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THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; INDEX. 337
epithets are applied to Vijayarâja
(Chalukya of Gujarât), 14 n.; — his
Allahâbâd (or Kauśâmbî) posthu-
mous pillar inscription, 1; — his Êraṇ
inscription, 18; — his spurious Gayâ
grant of the year 9 . . . . . . 254
Samudrasêna, Mahâsâmanta and Mahâ-
râja, 290; — his Nirmand grant . . 286
samvat, an abbreviation of the word
samvatsara, 'a year,' or of any of its
declensional cases that can be used in
expressing a date, 84, 91, 95, 97, 178 to
184, 22 n., 30 n., 47, 92, 108, 119, 180,
210, 257, 261, 267, 277, 289; — the
use of this word is not really confined
to the Vikrama era; and, joined with
the name of the era, it gives a conveni-
ent method of quoting the years of any
of the different eras . . . . . . 22 n.
samvatsara, 'a year' (see also sam,
samvat, and year) 95 n.; — the reason
why the earlier years of Hindu eras
are quoted by this term, or by the
abbreviations sam and samvat, without
any dynastic appellation . . . . 143
samvatsaras or years of the Twelve-year
Cycle of Jupiter, by the heliacal-rising
system, mentioned in records of the
Early Gupta period:—
Mahâ-Âśvayuja . . . 110, 117, 104, 115
Mahâ-Chaitra . . . . . 114, 108
Mahâ-Mâgha . . . . . . 119, 112
Mahâ-Vaiśâkha . . . . 104, 95, 96
Sanakânika, or Sanakânîka, a tribe, con-
quered by Samudragupta, 8 n., 14, 25;—
certain Mahârâjas of this tribe men-
tioned by name . . . . . . 25
Sanasiddha, a proper name . . . . 262
Sâñchi, or Sâchi, a village in the Bhôpâl
State; its name is not derived from the
Sanskrit word śânti, but is probably
an alliterative vernacular word, 29 n.,
260 n.; — in the Aśôka period, its
name was Kâkanâda, 31; — in the
Gupta period, the name of the great
Stûpa here was Kâkanâdabôṭamahâvi-
hâra, 31, 261; — in the inscriptions it
seems to be denoted by the term ratna-
griha, 33 and n., 34, 262; — the modern
popular name of the great Stûpa is
Sâs bahû kâ biṭâ, 30 n.; — the inscrip-
tion of Chandragupta II. of the (Gupta)
year 93, . . 29; — the inscription of the
(Gupta) year 131, . . 260; — a pillar in-
scription . . . . . . . . 279
Sandhyâputra, a grantee . . . . . 97
Saṅghila, another name of Śaṅkara, Aś-
vapati . . . . . . . . . 260
Sanhârikâ or Samhârikâ, the imaginary
name of a wife of Samudragupta . 18, 19, 1
śaṅkha 'a conch-shell;' as an emblem on
seals . . . . . . 191, 196, 292
Sanskrit language, an epigraphical
mention of the. . . . . . . 157.
santaka, a Prâkṛit' word meaning 'be-
longing to,' in asmat santaka . 118 n.,
241, and n., 248
santaka, santika, a territorial term . 118
and n., 120, 132
'Santâl' Pargaṇâs, a late inscription from
the, mentioning Âdityasêna of Maga-
dha . . . . . . . . . 212 n.
Śântiśarman, a grantee . . . . . 243
saptâṅga, 'the seven constituent ele-
ments of a kingdom' . . . 242 and n.
Śarabha king, mention of a, as the mater-
nal grandfather of Gôparâja (see also
Śarabhapura) . . . . . . 14, 93
Śarabhaṅga, a proper name . . . . 33
Śarabhapura, the town from which Jaya-
râja and Sudêvarâja issued their char-
ters, 192, 194, 199; — it is not to be
identified with Arvî, nor with 'Sam-
balpur' or 'Sambhalpur,' 192; — the
Râjas of Śarabhapura (see also Śara-
bha king) . . . . . 14, 194, 199
śarad, 'the autumn;' the importance
of the use of this word in connection
with the Mâlava or Vikrama era . . 66 n.
śaradhî, 'a bow-string' . . . 223 and n.
Sarasvatî, wife of the god Brahman, and
goddess of learning . . . . . 208
Śârdûla, Śârdûlavarman, a Maukhari
chief . . . . . . 223, 225, 228
Śarman, an abbreviation of the name of
Dhruvaśarman . . . 9 n., 45 and n.
Śarmârya, a grantee . . . . . 243
Śârṅgapâṇi the god Vishṇu, as 'bearing
in his hand the bow of horn named
Śârṅga' . . . . . . 147, 183
Śârṅgin, the god Vishṇu, as 'possessing
the bow of horn named Śârṅga' . . 56, 87
Sârnâth, a village in the Benares District;
an image inscription, 281; — the
inscription of Prakaṭâditya . . . 284
Śarva, the god Śiva . . . . . 163
Sarvadaṇḍanâyaka, a military title, of an
officer next in rank below the Mahâ-
sarvadaṇḍanâyaka; used in connec-
tion with Mahâpratîhâra . . . 183
Śarvadatta, the Dûtaka of the grants of
Jayanâtha of the (Gupta or Kalachuri)
years 174 and 177 . . . . 120, 124
Sarvâdhyaksha, 'general superintend-
ent,' an official title . . . 241 and n., 248
Śarvanâga, Vishayapati, a governor of
Skandagupta for the Antarvêdî country 71
Śarvanâtha, Mahârâja (of Uchchakalpa),
112, 128, 132, 133, 138; — his Bhumarâ
pillar inscription, 110; — examination
of its date, 119; — his Khôh grant
of the (Gupta or Kalachuri) year 193, ..
125; — his imperfect Khôh grant, with-
out date, 129; — his Khôh grant, imper-
fect, of the year 197, .. 132; — his Khôh
grant of the year 214 . . . . 135
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sarva-râjakhyânâm=a-hasta-prakshêpanî-
ya, (see also samasta), a fiscal term . 190
sarva-râj-ôchchhêttṛi, an epithet of Sa-
mudragupta, 27, 44, 51, 54, 257; — it
occurs also on the coins that bear the
name of Kâcha . . . . . . 27 n.
Śarvasvâmin, a grantee . . . . . 105
Sarvaṭa, a proper name . . . . . 190
Sarvavadha, Divira, a grantee . . . 123
Śarvavarman (Maukharî), 215, 218, 220,
221; — his Asîrgaḍh seal . . . 219
Śarvavarman, Mahârâja, mentioned in
the Nirmand grant of Samudrasêna . 290
śâsana, 'a charter' (see also tâmra-śâsana),
a technical term for a deed of conveyance
on copper-plates, 99 n., 194, 199, 218,
240, 242, 247, 249, 296; — an illustra-
tion of functions connected with such a
charter . . . . . . . . 99 n.
Śaśâṅkadêva, Mahâsâmanta, 284; — his
Rôhtâsgaḍh seal-matrix . . . . 283
Śaśâtaneya, apparently the name of a
gôtra . . . . . . . . 123
Sâs-bahû kâ bîṭâ, the modern popular
name of the great Stûpa at Sâñchi; with
which we have to compare Sâs-bahû kâ
dêhrâ, which is the modern popular
name of the temple at Gwâlior in which
there is the inscription of Mahîpâla of
the Vikrama year 1150 . . . . 30 n.
Śatasâhasrî-Saṁhitâ, the name of a sec-
tion of the Mahâbhârata, or of the
whole poem . . . . . . . 139
Satî, popularly Suttee, see cremation of
widows . . . . . 92 and n., 93
Śatrughnarâja, a proper name . . . 241
sattra, 'an almshouse,' 37, 38, 39, 40,
41, 45, 116 n., 265; — one of the five
great sacrifices, usually called atithi
. . . . . . 116 n., 124, 129, 132, 290
Sâtvata, a Vaishṇava sect . . . 271 and n.
Śaulkika, an official title . . . 52 and n.
Saurâshṭra, the modern Kâṭhiâwâḍ
country; mentioned under the name
of Surâshṭrâḥ, and as subject to Skan-
dagupta, 62, 63; — remarks on the
coins of the Kshatrapas or Mahâksha-
trapas of Saurâshṭra . . . . . 36 n.
Savitṛisvâmin, a proper name . . . 199
sâyana, 'inclusive of precession of the
equinoxes' . . . . . . . 146
Scindia's Dominions, inscriptions from
. . . 21, 34, 79, 142, 149, 150, 161, 258
sculptures accompanying inscriptions on
stone . . . . . . . 72, 269, 274
seals of charters; emblems on them, 125,
164, 191, 196, 219, 231, 255, 292; —
legends on them, 94, 101, 106, 112, 125,
164, 191, 196, 219, 231, 235, 244, 255,
292; — instances in which they are
attached to the plates by rings, 94, 101,
106, 112, 117, 121, 125, 130, 132, 135,
164, 172, 191, 196, 235, 244, 287,
292; — instances in which they are
attached to the sides of the plates by
soldering, 69, 219, 231, 255; — an
instance of a stone matrix for casting
seals . . . . . . . . . 283
seasons, references and allusions to the
various :—
Grîshma, the hot season . . . . 63 64
Hêmanta, the cold season . . . 86, 87
Śarad, the autumn . . . . . 77, 158
Śiśira, the dewy season . . . . 77, 87
Varshâḥ, the rainy season . . . . 63
Vasanta, the spring . . . . . 158
selection by kings of their successors,
and by a widow of her husband's suc-
cessor . . . . . . . . . 12 n.
Sênâpati, a military title 41, 167 and n.
. . . . . . . . . 168, 243 249
serpent-emblem on seals . . . . 283
Śêsha, the king of serpents, mentioned as
supporting the earth on one of his
hoods . . . . . . . . . 208
Shâhâbâd (Ârâ) District, inscriptions
from the . . . . . . . 213, 283
Shâhânushâhi, a dynasty or tribe, con-
quered by Samudragupta . . . 14
Shâhi, a dynasty or tribe, conquered by
Samudragupta . . . . . . 14
Shâhpur, a village in the Paṭna District;
the image inscription of Âdityasêna of
the (Harsha) year 66 . . . . 208
Shashṭhidatta, a proper name . . . 156
shôḍaśin, a particular sacrifice. 241 and n., 248
siddha, 'a perfect one,' the epithet of a
certain class of Jain saints; they are
always invoked in the plural . . 259 and n.
Siddha, a class of supernatural beings 84, 206
siddham, 'perfection has been attained,'
an invocation used at the commence-
ment of inscriptions, 25 and n., 32, 35,
54, 61, 67, 71, 84, 154, 247, 252, 254,
262; — it is the remnant of some such
expression as siddham bhagavatâ . 25 n.
Siddhânta-Śirômaṇi, an astronomical
work by Bhâskarâchârya; it was writ-
ten A.D. 1150-51, . . 156 n.; — its
author's explanation of the rule for
the Brahma-Siddhânta unequal-space
system of the nakshatras . . . . 166
Siddhasêna, Mahâpratîhâra and Mahâ-
kshapaṭalika, the Dûtaka of the grant
of Śîlâditya VII. of the (Gupta-Valabhî)
year 447 . . . . . . . . 190
sign-manual at the end of a charter,
indicated by the word sva-hasta, 171,
191; — actual representations of a sign-
manual . . . . . . 171 n., 191
Śikharasvâminî, wife of Saṁjayashêṇa . 290
Śîlâchârya, a Jain writer, author of the
Âchârâṅkâ, in which, in giving the date,
he makes a curious confusion between
the Gupta and the Śaka eras . . . 32 n.
Śîlâditya, a biruda or second name, given
by Hiuen Tsiang, of Harshavardhana
of Kanauj . . . . . . . 39, 40

