chôra-
daṇḍa-varjyam . . . . 98 and n.
chôra-varjita, a fiscal expression which
is explained by the same word . 120, 138
coins; remarks on coins of the Early
Guptas, 36 n., 12 ns., 14 ns., 15 n., 25 n.,
27 n., 28 ns., 46 n.; — of Samudra-
gupta, 12 ns., 14 ns., 15 n., 27 n., 28
ns.; — of Skandagupta, 25 n., 46 n.;
— of the Hindu kings of Kâbul, 57 to
60; — of the Kshatrapas or Mahâ-
kshatrapas of Saurâshtra, 36 n.; — and
of Tôramâṇa . . . . . II, 12
copper-plate charters are usually denoted
by the terms śâsana, 99 n., 194, 199,
218, 240, 242, 247, 249, 296; — and
tâmra-śâsana, 99 n., 109, 116, 128,
132, 138, 195, 199; — an exceptional
instance, in which such a charter is
denoted by the term praśasti, 87 n.; —
an illustration of functions connected
with a copper-plate charter, 99 n.; — the
edges of copper-plates are sometimes
left smooth, 68, 101, 106, 112, 121, 191,
196, 235, 243, 254, 292; — sometimes
fashioned thicker, to serve as rims to
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133, 135, 172; — and sometimes beaten
up, to make raised rims for the same
purpose . . . . . . 68 n., 164
cows spoken of as 'the daughters of the
sun,' 195 and n., 200, 299; — cow-and-
calf-sculpture, with a tree, on an
inscription stone . . . . 274 and n.
cremation of widows, an epigraphical
instance of . . . . . 92 and n., 93
Cunningham, Gen. Sir A.; the views ex-
pressed by him on the Gupta era and
connected matters, with the result that
he finally selected the epoch of A.D.
166-67 . . . 32, 33, 38, 45, 48, 51, 53, 61
current and expired years (see also ex-
pired years); the proper method of the
interpretation of the years in recorded
dates, irrespective of the question of
the application of the years for calcu-
lation, 22 n.; — current years can come
to be ordinarily superseded by expired
years, only in the case of eras that are
actually applied by astronomers for as-
tronomical purposes, 143; — a distinct
instance of the use of a current year,
after the quotation of the preceding
expired year, 129, 22 n.; — instances of
the use of regnal years, which are na-
turally to be interpreted as current
years, 24 n., 159, 161, 192, 197, 236, 244,
287, 293; — instances of the use of
years, of eras, which, not being specified
as expired, are naturally to be interpre-
ted as current, 80, 85, 91, 93, 95, 104, 110,
114, 117, 22, 30, 37, 41, 43, 46, 57, 58,
66, 70, 89, 92, 95, 102, 107, 113, 118,
121, 126, 133, 135, 165, 173, 209, 255,
261, 263, 266, 268, 273, 274; — in-
stances of the use of years, of eras,
which apparently are to be interpreted
as current, but which have to be ap-
plied as expired for calculation, 80 n.,
85, 107 n.; — instances of the use of both
current and expired years of the Kali-
yuga, Vikrama, and Śaka eras, in Hindu
almanacs . . . . . . 138 to 141

ḍ, lingual; a special and unique form of
it, from which the modern Dêvanâgarî
form is derived . . . . 72 and Plate
Ḍabhâlâ, or possibly Ḍahâlâ, the name
of the hereditary kingdom of Hastin,
the modern Bundêlkhaṇḍ . . 113, 114, 116
Dacca (Ḍâkâ), a Division, District, and
town in the Bengal Presidency; per-
haps mentioned under the ancient
name of Ḍavâka . . . . 9 n. 14
Dâdâbhâî, author of the Kiraṇâvali, a
commentary on the Sûrya-Siddhânta;
his quotation of Brihaspati in support
of the heliacal-rising system of the
Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter, 170; —
his comments on a verse of the Sûrya-
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Dahâla, a possible reading instead of
Ḍabhâla . . . . . 113, 114, 116 n.
Daivaputra a dynasty or tribe, conquered
by Samudragupta . . . . 14
Daksha, a proper name . . . 157, 158
dakshiṇâpatha, 'the region of the south,'
a technical name for Southern India,
13 and n.;— list of the kings conquered
therein by Samudragupta . . . 13
Damana of Êraṇḍapalla, a king in South-
ern India, conquered by Samudragupta 13
Dâmôdara, the god Vishṇu, as 'wearing
a cord round the belly' . . . 206
Dâmôdaragupta (Gupta of Magadha),
206; — he defeated the Maukharis . 206
Dâmôdaragupta, Mahârâja (Parivrâjaka)
. . . . . 97, 104, 109, 115
Daṁshṭrasêna, a proper name . . 282
Daṇḍapâśika, or Dâṇḍapâśika, an official
title . . . . 170 and n., 218
Dâṇḍika, an official title . . 218 and n.
dâradraṇaka, a fiscal term, requiring
explanation . . . 299 and n.
Dâramaṇḍala, apparently an ancient dis-
trict in Baghêlkhaṇḍ . . . 125
daś-âparâdha, 'the ten offences' 189 and n., 218
Daśapura, the ancient name of the
modern Dasôr or Mandasôr . 79 and n., 84, 86
Dasôr, the popular and more correct
name of Mandasôr . . . 79 and n
dates (see also eras) in this series of
records, in the other Gupta-Valabhî
records quoted for calculation, and in
the Nêpâl inscriptions, recorded in —
decimal figures . . . . 85, 91, 97
decimal figures combined with nume-
rical symbols . . . 292 n., 293
numerical symbols 81, 93, 95, 114, 117,
119, 177 to 184, 22, 30, 37, 41, 46,
89, 92, 107, 110, 118, 165, 173, 192,
197, 209, 236, 255, 261, 263, 266, 273,
. . . . . 274, 287, 293
words . . 81, 97, 104, 110, 114, 117,
22, 43, 58, 66, 70, 73, 80, 89, 92, 95,
102, 107, 113, 118, 121, 126, 133, 135,
151, 159, 161, 173, 236, 244, 258, 263, 268
Dattadêvî, wife of Samudragupta, 21 n.,
27, 44, 51, 54;—a reference to her,
without mention of her name . . 21
Davâka, a country, perhaps the modern
Dacca (Ḍâkâ); Samudragupta either
included it in his empire, or else
extended his conquests up to the con-
fines of it . . . . . 9 n 14
days of the week, names of the, as used
in the only three instances that occur
among the Gupta-Valabhî dates:—
Ravi, i.e. Ravivâra (Sunday) . . 85
Sôma, i.e. Sômavâra (Monday) . . 91
Suragurudivasa (Thursday) . . 81, 90
days, lunar (see also tithis); special ex-
pressions, of occasional use, connecting
them with the solar or more properly
civil days, are, asyâṁ divasa-pûrvâyâm,
38, 40, 41, 44 and n., 97 and n., 104,
120, 265;—asyâṁ divasa-mâsa-saṁ-
vatsar-ânupûrvyâṁ, 97 n., 210;—
asyâṁ saṁvatsara-mâsa-divasa-pûrvâ-
yâṁ, 97 n., 108, 115;— and êtasyâṁ
pûrvâyâṁ, 160, 254;—and another
method, in the Nêpâl inscriptions, is
the use of diva in composition with the
tithi, 85 n., 178, 180 to 184;— lunar
days mentioned in dates of this series,
in the other Gupta-Valabhî dates used
for calculation, and in the Nêpâl in-
scriptions :—
bright fortnight;—
first . . . . 95, 182, 183
second . 93, 110, 179, 180, 183, 87, 104
third . . . . . 104, 183, 97
fifth . . . . . . 191
seventh . . . . . 184
ninth . . . . . . 184
tenth . . . . 178, 180, 182
eleventh . . . . . 25
twelfth . . . . 81, 90, 248
thirteenth . . 117, 183, 115, 243
dark fortnight;—
third . . . . . 114, 108
seventh . . . . . 93
fifteenth . . . . . 254
fortnight not specified;—
twelfth . . . . . 298
days, solar, or more properly civil, denot-
ed by ahan, and by dina, or divasa, or
their abbreviations di and diva, and
mentioned in dates of this series, in
the other Gupta-Valabhî dates used for
calculation, and in the Nêpâl inscrip-
tions :—
bright fortnight;—
second . . . . . . 91
fifth . . . . . . 97
seventh . . . . . 210, 278
eleventh . . . . . 291
thirteenth . . . . 77, 87
dark fortnight;—
seventh . . . . . . 93
thirteenth . . . . . 85
fifteenth . . . . . 171
fortnight not specified;—
third . . . . . 114, 109
fourth . . . . . . 34
fifth . . . . . 259, 262
sixth . . . . . 64, 139
seventh . . . . . 267
eighth . . . . . . 299
ninth . . . . . . 200
tenth . . . 40, 129, 160, 257
fourteenth . . . . . 120
eighteenth . . . . . 47
nineteenth . . . . 119, 112
twentieth . . . . 134, 263
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310 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM. VOL. III
twenty-second . . . . . 124
twenty-fifth . . . . . 195
twenty-seventh . . 117, 116, 274 n.
