Epigraphia Indica Vol 03

SR No.: 032557
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jas Burgess
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1894
Total Pages: 472
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
[VOL. III.
TRANSLATION.
Om. Hail! Gangan ahadevi,- the chief queen of the glorious Jagadékabhushana-Mahârâja, alias the glorious 8ômégvaradêva-Chakravartin, who was born of the race of the Naga (i.e. the serpent Sêsha) who is resplendent with the mass of rays (proceeding from) the jewels on (his) thousand hoods; who is the lord of Bhôgâvati, the best of cities; whose crest is a tiger together with a call; who belongs to the Kåśyapa gôtra ; whose shout of victory is universally known; who is the supreme ruler of the whole earth; who is a supreme lord; who resembles a bee which is rendered yellow by the mass of the pollen of the lotus-feet of the great Mahêśvara; who is full of pride; who is a worshipper of the heavenly and holy lotus-feet of the blessed Manikyadêvî; (and) who is a conqueror of hostile armies on the day on which (sho) had performed the consecration of the image) of Vira-Sômêsvara, (which was called) after the name of her husband, and of the image of Gangadharêśvara, (which was called) after her own name, (viz.) on Sunday, the twelfth tithi of the bright (fortnight) of Phålguna in the year) 1130 of the years expired from the time of the Saka king,-- gave, for worship in these two temples of Siva, the village of Keramasuks. We gave, with libations of water, in this village), two sixteenths ..... of our revente (surika) ..........
(Line 42.) To this transaction, our minister Mandalika-Sômaraja, the secretaries DamodaraNayaka, Mentama-Nayaka and Chanchana-Peggada, the door-keepers Somi-Nayaka, GuddapuErapa-Reddi, Viluchůdla-Prabhu and Párakota-Komma-Nayaka (were) eye-witnesses,
(L. 55.) The revenue of Kêramarka .....
(L. 57.) The glorious Gangamahadhvi performed a libation of water (into the hands) of Sômantha-Somayajin .....
(L. 68.) Sômêsvaradeva performed a libation of water .......... for the support of Brâhmaņas.
No. 46.- GANESGAD PLATES OF DHRUVASENA I.;
[GUPTA.]SAMVAT 207.
BY E. HULTZSCH, Pu.D. The copper plates which bear the subjoined inscription, were found in a field at Gangsgad in the Damnagar tâluka of the Baroda State. In March 1894, Major W. B. Ferris, then Assistant Agent to the Governor-General, Baroda, sent them to Dr. Fleet, who very kindly placed them at my disposal for publication. They have now been returned to Baroda.
The plates are two in number and measure about 11 by 74 inches. The edges of their inner, inscribed sides are raised into rims to protect the writing. When the plates reached me, they were covered with a thick layer of rust. Having been immersed for a few weeks in several changes of toddy and tamarind, and occasionally brushed with diluted nitric acid (1 : 20), they became quito legible, and are now in a fair state of preservation. The engraving is so deep that many letters show through distinctly at the back of the plates. Through two holes at the bottom of the first plate and two others at the top of the second plate are passed two pieces of copper wire, which is about $ inch thick. The wire on the right is bent into a ring, but not soldered. The second wire is also twisted into a ring, which had not yet been cut when the plates reached me; and the two ends of the wire are secured in a knob projecting from
* This pronoun apparently refers to the king.