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name has been found in another ancient stone inscription discovered at Bayānā, viz., the Bayānā Jain inscription of Vijayadhiraja of V. S. 1100 (=1044 A.D.). Vusavata is the modern market town of Bhoosawar in the Bharatpur State. Nagapalli is modern Nawali and Gōgrapura, Gogera, both situated in the same State (see Atlas Sheet No. 50 for Nawali and Cunningham's map in his Reports for Bhoosawar). Häḍhapalli is now situated in the adjoining State of Jaipur and is included in the district of Hindaun2 (see Atlas Sheet No. 50 S. E.). Gogera and Bhoosawar are situated in Tahsil Wair and Nawali is in the Bayanā Tahsil.
We also learn from the twenty-third line that Chittralekha was a queen (rajñi) and that her territories were included in the Empire of the Mahārājādhirāja Sri-Mahipala. No chief of this name, mentioned in Kielhorn's list of Northern Inscriptions, could have been reigning in 955 A.D. We find that in V. S. 1003 the suzerainty of the Gurjjara-Pratihāra king Mahendrapala II was acknowledged in Partabgarh in the southern part of the Mewar State. Again in V. S. 1016, the sway of Vijayapala, also of Kanauj, is acknowledged at Rajaur in the northern part of the Alwar State. The date of the Bayana inscription, V. S. 1012, falls between these two dates. The probability then is in favour of the fact that this Mahārājādhirāja Mahipāla, whose suzerainty was acknowledged in Bayana in 955 A.D., was a second prince of that name of the GurjjaraPratihara dynasty of Kanauj, who had come to the throne after Dēvapāladēva, mentioned in the Siyaḍōni record of V. S. 1005 and was succeeded shortly afterwards by Vijayapaladēva, mentioned in the Rajaur inscription of Mathanadeva. The date of the record is given in words in l. 24, as the Vikrama year 1012, Monday, the 12th day of the bright half of Magha which regularly corresponds to the 8th January, A.D. 955. The composer of the prasasti was a Brahmana named Sajjana. It was written by Śrisakti and incised by the goldsmith Sripāla. After the end of the record there is a supplementary verse mentioning the gift of a village named Aluvadraka on the occasion of a solar eclipse (ravigraha) by a person named Indrajit, who may be identical with the son of Chittralekha mentioned in 1. 18. The name of the donee is not legible. Probably this gift was also made to the same temple. I edit the inscription from the original stone.
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
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[Metres :-Vv. 1, 3, 8, 12, 17, 28, 29, 31 and 34 Sardulavikridita; vv. 2, 6, 21, 25 and 43 Vasantatilaka; vv. 4, 5 (?), 11, 13, 15, 19, 20, 22, 27, 42 and 45 Anushṭubh; vv. 7, 9, 10, 16 and 18 Sragdhara; vv. 14, 24, 30, 32, 33, 35-40 and 44 Arya; v. 23 Upajati; v. 26 Indravajrā; v. 41 Giti.]
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mukhataḥ samjayatē sm-analaḥ | āsīd= dyauḥ śirasō [dhuri kahaya-bhya[ch-aparam] yas-ch-ainam pari -~-~
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-[prithu]-pattra-sāraḥ śākha-sahasra-vinivärita-lõka-tāpaḥ | chandrat prabbita-phalado-jani raja-vathias-tung-pi mukta-vepathu-bhamga-sangaḥ | [2 || *}
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Pururavāḥ sa-vasatiḥ sauryyasya
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Above, Vol. III, p. 266.
Ibid., Vol.I, p. 177.
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Printed by the Survey of India in 1917.
Above, Vol. XIV, pp. 182-88.
- [chittar-lyēna rēmē samam jātō yattra rupasya cha [3] Va(Ba)bhūva Nahushō
yattra yen-asadya sur-endratam | Yam-adayaḥ surah svargge sarvvē....[ 4 ]..
1 Cunningham, A. S. R., Vol. VI, pl. t.
I am indebted for this information to the Resident at Jaipur.
