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No. 12.
1NEW COPPER PLATE OF DHRUVA II, GUJARAT RASHTRAKUTA BR.
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a well preserved and well revised charter of Krishna Akālavarsha II of the Gujarāt branch is discovered.
Of the places mentioned in this record, Kāmpilya, Kantāragrăma and Maddāpi river have been already discussed. From a very detailed map of Mahuvā and Bardoli Talukas, supplied very kindly to me by Dr. S. M. Pagar, the Subhā of Naosari Prant, it is clear that the village Dhadayāsaha, given by this charter, is the same as the village Dhundesā, situated in the Mahuvā Taluka of Naosari Prant of the State of Baroda. According to the charter, the Půravi river and the villages Lingatadăgikā, Padhamastaņa and Vadavalli were situated to the south, west, north and east respectively of Dhadayäsaha. These are to be identified with the Pūrņā river, Sankaratalaõri, Pathron and Valod respectively, which are situated to the south, south-west, north and east respectively of Dhundesa. Lingatadägikā has obviously changed its name to Sankaratalaðri in subsequent centuries. Śrikhēnaka is obviously & mistake for Srikhőtaka, which is the same as modern Kaira. The identification of Somēśvaratirtha, where Dhruva had bathed before making the grant, is difficult ; according to the information kindly supplied to me by Muni Vijaya Indra Sūri, there are two other Sõmēsvara-tirthas besides the well known one at Prabhasa. The second one is situated at Siddhapura, near Pātan in northern Gujarāt, where the rivers Ganges, Jumna and Sarasvati are supposed to meet, and the third one at Karnāli near Chandod in Baroda district on the confluence of the rivers Orsang and Narmadā. The first two of the above Somēśvara-tirthas were very probably not included in the dominions of Dhruva ; the last mentioned one may therefore probably have been the place where he had bathed on the occasion. Kavarikā and Suhilā, which are mentioned in the record as headquarters of districts of the same name, cannot be identified.
TEXT.1 [Metres :-vv. 1, 13, 15, 32,35 and 36, Anushtubh; v.2-5, 7, 9, 14, 18,19 and 21, Vasantatilakā; v. 6, Giti; vv. 8, 16, 23-27, 29-31 and 39, Arya ; vv. 10 and 17, Sragdharā ; v. 11 and 20, Upajāti; v. 12, Sardulavikridita ; v. 22, Indravaṁsā ; v. 28, Prithvi ; vv. 33 and 34, Indra. tajrā ; v. 37 Sālini and v. 38, Pushpitāgrā.]
First Plate. 1 भी वस्त्यस्तु भगवती(ते) सुगतशासनाय ॥ स वीव्याधसा धाम यं(यम)
नाभिकमलं क्वतं(तम) । हरच यस्य कान्तेन्दुक2 लया कमलातं(तम) [१] पासोधि(हिपत्तिमिरसुद्यतमण्डलायी ध्वस्तिम्न
यम्मभिमुखी रणशरीषु । भूपः शुचिब्बि(बि)3 धुरिवास्तदिम(ग)न्तकीर्तिीविन्दराज रति राजस राजसि(सिं): [२]
दृष्ट्या चमूमभिमुखी(खीं) सुभटाहवासामुग्ना4 मितं सपदि येन रणेषु मित्य (त्यम्) । इष्टाधरण दधता भृकुटि(टि)
___ललाटे खडं कुल(ल) च दयं च निजं च सत्वं(त्वम्) ॥[३] त. 5 स्थात्मजी जगति विश्रुतशुधकोतिरािितहारिहरिविक्रमधामधारी । भूप
स्त्रिविष्ठ(ट)पवृपानुक्काप्तिः तभी:(:)
1 From the original plates.
Expressed by a symbul. at looks like in the facsimile owing to the slipping of the instrument.
