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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
As for the geographical names occurring in the present plates, Taraḍarhéaka-bhōga in which the donated village was situated is probably identical with the Talahari-mandala mentioned in several later inscriptions. From one of these we learn that the Talahari-mandala included Mallala (modern Mallar, where the plates were found). The Buddhist images at present deposited in Mallar are said to have been brought from Jaitpur, a village about a mile to the north of Mallar. The site of ancient Taraḍamsaka where the Buddhist monastery was situated is, therefore, probably marked by the modern village Jaitpur. As regards Kailasapura granted by the present charter, there is now no village of that name in the Bilaspur and Janjgir tahsils, but there are several of the name Kesla, which may be taken to correspond to ancient Kailasapura. Of them the one which is nearest to Mallar is Kesla, about 8 miles to the south-east, which contains ruins of an old temple.
We edit the inscription from the briginal plates.
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1 मोम् स्वस्त्यशेषचिति (ती) शविद्याभ्यासविशेषासादितमहनि (नो) यविनयसगुणवत्स [मा] श्रयप्रकष्टतरशौकार्ति(र्सि ) केय इव कृति (त्ति) वाससो सोमवङ्ग सम्भवः परममाहे
म्पस (सं)पादितसकलविजिगि (गो) बुगुणो प्रचाप्रभाक्स (सं)भावितमहाभ्युदय [:]
रान[*] त्रि(श्री) हर्षदेवस्य च (ख) न [:]
5 खरो मातापितृपादानुध्यात [ : * ]
6 रडक भोगि (गो) के लासपुरग्रामे ब्राह्मणा [[]] सम्पूण्य समधा7 'नात्प्रतिवासिनो यथाकालाध्या सिनस्समाहर्त्तृसन्निधाटसु (प्र)
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बंध.
The dandas are superfluous.
• Read तरडंशक.
• Read सप्रधानान्प्रतिवासिनी.
श्रि (श्री) महाशिवगुप्तराज [ : * ] कुशलि (लो) ॥" त
Second Plate; First Side.
8 सुखानधिकारिच [:] [सकरचा गन्धान्यात्पादोपजि (जी) बिनः सर्व्व[]
9 जपुरुषा [न् *] समाज्ञापयति [1"] विदितमस्तु भवतां यथास्माभिरयं प्रा10 मः सनिधि : *] सोपनिधिः सदयापराधः सर्व्वकरसमेतः सम्यंपोडा
11 वर्णित [: *] प्रतिषिधचाटभटप्रवेशतया ।" तरडङ्घक" प्रतिष्ठि
Bhandarkar's List, Nos. 1231, 1232, and 1240.
Ratanpur Inscription of the time of Prithvidēva II and Brahmadeva. See above p. 114, note 2. This name may represent ancient Chaityapura. There is a village named Tarod 11 miles north-east of Mallar and 3 miles south of Akaltara in which ruins of temples and tanks are to be seen. Its name would also correspond to Taradamsaka, but it is not known if it contains any Buddhist remains.
• Expressed by a symbol. • Read
• Read नन्यांचाय. [The synthesis requires खपाद' instead of बाई -Ed.]
10 This danda is superfluous.
22 Road तरसंशक
