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Kanass inscription of Sivagana, confidently be assigned to the beginning of the 8th century A.D.; and it thus tends to prove that the R&jim copper-plate inscription of MabasivaTivaradēva undoubtedly belongs to about the middle of the 8th, and the Sirpar inscription to about the beginning of the 9th century A.D.
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Pirst Plate; Second Side. 1 Om svasti [ll] Gr1-Yayatinagarė paramamahesvara-paramabhatta2 raka-maharajadhir ja.pa[ra] mês vara-Sô makulatilaka - Trika - 3 lingidhipati-sri-Mahd-Sivaguptarája d év&- på d & nud hy å ta. paramama4 hés[v]ara-paramabhattaraka-ma(mn)hârâjâdhi r & ja - para més var&- 8ô maku5 latilaka-Tri(tri)kalingadhipati-srl.Mah & -Bhavaguptarjade va-mahi. 6 pravarddhamana-kalyana(na)vijayarajye trayidasa-samvatsare7 Atr-înkê 887 mvata 138 "VvA(P)mandâpatti(ti)-samåvåsskata paramamabesvara-Mathara8 varsho(46)dbhava-kulatilakall. K[&]lêśvari(ri)varalavdha(dha) prasada-pañchada sapallika9 dhipati-samadhigata pañchamahâśavda(bda)-mâņdalika-r &ņa kasri.Punj& (P) 13
Second Plate; First Side. 10 14Vv6(P)ďd-sata[b] kusali(li) Gidanda-mandala-prativa(ba)ddha-Lôisara-grâmya16 11 sa-gartt-Obara 88-jala-sthala s-åmyra-madhu sa-[vå?] tta-vittap-aranya châ12 tnh-sims-paryanta & chátta-bháța-pravesa
Barvva-vådhå-vivarji13 ta sarvv-parikara-kar-Avâm-sahita vrahmanam sampujya tatra pratiniva14 sind rajaputra-talavargi-såmavájil6 cha sarvvê janapad&m 15 samájñåpayati viditam=asta bhavataí Hastipada-vinirgata!? Kaundinya(nya)16 gôtra 18 Miträvva(va)ruņa-pravarala Kanya(nva)-sakh-addhyâi20 bhattaputra-bri
Narayanal Da(ja)nardana-suta *
See Ind. Ant. Vol. XIX. p. 67, Plate.
• The Boram deo inscription, of wbich lithograph is given in Archaol. Suro. of India, Vol. XVII. Plate II, E., speaks of Balarjuna (i.e. the Sivagupta of the Sirpar inscription) wa king of the past,
. Proin impressions supplied by Dr. Holtasch. • Expressed by & symbol
. Originally pamama wus engraved. • Originally odhydtd i parama' was engraved.
* Read - samostardatradakd sanoat. # From here to the end of line 9 the writing seems to have been engraved over a cancelled pasange.
• Bead Vamandd' (P); below, oo is three times written instead of o, in tala vargi, l. 14, Mitrdvvaruga, 1. 16, and pioparddhad, 1. 18; compare also Voodd., 1. 10.
* Read - amdodeakát, for samdodadt or-edackdt. 1 One would have expected only either Matharavanfodbhana. or Mathara kulatilaka..
The actual reading may possibly be Kuldivari » Read - Punjó.
14 Rond Vodd. (?); see above, note 9. }} From here the arrangement and the details of the text are quite incorrect. Wbut the writer meant to say, would be about this :-Lisard-grdmd brahmandwapiliyo tatra pratiniudaind rajaputra-talavargi(?). admavajille.ddlne) sarodiajanapaddamdjidpayati | Vidit ametu bharaldrin (yathadyah gromad] 1a-gart. Saharah ja-jala-sthala s-dora-adhika na-odf-itap-drangafachatun-md-paryantachdfa-bhafa.prandial sarpa-oddhd-vivarjitaḥ sarv-parikara-kar-dddnd-rahito Hostipada..
20 Originally talappargi was engraved, but the upper of the ukshara wa has been struck out. The word talanargill I have not met with elsewhere; odmandjika actually occurs in line 11 of the Galljam plates of Prithivivarmadove, above, p. 200; and the Katak plates of Maha-Sivagupta in line 27 apparently read talahi(?)taedmardyika, where admandyika probably is the original of admardjika; see above, Vol. III. p. 352, and Plate ... in Jour. Beng. ds. Soe. Vol. XLVI, Part I. 11 Read-sinirgat dya.
18 Road -gotrd ya.
19 Read .Pravardya. 70 Bead.dddhydyind.
11 Read 'yandya. The word outa in engraved below the line; rond - utdya.