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Śîlâditya of Mâlava, a king mentioned
by Hiuen Tsiang, 39, 40; — he has been
wrongly assumed to be the father of
Prabhâkaravardhana . . . . . 15
Śîlâditya I. (of Valabhî), 41, 181, 183; —
he had the biruda or second name
of Dharmâditya . . . . . . 181
Śîlâditya II. (of Valabhî) . . . 41, 185
Śîlâditya III., Śîlâdityadêva (of Valabhî) 41, 185
Śîlâditya IV., Śîlâdityadêva (of Valabhî) 41, 185
Śîlâditya V., Śîlâdityadêva (of Valabhî) 41, 187
Śîlâditya VI., Śîlâdityadêva (of Valabhî) 41, 188
Śîlâditya VII., Śîlâdityadêva (of Valabhî),
41, 189; — he had the biruda of Dhrû-
bhaṭa, i.e. Dhruvabhaṭa, 172 and n.,
189; — his Alînâ grant of the (Gupta-
Valabhî) year 447 . . . . . 171
Siṁha era, an era commencing in A.D.
1114, or perhaps in A.D. 1113; quoted
in the Verâwal inscription of the
Valabhî year 945 . . . . . 85
Siṁhala, one of the names of Ceylon;
mentioned as conquered by Samudra-
gupta . . . . . . . . 14
Sindhu, the river Indus; mentioned as
having seven mouths . . . . . 141
Śirpur, a town in the Râypur District;
mentioned under the ancient Saṁskṛit
name of Śrîpura . . . . . 293, 296
Śirûr, a village in the Dhârwâḍ District;
examination of the date of the inscrip-
tion of Amôghavarsha I., 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.
Śiśupâla, an epic king, 250; — probably
the name of the king whose inscription
is on the Pahlâdpur pillar . . . 250, 251
Śiva, the god, 'the destroyer' of the
Hindu triad (see also Bhûtapati, Hara,
Îśa, Îśvara, Jayêśvara, Kapâlêśvara,
Mahâdêva, Mahêśvara, Mihirêśvara,
Paramêśvara, Paśupati, Pinâkin,
Śambhu, Śarva, Sthâṇu, Śûlapâṇi,
Sûrabhôgêśvara, Svâmi-Mahâbhairava,
and Tripurântaka; and, for his wife,
see Pârvatî), 241, 248; — mentioned in
connection with the liṅga, 180 and n.,
182, 241, 248; — mention of the river
Gaṅgâ flowing through his matted hair,
16; — other references to his matted
or braided hair, 87, 163; — mention of
him as the father of Kârttikêya, 206; —
a reference to his bull Nandi or Nandin,
as an emblem on his banner, 147; — a
reference to his destruction of Kâma-
dêva, 87; — spoken of as employing
Brahman for creation, preservation,
and destruction; and also as being
himself the creator, with a necklace
of skulls, a serpent round his neck, and
the crescent moon on his forehead, 155

