Epigraphia Indica Vol 23

SR No.: 032577
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hirananda Shastri
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1935
Total Pages: 436
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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No. 43.) SIX SILAHARA INSCRIPTIONS IN THE PRINCE OF WALES MUSEUM. 273
B.- Agashi Stone Inscription of Haripaladēva : Saka 1072, This inscription was found near Agāshi in 1881.' It is inscribed on a stone which is 9'84" by 1'43". The inscribed portion measures 14" X 16" and contains 16 lines. The last line is not complete and it appears that the inscription contained a line or two more which are now peeled off. The average size of letters is 3". Below the inscribed portion is a sculpture similar to that in A, cut in a rectangle 12" x 3". At the top are the Sun on the left and the Moon on the right and between them a kalasa.
It is dated Saka 1072 , Pramoda Samvatsara, Märgatirsha suddha 1, which corresponds to Wednesday, 22nd November, A.D. 1150.
The inscription records that in the reign of Silāhāra Haripäladēva, Ahavamalladöva, who was in the enjoyment of the Vattāra village in Sürpăraka, granted something (?) for the. (worship of) Śiva of Anēvadi in charge of Pațakila Rājānaka to Upadhyāyas: Brahma. dēva-bhatta, Divākara-bhatta and Govardha[na]bhatta', on the Uttarāyana samkrānti day. The witnesses to the grant were the headmen of the Vattāra village, to wit, Risi Mahattara and also Nāguji Mahattara, Anamtanāyaka and Chāingadēva Mahattara. The king styles himself as a Mahamandalesvarādhi pati and the administration was carried on by śri-Vēsupadavala, the Mahāpradhana Sri-Lakshmanaprabhu, the Mahāpradhana sri-Padmasiva Răula, and the Pradhana Väsugi Nāyaka.
This is the first inscription of King Haripāladeva so far published. On the strength of his other dated unpublished inscriptions, he may be regarded as the successor of Aparāditya I and the predecessor of Mallikarjuna (A.D. 1155-1170). But it must be noted that he is not mentioned in the subsequent inscriptions of the dynasty. Perhaps his relation with his predecessor is shown by the name of his minister the Mahapradhana Lakshmanaprabhu ; the same name figures among the ministers of Aparaditya I.
Surppäraka is the modern Nala Sopara and Vattāra is to be identified with Vatar, a village about 6 miles N. W. of Nala Sopara, and 4 miles S. W. of Agashi. All the villages are in the Bassein Tālukā of the Bombay Presidency.
TEXT. 1 aty after warga? (2) Tuatemia (]uag (u)! 2 frenifuay vifo bag() Por FHYTT3 mamife(fy)? E gaten we afumat(at) dau[*]F747
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1 Bomb. Gaz., Vol. I, Pt. ii, p. 19, n. 3; also noticed by Altekar, Ind. Cul., II, p. 431, No. 14. * Cf. Pillai, Indian Ephemeris, Vol. III, p. 303.
• According to Bhagwanlal Indraji," the permanent income of Shrinēvadi in charge of a Pattakil (Pâtil) named Raja.” Bomb. Gaz., Vol. I, Pt. ii, p. 19, n. 3. [In my opinion the sense of the passage is that the Mard. pradhana Ahavamalla granted to Brahmadēva wpadhaya the fixed income (siddh-ayr) of (the village) Anevadi which was probably in charge of the Patta kila Räjánaka. According to this interpretation Rájánaka would be . proper name and not a title. See also p. 274, n. 3, below.-Ed.)
Bhagwanlal takes Brahmadēvabhatta as the son and grandson of the two latter respectiveiy; be also reada Govardhana for Govaddha. [See p. 274, n. 3, below.-Ed.)
Of Saks 1071 and 1075 referred to in Bomb. Gaz., op. cit., p. 19, n. 3. • Denoted by a symbol.
Should be oyas-cha. . This letter an is superfluous. Read Auddha.