decimal figures (see also dates); the ear-
liest epigraphical instances of the use
of them, 209 n.; — instances of the use
of them in the Verâwal and Môrbî re-
cords, 85, 91, 97; — instances of the
mixture of them with numerical sym-
bols, 292 and n.; — forms of decimal
figures illustrated in this series of
Plates:—
eight . . . . . . 292
Dehli District, an inscription from the . 139
Dêô-Baraṇârk, a village in the Shâhâbâd
District; mentioned under the ancient
name of Vâruṇikâ, 214, 215, 218; — the
modern name is from Dêva-Varuṇârka,
215; — the inscription of Jîvitagupta
II. . . . . . . . 213
Dêôgaḍh, a village in Central India; ex-
amination of the date of the inscription
of Bhôjadêva of Kanauj, of Vikrama-
Saṁvat 919 and Saka-Saṁvat 784, which
proves that one or other, or both, of the
unequal systems of the nakshatras con-
tinued in use up to A.D. 862 . . 107
‘Deoghar,’ a village in the ‘Santâl’ Par-
gaṇâs; a late inscription at this place,
mentioning Âdityasêna of Magadha . 212 n.
Dêôriyâ, a village in the Allâhâbâd
District; a Buddhist inscription . 271
Dêrabhaṭa (of Valabhî) . . . 41, 184
dêśa, a territorial term . . . 32 and n.
Dêva, a proper name . . . . 71
Dêvadâṅgiras, a grantee . . . 105
Dêvâḍhya, Mahârâja (Parivrâjaka) 97
and n., 104, 109, 115
Dêvagupta, Dêvaguptadêva (Gupta of
Magadha), 15, 215 n., 217, 240, 247; —
his wife was Kamaladêvî, 217; — his
daughter Prabhâvatiguptâ was the wife
of Rudrasêna II. . . . 15, 240, 247
Dêvaka, a proper name . . . 286
Dêvakî, the mother of Krishna . . 55
Dêvamitra, a grantee . . . 105
Dêvanâga, a grantee . . . 105
Dêvapattana, an ancient name of the
modern Verâwal . . . . 91
Dêvarâja, possibly a title of Chandra-
gupta II.; but it has not been found on
his coins, and it is more probably the
name of one of his ministers . 33 and n
Dêvarâshṭra, a country in Southern India;
in the time of Samudragupta, its king
was Kubêra . . . . 13
Dêvârya, a grantee, 242; — another of
the same name . . . . 242
Dêvaśarman, a grantee, 243; — another of
the same name . . . . 248
Dêvaśarmârya, a grantee . . . 243
Dêvasvâmin, a grantee, 105; — another
of the same name . . . . 109
Dêvatâ, a proper name . . . . 263
Dêvavishṇu, a proper name . . . 71
dêvî, a title of wives of Mahârâjas (used
also as a termination of the names of
wives of both paramount sovereigns and
feudatories; see under names, proper)
221 and n., 232
Dêvî, the goddess Pârvatî, the wife of
Siva, as ‘the (principal) goddess,’ 225,
227; — a mention of her defeating the
demon Mahishâsura . . . 227
Dêvî, daughter of a supposed Mahâdaitya,
an imaginary wife of Samudragupta . 18, 19
dêya-dharma, ‘an appropriate religious
gift;’ a formula used in certain dona-
tive inscriptions . . 25 and n., 210,
263, 272, 273, 274, 279, 280, 282
Dhanada, — the god Kubêra, as ‘the giver
of wealth’ . . 14, 21, 28, 44, 51, 54, 257
Dhanada-Varuṇ-Êndr-Ântaka-sama, an
epithet of Samudragupta, 14, 21 n., 28,
44, 51, 54, 257; — applied also to
Vijayarâja (Chalukya of Gujarât) . 14 n.
Dhanañjaya of Kusthalapura, a king in
Southern India, conquered by Samudra-
gupta . . . . . . 13
Dhanêsa, the god Kubêra, as ‘the lord of
wealth’ . . . . 169, 181
Dhânyavâhika, an ancient village in
Baghêlkhaṇḍ . . . 124 and n.
Dhanyavishṇu, younger brother of the
Mahârâja Mâtṛivishṇu . . 89, 90, 160, 161
Dhârâ, a city, the modern Dhâr in Cen-
tral India; reference to the defeat of a
king of this city by a Maukhari chief . 230
Dharapaṭṭa, Mahârâja (of Valabhî) . 41, 168
Dharasêna I., Sênâpati (of Valabhî) . 41, 168
Dharasêna II., Mahârâja (of Valabhî) 41,
169, 171, 181; — his Mâliyâ grant of
the (Gupta-Valabhî) year 252 . . 164
Dharasêna III. (of Valabhî) . . 41, 182
Dharasêna IV. (of Valabhî), 41, 134 n.,
183; — he was the first paramount
sovereign in the Valabhî family; and
his power was perhaps more extensive
than that of his successors, 134 n.; —
examination of the date in his Kaira
grant of the (Gupta-Valabhî) year 330 . 93
dharmachakra, the Buddhist ‘wheel of
religion,’ as an emblem on inscription
stones . . . . . 263, 269
Dharmadâsa, a proper name . . 280
Dharmadêva (Lichchhavi of Nêpâl), 182,
186, 189; — his wife was Râjyavatî . 182
Dharmâditya, a biruda or second name
of Sîlâditya I. of Valabhî, 41, 181; —
and of Kharagraha II. of Valabhî . 41, 184
Dharmadôsha, a minister of Vishnuvar-
dhana of Mâlava . . . . 157
Dharmagupta, a proper name . . . 282
Dharmârya, a grantee, 248; — another of
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Dhâva, possibly another name of the
emperor Chandra; but this interpreta-
tion is hardly borne out by the con-
struction of the record . . . . 142 n.