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and n.; — other references to him as
'the creator,' 185 and n., 186, 290; —
other references to the moon on his
forehead, 87, 163, 206; — a probable
early instance of his form, in combina-
tion with Pârvatî, as Ardhanârîśvara,
224; — a form of Śiva in combination
with the Sun . . . . . . 288
Śivadâsa, a proper name . . . . 112
Śivadêva, Bhaṭṭâraka, the Dûtaka of the
inscription of Śivadêva II. of the (Har-
sha) year 143 (?) . . . . . 182
Śivadêva I., Mahârâja (Lichchhavi of
Nêpâl), 177, 178, 189, 191; — he had the
epithet of 'the banner or glory of the
Lichchhavikula,' 177, 178; — notice of
his Gôlmâḍhitôl inscription of the
(Gupta) year 316, . 177; — the value
of this record in proving the use of the
Gupta era in Nêpâl, and in fixing the
chronology of the early rulers of that
country, 96, 177, 184; — notice of
another of his inscriptions, the date
of which is lost . . . . . 178
Śivadêva II. (Ṭhâkurî of Nêpâl), 182, 187,
189, 190, 191; — his wife was Vatsadêvî,
184, 187; — notice of his inscription of
the (Harsha) year 119, . 182; — and of
an inscription of the year 143 (?),
which is probably one of his records . 182
Śivagupta Mahâbalâdhikṛita, the Dûtaka
of the grants of Śarvanâtha of the
(Gupta or Kalachuri) years 193 and
197 . . . . . . . 129, 134
Śivakapadraka, the name of some land
in the village of Antaratrâ . . . 170
Siwanî, the chief town of the Siwanî-
Chhapârâ District; the grant of
Pravarasêna II . . . . . 243
Skambhasêna, a proper name . . . 170
Skanda, a name of the god Kârttikêya . 51
Skandabhaṭa, Sâṁdhivigrahika, writer
of the grant of Dharasêna II. of the
(Gupta-Valabhî) year 252 . . . 171
Skandadêva, Yuvarâja, the Dûtaka of
a Nêpâl inscription of the (Harsha)
year 82 . . . . . . . 181
Skandagupta (Early Gupta), 17, 51, 52,
55, 62, 64, 67, 71; — he had the biruda
or second name of Kramâditya, 18; —
mentioned as restoring the fallen for-
tunes of his family by conquering the
Pushyamitras, 55; — as defeating the
Hûṇas, 56; — apparently as overcoming
the Nâgas, 62 and n.; — and as estab-
lishing his fame in the countries of the
Mlêchchhas, 62; — remarks on two of
his coins, 25 n., 46 n.; — his Bihâr
pillar inscription, 47; — his Bhitarî
pillar inscription, 52; — his Junâgaḍh
rock inscription of the (Gupta) years
136, 137, and 138, . . 56; — his Kahâum
pillar inscription of the year 141, . . 65;
— his Indôr grant of the year, 146, . .
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340 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
131, perhaps of his time, 260; — a
Mathurâ image inscription of the year
135, of his time, 262; — a Kôsam image
inscription of the year 139, of his
time, 266; — a Gaḍhwâ inscription of
the year 148, perhaps of his time . 267
Skandaguptabaṭa, apparently the name
of an ancient village in Bihâr . . 51
Skandanâga, a grantee . . . 128
Skandârya, a grantee, 243; — another of
the same name . . . . 243
skandhâvâra, 'a camp,' in jaya-skandhâ-
vâra . . . . . 217, 257
Smara, the god Kâmadêva, as 'he who
excites memory' . . . . 85, 158,
169, 181, 223, 225, 278
snake emblem on seals . . . . 283
Sômanâthadêvapattana, or the city of the
god Sômanâtha (Śiva), an ancient
name of the modern Verâwal . 85
Sômârya, a grantee . . . . 243
Sômaśarmârya, a grantee . . . 243
Sômatrâta, a proper name . . . 270
Sômila, a proper name . . . 67
Sônpat, a town in the Dehli District; the
seal of Harshavardhana of Kanauj, or
more properly of Thâṇêsar . . 231
sovereigns, paramount, titles of; i.e. of
sovereigns supreme in their own domi-
nions, but not necessarily reigning over
the whole of India . . . . 10 n.
spashṭa, an astronomical term, to be
translated by 'apparent' . . 145 n.
spashṭa-tithi, 'an apparent tithi;' the
method of determining it from the
mean tithi . . . . . 154
spurious inscription, an instance of a . . 255
Śramaṇa, 'a Buddhist (and Jain)
ascetic' . . . . . 32, 277
śrêṇî, 'a corporation or guild' . 71, 85, 86, 87
śrî, an honorific prefix to names, rendered
in the case of paramount sovereigns
and their wives by 'glorious,' of feuda-
tories and other ordinary persons by
'illustrious,' of priests, teachers, &c,
by 'saintly,' of gods by 'holy,' and of
towns, &c., by 'famous;' generally śrî
is used before consonants and śrîmat
before vowels, but there are exceptions
to this . . . . . . 10 n
Śrî, the goddess Lakshmî . . 164, 206, 205
Śrîgupta, an early Mahârâja mentioned
by I-tsing; he is not to be identified
with the Mahârâja Gupta (Early
Gupta) . . . . . . 8 n.
śrîmat, an honorific prefix to names,
rendered in the same way as śrî; the
use of it is not confined to feudatories,
but it is applied in the case of para-
mount sovereigns also . . . . 10 n.
Śrîmatî, or Śrîmatîdêvî, wife of Mâdhava-
gupta . . . . . . 208, 217
Śrîpura, the ancient name of Śîrpur . 293, 296
Śrîsâhikâ, an ancient village in the Pûr-
varâshṭra or Eastern Country . . 199
Śrîvâpikâ, a well at Śrîsâhikâ . . 200
Sthâṇu, the god Śiva, as 'the immovable
one' . . . . . . 148
sthapati-samrâj, apparently meaning
'chief of architects' . . 120 and n., 124
Sthavira, a Buddhist priestly title . . 279
stone, inscriptions on, are usually denoted
by the term praśasti . . . 87 u.
Stûpa, the technical name of a certain
kind of Buddhist monument, 30 and
n.; — in two records the term ratna-
griha seems to be used to denote a
Stûpa, 33 and n., 34, 262; — in the
neighbourhood of Sâñchi, the popular
term for a Stûpa is bîṭâ . . . 30 n.
śu, an abbreviation of śukla or śuddha,
'the bright fortnight;' used in connec-
tion with di (see also under ba di),
91, 97, 210, 277, 291; — used by itself 93, 191
Sudarśana, a lake at Girinagara . 63, 64
Sudêvarâja, or Mahâ-Sudêvarâja, Râja
(of Śarabhapura), 199; — his Râypur
grant, 196; — reference to another
grant by him, which requires to be re-
edited . . . . . . 14
Sugata, a name of Buddha, as 'the one
who has attained a good state' . . 232 n.
Śukra, the regent of the planet Venus,
and the preceptor of the demons . 86
Sûkshmaśiva, the engraver of the Aphsaḍ
inscription of Âdityasêna . . 208
Sukuli dêśa, an ancient territorial divi-
sion in the neighbourhood of Sâñchi . 32
Sulabhaka, a proper name . . . 290
Śûlapâṇi, the god Śiva, as 'holding the
trident in his hand' . . . 147. 149, 286
Sûlisagrâma, an ancient village in the
neighbourhood of Nirmand . . . 290
Sumêru, another name of the mountain
Mêru, 86, 147; — mentioned as the
abode of Indra, 278: — and as one of
the breasts of the earth . . . 86 and n.
sun; inscriptions of sun-worship, 68, 79,
126, 161, 208, 214, 288; — sun worship
indicated elsewhere by the title para-
mâdityabhakta, 168, 232; — invoca-
tions of the Sun as a god, 71, 84, 163; —
worship of the Sun combined with that
of Vishṇu, 126; — and with that of
Śiva, 288; — ancient temples of the
Sun, at Indôr in the Bulandshahar Dis-
trict, 70; — at Mandasôr, 80; — at
Âśramaka, 126; — at Gwâlior, 162; —
and at Dêô-Baraṇârk, 218; — an image
of the Sun at Shâhpûr, 210; — the Sun
connected with Varuṇa in the name of
Varuṇârkâ, 215; — the Sun mentioned
under the name of Varuṇavâsin, 218; —
mention of the chariot and horses of
the Sun, 78, 163; — cows spoken of as
'daughters of the Sun,' 195 and n., 200,
299; — a symbol of sun-worship, or
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Supushpa, a traditional and very early
member, at Pushpapura, of the family
of the Lichchhavis of Nêpâl . . . 185
Sūrabhôgêśvara, a liṅga form of the god
Śiva . . . . . . . . . 180 n.
Suraguru, the regent of the planet Jupiter,
as 'the preceptor of the gods,' 90 n.,
157;—the day of Suraguru, i.e. Thurs-
day . . . . . . . . . 81, 90
Sûrasêna, or Śūrasêna, Râjaputra; his
wife was Bhôgadêvî, sister of
Aṁśuvarman . . . . . . . 180
Surâshṭrâḥ (or more usually Saurâshṭra)
country, the modern Kâṭhîâwâḍ; it was
subject to Skandagupta . . . . . 62, 63
Suraśmichandra, Mahârâja, a governor
of Budhagupta for the country between
the rivers Jamnâ and Narmadâ . . . 89, 90
Sûryadatta, Mahâsâṁdhivigrahika, the
writer of the grants of Hastin of the
(Gupta) years 156 and 163 . . 99, 105, 109
Sûryadatta, a grantee . . . . . . 97
Sûryamitra, a grantee . . . . . . 218
Sûrya-Siddhânta, an ancient astrono-
mical work; it is a text-book of the
Saurapaksha school of astronomers,
145 n.;—according to it, the length of
the solar year is 365 days, 15 ghaṭîs,
31·523 palas, 146;—and the length
of the year of Jupiter, by the mean-
sign system, is 361 days, 1 ghaṭî, 36
palas, 170;—its rule for determining
the years of the Sixty-Year Cycle of
Jupiter by the mean-sign system,
170;—its rule for determining the
years of the Twelve-Year Cycle of
Jupiter by his heliacal rising in con-
nection with the occurrence of
nakshatras on new-moon days,
171;—comments on this rule by
Raṅganâtha and Dâdâbhâî . . . . 171 n.
Sûryavaṁśa, the Solar Lineage; there
are no grounds for allotting the Early
Guptas to this lineage, 19, 1;—but,
according to tradition, the family of
the Lichchhavis of Nêpâl did belong
to it . . . . . . . . . 185, 188
Suśarman, the founder of the family of
the Parivrâjaka Mahârâjas . . . 115
Susthitavarman, probably a Maukhari
king, conquered by Mahâsênagupta . 15, 206
Suttee (Satî), see cremation of widows
. . . . . . . . . . 92 and n., 93
suvarṇa, a particular gold coin or weight
of gold . . . . . . . . 265
Suvarṇakakshaka, apparently an ancient
village in Bâghêlkhaṇḍ . . . . 125
sva-hasta, 'a sign-manual,' 171, 191;—
actual representations of a sva-
hasta . . . . . . . 171 n., 191 and n.
Svâmidatta of Koṭṭûra on the hill, a king in
Southern India, conquered by Samudra-
gupta . . . . . . . . . 7 n., 13
Svâmidêvârya a grantee . . . . . 243
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Svâmi-Mahâbhairava, one of the terrific
forms of the god Śiva . . . . 241, 248
Svâmi-Mahâsêna, the god Kârttikêya, as
'the commander of a large army' . . 43, 44
Svâmin, a title of office or rank . . . 177
Svâminâga, a proper name . . . . 128
svâminî, 'a noble lady,' or perhaps an
abbreviation of Vihârasvâminî . 262 and n.
sva-mukh-âjñâ, 'the order or command
of one's own mouth;' an expression,
connected with charters, used when a
Dûtaka is not employed . . 100 n.,
. . . . . . . . . . 116 and n., 195, 200
Svarbhânu, a name of Râhu, the personi-
fied ascending node, as the causer of
an eclipse of the sun . . . . . 97
svasti, 'hail,' an exclamation used at the
commencement of inscriptions, 96 and
n., 104, 108, 111, 119, 123, 128, 131, 138,
167, 180, 194, 199, 217, 240, 257;—
used with a dative case at the end of
an inscription, 88;—used as a neuter
noun, meaning 'prosperity,' with astu,
and governing the dative . . . 90, 161
Svâtiśarmârya, a grantee . . . . . 243
Svâtisvâmin, a grantee . . . . . 105
svayam=a-pratiratha (compare prithi-
vyâm=a-pratiratha, applied to Samu-
dragupta), an epithet of Chandragupta
II. . . . . . . . . . 44, 51, 54
Svayambhû, the god Brahman, as 'the
self-existent one' . . . . . 155 and n.
'Syalapati,' a Hindu king of Kâbul; re-
marks on some of his coins, which have
been supposed to bear dates in the
Gupta era . . . . . . . 57 to 60
Talâpura, or Tâlâpura, an ancient town
in the vicinity of Nirmaṇḍ . . 290 and n.
Talavâṭaka, an official title . . 217 and n.
Tamasâ, a river, the modern Tamas
or 'Tons' . . . . . . . 126, 128
tâmra-śâsana, 'a copper-charter' (see
also śâsana), a technical term for a
deed of conveyance written on copper-
plates, 99 n., 109, 116, 128, 132, 138,
195, 199;—an illustration of functions
connected with such a charter. . . . 99 n.
tanaya-prâpta, 'an adopted son'. . 293 n., 298
Tântrika, or Śâkta worship, apparent
early instances of (see also Vajrêś-
vara) . . . . . . . 48 and n., 74, 226
Thâkurî rulers of Nêpâl; Thâkurî is the
name given in the Nêpâl Vaṁśâvali
to the family to which Aṁśuvarman
and his successors belonged, 189;—
their palace was Kailâsakûṭabhavana,
178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 189;—they
used the Harsha era, 96, 184, 189;—
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the western portion of Nêpâl, 190; —
the dates of the known members of
this family, 189; — their intermarriage
with the Maukharis, and with the
Bhagadatta family . . . 187
Thomas, Mr. E.; the views expressed by
him on the Gupta era and connected
matters, with the result that he held
it to be identical with the Śaka era 32,
36, 38, 51, 57
Tîlabhaṭṭaka, Mahâdaṇḍanâyaka, the
superintendent of the work connected
with the Allahâbâd posthumous pillar
inscription of Samudragupta . . 17
tilamaka, 'a water-course' . . 189, 181
Tîrthaṁkaras, early Jain saints, men-
tioned under the epithet of âdikartṛi 68 and n.
Tishyâmratîrtha, an ancient place . . 28
tithi, 'a lunar day,' 32 n., 163; — an
epigraphical quotation of the new-
moon tithi or fifteenth tithi of the dark
fortnight, as the thirtieth tithi of the
month, 110 n., the astronomical
meanings of the term tithi, 147; —
one mean tithi, of time, is equal to
0.9843529572 of a mean solar day
and night, 149 n.; — the mean tithis
in a solar year are 371, and 3 ghaṭîs,
53.4 palas, 148; — in general, the
term tithi means the end of a tithi,
not its beginning or duration; and the
tithis are thus shewn in Pañchâṅgs,
148; — and so, for all ordinary pur-
poses, the week-day of a tithi is the
week-day on which that tithi ends; and
consequently there may, in certain in-
stances, be a nominal discrepancy be-
tween the resulting English and Hindu
week-days, 156 n.,—the tithis given in
Pañchâṅgs are apparent, not mean, 148;
—and they are intended to be given from
apparent sunrise, 155; — the method
of determining the apparent tithi
from the mean tithi, 154; — a method
of calculating the week-days, ending-
times, and English dates, of tithis,
with Prof. K. L. Chhatre's Tables,
Appendix II., 145 to 159; — the ending-
time of a tithi, thus obtained, may
sometimes differ from the results ob-
tained from the Sûrya-Siddhânta and
other Hindu works; but the difference
will not amount to more than 5 or 6
ghaṭîs . . . . . 155
tithi-bhôga, 'the enjoyment or duration
of a tithi' . . . . . 153
tithi-dhruva, 'the constant of a tithi,'
a term denoting the number of com-
plete tithis that elapse from the com-
mencement of Chaitra up to the tithi
during which the Mêsha-Saṁkrânti
occurs . . . . . 152
tithi-kêndra (see also kêndra), 'the ano-
maly of a tithi, expressed in tithis,'
149: — the annual variation in the
tithi-kêndra is 7 tithis, 9 ghaṭîs, 43
palas . . . . . 149
tithi-madhyama-kêndra (see also kêndra),
'the mean anomaly of a tithi expressed
in tithis,' a term denoting the number
of tithis that elapse, up to the Mêsha-
Saṁkrânti, from the moon's preceding
arrival at her apogee . . 149, 150
tithi-śuddhi, 'the subtraction of tithis,' a
term denoting the number of tithis that
elapse from the commencement of
Chaitra up to the time of the Mêsha-
Saṁkrânti, 148, 150; —when the tithi-
śuddhi, obtained from Prof. K. L.
Chhatre's Tables, is less than 19, there
cannot be an intercalary month in the
year . . . . . 153
Tîvaradêva, or Tîvararâja, also called
Mahâśiva-Tîvararâja, of the Pâṇḍu-
vaṁśa, 296, 298; — he had the title of
'supreme lord of Kôsala,' 296; — he
was the adopted son of Nannadêva,
293, 298; — his Râjim grant . . 291
'Toṇs,' properly Tamas, a river in Bun-
dêlkhaṇḍ and the North-West Pro-
vinces; mentioned under the ancient
name of Tamasâ . . . 126, 128
Tôramâṇa, a king of the Mihira tribe or
