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name of) Vikramaditya had elapsed, to all the resident Brahmanas of the great Brahmana village named Gumdakürchcha, that has survived in all the four yugas, who delight in the six1 acts of sacrificing, etc., prayer, study of the Vedas, meditation and religious practices, who are well-versed in the sacred lore of Itihasas (epic poems), Puranas (legends), Ramayana, Bharata, in words and sentences, and in (the Smritis of) Yajnavalkya, Katyayana, Bhrigu, Angiras, and Markapḍa; in the six darsanas beginning with the Bhaṭṭa-darśana (Purvamimämsä) and other sciences; who are performers of sacrificial rites prescribed in the Yajurvēda, such as Avasathya (sacred domestic fire), Agnihotra (daily offering to fire), Agnishṭoma (liturgical rite in the Soma sacrifice), Sautramani (rite sacred to Sutraman, i.e. Indra), Pasubandha (animal sacrifice lit. binding of victim to sacrificial post), Chaturmasya (sacrifice to be offered every fourth month) and others; who are competent to break the hard knot of sins; who are well-versed in the Vedas aud the Vedangas; and whose fame is as brilliant, extensive and praiseworthy as that of the full moon. In the beginning of the Kali-age a pious Mahārāja (named) éri-Jajuka who was ruling Kanyakubja, rode a mare, and the land that he could traverse in 4 praharas (or 12 hours), was granted by him, with the pouring out of water, for his welfare in the next world, to a Brahmana named Govinda, by a sasana, the glorious Gumdakürchcha, a brush (kurcha) for manifesting the picture of good conduct, circumscribed by the four boundaries, (11. 16-36). From that time the name Gumdakñrchcha (of the village so) named after the Brahmana Govinda became famous on (this) earth (1. 37). In the Krita-age it was known by the name of Nishaḍha, in Trêta as Triyambaki, in Duapara as Khanitri and in Kali as Gumdakürchcha (1. 38). Its (four) boundaries (are described as follows) :
"To the east (lies) the way (leading) to the village (named) Vērā and passing by (the village) Ghoḍiya, the reservoir (raduha), (locally called Nadi), (the village) Tousāla, and the Siva temple of the village Arachandra.
To the south (are situated) the pond (named) Rajji near the village of Khavada, and the villages Chamgauha, Krikuḍapadra, Gugi and the proximity of the pratāli (main gate) of the village Chadarapadra.
To the west (are to be found) the villages (named) Milua, Akandhāpadra and Goḍāiņi, and three reservoirs of water (raduha-traya).
To the north (passes) the way which leads to Lavana-khēḍa, going from the three
reservoirs of water (raduha-traya) to (the village named) Sumnēvi, thence going round the mountain named Sehatunga and (finally) reaching the village Vera" (11. 39-43).
"These are the four boundaries marked out. Within these limits, future kings, whether of our own family or others, should not demand even a single flower from the śri-lokas (ie. Brahmanas) residing in Gumdakürchcha (i.e. should levy no tax, flower being mentioned as an insignificant article of no practical value) (1. 44)."
Then follow 15 imprecatory verses, after which there stand the first half of a verse and the letter ka which perhaps was the beginning of the second half left out for some reason unknown to us.
We thus see that the inscription refers itself to the Chahamana family of Lakshmana, whose progenitor is, in this inscription, said to have been born out of the eye of the god Indra; while, in other inscriptions of the family it is recorded that, "when the solar and lunar races had come to an end, the holy Vachchha (i.e. Vatsa) brought about the creation of a new race
1 The six acts prescribed for the Brahmanas are sacrificing, conducting sacrifices, studying, teaching, giving and taking.
The six darsanas are Purva-mimamsă of Jaimini, Uttara-mimämsä of Vyasa, Nyaya of Gautama, Vaiseshika of Kanada, Sankhya of Kapila and Yoga of Patanjali.
The four Vedas are, Rik, Fajur, Sama, and Atharvan.
The six Fedängas are, Siksha (orthography or phonetics), Kalpa (rituals or liturgy), Vyakarana (grammar), Nirukta (etymology and lexicography), Chhundah (prosody), and Jyotisha (astronomy).