Dhavalâ, wife of the second Bâlâditya
mentioned by name in the Sârnâth in-
scription . . . . . . . 286
Dhavashaṇḍikâ, an ancient village in
Baghêlkhaṇḍ, 123; — another of the
same name, or perhaps the same vill-
age, in the Vôṭa santika . . . 130, 132
Dhiniki, a village in Kâṭhiâwâḍ; examin-
ation of the date in the grant of Jâika-
dêva, purporting to be in the Vikrama
year 794, with the result that this
grant must be held to be spurious . . 62 n.
Dhṛitiṣvâmika, the Dûtaka of the grant
of Śarvanâtha of the (Gupta) year 214 . 139
Dhrûbhaṭa, a maetrical abbreviation of the
name of Dhruvabhaṭa . . 41, 172 n., 189
Dhruvabhaṭa, a biruda or second name of
Śîlâditya VII. of Valabhî, occurring in
the abbreviated form of Dhrûbhaṭa,
41, 172 n., 180;— it has been supposed
to be represented by the Chinese T'u-
lu-h'o-po-tu; but the Chinese name
certainly cannot denote the seventh
Śîlâditya . . . . . . . 40
Dhruvabhûti, Mahâdaṇḍanâyaka . . 16
Dhruvadatta, Bhôgika . . . . . 120
Dhruvadêva, Mahârâja (Lichchhavi of
Nêpâl), 180, 181, 189, 190, 191; — he had
the epithet of 'the banner or glory of
the Lichchhavikula' . . . . . 181
Dhruvadêvî, wife of Chandragupta II. 44, 51, 55
Dhruvâdhikaraṇika, an official title 169, 170 n.
Dhruvaśarman, the person who caused
the Bilsaḍ inscribed pillars to be set up 45
Dhruvasêna I., Mahârâja (of Valabhî) . 41, 168
Dhruvasêna II., Mahârâja (of Valabhî),
41, 182;—he had the biruda or second
name of Bâlâditya . . . . 41, 182
Dhruvasêna III. (of Valabhî) . . . 41, 184
dhvaja, 'a banner or standard,' as dis-
tinguished from lâñchhana, 'a crest,'
151 n.; — used to denote the Mêha-
raulî pillar, 140, 142; — dhvaja-stam-
bha 'a flag-staff,' used to denote the
Êraṇ pillar . . . . . . 89, 90
di, an abbreviation of dina, dinê, divasa,
or divasê, 85 n., 92 n.; — used in con-
nection with śu, 91, 97, 210, 277, 291;
— used in connection with ba or va,
85, 93; — used by itself 114, 117, 34,
47, 109, 116, 120, 257, 262, 263
Dighwâ-Dubaulî a [village] in the Sâran
District; the value of the grant of the
Mahârâja Mahêndrapâla, of the (Har-
sha) year 155, towards proving the
epoch of the Harsha . . . . 178 n.
Dîkshit, Mr. Shankar Balkrishna; his cal-
culations of dates, 34, 35, 62, 75, 76, 77,
80 to 124, 127, 128, 129, 141; — his ex-
position of a method of calculating the
week-days, ending-times, and English
dates, of Hindu tithis, with Prof. K. L.
Chhatre's Tables, Appendix II., 145 to
159; — his exposition of the Twelve-
Year Cycle of Jupiter, Appendix III. 161 to 176
Dîkshita, a Brâhmaṇical title . 120 and n., 124
dina (see also di, and divasa), 'a day;'
146, 92 n.;—used to denote the solar or
more properly civil day . . 64, 77, 87, 259
dînâra, a particular gold coin, or weight
of gold . . . . 33, 38, 39, 40, 41, 262, 265
Dinê . . mâśvara, a proper name . . . 273
Dinna, a proper name . . . . 124 n., 290
diva, an abbreviation of divasa or divasê;
used to denote the solar or more pro-
perly civil day . . . . . . 267
civâ, 'by day;' an indeclinable used in
some of the Nêpâl inscriptions in com-
position with words denoting tithis or
lunar days . . . . 85 n., 178, 180 to 184
Divâkaradatta, a grantee . . . . 97
Divâkarasvâmin, a grantee . . . 105
divasa (see also di, dina, and diva) a
day,' 146, 92 n.;—used for the week-day,
instead of the usual term vâra, 81,
90; — used to denote the solar or more
properly civil day, 119, 32 n., 38,
40, 44, 97, 104, 112, 120, 124, 129, 134,
139, 160, 263, 268, 299;—used in
connection with words denoting tithis
or lunar days . . . . 97, 104, 108, 115
Divira, an official title . . . 123 and n.
Dombhigrâma, an ancient village, in
Kâṭhiâwâḍ . . . . . . . 170
Dôshakumbha, a proper name . . . 157
Drâṅgika, an official title . . . 169 and n.
dṛishṭam, 'sight has been attained;' an
invocation used at the commencement
of inscriptions, 240 and n., 247; — it is
the remnant of some such expression
as dṛishṭaṁ bhagavatâ . . 25 n., 240 n.
Drôṇasiṁha, Mahârâja (of Valabhî) . 41, 168
Drôṇasiṅgha, the engraver of the Râypur
grant of Sudêvarâja . . . . . .
Duḍika, a proper name . . . . . 71
duplicate inscriptions . . . . 42, 142, 149
Durdharamitra, a grantee . . . . 218
Durgamaṇḍala, apparently an ancient dis-
trict in Baghêlkhaṇḍ . . . . . 124
Durlabha of Multân, an astronomer quoted
by Albêrûnî; his method for converting
Lôkakâla dates into Śaka dates shews
that the Lôkakâla reckoning was intro-
duced, at Multân, in A.D. 926 . . . 26 n.
Dûta, an occasional substitute for Dûtaka,
100 n., 291; — used in the sense of an
ordinary message-carrier or postman 217 and n.
Dûtaka (see also ḍâkâ, Dûta, and sva-
mukh-âjñâ), the technical title of an
officer, in connection with charters
usually recorded on copper-plates but
in a few instances on stone, whose duty
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gôpathasara, perhaps meaning 'a cattle-
path' . . . . . . . 125 and n.
Gôpta, apparently an ancient name of a
village, and perhaps represented by
the modern Gôp . . . . 98 and n., 58 n.