clan among the Hûṇas, and the father
of Mihirakula, 10, 11, 12, 160, 163; —
he came, in Eastern Mâlwa, very short-
ly after Budhagupta, 10, 11; — remarks
on the reading and interpretation of
the date on his coins, 11, 12; — his
Êraṇ boar inscription . . . 158
Traikûṭaka, a tribe (see also Trikûṭa);
the grant of the Traikûṭaka Mahârâja
Dharasêna, and another Traikûṭaka
grant, perhaps furnish early instances
of the use of the Kalachuri or Chêdi
era; but they may be dated in the
Gupta era . . . . 9 n.
tree-sculpture, with cow-and-calf, on an
inscription stone . . . 274
Trikûṭa, the origin of the name Trai-
kûṭaka, 234; — it has been identified
with Tripura or Tripurî, the capital
of the Kalachuris; but this point
remains to be proved . . . 9 n.
Tripurântaka, the god Śiva, as 'the de-
stroyer of the demon Tripura, or of his
three cities' . . . . 290
Tu-lu-h'o-po-tu, the Chinese transliter-
ation of the Sanskrit name of the
reigning king of Valabhî in the time of
Hiuen Tsiang; it has been restored
as Dhruvapaṭu, 39, 40; — and as
Dhruvabhaṭa, 51; — the king in ques-
tion has been identified with one of
the Dhruvasênas of Valabhî, 39, 47;—
with Dharapaṭṭa, 41;— with Śîlâditya
VII., . 51; — with Dêrabhaṭa, or one of
the Dharasênas, or one of the earlier
Śîlâdityas, 57; — and with Dhruvasêna
II., 64; — there are difficulties in the
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[Column 1]
tity; but the dates render it impossible
that he should be Śîlâditya VII. of
Valabhî . . . . . . 40
Tu-lu-po-pa-t'cha, and simply Pa-t'cha,
the Chinese form of the name of a
king of Southern India, mentioned by
Hiuen Tsiang, which has been restored
as Dhruvapaṭu; there are difficulties in
the way of establishing the identity of
this king; but he cannot be Śîlâditya
VII., or apparently any king of
Valabhî . . . . . . 40
Tumburu, one of the Gandharvas . . 14
Tuṣâm, or Tusâm, a village in the Hisâr
or Hissâr District; the rock inscription 269
Tushâra king, a, of the name of Vishṇu,
is not mentioned in the Tusâm rock
inscription . . . . . . 270
Uchaharâ, the capital of the Nâgaudh
State; it is not to be identified with a
supposed 'Udyâra' . . . . 93 n
Uchchakalpa, an ancient city or hill, from
which Jayanâtha and Śarvanâtha issued
their grants, 117 n., 119, 123, 128, 131,
138; — the Mahârâjas of Uchchakalpa,
8, 9, 10, 112, 119, 123, 128, 131, 132,
133, 138; — the dates of their records
have been interpreted as being in the
Gupta era, 8, 118, 121, 126, 133, 135;
— but it is possible that they really are
the earliest instances of the use of the
Kalachuri era, and that these Mahârâjas
were feudatories of early Kalachuri
kings . . . . . . 8, 9, 10
uchchhanna, a Prâkṛit corruption of
utsanna . . . . . . 250
Udayadêva, Yuvarâja, the Dûtaka of the
inscription of Aṁśuvarman of the
(Harsha) year 39 . . . 180 and n.
Udayadêva (Ṭhâkurî of Nêpâl) 186, 188, 189, 191
Udayagiri, a village and hill in the Îsâ-
gaḍh District; the cave inscription of
Chandragupta II. of the (Gupta) year
82, . . 21; the cave inscription of
Chandragupta II., not dated, 34; — the
cave inscription of the time of Kumâra-
gupta, of the year 106 . . . 258
Uddhava, an epic hero . . . . 156
udranga, a fiscal term, 97 and n., 104, 109,
120, 128, 132, 138, 170, 185, 189, 218, 290
Udyôtârka, the writer of the Nirmaṇḍ
grant of Samudrasêna . . . 291
Ugrasêna of Palakka or Pâlakka, a king
in Southern India, conquered by
Samudragupta . . . . . 13
ukthya, a particular sacrifice . 241 and n., 248
Undâna, a proper name . . . . 32
Unnata, an ancient town or village . . 170
Upâdhyâya, 'a sub-teacher,' the instruc-
tor in only a part of the Vêda, or in
grammar and the other Vêdâṅgas . 271, 282'
[Column 2]
Upaguptâ, wife of Îśvaravarman . 220 n 221
upakḷipta, a fiscal term, requiring ex-
planation . . . . . 242, 249
upanipâtaka, a metrical form for upa-
pâtaka . . . . . . 72 and n.
upapâtaka, 'sins of the second degree'
72 n., 120, 124, 129, 134, 138, 171, 291
Uparika, an official title, requiring ex-
planation . . . . 52, 120, 124, 134, 218
uparikara, a fiscal term (add a reference
to Ind. Ant. VII. 66, note), 97, 98 and
n., 105 109, 120, 128, 132, 138, 170,
189, 218, 237
Upâsaka, a worshipper of Buddha who is
not a member of the priesthood, i.e.
'a lay-worshipper' . . . . 262
Upâsikâ, the feminine of Upâsaka . . 202
Upasêna I. and II., Buddhist teachers . 277
Upêndra, the god Vishṇu, as the younger
brother of Indra . . . . 182 and n.
Uplêt, or Uplêtâ, a village in the Kaira
District; mentioned under the ancient
name of Uppalahêṭa . . . 173, 189
Uppalahêṭa, the ancient name of the
modern Uplêt or Uplêtâ; mentioned
as the chief town of a pathaka in the
Khêṭaka âhâra . . . . 1173, 189
Ûrjayat, a mountain near Girinagara,
now known by the name of Girnâr 57, 64, 65
utkîrṇa, 'engraved,' a technical expres-
sion for the actual engraving of an in-
scription on copper or on stone 99 n.,
148, 150, 158, 195, 200
Utpala, a commentator on the Bṛihat-
Saṁhitâ; his quotations of early astro-
nomers for the heliacal-rising system of
the Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter, 161
n., 170; — his quotation of 'Garga and
Parâśara, as giving a variation from the
usually accepted grouping of the nak-
shatras, 163 n.; — his quotation of the
Garga-Saṁhitâ for one of the unequal-
space systems of the nakshatras, 164;
— and of a verse by Garga, which seems
to refer to the mean-sign system of the
Twelve-Year Cycle . . . . 172
Uttarakuru, the land of the Northern
Kurus . . . . . . 260 and n.
va, an abbreviatiot of vadya, 'the dark
fortnight,' or else a substitute for ba;
used in connection with di (see also
under ba di) . . . . . 85
Vâhlika, a tribe, conquered by Chan-
dra . . . . . . 141 and n.
vaidila, a word requiring explanation . 290
Vainya, an epic king . . . . 77
Vaishṇava inscriptions (for other instan-
ces of Vaishṇava worship. see atyanta-
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paramavaishṇava) . . 23, 53, 58, 74, 89, 113, 121, 126, 268
Vaishṇavî, perhaps a name of the earth as the personification of the śakti or female energy of Vishṇu . . . 195 n.
viśvadêva, one of the five great sacrificial rites . . . . . 170, 190
vaitastika, a particular weapon; an exact explanation of the term is required . . . . . . . . 12
vâjapêya, a particular sacrifice . 241 and n., 248
Vajragrâma, an ancient village in Kâṭhiâwâḍ . . . . . 170
Vajrêśvara, a god; Mr. Bendall (Journey in Nêpâl, p. 78, note) takes the name as of the "early traces of the curious position of Hindu and Buddhist that the Tantric system brought into Nêpâl" . . . . . 181
Vâkâṭaka, a tribe or dynasty, 15, 16, 235, 240, 241, 247, 248; — it may be the name of a country also, but not in certain supposed cases, 234 n.; — it is derived from an original form vakâṭa, and is not to be identified with the modern Bhâṇḍak, 234; — the Vâkâṭaka Mahârâjas, 15, 235, 240, 241, 247, 248; — they belonged to the Vishṇuvṛiddha gôtr, 241, 248; — they intermarried with the Bhâraśivas, 241, 248; — their date is determined by the marriage of Rudrasêna II. with Prabhâvatiguptâ, daughter of Dêvagupta of Magadha . 15
Vakkhalika, a proper name . . . 290
Vakra, Amâtya . . . . 100, 105, 109
Vakravaṇa, an ancient forest, or perhaps town or village, in Baghelkhand . . 125
Valabhî, the ancient name of the modern Walâ in Kâṭhiâwâḍ, the chief city of the Kings of Valabhî and their ancestors, 167; — the meaning of the name, 23 n.; — there is no authority for the use by Reinaud and Sachau of the forms Balabha, Ballaba, and Ballabha, 23 n.; — the Kings of Valabhî, and their ancestors, 13, 167, 168, 169, 180 to 189; — their genealogy, 41; — it was through their preservation of the Gupta era that it came to acquire the name of the Valabhî era, 23, 126; — but they did not establish the era, 130; — nor can they have introduced it into Nêpâl, 134 n.; — list of the charters issued by them from Valabhî itself, 126 n.; — Hiuen Tsiang's remarks about the reigning King of Valabhî in his time . . . . . . . 40
Valabhî era; the later name of the Gupta era, due to its preservation by the Kings of Valabhî, and used by Albêrûnî in the eleventh century A.D., and in epigraphical records of the thirteenth century, 22, 23; — Albêrûnî distinctly states the absolute identity of the Valabhî era with the Gupta era . . . . . 31
Valabhî-saṁ and Valabhî-saṁvat, technical expressions, in the thirteenth century A.D., for the Gupta era under its later name of the Valabhî era . . 22, 84, 91
Valaka, apparently an ancient village in Baghelkhand . . . . . 105
Valatkaushan, an official title, requiring explanation . . . . . . 257
Vâlavî vishaya, an ancient territorial division in Bihâr . . . . . 218
valaya-yashṭi, 'a boundary-pillar' . . 112
Vâlugarta, an ancient village in Baghelkhand . . . . . . . 109
Vanga, a country, the modern Bengal or the eastern parts of it, invaded by Chandra . . . . . . 141
Vangara, an ancient village in Baghelkhand . . . . . . . 105
vâpî, vâpikâ, 'an irrigation-well' . 170, 200
vâra, a 'week-day (see also week-days), which is reckoned by the Hindus from sunrise to sunrise . . . . 146, 147
Varahadâsa, a proper name . . . 156
Varâhadinna, Bhôgika . . 124, 129, 134, 139
Varâhamihira, an astronomer; he died A.D. 587. . . 143 and n.; — his rules, in the Brihat-Saṁhitâ and the Samâsa-Saṁhitâ, for the naming of the years of the Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter according to the heliacal-rising system, 161, 170; — his rule, in the Brihat Saṁhitâ, for the grouping of the nakshatras for that purpose . . . . . . 162
Varâśarman, a grantee, 243; — another of the same name . . . . 243
Varaśarmârya, a grantee . . . . 243
Vardhaki, a proper name . . . 170
Varika, a tribe; mention of certain chiefs of this tribe . . . . 253, 254
varsha, 'a year;' the reason why the earlier years of Hindu eras are quoted by this term, without any dynastic appellation . . . . . . . 143
Vârtta, an official title . . . 180 and n.
Varuṇa, the god of the ocean, 14, 28, 44, 51, 54, 63, 257; — mentioned as the regent of the west, 63; — connected with the Sun in the name of Varuṇârka 215
Varuṇaśarman, a grantee . . . 105
Varuṇasêna, Mahâsâmanta and Mahârâja, 289; — his wife was Prabâlikâ . 290
Varuṇavâsin, a name of the Sun . . 218
Varuṇavishṇu, a proper name . . 90, 160
Vâruṇikâ, the ancient name of the modern Dêô-Baraṇârk . . . . 214, 215, 218
Vasantadêva, a variant of the name of Vasantasêna . . . . 183 and n., 186, 189
Vasantasêna (Lichchhavi of Nêpâl), 183, 188, 189, 191; — mentioned under the name of Vasantadêva, 186; — notice of his inscription of the (Gupta) year 435 . 183
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pâla, for the heliacal-rising system of
the Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter . . 170
Vâsu, Grâmika . . . . . . . 112
Vasudatta, a proper name . . . . 271
Vasudêva, the father of Vishṇu in his
incarnation as Kṛishṇa . . . . 206
Vâsudêva, the god Vishṇu, as Kṛishṇa,
'the son of Vasudêva' . . . 115 286
Vâsula, the composer of the Mandasôr
pillar inscriptions of Yaśôdharman . 148
Vasuntarashaṇḍika, an ancient village
in Baghelkhaṇḍ . . . . . 97
vâṭa, a fiscal term, requiring explana-
tion . . . . . 170 and n., 189
Vaṭapûraka, an ancient village in the
Beṇṇâkârpara bhâga . . . . 248
Vatsabhaṭṭi, composer of the Mandasôr
inscription of the Mâlava year 529 . . 88
Vatsadêvî, daughter of the Maukhari
Bhôgavarman, daughter's daughter of
Âdityasêna of Magadha, and wife of
Śivadêva II. of Nêpâl . . . * 184, 187
Vêdas (see also śâkhâ), the earliest sacred
books of the Hindus; mentioned as
arranged by Vyâsa, 98 and n., 105, 109,
116, 124, 129, 134, 139, 171, 190; —
mentioned as three in number, under
the term trayî, 189; — indicated as four
in number by the word Chaturvêdin,
71, 190, 242; — the only Vêda men-
tioned by name in this series of
records, is the Atharva-Vêda . . 290
Vêdhas, the god Brahman, as 'the creator' 156
Vengî, a town or country in Southern
India; in the time of Samudragupta, its
king was Hastivarman . . . . 13
Verâwal, a town in Kâṭhiâwâḍ, the
modern representative of the, ancient
Sômnâthpâṭaṇ; mentioned under the
ancient names of Dêvapattana, 91; —
and of Sômanâthadêvapattana, or the
city of the god Sômanâtha, 85; — ex-
amination of the date of the inscription
of the Valabhî year 927, . . 90; — and
of the inscription of Arjunadêva of the
Valabhî year 945 . . . . 84
vernacular terminations, in ashtamu,
divasu, and saṁvatsaru . . 292, 296
Vibhudatta, Mahâsâṁdhivigrahika, writer
of the grant of Hastin of the (Gupta)
year 191 . . . . . . 109
Vibhuvarman, Vârtta . . . . 180
Vidhâtṛi, the god Brahman, as 'the
arranger or creator' . . 90, 160, 251
Vidura, an epic hero . . . . 156 and n.
Vidyâdhara, a class of supernatural
beings . . . . . 77, 78, 86, 205
vihâra, 'a Buddhist (and Jain) temple or
convent' . . . . 31, 32, 262, 274
Vihâra, the ancient name of the modern
Bihâr in the Paṭna District; mentioned
as 'the city of the glorious Yaśôvarman' 47 n.
Vihârasvâmin, a religious title 272 n.,
279 n., 280
Vihârasvâminî, the feminine form of
Vihârasvâmin . . . . 263 and n.
Vijayadêva, Yuvarâja, the Dûtaka of a
Nêpâl inscription of the (Harsha) year
145 . . . . . . . 183
Vijayarâja (Chalukya of Gujarât); three of
the customary epithets of Samudra-
gupta are applied to him in his Kaira
grant of the year 394 . . . 14 n.
vijñâpi, derivatives from, used in con-
nection with the making of a grant by
one person at the request, or on the
advice, of another 177 and n., 178
and n., 190, 109, 116
Vikidinna, a proper name . . . . 170
Vikrama, a biruda, or second name of
Chandragupta II.; and perhaps also of
Chandragupta I. . . . . . 18
Vikrama era; an era of western origin,
commencing in B.C. 58, though usually
represented as commencing in B.C.
57, and supposed to date from the
beginning of the reign of king Vikrama
or Vikramâditya of Ujjain; Mr. Fer-
gusson's theory was that it was in-
vented in the sixth century A.D., that
its historical starting-point was in A.D.
544, and that it was referred to the
earlier starting-point by ante-dating,
47, 55; — but the Mandasôr inscription
of the year 529 proves that it existed
before that time, under the name of
the Mâlava era, 68; — and, in Central
India, it was known by this name at
least up to the ninth century A.D.,
66 n.; — an instance of the use of this
era, with the name of Vikrama, in Cen-
tral India, in the eleventh century A.D.,
22 n.; — the name of Vikrama may have
come to be connected with it through
Chandragupta I. or II., 37 n.; — the
difference in the scheme of the south-
ern and northern Vikrama years, 70
and n., 71; — use of the word śarad,
'the autumn,' in the reckoning of this
era, 66 n., 158; — this word may be used
in the sense of 'a year' generally; but
its original meaning is that of 'the
autumn;' and the use of it with the
Vikrama era is significant, in helping
to show that the original scheme of its
years is that still used in Gujarât and
Southern India, with Kârttika śukla 1
as the initial day of each year, and with
the Amânta arrangement of the lunar
fortnights; and this reckoning of the
era was followed, in Central India,
at least up to the ninth century
A. D., 66 n.; — the statement of the
Nêpâl Vaṁśâvali, that Vikramâditya
introduced his era into Nêpâl, refers
really to the introduction of the Harsha
era, 184; — but, under the name of the
Nêwâr era, an offshoot of the Vikrama
2 We

