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SOME RASHTRAKUTA RECORDS.
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In the records of the Malkhód dynasty, the only other known instances in which the name occurs in the same form, Ratta, are the following. The two sets of Bagumrå plates of A.D. 915 speak, in a Sanskrit verse, of Rata-rajya, "the kingdom, rule, or sovereignty of the Rattas ;"l and the same expression occurs again in the Debli plates of A.D. 940, in two Sanskrit verses, and again in the same two verses in the Karhåą plates of A.D. 959. The Bagumrå plates of A.D. 915 further apply to India III., again in a Sanskrit verse, the biruda Rattakandarpa, "a Kandarpa, Kâma, or Love of the Rattas ;"4 and the same biruda is applied to Govinda IV. in a Kanarese verse in the Knļas inscription of A.D. 930, and to Khottiga in Kanarese prose in the Adaragunohi inscription of A.D. 971, and to India IV. in Kanarese Verses in the Sravana-Belgola inscription of A.D. 982.7 The Kalas inscription of A.D. 930, in the Kanarese prose passage which leads up to the date and other details of the record, further applies to Govinda IV. the biruda Rattavidyadhara, “a Vidyadhara or demigod of the Rattas." And the Deôli plates of A.D. 940 introduce, in a Sanskrit verse, the eponym Ratta, as the name of the imaginary person whom that record puts forward as the original ancestor of the family;" and the same verse occurs in the Karhad plates of A.D. 959.10
In those of the other records of the Malkhed dynasty which put forward the proper name of the family and do not refer to it as simply the race, family, or lineage of Yadu or of the Yadus, the name is always given as Rashtrakûţa. The Sâmângad plates of A.D. 754 liken Indra II., in a Sanskfit verse, to sad-Rashtrakúta-kanakadri, "a golden mountain (Mêru) of the good Rashtrakūtas ;"\2 and we have the same verse in the Paithan plates of A.D. 794,43 in the Nausârî plates of A.D. 817," in the Kavi plates of A.D. 827,15 in the Bagumrå platos of A.D. 867,6 in the Chokkhakuţi grant of A.D. 867,17 and in the Bagumrå plates, of doubtful authenticity, of A.D. 888.18 The Nausârî plates of A.D. 817, in another Sanskrit verse, describe Dhruva as Rashtrakafa-tilaka, "an ornament of the Rashtrakûțas; "10 and this verse occurs again in the Kåvi plates of A.D. 827,40 in the Bagamrå plates of A.D. 867," in the Chokkhakuti grant of A.D. 867,9and in the Bagumrå plates, of doubtful authenticity, of A.D. 888.48 The Baroda plates of A.D. 835 speak, in a Sanskřit verse, of sulkika-Rashtrakata, "tributary Rashtrakūtas; "4 and the same verse is presented in the Bagamrå plates of A.D. 867,45 in the
When ort is prefixed, as, for instance, in fri-Rashtrakút-daraya, the proper analysis seems to be frimatan Rashtrak[dndmannaya compare, for instance, frmatdi .... Chalukydnath kulam in Ind. Ant. Vol. VI. p. 76, text lines 2, 6.
Jowr. Bo. Br. R. A. Soc. Vol. XIII. p. 258, B., plate ii. a, text line 5, and p. 363, A., plate ii.a, line 3.Ia my previous paper, these two records have been referred to as "the Nausdri plates of A.D. 916." I have already indicated the reason for which they are to be properly known as "the Bagumri plates of A.D. 915," see Vol. VI above, Additions and Corrections, p. vi.
• Vol. V. above, p. 194, text lines 29, 32. "Vol. IV. above, p. 294, text lines 31, 39. • Loc. cit. (note 1 above), p. 259, B., plate ii.b, text line 5, and p. 263, A., plate ii.b, line 2.
This record has not been published yet. I quote it from an ink-impression. • Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 256, text line 4-5. Issors, at Sra.. Bel. No. 67, verses 2, 17. See note 5 above.
Vol. V. above, p 193, text line 11. • Vol. IV. above, p. 282, text line 10-11.
11 Two verses presented in the Cambay plates of A.D. 930 (p. 37 above, text lines 8 f. and 9 f.), and again in the Sångll plates of A.D. 933 (Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 249, text line: 4 f. and 6 ff.), simply place the members of the family in the Yadundsh vashia or Yadu-bula. The Khards plates of A.D. 972 similarly place them in the Yadormantaya or Yad-vania (Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 264, text lines 4, 6-7). 13 Ind. Ant. Vol. XI. p. 112, text line 14. 1 Vol. III. above, p. 106, text line 9.
Jour. Bo. Br. R. 1o. 8oc. Vol. XX. p. 136, text line 9. * Ind. Ant. Vol. V. p. 146, verse 6.
* Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 182, verse 6. 1. Vol. VI. above, p. 288, text line 7.
18 Ind. Ant. Vol. XIII. p. 66, verse 4. 1. Jour. B. Br. R. 4.. Soc. Vol. XX. p. 187, text line 31. » Ind. Ant. Vol. V. p. 146, verse 20.
* Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 182, verse 17. 11 Vol. VI. above, p. 280, text line 20.
11 Ind. Ant. Vol. XIII. p. 67, verse 11. 1 Ind. Ant. Vol. XIV. p. 1:9, text line 17. * Ind. Ant. Vol. XIL p. 183, verse 29.