Gôrakhpur District, an inscription from
the . . . . . . . . 65
Gôrisvâmin, a grantee . . . . . 105
Gôśarman, a proper name . . . . 259
Gôśûrasimhabala, a proper name . . 280
gôtra, 'a family or clan' (see also Bharad-
vâja and Vishṇuvṛiddha); names of
gôtras mentioned in this series of re-
cords :-
Âtrêya . . . . . . . 243
Aupamanyava . . . . . . 109
Bharadvâja . . . . . . 105, 115
Bhâradvâja . . . . 242, 243, 257, 298
Bhârgava . . . . . . 105
Gautama . . . . . . 243
Gôtama . . . . . . . 271
Kâṇva . . . . . . . 120
Kâśyapa . . . . . . 243
Kauṇḍinya . . . . 195, 199, 243
Kautsa . . . . . 36, 97, 105
Maudgalya . . . . . . 248
Pârâśarya . . . . . . 242
Śâṇḍilya . . . . . . 243
Śârkarâkshi . . . . . . 190
Śâśâtanêya (?) . . . . . 123
Śâṭyâyana . . . . . 242, 243
Varshagaṇa . . . . . . 71
Vâsula . . . . . . . 105
Vatsa . . . . . . . 170, 199
Vâtsya . . . . . . 242, 243
Vishṇuvṛiddha . . . . 241, 248
Gôvardhana, or more fully Gôvardhana-
dhara, the god Kṛishṇa, as 'holding up
the mountain Gôvardhana' . . . 91
Gôvinda, the god Vishṇu . . . . 65
Gôvinda, the engraver of the Mandasôr
pillar inscriptions of Yaśôdharman, and
of the Mandasôr inscription of
Yaśôdharman and Vishṇuvardhana of
the Mâlava year 589 . . . 148, 150, 158
Gôvinda III. (Râshṭrakûṭa); examination
of the date in his grant of the Śaka
year 726, which proves that, up to A.D.
804, the Pûrṇimânta arrangement of
the lunar fortnights was used with the
Śaka years, even in Southern India,
and also the mean-sign system of the
Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter . . 79 n.
Gôvindasvâmin, a grantee . . . . 109
Gôyinda, a proper name . . . . 40
Graha-Lâghava, an astronomical work,
written A.D. 1520-21, by Gaṇêśa
Daivajña, from which, with the Tithi-
Chintâmaṇi, Hindu almanacs are now
prepared in the Dekkan and some other
parts . . . . . . 146 and n.
Grâmika, an official title . . . 112 and n.
grihapati, 'a householder' . . 120 and n., 124
Guha, Pratînartaka and Amâtya, the
writer of the Alîna grant of Śîlâditya
VII. of the (Gupta-Valabhî) year 447 . 190
Guhaśarman, a grantee . . . . 242
Guhasêna, Mahârâja (of Valabhî) 41, 168, 180
Guhilasvâmin, a proper name . . . 52
Guñjakîrtti, Bhôgika, the writer of the
grant of Jayanâtha of the (Gupta or
Kalachuri) year 174 . . . . 120
Guṇṭhaka, a grantee . . . . 105
Gupta, Mahârâja (Early Gupta), 17, 15,
28, 44, 51, 54, 257;—indications that
his name really was simply Gupta, and
not Śrîgupta, 8 n.;—he is not to be
identified with the Mahârâja Śrîgupta
who is mentioned by I-tsing . . 8 n.
Gupta era, a convenient name for the era,
commencing in A.D. 320, used by the
Early Gupta kings and their succes-
sors; the nomenclature of the era, 19
to 23;—there is no ancient authority
for connecting the name of the Guptas
with the era, as the establishers of it,
or for accepting the early existence of
any such appellations for it as Gupta-
kâla, Gupta-saṁvat, and Gupta-saṁ,
19, 22;—in the date of the Junâgaḍh
inscription of Skandagupta, the men-
tion of the Guptas only shews that the
date was being recorded in an era new
to that part of the country, 19, 20, 57
n.;—in the date of the Môrbî grant of
Jâiṅka, the adjective Gaupta, 'of or
belonging to the Guptas,' may possibly
exist, but it does not seem probable,
21, 98, 58 n.;—the reasons for which
the era would come to be popularly
known as the Gupta era, 19, 33 n.,
125;—and as the Valabhî era, 33 n.,
126;—instances of its being mention-
ed by the expressions Valabhî-saṁ
and Valabhî-saṁvat, 84, 91;—it is
convenient to speak of it as the Gupta
era, the Valabhî era, and the Gupta-
Valabhî era, 23;—Albêrûnî's state-
ments regarding the Gupta and other
eras, 23, 24, 27;—he speaks of both
the Gupta era and the Valabhî era, 25;
—but he distinctly shews that he is re-
ferring to one and the same era under
these two names, 31;—his illustration
of the method of converting Lôkakâla
dates into Śaka dates through the
Gupta reckoning, 26 n.;—his state-
ments do not really include the asser-
tion of the existence of an era dating
from the extinction of the Gupta sover-
eignty, 28;—this idea is due only to
Prinsep's rendering of the date
in the Kahâum pillar inscription
of Skandagupta, and its endorsement
by Reinaud in his translation of
Albêrûnî, 25, 26;—Albêrûnî's words
only shew that the Gupta era conti-
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Gupta sovereignty, 31; — a curious
instance of confusion, by the Jain
writer Śîlâchârya, between the Gupta
and the Śaka eras, 32 n.; — the epochs
of the Gupta era, based, by previous
writers, on Reinaud’s translation of
Albêrûnî; viz. by Mr. Thomas, the
Śaka epoch, A.D. 77-78; by Gen. Sir
A. Cunningham, A.D. 166-67; by Sir
E. Clive Bayley, A.D. 190-91; and by
Mr. Fergusson, A.D. 318-19, .. 31 to
33; — examination of these theories,
33 to 65; — remarks on the Mandasôr
inscription of the Mâlava year 529, ..
65 to 68; — it proves that any state-
ment that the Early Gupta sovereignty
was extinguished in or about A.D.
319, is wrong; and that the era used
by the Early Gupta kings runs from
an epoch in or very close to that year,
68; — the determination of the exact
epoch of the era, with the result of
A.D. 319-20, equivalent to Śaka-Saṁ-
vat 241 expired, 69; — the scheme of
the years of the era, 69, 71; — it
included the Pûrṇimânta arrangement
of the lunar fortnights, 77, 85; — proof
that the Gupta year did not commence
with the months Kârttika or Mârga-
śîrsha, 86, 87, 90, 108, 111, 115, 118; —
the treatment of it as a northern Śaka
year, gives satisfactory results for
every recorded date, except two which
are capable of explanation, 84, 90, 97,
99, 104 n.; — and it is almost certain
that it soon became identical in all
respects with the northern Śaka year,
having Chaitra śukla 1 as its initial
day, 79; — the calculation of recorded
dates, the results of which answer to
the above conditions, 80, 84, 95, 97,
104, 110, 114, 117, 119; — the Êraṇ
pillar inscription of Budhagupta of
the (Gupta) year 165, proves that the
running difference between current
Gupta-Valabhî and current Śaka years
is two hundred and forty-two years; and
that, in following Albêrûnî and adding
two hundred and forty-one, what we
obtain is the last Śaka year expired
before the commencement of the
current Śaka year corresponding to a
given current Gupta-Valabhî year, 84;
— the Verâwal inscription of Arjuna-
dêva of the Valabhî year 945, proves
that the original Pûrṇimânta arrange-
ment was preserved with the Gupta
year, in Kâṭhiâwâḍ, up to A.D.