346 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
[Column 1]
era, with its original characteristics,
was introduced there in A.D. 880, . .
74, 184; — and, in more modern times,
the Vikrama era itself was introduced
there, from Northern India, with Chai-
tra śukla 1 as the initial day of each
year, and with the Pūrṇimānta arrange-
ment of the fortnights, 76; — in-
stances of the use of expired years of
this era, distinctly specified as such,
129; — of the use of both an expired
and a current year, 22 n.; — and of the
use apparently of a current year, which
has to be applied as an expired year,
85; — quotations of the reckoning of
this era, both by current and by expired
years, from Hindu almanacs 137 to 141, 138 n.
Vikramāditya, a biruda or second name
of Chandragupta II.; and perhaps also
of Chandragupta I. . . . . 18
Vikramāditya, also called Harsha, a king
of Mālwa or of Ujjain, mentioned in
the Rājataraṁgiṇī, allotted by Mr.
Fergusson to the sixth century A.D.,
and held by him to be a real person in
commemoration of whom the Vikrama
era was invented and named . . 47, 55, 56
Vikramāṅka, a biruda or second name of
Chandragupta II. . . . . 18
Vikramasēna, Mahāsarvadaṇḍanāyaka,
the Dātaka of one of the inscriptions
of Aṁśuvarman of the (Harsha) year
34 . . . . . . 178 and n
Vikramasēna, Rājaputra, the Dātaka of
a Nēpāl inscription of the (Gupta)
year 535 . . . . 176 n., 184
viṁśatima, 'twentieth;' two instances of
the use of this form, not in composi-
tion . . . . . . 134 and n
Vindhya, a mountain range in Central
India, 156, 157, 190, 230; — mentioned
as one of the breasts of the earth, 86 n.,
184; — and as constituting both the
breasts, 185; — mentioned as extending
up to, and including, the Nāgārjunī
Hill . . . . . . 227, 228
Vindusvāmin. Mahābalādhyaksha, the
Dātaka of one of the inscriptions of
Aṁśuvarman of the (Harsha) year 34 . 179
Viniyuktaka, an official title . . 169 and n.
Vīrasēna, also called Śāba, a minister of
Chandragupta II . . . . 36
Vīrasēnāndantika, a proper name . . 170
vishaya, a territorial term .. 32 n., 52, 80,
84, 161, 173 n., 218, 257
Vishayapati, an official title . 32, 69 n., 71
Vishṇu, a proper name . . . 190
Vishṇu, the god, 'the preserver' of the
Hindu triad (see also Anantasvāmin,
Ātmabhū, Chakrabhr̥it, Chakradhara,
Chakrapāṇi, Chitrakūṭasvāmin, Dāmō-
dara Gadādhara, Gōvinda, Hari, Janār-
dana, Kr̥ishṇa, Mādhava, Madhu-
sūdana Muradvish Nārāyaṇa, Śārṅga-
pāṇi, Śārṅgin, Upēndra, and Vāsu-
[Column 2]
dēva; and, for his wife, see Lakshmī),
61, 65, 76, 77, 78, 142, 164, 195, 200,
208, 270, 298, 299; — mentioned by
the epithet bhagavat, without the use
of his name, 40, 41, 123, 124, 129, 269,
270; — mentioned as the creator, pre-
server, and destroyer of the universe,
90; — as the younger brother of Indra,
50, 182; — as the four-armed god,
90; — as having the form of a boar,
160, 161; — as the man-lion, 188; — as
the supporting pillar of the three
worlds, 160; — and as the troubler of
the demons, 90; — reference to his
overthrowing the power of the demon
Bali, 62; — mention of him as carrying
the discus, 65, 78, 207; — and the club,
78; — mention of his bow of horn,
Śārṅga, and his sword, Nandaka, 207
and n.; — mention of his jewel, kaus-
tubha, and his garland of water-lilies,
87; — references to his vehicle and en-
sign, the bird Garuḍa or Garutmat, 14,
62, 90, 298; — mention of the waters
of the four oceans as his couch, 90; —
an allusion to his slumber during the
four months of the rainy season, 77; —
the earth spoken of as 'belonging to
Vishṇu, or as being Vaishṇavī, the fe-
male energy of Vishṇu,' 195 and n.,
200, 299; — an instance of the worship
of Vishṇu connected with that of the
Sun . . . . . . . 126
Vishṇubhaṭa, a proper name . . 78
Vishṇudāsa, Mahārāja (Sanakānīka) . 25
Vishṇudēva, a grantee . . . 105
Vishṇugōpa of Kāñchī, a king in Southern
India, conquered by Samudragupta . 13
Vishṇugupta, Vishṇuguptadēva (Gupta
of Magadha), 217; — his wife was
Ijjādēvī . . . . . 217
Vishṇugupta, Yuvarāja, the Dātaka of
the inscription of Jishṇugupta of the
(Harsha) year 48 . . . . 180
Vishṇunandin, a grantee . . . 128
Vishṇupada, the ancient name of the
hill on which the Mêharaulî inscribed
pillar stands, or stood . . . 140, 142
Vishṇutrāta, a proper name . . 271
Vishṇuvardhana, a king of the Mālava
country, 155; — he had the paramount
titles, but seems to have been to a cer-
tain extent subordinate to Yaśōdhar-
man, 151; — his Mandasōr inscrip-
tion of the Mālava year 589 . . 150
Vishṇuvardhana, Rāja, of the Varika
tribe, 253, 254; — his Bijayagaḍh-in-
scription of the (Mālava) year 428 . 252
Vishṇuvr̥iddha gōtra included the
Vākāṭaka Mahārājas . . 241, 248
Viśvanātha, the god Śiva, as 'the lord of
the universe' . . . . . 86
Viśvavarman, a Mālava feudatory of
Kumāragupta, 7, 74, 77, 86; — his Gang-
dhār inscription of the (Mālava) year
480 . . . . . . . 72

