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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
[Vol. XXXIV person named Nāyaka by the grace of Vibvakarman. The engraver is stated to have been the son of Sūtra-Pētha, probably meaning Sutradhāra Pētha.
The date is recorded in a passage in prose following verse 33 in line 12. It is given as the expired Vikrama Samvat 1354, Sobhana, Dakshiņāyana, Kärttika-sudi 11, Sunday. Kärttika-eudi 11 in V.8. 1354 was Sunday the 27th October 1297 A.D. But the year, acoording to Jupiter's 60-year cycle as counted in North India, was Subhakpit and not Sobhana which fell in the following year.
Among geographical names, the inscription mentions the land of Surashtra, the locality called Dhavala and a tank called Bhrigu-kunde. Their location has been discussed above.