1264, .. 90; — the two exceptional
dates are those in the Verâwal inscrip-
tion of the Valabhî year 927, and in
the Kaira grant of Dharasêna IV. of
the (Gupta-Valabhî) year 330, the
results for which answer to a year
commencing with the month Kârttika
preceding the true commencement of
the Gupta year, 90, 93; — the explana-
tion of this difference, 72, 73, 92, 93,
95; — proof as to the epoch afforded
by the use of the Twelve-Year Cycle of
Jupiter in records of the Early Gupta
period, 101 to 124; — summary of the
results, which prove A.D. 319-20 as
the epoch of the era and A.D. 320-21
as its first current year, 124 to 127; —
proof that the years in Gupta-Valabhî
dates are to be interpreted as current
years, unless the contrary is distinctly
specified, 127 to 130; — inquiry as to
the origin of the era, 130 to 137; — its
epoch, or its commencement, was not
determined by the expiration, from the
epoch or the commencement of the
Śaka era, of an even number of Cycles
of Jupiter, either of the Twelve-Year
or of the Sixty-Year system, or by any
other astronomical considerations, 33,
130; — but its origin must be found in
some historical event, which occurred
actually in A.D. 320, .. 130; — it was
not established by any member of the
Valabhî family, 130; — nor by the
Mahârâja Gupta, the founder of the
Early Gupta family, 130; — it cannot
run from the accession of Chandragupta
I., the first paramount sovereign in the
family, 131, 132; — it was adopted by
the Early Guptas from some extraneous
source, 132; — the reasons for which
they would not adopt any era then in
use in India itself, 132 to 134; — the so-
called Gupta era was in use, outside
India, in Nêpâl, by the Lichchhavi rulers
of that country, 95, 96, 134, 184; — fur-
ther instances of this, 178, 182, 183, 184;
— the antiquity and power of the Lich-
chhavis, and the friendly relations,
including intermarriage, between them
and the Early Guptas, would dispose
the latter to adopt any Lichchhavi era,
135; — and in all probability the so-
called Gupta era is a Lichchhavi era,
dating either from the general establish-
ment of monarchy among the Lich-
chhavis, or from the commencement of
the reign of the Lichchhavi king Jaya-
dêva I. in Nêpâl . . . . . 136
Gupta-kâla, an expression used by Albê-
rûnî for the Gupta era; it is a perfectly
justifiable term, but there is no autho-
rity for the early existence of it . 19,
22, 24, 25, 30
Gupta-nṛipa-râjya-bhuktau, a technical
expression in the grants of the Pari-
vrâjaka Mahârâjas, shewing that at
certain dates the Gupta sovereignty
was still continuing . . 42, 43, 50,
101, 104, 110, 114, 117, 95 and n., 96,
104, 108, 115
Gupta-Valabhî era; a convenient name
for the Gupta era during the period
when, through its use by the Kings of
Valabhî, it may have begun to be called
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316 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
Guptas, the Early, 7 n. ;— the actual dates
of their records extend from A.D. 401
to 466, . . 7 ;— but the records of the
Parivrâjaka Mahârâjas prove that the
Gupta dominion continued to A.D. 528,
. . 8 ;— their final overthrow was
accomplished by Mihirakula, 10 ; —
their genealogical tree, 17 ;—there is
nothing to support the supposition that
they belonged to the Solar Race, 19,
1 ; — their family mentioned as the
Guptavaṁśa, 20, 55, 67 ;— and as the
Guptânvaya, 259 ;— mention of them
in the plural, as a family or dynasty,
19, 20, 63, 65, 67 ; — mention of them
as the Gupta kings, 104, 110, 114, 117,
96, 104, 108 115 ;—mention of them, in
the Junâgadh rock inscription, in con-
nection with the reckoning of an era, 19,
20, 21, 22, 57 n., 63, 65 ;— but there is
no ancient authority for connecting
their name with the Gupta era, as the
establishers of it, 19 ;—remarks on some
of their coins (for the legends on their
silver coins, see Ind. Ant. XIV. 65),
36 n., 12 ns., 14 ns., 15 n., 25 n., 27 n.,
28 ns., 46 n. ;—allusions to a temporary
obscuration of their power between the
reigns of Kumâragupta and Skanda-
gupta, 55 ; — a further indication of
this is perhaps given by Kumâragupta
having only the title of Mahârâja in
the Mankuwâr inscription, 46 ;— men-
tion of them in Yaśôdharman's pillar
inscription . . . . . 146, 148
Guptas of Magadha, 7 n., 14, 205, 206, 207,
208, 210, 212, 213 n., 217 ;— the family
was an offshoot of the Early Gupta
stock ; and the founder of it, Kṛishṇa-
gupta, came very shortly after Skanda-
gupta, 14 ;—intermarriages of this
family, with the Maukharis, 14, 187 ;—
with the Kings of Kanauj, or more pro-
perly of Thâṇêsar, 15, 232 ;— and with
the Vâkâṭaka Mahârâjas . . 15, 240, 247
Guptasya kâla, ‘the time or era of Gupta;’
an expression supposed, but quite
wrongly, to exist in the Junâgadh rock
inscription of Skandagupta, 19, 44, 57 n.;
— and in abbreviated forms on certain
Kâbul coins . . . . 19, 57 to 60
Gwâlior (Gwâlhêr), the capital of Scindia's
Dominions; the hill on which the
fortress stands, mentioned under the
ancient Saṁskṛit name of Gôpa, 162
and n., 163 ;— the modern name of
Gwâlior is derived directly from Gôpâ-
likhêra, 162 n. ; — the inscription of
Mihirakula . . . . . 161
Haidarâbâd in the Dekkan ; examination
of the date of the grant, of the Śaka
year 524 expired, of Pulikêśin II.,
which proves that up to A.D. 612, the
Pūrṇimānta arrangement of the lunar
fortnights was used with the Śaka
years, even in Southern India . . . 79 n.
Hâlârî year ; a year with Âshâḍha śukla
1 as its initial day, used in the western
part of Kâṭhiâwâḍ . . . . 79 n.
halirâkara, a fiscal term requiring ex-
planation . . . . . . 134 n
Hall, Dr. F. E. ; views expressed by him
on the Gupta era and connected
matters . . . . . . 42
Haṁsamitra, a grantee . . . . 218
Hanumat, the chief of the monkeys ; men-
tioned as ‘the son of the Wind,’ and with
a reference to his leap through the air
from the mountain Kôśavardhana . 205
Hara, the god Śiva, as ‘the seizer or
despoiler’ . . . . 87, 206, 208
Haradatta, a grantee . . . . 298
Hari, the god Vishṇu . . . . 156
Haribala, a proper name . . . 272
Haribhaṭa, a proper name . . . 78
Harigupta, a proper name . . . 281
Hariśarmârya, a grantee . . . 243
Harishêṇa, Sâṁdhivigrahika, Kumârá-
mâtya, and Mahâdaṇḍanâyaka, the
composer of the Allâhâbâd posthumous
pillar inscription of Samudragupta . 16
Harisvâminî, a proper name . . 262
Haritrâta, a proper name . . . 71
Harivarman, Mahârâja (Maukhari), 221 ;
— his wife was Jayasvâminî . . 221
Harivishṇu, a proper name . . 90, 160
Harsha, also called Vikramâditya, a
king of Ujjain, mentioned in the
Râjataraṁgiṇî, allotted by Mr.