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; INDEX. 347
Vôṭa-santika, an ancient division in the
territory of the Mahârâjas of Uchcha-
kalpa . . . . . . . . 132
Vṛishadêva (Lichchhavi of Nêpâl) 136; 189, 191
Vyâghra, Mahârâja (of Uchchakalpa),
119, 123, 128, 131, 138; his wife
was Ajjhitadêvî . . 119, 123, 128, 131, 138
Vyâghra, another name of Rudrasôma 27 n., 67
Vyâghradêva, a feudatory of Prithivîshêṇa 235
Vyâghrapallikâ, an ancient village in the
Maninâga-pêṭha . . . . . 138
[V]yâghrarâja, of Mahâkântâra, a king in
Southern India, conquered by Samudra-
gupta . . . . . . . . 13
Vyâghrarâta, a Varika chief . . . 254
Vyâsa, an ancient sage, 195, 200, 242, 249,
299; — mentioned as the son of Parâ-
śara, 139; — as the arranger of the
Vêdas, 98 and n., 99, 105, 109, 116, 124,
129, 134, 139, 171, 190; — and as the
author of certain verses allotted to the
Mahâbhârata . . . 120, 124, 129, 134, 139
Walâ, a village in Kâṭhiâwâḍ; mentioned
under the ancient name of Valabhî . 165, 167
water-lily-emblem on the seals of
grants . . . . . . . 191, 196
Watson, Colonel J. W.; a tradition of the
bards of Kâṭhiâwâḍ, supposed to have
an important bearing on the question
of the Gupta era, brought to notice by
him, 49; — but it is of quite recent
origin, and of no value whatever . . 50
week-days (see also days of the week);
the Hindu term for a week-day is vâra,
146; — it is reckoned by the Hindus
from sunrise to sunrise, 146, 147; —
consequently, the English and Hindu
week-days are not identical for a
period of 57 minutes, 8 seconds, at the
end of the Hindu week-day, when, by
the English reckoning, the following
week-day has already commenced;
and thus, as for all ordinary purposes
the week-day of a tithi is the week-day
on which that tithi ends, there may, in
certain instances, be a nominal discre-
pancy between the resulting English
and Hindu week-days, 156 n.; — a me-
thod of calculating the week-days of
tithis, with Prof. K. L. Chhatre's
Tables . . . . . . . 145 to 158
wheel-emblem . . . . . 219, 263, 269
Wright, Prof. W.: his rendering of Albê-
rûnî's statements regarding the Gupta
and other eras . . . . . . 27
yad atra puṇyam &c., a formula in cer-
tain donative inscriptions . . . 263,
272, 274, 279, 280, 282
Yajñavarman, a Maukharî chief . . 225, 227
Yama, the god of the dead, and the dealer
of death, mentioned under the names
of Antaka, 14, 21, 28, 44, 51, 54, 257;
— Kṛitânta, 28, 44, 51, 54, 157, 257;
— and Kâla or Death . . . 223
Yamunâ, the river, the modern Jamnâ;
mentioned under the name of Kâlindî 89, 90
Yaśastrâta, a proper name, 270; — an-
other person of the same name . . 271
Yaśôdharman, a king of Northern India,
13, 145, 148, 150, 151, 155; — the ex-
tent of his kingdom, 148; — men-
tioned as conquering lands which not
even the Guptas and the Hûṇas could
subdue, 148; — he had worship done to
him by Mihirakula, 148, 150; — his dup-
licate pillar inscriptions at Mandasôr,
142, 149; — his Mandasôr inscription
of the Mâlava year 589 . . . 150
Yaśômatt, wife of Prabhâkaravardhana . 232
Yaśôrâta, a Varika chief . . . . 254
Yaśôvardhana, a Varika chief . . . 254
Yaśôvihâra, an ancient monastery at
Mathurâ . . . . . . . 274
Yaudhêya, a tribe, conquered by Samudra-
gupta, 14; — the fragmentary inscrip-
tion of a leader of this tribe at Bijaya-
gaḍh . . . . . . . . 251
Yazdajird, a Sassanian king of Persia;
there is an era, dating from his acces-
sion in A.D. 632, of which the four-
hundredth year is used by Albêrûnî as
a guage-year for the comparison of
dates . . . . . . 24 and n., 30
year (see also samvatsara and varsha);
years of jupiter's Twelve-Year Cycle
denoted by the word samvatsara, 104,
110, 114, 117, 119, 95, 102, 107, 111,
114; — years of eras denoted by the
words abda, 104, 110, 114, 117, 83, 95,
102, 107, 114; — samâ, 97; — samvat-
sara, 25, 37, 38, 40, 41, 43, 60, 70, 92,
119, 123, 128, 134, 137, 180, 210 263,
298, 273; — varsha, 81, 61, 67, 89, 259;
— and vatsara, 75, 83; — regnal years
denoted by the words abda, 162; —
samvatsara, 194, 199, 240, 246, 296; —
and varsha, 159; — the length of the
tropical year is 365 days, 14 ghaṭîs,
31.972 palas, 146; — of the same, ac-
cording to the Sûrya-Siddhânta, is 365
days, 15 ghaṭîs, 31.523 palas, 146; — of
the Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter by the
heliacal-rising system, is roughly 400
days, 162; — and of the Twelve-Year
and the Sixty-Year Cycles by the
mean-sign system, is 361 days, 1 ghaṭî,
36 palas . . . . . . . 170
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348 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
yōga, 'the addition of the longitudes of
the sun and the moon,' an astrological
element . . . . . . . . 146
Yōga, one of the systems of philosophy . 27
Yudhishṭhira, an ancient hero, of the time
of the Mahābhārata, 99, 105, 109, 116,
120, 124, 129, 134, 139, 173, 195, 200,
241, 248, 299; — referred to as 'the
king of justice' 168
Yuvarāja, an official title 180, 181, 183

