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SOLANKI DYNASTY. from the middle and has left a very small portiou in a readable condition. No date is found nor is there any thing to show the object of writting the inscription. The only thing worth knowing is the name of king Bhimadeva. The stone measures 17 in. by 4 in. with four lines of Sanskrit in Devanagari character. The date of this inscription cannot be fixed as there were two kings of the same name, who ruled at an interval of nearly one hundred and fifty years.
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Estafaa franc .... (प्रौ) ढप्रतापश्रीमद्भीम
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... ETSITS This inscription can not be fully made out; the only thing worthy of our notice is the name of Raja Bhimadeva of Gujarat.
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Stone-Inscription at Verdval under Junagadh of Bhimadeva II.
Verival is a small sea-port town on the south-west coast of Kathiâråd in the Junagadh teritory. In the fouzlar's or Chief Police officer's lodging this stone is lying loosc. Its superficial measurement is 21 in,' by 17 in, which contains forty-five lines of Sanskřit vcrse in Devanagari characters. It bas lost some of its lower portion, as well as a few letters here and there in other parts. It mentions the names of some kings of Chaulukya dynasty, the last of which mentioned in this inscription is Bhimadeva II, son of Vularija also called Båla Mularaja, wlio caused a temple to be built to Somanatha and called it Meghanada. As there is no precise date to be found in ii, it can only be said that it must have been written between A. D. 1179 and A, D. 1243, when Bhimadeva II was on the throne of Anahilapura.
TRAYSLITERATION. १ स्वस्ति जयोभ्युदयश्च ॥ देयादः कलिकालकल्पविटपी कल्याणलीलासुखप्रागल्भ्यांबुनिधेः सुधांशुरमरी
कारैक २ हेतुः शिवः । यस्येच्छापरिणामतास्त्रिजगती जागात निद्राति च पालेयांशुवपूरसायनमसौ श्रेयांसि सोमेश्वरः
Ahol Shrutgyanam