Fergusson to the sixth century A.D.,
and held by him to be the real person
in commemoration of whom the Vikrama
era was invented and named . 47, 55, 56
Harsha of Gauḍa, Kaliṅga, Kôsala, Ôḍra,
&c. ; in a Nêpâl inscription, he is men-
tioned as belonging to the Bhagadatta
family, 187 ;— his daughter, Râjyamatî,
was the wife of Jayadêva II. of Nêpâl . 187
Harsha, or Harshavardhana, of Kanauj, or
more properly of Thâṇêsar, 15, 232 ; —
mentioned under the name of Harsha-
dêva, 207 ;— his name was simply
Harsha or Harshavardhana, and not
Śrîharsha or Śrîharshavardhana, 207
n. ; — Hiuen Tsiang gives him the biruda
or second name of Sîlâditya, 39, 40 ;—
his accession, as determined by the
commencement of the Harsha era, is to
be placed in A.D. 606, . . 178 n. ; — his
Sônpât seal . . . . . 231
Harsha era ; an early era of this name,
commencing in or about B.C. 457, is
mentioned by Albêrûnî, 23, 24, 30 ; — but
there is no other evidence of its exist-
ence, 23 n. ;— the only proved era of
this name, is that which runs from

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Left Column

the accession of Harshavardhana of
Kanauj, or more properly of Thāṇēsar,
23 n.; — as far as it can be deter-
mined by means of the Dīghwā-Dubaulī
grant of the Mahārāja Mahēndrapāla,
this era commenced in A.D. 606, with
the epoch of A.D. 605-606, . . 178 n.;
— an instance of the use of this era in
India, 210; — another possible instance,
287; — it was adopted in Nēpāl, by the
Ṭhākurī rulers of that country, 96, 184,
189; — instances of the use of it by
them, 178 to 184; — the fact of its in-
troduction there is mentioned, in a mis-
taken manner, in the Nēpāl Vaṁśāvalī 185
Harshadēva, a variant of the name of
Harshavardhana of Kanauj, or more
properly of Thāṇēsar . . 207 and n.
Harshagupta (Gupta of Magadha), 205; —
Harshaguptā, wife of Ādityavarman,
was probably his sister . . . 14
Harshaguptā, wife of Ādityavarman, 221;
— she was probably a sister of Harsha-
gupta of Magadha . . . . 14
Harshavardhana (see also Harsha or Har-
shavardhana) of Kanauj, or more pro-
perly of Thāṇēsar . . . . 15, 232
Hastin, Mahārāja (Parivrājaka), 97, 104,
109, 111, 115; — he had the hereditary
kingdom of Ḍabhālā, and the eighteen
forest kingdoms, 13 n., 116; — his Khōh
grant of the Gupta year 156, . . 93;
— his Khōh grant of the year 163, . .
100; — there is no necessity to alter the
date of this record from 163 to 173;
and, in fact, the alteration is not justi-
fiable, 110 to 114, 102 n.; — his Majh-
gawāṁ grant of the year 191, . . 106;
— his Bhumarā pillar inscription, 110;
— examination of the dates of these
records . . . . 104, 110, 114, 119
Hastivarman of Vēṅgī, a king in South-
ern India, conquered by Samudragupta 13
Hēmbaṭa, a proper name . . . 190
Hijra era, a Musalmān era, commencing
in A.D. 622, and dating from the
flight of the prophet Muḥammad; an
instance of this era being quoted in a
Hindu epigraphical record . . . 85
Himālaya (see also Himavat), the moun-
tain; mentioned as the father of the
goddess Pārvatī, 147; — as the moun-
tain of snow, 148, 205, 230; — as the
king of mountains . . . 169, 181
Himavat, a name of Himālaya . . 156
Hisār or Hissār District, an inscription
from the . . . . . . 269
Hoernle, Dr. A. F. R.; view expressed
by him on the Gupta era . . . 65
Hūṇa, a tribe; a mention of them in Yaśō-
dharman's pillar inscription, 146, 148;
— mentioned as defeated by Skanda-
gupta, 56; — and by the Maukharis 206

Right Column

Ijjādēvī, wife of Vishṇuguptadēva . . 217
Ilichpur District, an inscription from the 235
images, inscriptions on the pedestals of
45, 208, 262, 266, 271, 272, 273, 278,
280, 281
Indana, a proper name . . . . 112
India, Northern; mentioned under the
name of Āryāvarta, 13 and n.; — South-
ern India mentioned under the name
of dakshiṇāpatha . . . . 13 and n.
Indōr, a deserted village or mound in
the Bulandshahar District, mentioned
under the ancient name of Indrapura or
Indrāpura, 71, — the grant of Skanda-
gupta, of the (Gupta) year 146 . . 68
Indra, the god of the sky (see also Magha-
van, Puraṁdara, and Śakra; and, for his
wife, see Śachī), 14, 28, 44, 50, 51,
54, 93, 195, 199, 257, 278; — mentioned
as 'the lord of the gods,' 10, 62, 76,
77, 195; — as the elder brother of
Vishṇu, 50, 182 n.; — as 'the thousand-
eyed,' 225; — mention of the mountain
Sumēru as his abode, 278; — mention
of the kalpa-tree in his paradise, 168,
228; — a reference to his elephant,
Airāvata, 76; — deceased kings are
described as going to the abode of
Indra, conquering the realms of Indra,
or obtaining a seat on the lap of Indra,
10 and n.; — and grants were made
to secure this result . . . . 195, 199
Indrabala, of the Pāṇḍuvaṁśa, 298; — his
father was Udayana, of the Śavara
lineage or tribe . . . . 293
Indrapura, Indrāpura, the ancient name
of Indōr in the Bulandshahar District . 68, 71
Indravishṇu, a proper name . . . 90, 160
inscriptions on copper are usually denoted
by the terms śāsana, 99 n., 194, 199,
218, 240, 242, 247, 249, 296; — and
tāmra-śāsana, 99 n., 109, 116, 128,
132, 138, 195, 199; — and those on
stone, by the term praśasti, 87 n.; —
an exceptional instance in which the
term praśasti is used to denote a
copper-plate charter . . . . 87 n.
intercalary months; the present arrange-
ment of the intercalated fortnights in
Northern and in Southern India,
88; — a verse attributed to the Brahma-
Siddhānta indicates a more ancient
arrangement of a different kind,
88 n.; — intercalated months are in-
auspicious, and the performance of
ceremonies in them is prohibited,
88 n.; — but the Kaira grant of
Dharasēna IV., of the (Gupta-Valabhī)
year 330, shews an exception to this
rule, 94; — note on a mistake which
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318 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
Chronology, Table I., in respect of the
intercalations for the southern Vikrama
years, 87 n.;—instances of intercalation
of the month Mārgaśīrsha, which is
usually held to be not liable to
tercalation, 93;—and of the month
Pa sha, though the same rule is held to
apply . . . . . . . . 179
Īśa, the god Śiva as 'the lord, the power-
ful one' . . . . . . . 87
Īśāgaḍh District, inscriptions from the 21, 34, 258
Īśānavarman (Maukhari), 14, 206, 220,
221;—his wife was Lakshmīvatī, 221;
— he was conquered by Kumāragupta
of Magadha . . . . . . . 206
Īśvara, the god Śiva, as 'the lord, the
powerful one' . . . . . . 180
Īśvaradāsa, the writer of the grant of
Saṁkshōbha of the (Gupta) year 209 . 116
Īśvaraśarman, a grantee . . . . . 243
Īśvaraśarmārya, a grantee . . . . 243
Īśvaravarman, Mahārāja (Maukhari),
221, 229, 230;— his wife was Upa-
guptā, 221;—his Jaunpur inscription 228
Īśvaravāsaka, an ancient village or allot-
ment granted to the great Stūpa at
Sāñchi . . . . . . . . 33
Jabalpur District, an inscription from the 117
Jāhnavī, the river Gaṅgā, as 'the daugh-
ter of Jahnu' . . . . . . 169, 181
Jāikadēva, a king of Saurāshṭra, not
to be identified, if his Dhiniki grant is
genuine, with the Jāiṅka of the Mōrbī
grant, 61, 62;—examination of the
date in his grant, purporting to be in the
Vikrama year 794, with the result that
this grant must be held to be spurious 62 n.