An exact line-by-line transcription of the errata page, preserving all original spellings, diacritics, and formatting:

ERRATA.
INTRODUCTION.
Page 36, line 15, for Mr. Blochmann's, read Mr. Kay's.
106, note 1, line 3, for Kâdamba, read Kadamba.
117, line 3, for navô-ttarê, read nav-ôttarê.
TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS.
6, Text line 5, for ôchchhṛi, read ôchchhri (chchhii).
,, ,, ,, 9, for sadrisâny, read sadriśâny.
,, ,, ,, 17, for parâkkrâm-âṅkasya, read parâkkram-âṅkasya.
7, ,, ,, 20, for mâhâbhagyasya, read mâhâbhâgyasya.
20, ,, ,, 20, for

350 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
Page 154, Text line 19, for khâtayâm, read khânayâm.
156, line 27, for mightly, read mighty.
162, Text line 4, for vṛishashya, read vṛishasya.
165, " " 3, for didhitir, read dîdhîtir.
166, " " 14, for vad=apâst, read d=apâst.
173, " " 5, for tripa, read trîpa.
193, line 6, to the word TEXT attach the note-reference 3.
194, Text line 11, for Âtisra(sṛi)shṭaḥ, read Âtisra(sri)shṭaḥ.
" " " 19, for Shashṭhîm, read Shashṭîm.
203, " " 10, for pariṇâyitavan, read pariṇâyitavân.
204, " " 23, for lakshmivan, read lakshmîvân
" " " 24, for Ahô, read ahô.
237, " " 13, for Chakra, read Chakra-.
238, " " 25, for atisrishtaḥ, read atisṛishṭaḥ.
245, " " 1, for Drishtam, read Dṛishṭam.
250, line 35, for Oldhausen, read Olshausen.
254, Translation, line 2, twice, for ana, read and.
280, No. 74, Text lines 2 and 3, the note-references should be 3 and 4.
290, line 12, the word Mihiralakshmî should be in the thick type.
294, Text line 1, as pointed out to me by Prof. Kielhorn, for sûtra[b*], read
stambha[b*]; and cancel the latter part of note 4.
296, Translation, line 9, for thread, read pillar, in accordance with the correction
in the Text.
I have not had the opportunity of examining the final printed sheets as thoroughly as I could
have wished; and doubtless some other instances of oversight on my part will be discovered, in ad-
dition to the present corrections, most of which I owe to the kindness of Prof. F. Kielhorn. Some
suggestions by him for altering my readings and translations, will be considered in the Indian
Antiquary; since, to include them here, would further delay the issue of the book.

ABBREVIATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JOURNALS
A
ABI : Annals of Bhandarkar Institute, Poona.
ABNUHS : Annual Bulletin of Nagpur University Historical Society.
ABORI : Annals of Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona.
AI : Ancient India.
An : Annual.
APRAS (NC) : Annual Progress Report of Archaeological Survev (Northern Circle).
AR : Asiatic Researches.
Annual Reports of Archaeology Department, Gwalior State
ASI Ar. : Archaeological Survey of India, Annual Report.
ASI : (N.I.S.) Archaeological Survey of India (New Imperial Series).
ASIR : Archaeological Survey of India Reports, Cunningham.
B
BDCRI : Bulletin of Deccan College Research Institute, Poona.
BRVRI : Bulletin of Rama Varma Research Institute (Cochin)
BSS : Bangiya Sihitya Parishat Patrika (Bengali).
BV : Bharatiya Vidya.
BH : List.
E
EI : Epigraphia Indica.
F
FN : Footnote.
G
G : Gupta Era.
G. Val. : Gupta-Valabhi era.
H
HJMU : Half Yearly Journal of Mysore University.
I
IA : Indian Antiquary (Bombay).
I. Arch. : Indian Archaeology.
IC : Indian Culture (Calcutta).
IEAR : Indian Epigraphy, Annual Reports on (Archaeological Survey of India).
IHQ : Indian Historical Quarterly (Calcutta)
Both the journals are same but named in different ways.
INSCRS : Inscriptions in Central Provinces and Berar (Second Edition) R. B. Hiralal.
IMPORTANT Inscriptions from Baroda State. A. S. Gadre.
J
JAHC : Journal of Andhra History & Culture.
JAHRS : Journal of Andhra Historical Research Society.
JARS : Journal of Assam Research Society.
JAS (Lt.) : Journal of Asiatic Society (Letters) Calcutta.
JASB : Journal of the Asiatic Society, Bengal.

