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GORILA DYNASTY.
I. Stone inscription of Sothadi vdo at Hingru? in Suirashtra.
- Dated Samvat 1202.
While entering into the town of Mängrol, one of the ancient towns in the Province of Kithiiviid, by the gate called the Gadi's gate there is a Vao (Vapi) in a street to the left. In the wall to tlic right in descending into the Vào, there is a stone built up in it which contains this inscription. It is a hard black stone well preserved, measuring 18 inches by. 15 inches with twenty-four lines and a half of Sanskṣit verges in Devanagari characters.
It mentions that during the reign of Kumtrapala at Ayahilapura, there ruled at Mangrol a Gohila king named Muluka, son of Sahajiya and grandson of Sri Sahara, wlio caused to be built a temple called Sulajigesvara in memory of his father Salajiga, and assigned several ducs from the customs revenues. The Mahajanas (the leading citizens) of Choravad also assigned a Vio called Degua for the use of the temple. This Vio is on the way to the village of Visaņaveli from Choravada.
It is dated Vikram Samvat 1202, Simha Samvat 32. A. D. 1146.
TRANSLITERATION. १ ॥आउनमःशिवाय। मुकुटः स हरस्य पातु वः शशिपंकेरुहकंदकांक्षया ।। गंगनादचिरेण य२ व सा सुरहंसीव पपात जान्हवी कृत्वा राज्यमुपारमन्नरपतिः श्रीसिद्धराजो यदा दैवादुत्तम--- ३ कीर्तिमंडितमहीपृष्ठो गरिष्टो गुणैः ॥आचक्राम ऋगित्य(शटित्य)चित्यमहिमा तद्राज्यसिंहासन श्रीमा४ नेष कुमारपालनपतिः पुण्यमरूदोदयः राज्ये मुष्य महीभुजोभवदिहश्रीगृहिला५ मध्यान्वये श्रीसाहार इति प्रभनगरिमाधागे अगमंडनं चौलत्यांगमिगहकः सहजिंग: ग्ला६ तस्तनूजस्ततस्तत्पुत्रा लिना व भवग्वना मगरनाथमाः ||पामकतमा बीर: नाम - .राज इति क्षितीगविख्यातो विटधे देवं पितुनाम्ना महेश्वरं ||श्रीमोमनाथदेवस्य जगन्यां प .... ८ ण्यवृद्धये ॥इंदुकुंदयशाचके कीर्ति मेरुसमाश्रित ॥पूजार्थमस्य देवस्य भ्राता ज्येष्ठास्य मूलुकः ।। ९ सुराष्ट्रानायकः प्रादाच्छासनं कुलशासनं ॥3. श्रीसहजिगपुत्रठ श्रीमूलकेन श्रीसहजिगे १. श्वरदेवस्यानवरतपंचोपचारपूजाहेतोः श्रीमन्मंगलपुरशुल्कमंडपिकायां दिनप्रति का? १९ तथा तलाराभाव्यमथ्यादिनप्रति काश्तथा श्लोवर्दछाटमाणकामाव्ये (ज)टांप्रति१ क १२ णभतगडकंप्रात का४तथा रासभछाटांप्रति का || तथा समस्तलोकेन निःशेषवल्लीकारैः
ग. ह. ३ति, ता. ५ठाकोर, ६कार्षापण.
Aho I Shrutyanam