Jain inscriptions . . . . . 65, 258
Jain sect or religion; proof of its
existence in the fourth century A.D.
is furnished by the Kahāuṁ pillar
inscription of Skandagupta . . . 16, 66
Jāiṅka, a chieftain in Kāṭhiāwaḍ; remarks
on the reading and interpretation of
the date of his Mōrbī grant of the
(Gupta) year 585 expired, 21, 98,
58 n.;—examination of the details of
the date, 97;—he is not to be identi-
fied with the Jāikadēva of the Dhiniki
grant, if the latter is a genuine record . 62
Jāmbavatī, wife of the god Vishṇu in his
incarnation as Krishṇa . . . . 270
Janārdana, the god Vishṇu, as 'exciting
or agitating men' . . . . . 90, 189
janēndra, 'a lord of a people or tribe,
contrasted with narādhipati, 'a chief
ruler of men' . . . . . . 151 n.
Jasō State, an inscription from the . . 233
Jaunpur, the chief town of the Jaunpur
District; the inscription of Īśvaravar-
. . . . . . . . . . 228
Jayabhaṭṭa, a proper name . . . . 274
Jayadēva I., the first historical person
in the family of the Lichchhavis of
Nēpāl, 185, 186, 189, 191;—calculating
back from the recorded date for
Mānadēva, his initial date is about A.D.
330, . . 191;—and this needs but little
adjustment to place him in A.D. 320,
and to make the so-called Gupta era
run from the commencement of his
reign . . . . . . . . 135
Jayadēva II., Rāja (Ṭhākuri of Nēpāl),
183, 184, 187 to 191;—he had the
biruda or second name of Parachakra-
kāma, 184, 187;—his wife was Rājya-
matī, 187;—notice of an inscription of
the (Harsha) year 145, which is pro-
bably one of his records, 183;—and of
his inscription of the year 153 . . 183, 185 to 188
Jayadēva, Rājaputra, the Dūtaka of the
inscription of Śivadēva II. of the
(Harsha) year 119 . . . . . 182
Jayanātha, Mahārāja (of Uchchakalpa),
119, 123, 128, 131, 138;—his wife was
Muruṇḍadēvī or Muruṇḍasvāminī, 128,
132, 138;—his Kārītalāi grant of the
(Gupta or Kalachuri) year 174, . 117;
—his Khōh grant of the year 177 . 121
Jayarāja, or Mahā-Jayarāja, Rāja (of
Śarabhapura), 194;—his Āraṅg grant 191
jaya-skandhāvāra, 'a victorious camp'
. . . . . . . . . . 180, 217, 257
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THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; INDEX. 319
Junâgaḍh rock inscription of Skanda-
gupta, of the Gupta years 136, 137, 138, 56
Junâgaḍh State, inscriptions from the . 56, 164
Jupiter, the planet; its regent men-
tioned under the names of Aṅgiras,
170; — the son of Aṅgiras, 170; —
Bṛihaspati, ‘the lord of prayer,’ 170,
76, 86, 157; — Guru, ‘the preceptor,’
169, 170, 171 and n., — Ijya, ‘the
teacher,’ 170; — Jîva, ‘the living being,’
170; — Suraguru, ‘the preceptor of the
gods,’ 81, 90, 157; — Surêjya, ‘the
teacher of the gods,’ 173; — the coun-
sellor of (Indra) the lord of the gods
(dêvapatimantrin), 161; — the coun-
sellor of the gods (sura-mantrin),
161 n.; — and the preceptor of the
gods (sura-guru and tridaśa-guru)
157, 169, 181
Jupiter, the planet; exposition of the
Twelve-Year Cycle based on his heliacal
risings, with reference to his apparent
longitude, in particular nakshatras,
Appendix III., 161 to 176; — the
authorities for this system of the cycle,
with the rule for naming the years of
it, according to the order of the lunar
months, commencing with Kârttika,
161 and n., 170, 171; — the length of
each year of the cycle, by this system,
is roughly 400 days, 162; — a practical
illustration of two cycles of this system,
167; — the years of this cycle that are
liable to be omitted, and to be repeat-
ed, 168; — this is evidently the original
system of the Twelve-Year Cycle, 172;
— instances of the later and modern
use of it, 173 and n., 175; — the helia-
cal risings of Jupiter are still noted in
Pañchâṅgs, for religious purposes,
173 n.; — there are indications that the
Sixty-Year Cycle also was originally
regulated by the same system, 170 and
n., 173, 174; — the years of the Twelve-
Year Cycle, by this system, mentioned
in records of the Early Gupta period,
are, Mahâ-Âśvayuja, 110, 117, 104, 115;
— Mahâ-Chaitra, 114, 108; — Mahâ-
Mâgha, 119, 112; — and Mahâ-Vaiśâkha,
104, 96; — examination of the dates of
these records, 101, 104, 110, 114, 117,
119; — the Pausha and Vaiśâkha years
of a Twelve-Year Cycle are mentioned
in early Kadamba records (the absence
of the prefix mahâ possibly indicates
that they are of the mean-sign system),
106 n.; — the proof that the epoch of
the Gupta era was not determined by
the Twelve-Year Cycle according to
the heliacal-rising system . . . . 34, 35
Jupiter, the planet; incidental remarks
on the Twelve-Year Cycle based on his
passage, with reference to his mean
longitude, among the signs of the
zodiac, 162, 169, 170; — the rule, as
given by the first Âryabhaṭa and by
Brahmagupta, for determining the
years of this cycle by this system, 169;
— the years commence with the years
of the Sixty-Year Cycle by the same
system; and the length of each year,
according to the Sûrya-Siddhânta, is
361 days, 1 ghaṭî, 36 palas, 170; — (in-
stances of the use of the cycle, by this
system, indicated by the absence of
the prefix mahâ, are possibly to be
found in early Kadamba records,
106 n.); — the proof that this is not the
system of the cycle used in records of
the Early Gupta period, 103, 108, 111,
115, 118, 121; — and that the epoch of
the Gupta era was not determined by it 34, 35
Jupiter, the planet; incidental remarks
on the Sixty-Year Cycle based on his
passage, with reference to his mean
longitude, among the signs of the
zodiac, 102, 169, 170, — the rule of the
Sûrya-Siddhânta for determining the
years of this cycle by this system,
170; — the length of each year of this
cycle, by this system, according to the
same authority, is 361 days, 1 ghaṭî, 36
palas, 170; — a verse by Kaśyapa
seems to indicate that the years of this
cycle also were originally determined
by the heliacal-rising system, 170 and
n. ; — Varâhamihira gives the rule that
Prabhava, the first year of this cycle,
commences when Jupiter comes to
Dhanishṭhâ and rises in Mâgha, 173,
174; — comments on this rule, which is
not correct for the mean-sign system,
but is nearly so for the heliacal-rising
system, 173 n., 174; — the Sixty-Year
Cycle by the mean-sign system, was
current in Southern, as well as in North-
ern, India, at least up to A.D. 804, . .