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JAU : Journal of the Annamalai University.
JBBRAS : Journal of Bombay Branch of Royal Asiatic Society.
JABORS : Journal of Bihar Orissa Research Society.
JBRS : Journal of Bihar Research Society.
JDL (Cal.) : Journal of the Department of Letters (Calcutta) University.
JGRI : Journal of Ganganatha Jha Research Institute (Allahabad).
JIH : Journal of Indian History.
JMU : Journal of the Madras University.
JOHRS : Journal of the Orissa Historical Research Society.
JOI : Journal of Oriental Institute, Baroda.
JOU : Journal of the Osmania University.
JPASB (NS) : Journal & Proceedings of the Asiatic Society Bengal (New Series).
JRAS : Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland.
JRASB (Lt.) : Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Bengal (Letters).
JUB : Journal of the United Provinces Historical Society.
H
HAS : Hyderabad Archaeological Series.
HIL : Historical & Literary Inscrs., R. B. Pandey, Chaukhambha, Sanskrit Series, Vol. XXIII,
Varanasi, 1962.
M
MASI : Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India.
The same Journal differently named.
N
NIA : New Indian Antiquary.
P
PASB : Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
PDHC : Proceedings of the Deccan History Congress.
PIHC : Proceedings of the Indian History Congress.
PRAS WC (or EC or NC) : Progress Reports of Archaeological Survey, Western Circle (Eastern
Circle or Northern Circle).
R
Res-Soc : Research Society.
S
SAII : Studies of Ancient Indian Inscriptions, B. Upadhyaya (1961), Pub. Motilal Banarasi
Das, Varanasi.
SI : Select Inscriptions, D. C. Sircar.
SIEAR : South Indian Epigraphy, Annual Report.
S Ind : Studies in Indology, 1960, V. V. Mirashi (Vol. I. Pub. by Vidarbha Samsodhana Mandala
Nagpur, Vol. II. by Mirashi himself).
V
VOJ : Vienna Oriental Journal.
*The name differs for various sessions as Indian Oriental Conference (IOC) or Proceedings of
Indian (Sometime all India) Oriental Conference (PIOC or PAIOC)

1. INSCRIPTIONS OF THE IMPERIAL GUPTAS & THE LATER GUPTAS OF
   MAGADHA
   Sl. Inscriptions Date References Remarks
   No.
   1A. THE IMPERIAL GUPTAS
   SAMUDRAGUPTA
2. NALANDA COPPER PLATE OF (G?) 5 Hiranand Sastri, ASI. AR. 1927- So-called spu-
   SAMUDRAGUPTA (Bh. No. Māgha 28, p. 138; A. Ghosh, EI. Vol. rious plate

2075. di, 2. XX (1939-40), pp. 50-53& Pl.; characters seem
      D. C. Sircar, EI. Vol. XXVI to belong to
      (1941-42), p. 135-36; & SI. Samudragupta's
      Bk. III no. 4 pp. 262-64; R. C. time, see
      Majumdar, IC. Vol.

CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM
Sl. Inscriptions Date References Remarks
No.
IE. AR. 1952-53 p. 71 no. 437
App. B; R. B. Pandey; HLI
(1962) pp. 72-76. For other
references see Select Biblio-
graphy of Articles S.V. I. A.
Samudrgaputa (given at the
end of this supplement.)
CHANDRAGUPTA II
5. MATHURA PILLAR INSCR. OF G. 61 D. R. Bhandarkar, EI. Vol. XXI
THE TIME OF CHANDRAGUPTA Prathama- (1931-32) pp. 8-9 & Pl.; N.R.
II. (Bh. No. 2034) Ashadha Ray, IA. Vol. LXI (1932) pp.
Su. 5. 117-18; D. B. Diskalkar, ABO-
RI. Vol. XVIII (1936-37) pp.
166-170; D. C. Sircar, IHQ.
Vol. XVIII (1942) pp. 271-75;
& SI. Bk. III. no. 9, pp. 269-
71; V. S. Agrawala, JUPHS.
Vol. XXIV-V (1951-52) pp.
143-5; B. Upadhyaya, SAII.
pt. II. p. 51; R. B. Pandey,
HLI. (1962) pp. 78-79.
6. UDAYAGIRI CAVE (NO. 6, ON G. 82 D. C. Sircar, SI. Bk. III. no. 10 See also Cun-
THE FACADE) INSCR. OF THE Ashadha p. 271; B. Upadhyaya, SAII. ning than Bhil-
TIME OF CHANDRAGUPTA II. Su. 11 pt. II pp. 51-52; AR. of Arch. su Topes p. 150;
(Fl. No. 3, Bh. No. 1260) Deptt. Gwalior State, Samvat & ASIR. Vol.
1974 no. 78; Gwalior Rajya X p. 50.
Abhilekha, no. 551, IE. AR.
1961-62 no. 1718 App. C; R.B.
Pandey, HLI. (1962) p. 79.
7. GADHWA (ALLAHABAD DIST. G. 28
U.P. NOW IN INDIAN MUSEUM
CALCUTTA) INSCR. OF THE —
TIME OF CHANDRAGUPTA II.
(Fl. No. 7, Bh. No. 1261)
8. SANCHI STONE INSCR. OF G. 93 D. C. Sircar, SI. Bk. III. no. 12,
CHANDRAGUPTA II. (Fl. No. Bhādrapada pp. 273-74; B. Upadhyaya,
5, Bh. No. 1262). di. 4 SAII. pt. II p. 52; IE. AR. 1961-
62 no. 146 App. B.
9. MATHURA INSCR. OF CHAN- -- V. S. Agrawala. JUPHS. Vol.
DRAGUPTA II. (NOW LAHORE XXIV-V (1951-52) pp. 141 43.
MUSEUM) (Fl. No. 4, Bh. No.
1542)
10. UDAYAGIRI CAVE (NO. 7, ON — Buhler, VOJ. Vo. V. pp. 226 ff.;
THE BACK WALL) INSCR. OF D. C. Sircar, SI. Bk. III. no. 11,
THE TIME OF CHANDRAGUPTA p. 272; AR. of Arch. Dept.,
II (Fl. No. 6, Bh. No. 1541) Gwalior Sta'e, Samvat 1974
no. 79; Gwalior Rājya Abhi-
lekha no. 645; IE. AR. 1961-
62 no. 1719 App. C; Jagan
Natha, JIH. Vol. XXI (1942)
.pp. 156-57; R. B. Pandey,
HLI. (1962) p. 80.

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS

CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM
Sl. No. | Inscriptions | Date | References | Remarks
[References contd. from previous page:]
XVII (1923-24) pp. 345-48
& Pl.; D. C. Sircar, SI. Bk.
III. no. 16 pp. 280-82; B.
Upadhyaya, SAII. pt. II
p. 54-55.
17.
MATHURA JAIN IMAGE INSCR.
(NOW LUCKNOW MUSEUM) OF
THE TIME OF KUMARAGUPTA

1. (Bh. No. 1268)
   [Date:] G. 113 (?) di. 20
   [References:] Bühler, EI. Vol. II (1894) p. 210 & Pl.

TUMAIN (GWALIOR DIST.
M.P., (NOW IN GUJARI MA-
HALA MUS., GWALIOR) FRAG-
MENTARY INSCR. OF GHATO-
TKACHAGUPTA (SON OF KU-
MARGUPTA I ?) (Bh. No.
1269)
[Date:] G. 116
[References:]
M.B. Garde, An. Administra-
tion Rep. for Vikrama Sam-
vat 1975 (A.D. 1918-19); &
IA. Vol. XLIX (1920) pp.114
f.; & EI. Vol. XXVI (1941-
42) pp. 115 ff. & Pl.; D.C.
Sircar, SI. Bk. III. no. 24
pp. 298-99; AR. Arch. Dept.,
Gwalior State, Samvat 1975
no. 65; Gwalior Rājya Abhi-
lekha No. 553.
[Remarks:]
In this inscr.
Ghatotkacha-
gupta is men-
tioned as
son of Ku-
māragupta
who is most
probably Ku-
māragupta I
of Imperial
Gupta dy-
nasty.
19.
KARMADAMDA (FAIZABAD
DIST., U.P., NOW LUCKNOW
MUSEUM) INSCR. OF THE
REIGN OF DUMARAGUPTA I
(Bh. No. 1270)
[Date:]
G. 117 Kā-
rttika māsa
divasa 10.
[References:]
Vogel, PRAS. NC. (1907-8)
p. 39; Banerji, JPASB (NS.,
Vol. V (1909) p. 458 & Pl.
XIX; S. Konow, EI. Vol. X
(1909-10) pp. 70 ff. & Pl.;
D. C. Sircar, SI. Bk. III. no.
17 pp. 282-3; B. Upadhyaya,
SAII. pt. II. p. 55 & Pl.; IE.
AR. 1956-57 p. 109 no. 217
App. C; R. B. Pandey,
HLI. (1962) p. 82.
20.
KULAIKURI COPPER PLATE OF
KUMARAGUPTA I (NOW IN
VARENDRA RES. SOC., FIND-
SPOT/SULTANPUR, RAJSHAHI
DIST.)
[Date:]
G. 120 Vai-
sakha di. 1
[References:]
D.C. Sircar, Vangasrī, Vai-
sakha, 1350 B. S.; IHQ. Vol.
XIX (1943) p. 12-26 & Pls.;
B.C. Sen, Some Historical
aspects of the Inscriptions in
Bengal (Calcutta 1942) p.
Xii. fn.; Niradabandhu San-
yal, EI. Vol. XXXI (1955-56)
pp. 57—66 & Pl., IE. AR.
1955-56 p. 23 no. 110 App.
A.
[Remarks:]
Mr. Nirada-
bandhu San-
yal reads the
date 121 see
EI. XXXI p.
58).
21.
DAMODARPURA (DINAJPUR
DIST., BENGAL, NOW VAREN-
DRA RES. SOC., CALCUTTA)
PLATE NO. 1 OF KUMARA-
GUPTA I (Bh. No. 1271)
[Date:]
G. 124 Phal-
guna di.7
[References:]
R. G. Basak, EI. Vol. XV
(1919-20) pp. 130 ff. & Pl.;
D. C. Sircar, SI. Bk. III. no.
18 pp. 283-85; B. Upadhyaya,
SAII. pt. II pp. 55-56; R.B.
Pandey, HLI. (1962) pp. 82-
84.