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translates "which belongs to the Akshasarakaprapa," comparing the expression Vaṭasthalikaprayiya- in 1. 5 of the copper-plate grant of Guhasena of Samvat 248,1 instead of which we should perhaps read Vaṭapallikaprapiya-. It seems certain that prapiya is synonymous with prāvēśya, which also occurs in the Khariar plates' of Mahasudeva. Prāvēśya may, of course, be a fiscal term. It is, however, not likely that it means anything else than what it does in the common phrase achata-bhața-prāvēśya. Prapiya must then be a Prakrit form of prapya. I would accordingly translate Akshasaraka-prāvēśya "which is entered from Akshasaraka," i.e. borders on Akshasaraka. I cannot locate Akshasaraka. The last part of the word is probably saraka, lake, pond. Of the remaining geographical names mentioned in the plates, Valabhi and Hastavapraharani have been referred to above. The name Amrilika probably means "abounding in mangoes." Simhapura, where the donee resided, also occurs in the plates of Dharasõna IV. of Samvat 326 published in the Bombay Journal, Vol. X, p. 77 ff. It is the present Sihor, situated in 21° 43' N. and 72° E.
The dutaka was the pratihara Mammaka, and the writer Kikkaka, as in the preceding grant. The grant is dated on the 15th (tithi) of the bright fortnight of Sravana in the (Valabhi) year 210, corresponding to A.D. 529.
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
1 Om svasti [*] Valabhitaḥ prasabha-praṇat-amitrānāṁ Maitrakānām-atulabala-sapatna-mapḍalabhōga
vibhavaḥ
vimala
2 sasakta adiprahårs-data-labdha-pratapah
oparijiana(r)go-nurakta
3 m[aulabhrita-mitra-srēņi-bal-ava (va)pta-rājasriḥ
TEXT.
First Plate.
Bhaṭakkaḥ
4 tasya sutas-tat-pada-rajo-run-avanata-pavitrikrita-siras-siro-vanata-satru-chudamani(pi)
5 prabha-vichchhurita-pada-nakha-parkti-didhitiḥ
yathabhilashita-phal-opa
mahārāja-Dhruva
mahattara
6 paramamahësvaras-sēnāpati-Dharasenas-tasy-änojas-tat-pad-abhipraṇāma-prasasta
7 maulimapir(pir)-Mmanv-adi-pranita-vidhi-vidha (dha) na-dharmmā Dharmmarāja iva vihita-vinaya-vy [a] vastha-pa
8 ddhatir akhila-bhuvana-manḍalabhoga-svaminā parama-svaminā svayam-upahitarajyabhisheka
9 maha-vigra (śra)pan-apñta7-rajasriḥ paramamahöśvaro mahārāja-Drōnasimhas-si[m]ha
iva
10 tasy-Annjas-era-bhuj balina para-gaja-ghaṭ-ânīkân (th)mékavijayi arap-ship[*] saraṇa
11 m-avaboddha
suhrit-prapayinām
12 bhogadah paramabh[8]gavataḥ paramabhatyā (ṭṭā)raka-pid-innddhyāts mahāsāmanta
13 senaḥ
sastr-ärttha-tattvānāṁm
kusali s[a]rvvän=ēva
prata(t)p-panata-dāra-ma(mà)n-irjav
paramamahēsvaras-sēna (nā) pati-Sri
di(di)n-anatha-jan-ōpajivyama (mā) na
svän=ayuktaka-viniyuktaka-cha (cha) ṭa-bhata-drangika
14 dhruvadhikarapika-daṇḍapäsik-adin-anyams-cha yatha-sambaddhyamanaka (ka)n=anudarsa
1 Ind. Ant. Vol. V. p. 206 f. (No. 467 of the late Prof. Kielhorn's Northern List).
2 See above, Vol. IX. p. 172, text-line 4. [See above, p. 81 and note 1.-Ed.] Rend "kānāms. Perhaps rajyafriḥ.
kalpatarur-iva
Expressed by a symbol.
7 Read -avaputa..