80 n.; — the proof that the epoch of the
Gupta era was not determined by this
cycle . . . . . . . . 34
Jupiter, the planet; the use of the Sixty-
Year Cycle, according to the southern
luni-solar system, seems to have been
introduced between A.D. 804 and 866,
. . 80 n.; — and the epoch of the Gupta
era cannot have been determined by
this cycle . . . . . . 33, 34
Jyêshṭhaśarmârya, a grantee . . . 243
Jyôtishadarpaṇa, an astrological work;
its date is A.D. 1557-58, . . 175; — a
quotation from it in support of the
heliacal-rising system of the Twelve-
Year Cycle of Jupiter . . . . 170
ka, an affix from which certain modern
declensional suffixes are derived 69,
113, 117, 121, 125, 126, 130, 135, 197, 261
Kâbul, the Hindu kings of; remarks on
some of their coins, which have been
supposed to bear dates in the Gupta
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320 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
Kâcha; the name of two chieftains
mentioned in an inscription in the
Ajaṇṭâ caves, 27 n.;—the name also
occurs on certain gold coins which
have always been attributed to Ghaṭôt-
kacha; but, if they are Early Gupta
coins, as seems probable, they must
be attributed to Samudragupta, and
Kâcha must be his biruda or second
name . . . . . . 18, 27 n.
Kâcharapallika, an ancient village in the
Maṇinâga pêtha . . . . 138
Kahâum, a village in the Gôrakhpur Dis-
trict; mentioned under the ancient
name of Kakubha or Kakubhagrâma,
66, 67; — the pillar inscription of
Skandagupta . . . . 65
Kailâsa, a mountain in the Himâlaya
range, 78, 85, 86; — mentioned as one
of the breasts of the earth . . 86 and n.
Kailâsakûṭabhavana, the palace of the
Ṭhâkurî rulers of Nêpâl . 178 to 182, 189, 190
Kaira (Khêḍâ), the chief town of the
Kaira District; mentioned under the
ancient name of Khêṭaka, 95 n., 173,
189;—examination of the date in the
grant of Dharasêna IV. of the (Gupta-
Valabhî) year 330 . . . . 93
Kaira District, an inscription from the . 171
Kâka, a tribe, conquered by Samudra-
gupta . . . . . . 14
Kâkanâda, the ancient name of Sâñchi in
the Asôka period . . . . 31
Kâkanâdabôta, the name of the great
Stûpa at Sâñchi in the Gupta period 31, 32, 262
Kakka, a proper name . . 148, 150
Kakubha, Kakubhagrâma, the ancient
Sanskrit name of Kahâum . . 66, 67
kâla, 'time, a space of time,' may be
used in the sense of 'an era,' and is so
used in respect of the Vikrama and
Śaka eras; but there is no ancient
authority for the early existence of
the term Gupta-Kâla for the Gupta
era . . . . . . 19, 22
Kalachuri, a dynasty of kings in Central
India; their dynastic name occurs under
the Sanskritised form of Kalatsûri, in a
record of the sixth century A.D.; and
they are perhaps mentioned, under the
name of the Ârjunâyanas, in the Allah-
âbâd pillar inscription . . . 10
Kalachuri or Chêdi era, an era used by
the Kalachuri kings of Central India;
early instances of the use of it are per-
haps to be found in the records of the
Mahârâjas of Uchchakalpa, which,
however, would seem to require for the
era an epoch about twenty-five years
later than the epoch of A.D. 249-50
proposed by Gen. Sir A Cunningham,
8, 9, 10;—also in the grants of the
Traikûṭaka Mahârâjas, 9 n.;—(and
possibly in the Bôdh-Gayâ inscription
of Mahânâman, the date of which has
been referred in this volume to the
Gupta era, 16, 275);—Prof. Kielhorn
quoted as having fixed the commence-
ment of the era in A.D. 249, with the
epoch of A.D. 248-49 . . . 10
Kali age (see also Kaliyuga era), the last
and worst of the four Yugas or ages
of the world; the one in which we now
are . . . . . . 156, 168, 182
Kâlindî, the river Yamuna (Jamnâ) . 90
Kaliyuga era, an era commencing, with
the beginning of the Kali age, in B.C.
3102, though usually represented as com-
mencing in B.C. 3101; it is of but rare
use in epigraphical records, 69 n.;—
quotations of the reckoning of this era,
both by current and by expired years,
from Hindu almanacs, 138 to 141;—its
duration is 432,000 years of men; and
we are still only in the saṁdhyâ of it, 138
to 141, 139 n.;—it was the original
astronomical era of the Hindus; and
the substitution of the Śaka era for it,
for astronomical purposes, seems to have
taken place between A.D. 476 and 587 143
kalpa-tree, a fabulous tree in Indra's
paradise, granting all desires . . 168, 228
Kâmadêva, the god of love (see also
Smara); a mention of his two wives,
Prîti and Rati, 85;—a reference to
his bow of flowers, 86;—a reference to
his destruction by Śiva, 87;—an enu-
meration of the five flowers that form
his arrows, 87;—mentioned as having
a banner of flowers . . . 58
Kamaladêvî, wife of Dêvaguptadêva of
Magadha . . . . . 217
Kâmarûpa, a country, the modern Assam,
or its western portion; Samudragupta
either included it in his empire, or else
extended his conquests up to the con-
fines of it . . . . 9 n., 14 and n.
Kanauj, a town in the Farrukhâbâd Dis-
trict; perhaps mentioned, in connec-
tion with Samudragupta, under the
ancient name of Pushpapura . . 5, 12
Kanauj, Harshavardhana of, or more
properly of Thâṇêsar; his genealogy . 232
Kâñchî, a town in Southern India, the
modern 'Conjeveram;' in the time of
Samudragupta, its king was Vishṇu-
gôpa . . . . . . 13
Kâṇḍârya, a grantee . . . . 243
Kângra District, an inscription from the 286
Kaṇva or Kaṇvâyana, a tribe, family, or
dynasty; there is no foundation for
the supposition that the Kaṇva prince
Nârâyaṇa, mentioned in the Vishṇu-
Purâṇa, is mentioned as the Tushâra
king Vishṇu, in the Tusâm rock in-
scription . . . . . 270
Kapâlêśvara, the god Śiva, as 'the lord
who is decorated with a garland of
skulls' . . . . . . 290
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THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; INDEX. 321
karaṇa, 'a document' . . . 242 and n.
Karañjaviraka, or perhaps Karañjachi-
raka, an ancient river in the Beṇṇâ-
kârpara bhâga . . . . . 248
Kâritalâî, a village in the Jabalpur Dis-
trict; the grant of Jayanâtha of the
(Gupta or Kalachuri) year 174 . . . 117
kartṛi, 'a maker,' a technical term for the
composer of a record, as opposed to
the person who reduces it to writing 88, 99 n.
Kartṛipura, a town, in the east or north-
east; Samudragupta either included it
in his empire, or else extended his con-
quests up to the confines of it 9 n., 14 and n.
Kârttikêya, the god of war (see also
Brahmaṇya, Skanda, and Svâmi-Mah