Epigraphia Indica Vol 10

Author(s): Sten Konow, V Venkayya
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India

Page 91

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
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7 Prithivishēņo mahārājadhiraja-sri-Kumāraguptasya mantri kamāramatfo=na8 ntara cha mahabalādhikritah(to) bhagavato Mahādēvasya Prithiviśvara ity-evam
samākhyātasy-a9 gy=aiva bhagavato yathă-karttavya-dharmmika-karmmarš pāda-busrūshaņāya bhaga
vach=Chhai10 lēśvarasyāmi-mahidėva-pådamilė Āyodhyaka-nina-gattra-charapa-tapah. 11 svädh[y]āya-mantra-sütra-bhåshya-pravachana-pāraga-Bharadi-d. 6. m. d. dēvadron [y]ām
TRANSLATION. Obeisance to Mahădēva. In the victorious reign of the mahārājēdhiraja, the illustrious Kumäragupta, whose fame was tasted by the waters of the four oceans (and) who meditated on the feet of the mahärājādhirija, the illustrious Chandragupta, in the 117th year, on the tenth day of the month of Kärttika, on this day specified as above, the minister of the makiTājādhiraja, the glorious Kumäragupta, (his) kumārāmītya and subsequently (his) mahībalīdhikrita Prithivishēna, the son of Sikharasvămin, the minister, the kumā rāmātya of the maharājādhiraja, the illustrious Chandragupta, (who was the son of Vishrapálitabhatta, the son of Kuramāravyabhatta, a teacher of the Chhandoga (vēda), of the gotras Ašva and Vājin, (gare) for the sake of obeisance to the Lord Mahādēva, known as Prithiviśvara, with proper and . righteous offerings, at the feet of the Lord Sailēśvarasvāmi-Mahadēva, to . . . from Ayodhyā, of different gotras and charanas, perfected in observances and study, in the mantras, the sütras, the bhāslıyas and pravachanas, who at the procession of the image (of Siva ?) at Bhäradi . . . . . .
No. 16.-SUNAO KALA PLATES OF SAMGAMASIMHA;
[KALACHURI-) SAMVAT 292.
BY PROFESSOR STEN KONow, PH.D.; CHRISTIANIA, These plates were originally brought to light by the late Mr. A. M. T. Jackson, who published them in the Journal of the Bombay Asiatic Society. Mr. Jackson's edition was not accompanied by a facsimile of the original, and it was not, therefore, possible to judge about the paleographic character of the grant. I now re-edit it from impressions which I owe to the kindness of Mr. Henry Consens.
The plates are two in number, and they were, according to Mr. Jackson, found in November 1898, "buried about two feet below the surface of a cart track in the village of Sunov Kulla in the Hangot Mabal of the Broach District ... The first plate is entite. The second has suffered damage (1) by the wianching off of the seal, which has destroyed a few aksharas in the first line, and (2) by the breaking off of a piece of the left-hand edge, which has destroyed one akshara in line 4, two in line 5, two in line 6, and one in line 7... The lower edge of the first plate was formerly attached to the upper edge of the second by two copper rings, one of which remaits attached to each of the plates. The seal, which was probably carried by the left-hand ring, has been wrenched off and is lost. The letters are deeply cut and in tuany places show through on the back of the plates."
The two plates are of the same size, measuring 12" x 6". The first contains 12, and the second 13 lines of well executed writing. The average size of the individual letters is 1". The characters belong to the southern class and are closely connected with the form
Vol. XX. Pp. 211 and ff.