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the lands of Kayattankuruchchi, a hamlet of Rājarāja-chaturvēdimangalam in Multinādu yielding crops in kar and pasānam, which was at first given as jivita to Malavarāyar, the grandfather of his father for the premiership of the kingdom, and which subsequently became & jüvita to this (Malavarāyar) for his premiership of the kingdom, should be entered tax-free and (its) antarāyam, uludānkudi, etc., should be given as dévadāna from the year opposite to the 20th year, and Malavarāyar having re-iterated the same to us i.e., the king), we declared that, for the expenses of the daily requirements of this god and for the requirements of offerings and unguents during the special worship to be conducted on the day of his natal star Sadaiyam, one and a half vēli of first rate land as measured by the rod used in this village for determining taxes from out of the lands of Kayattāpkuruchchi, a hamlet of Rājarāja-chaturvēdimangalam in Mullinadu yielding crops in kär and pasānam which was given as jivita to Malavarāyar the grandfather of his father for the premiership of the kingdom and which subsequently became a jivita to this (Malavarāyar) for the premiership of the kingdom, shall be entered tax-free and (its) antarāyam, uludānkudi, etc., given as dēvadāņa from this year and that a copy of the entry in the tax-register as well as our order shall be issued : (and therefore) receiving this, let the expenses of daily requirements, etc., be met, and let it be so incised on stone and copper so that the same may be conducted as long as the moon and the sun last. This is the signature of Sõran Uyya. nipräduvän alia Kurukulattaraiyan of Tadangannichchirrür in Tirumalli-nadu. This is the signature of Vedanurudaiyan Araiyan Sivallavan alias Mädavarājar of Vetchiyür alias Mummadisõlanallur in Kil-kurru & subdivision of Milalai-kurram. This is the signature of Araiyap Viradamudichchān alias Pallavarājan of Sakkarapāņinallūr in Sevvirukkai-nādu.
No. 11.—JAINAD STONE INSCRIPTION OF THE PARAMARA JAGADDEVA.
By DHIRENDRA CHANDRA GANGULY, M.A., Ph.D., BENARES. The sub-joined inscription belongs to the reign of the king Jagaddēva of the main branch of the Paramāra family, who held sway over Mälava in the latter part of the 11th century A.D. No other inscription of this monarch has hitherto been noticed. The epigraphic records of the Paramāras do not even mention his name. The new inscription is engraved on a slab of stone, now lying detached on the floor of a manda pa attached to a temple in the village of Jainad about six miles north-east of Adilābād, in H. E. H. the Nizam's Dominions. There are remains of another temple in the vicinity, and close by 18 & heap of carved slabs, which are reported to have been brought to this locality from a tank in the neighbourhood. Mr. Muhammad Yasin, Talu 'ar of the District, brought this record to the notice of Mr. G. Yazdani, M.A., Director of Archaeology, H. E. H. the Nizam's Dominions. Mr. Yazdani made a short notice of this inscription in the Annual Report of his Department for the year 1925-26. Its transcription with short introductory notes, prepared by Mr. C. R. Krishnamacharlu, and a facsimile have been embodied & Appendix B of the Annual Report of the above mentioned Archaeological Department for the year 1927-28, but Mr. Krishnamacharlu's reading is not free from errors. I edit this inscription with the permission of Mr. Yazdani, who very kindly sent me an ink-impression of it.
The inscription contains 28 lines of writing covering a space 1' 67" long and l' 4" broad. Some letters in lines 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, Are badly broken, and a number of letters at the beginning of the line 28 are completely effaced.
The characters are Nägari of the 11th century. Attention may be drawn to the forms of sth (in sthira, 1. 2), skn (in Vishnu, 1. 4), ksh (in kshina, 1. 9), and th. The signs for deh, dva, and kn, and those of h and dg are so much alike that sometimes it is very difficult to distinguish.
