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No. 19.)
THE JESAR PLATES OF SILADITYA III: VALABHI SAMVAT 357.
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Moreover, the donee of the present grant is evidently identical with that of Jesar plates of Silā. ditya of Valabhi Samvat 347, the difference being that he is here only mentioned as a Dikshita and his two names Saggala and Prakāśa found in the earlier Jesar plates have been omitted. It therefore appears that Silāditya III, made a second grant to the same person ten years after the first grant was issued. -Ed.]
The object of the inscription is to record the grant of: (1) a reservoir of water (vāpi) extending over twenty-five pădāvarttas of land from the royal domain land (rūjakiya) in the Madasarasthali in the village of Madasara in Surāsht[r*]a to a Brāhmaṇa who was a Dikshita and was the son of Sambadatta of the Vājasaneya-sākhā of the Yajurvēda and of the Kausika-götra and who had émigrated from Pushya-Sambapura. The boundaries of this gift were as follows: to the east Pāņdava-Khanda, to the south the prachihā known as the [Ka*]mpilikka Khundaka (?) belonging to Datka (Datta), to the west the field known as Sisagara and to the north the field of the householder (kutumbin) Sangilaka; (2) one hundred and four pūdāvarttas of land, in five pieces, situated in the northern boundary of the village). The first piece belonging to an extinct family measured sixteen pădāvarttas. The boundaries of this piece of land were : to the east the brahmadēya field of the Brāhmaṇa Anahaka, to the south the family land (?) of Chachcha and Mātrila, to the west the field called Madhavānaka and the Sagara (?) leading towards the village Kõratapadraka and to the north the field known as Pattiyānaka-durga kshēttra. The second piece measuring thirty pädāvarttas also originally belonged to a family then extinct. Its boundaries were : to the east, the brahmadēya field of the Brāhmaṇa Sankara, to the south the brahmadēya field of the Brāhmaṇa Anahaka, to the west the field of the householder (kutumbin) Bhötuka, to the north also the field of the same Brāhmaṇa Anahaka. The third piece measuring forty-three pādāvarttas was cultivated by Kikaka. Its boundaries were : to the cast the path going towards the village of Suptāvasadhi, to the south the brahmadēya field of the Brāhmaṇa Sangaka, to the west the fields known as Pattianaka and Mātristhāna, to the north the boundary of the village of Suptāvasadhi. The fourth piece was also under the cultivation of Kikaka and measured ten pādāvarttas. Its boundaries were to the east the public road, to the south the grāmaśikhara, to the west the prachchihā of the nobleman (kula putraka) Varuna, to the north the field belonging to Karkkaka. The fifth piece measuring five pādārarttas was also cultivated by Kikaka. Its boundaries were : to the east the brahmadiya field of the Brāhmaṇa Chamasa, to the south the brahmadēya field known as Dāsānaka, to the west the public road (rājaret!), to the north the brahmadēya field of the Brāhmaṇa Sankara. The Dutaka of the grant was the prince (Rāja puttra) Kharagraha and it was written by the Sandhirigrahādhikrita Dirira pati Mahāpratihāra Samanta Mammaka. The prince Kharagraha is mentioned in the Bhāvnagar plates of Silāditya III, of G. 356 and the Bhāvnagar plates of Silāditya IV, of G. 372, the Devan plates of G. 375 and the plates of G. 376. The date of the grant is the 4th day of the dark half of the second month of Pausha in the year 357 evidently of the Valabhi era and is equivalent to 675-76 A.D. The grant was issued from the victorious camp at Mēghavana, from which the Lunsaţi plates of Siladitya III, of the year 352 were also issued. I am unable to identify Madasara, Suptāvasadhi and other places mentioned in this record. I edit the inscription from the original plates which had been lent to me by the Bhavnagar Durbar for this purpose.
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First Plate. 1 Om' Svasti[ll] Vijayaskandha(ndhā)va(vā)rā[t*] Mēghavana-bā(vā)sa(sa käft* pra
sabha-pranat-amitrānām Maitrakāņām=atula-bala-sampanna-mandal-ābhöga-samsakta
prahāra-sata-labdha-pratāpāt pratāp-opanata-dāna1 Above, Vol. XXI, pp. 210 t. * Expressed by & symbol.
