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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
[Vor. III.
He claims to be a descendant of the race of the Någa with thousand hoods, i.e. of the serpent Sêgha, to be the lord of the city of Bhôgåvati, to have for his crest a tiger with a calf, to belong to the Kagyapa gôtra, and to be a worshipper of the god Mabesvars and of the goddess Månikyadêvi. In his Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts (p. 95 ff.) and in this Journal (p. 230 ff.), Dr. Fleet has given details of two branches of the Sinda family, which were established at Bagadage and at Erambarage, and which were tributary to the Western Chalukya and Kalachar dynasties. In the Bhairanmatti inscription (No. 33 above), the members of the Bagadage branch of the Sinds family are stated to be descendants of the race of serpents (Nagavamsa), to 18e the crest of a tiger, and to be the lords of the city of Bhögåvatt. As three similar birudas are applied to Sômésvara, during whose reign the subjoined inscription is dated, it is clear that he must have been connected with the Sinda family. But as the inscription does not mention any of his ancestors, it is vain to conjecture whether he was a direct descendant of the Bagadage branch, or of Vikrama, the last representative of the Erambarage branch who is noticed by Dr. Fleet, and whose latest inscription is dated in the Saka year 1102, twenty-eight years before the subjoined inscription.
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1.-Front of Slab. 1ों स्वस्ति [*] सहसफणा- | 14 [णिक्यदेवोदिव्यत्री2 मणिकिरणनिकराव
15 पादपद्माराधक प3 भासुरनागवंशोन
16 रबलसाधक श्रीम4 व भोगावतीपुरवराधी
17 जगदेकभूषणम5 खर सवत्सव्याघ्रला
18 हाराजुलैन श्रीसो6 च्छन काश्यपगोत्र प्रक
19 मेश्वरदेवचक्रवर्तुल7 टीक्रितविजयघोष
20 कामहिषियन गं8 ण विखविखंभरापर
21 गमहादेवुलु तम 9 मेखर परमभट्टारक
22 पुरुषुनि पर वीर10 महामहेश्वरचरण
23 सोमेश्वरमुं दम 11 कंजकिंजल्क]पुंजपिं
24 पर गंगाधरखरमुं' 12 जरितभ्रमरायमा
25 ब्रतिष्ठ सेसेडि नां13 न [मानी[बत [श्रीमा]- 26 टिकि शकबिपकाला
27 तीतसंवत्सरमु28 लु ११३० अगुनें
B.-Back of slab.
29 टि फालाणश[क]-10 30 हादशिनि प्रादित्यवा
- Compare also the Tidgandi plates, published by Professor Kielhorn, above, p. 306 ft. 9 From inked estampages, received from Mr. Cousens, Dr. Fleet, and Mr. Joshi. • Expressed by a symbol.
- Read प्रकटीकत. . The anusvdra stands at the beginning of the next line.
• Read रायमाथ. 7 The anusodra stands at the beginning of the next line.
• Read शकनृप. • The anusudra stands at the beginning of the next line.
10 Rend ETVR.
