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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
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form indicate whether the addenda ere given at the top or at the bottom of the plate. A figure following the addendum indicates the line where the omitted syllable or word is to be supplied. Thus suorittah and ga which were omitted in 11. 11 and 14 are supplied with the figures 11 and 14 respectively at the bottom on the first plate. Similarly nē, which was omitted in the second line on the second plate, is incised with the figure 2 at the top of the plate.
The language is Sanskrit. Except the customary salutation to Brahman in the first line and mention of the date and the place of issue in the last, the whole record is in verse. The verses, of which there are twenty-nine, are all numbered except the last one. As regards orthography we may note that v is generally written for b and the dental & for the palatal & (cf. Vrahmane and Sivath in l. l) and vice versd, e.g., in afid-āfima- for asid-äsima-, 1. 16; y is used for jin Vāyapěya, 1. 31. The consonant following ris reduplicated only in a few cases; cf. Karttavīryah, 11. 2-3, mdrggand, 1. 4, etc.
The object of the plates is to record a grant made by Pratāpamalla, a Kalachuri king of Ratanpur. After the usual salutation to Brahman in the first verse, comes the description of the genealogy of the donor. In the family of Manu, the primeval king, who was descended from the Sun, was born Kärttavirya. From him were descended the Haihayas. Their descendants became well known as Kalachuris in the Chēdi country. In their family was born Kökalla who had eighteen very brave song. The eldest of them became the lord of Tripuri. He made his brothers lords of mandalas. In the family of their younger brother was born Kalingarāja. The engraver has, inadvertently, omitted here one complete verse which occurs in cognate records and mentions Kamalarāja, the son of Kalingarāja. The present record, as it stands, makes Ratnarāja (I.) the son and successor of Kalingaraja. From Ratnarāja (I.) was born Prithvidēva(I.), the father of Jajalladēva(I.). The latter's son was Ratnadēva(II.), of matchless valour who routed Choda. franga and Gokarppa in battle. From Ratnadēva (II.) was born Prithvidēva(II.) ; his son was Jagaddiva, the father of Ratnarāja(III.). From the latter was born Pratāpamalla the donor of the present plates. From the description in the plates that, though a boy, he was a second Bali in strength, it seems that Pratapamalla came to the throne while quite young. The only important point in the otherwise conventional description of these princes is the mention of Gokarna as an associate of Chōdaganga in the fight with Ratnadēva II. I have, elsewhere, discussed in detail the bearing of this on the date of the fight. Again, it is noteworthy that the present inscription has corroborated what Dr. N. P. Chakravarti had already shown from the damaged Kharöd inscription, viz., that Jājalladēva II had a brother named Jagaddēva, the father of Ratnadēva III. Our inscription has omitted Jājalladēva II's name probably because he was a collateral.
The next four verses (15-18) give the genealogy and description of the donee and state the occasion of the grant. There was a Brāhmaṇa named Suvarnnakara of the Parăsara-gotra and three pravaras, viz., Vasishtha, Sakti, and Pārāśara. He had a son named Divakara, who was proficient in the Vēdas. From him was born Sādhāras who was honoured by the Kalachuris. To him Pratäpamalle gave a village named Kāyathā situated in the Anargha-mandala on the day of the Makara-sankranti. Then follow nine benedictory and imprecatory verses of the usual type, The last verse states that Pratirkja, who was born in a Gauda family and was the light (i.e., the chief) of the Karana or Record Office, wrote on the plates with clear letters. The last line states
+ See 6.g. the Amoda plates of Prithvidēva I, above. Vol. XIX, p. 79, the Amoda platce of Jajalladēva II, ibid., pp. 211-212, etc.
Ct. the Sarkhổ plates of Ratnadeva II, above, Vol. XXII, pp. 1614. . Above, Vol. XXI, pp. 160 and 162.
• This king may be identical with king Jagaddēva glorified in v. 1201 of the Sarrigadhara-paddhati (Bombay Banskrit Serice, 1888, p. 207).
See below, p. 8, footaote 1.
