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Lakshmaparāja III, his great-grandson, must therefore have flourished about A. D. 700 and 860 respectively. Though Lakshmanarāja III of the Kasiā inscription thus flourished about the same time as the Lakshmanarāja of the present inscription, the two are not likely to be identical ; for none of the descendants of the former can be identified with the Kalachuri princes mentioned in the Bilhări inscription and the Benares plates, who were evidently the successors of the Lakshmanarāja of the present inscription.
TEXT. 1 सिहम्' [*] भी नमोस्तु दुहियोपेन्द्रक्ट्रेभ्यः । चातुर्वणस्य [नि] . . . १ नमात्र जगत् [1] द्रागेव द्वहिण: क्षिणोतु ... 3 वेधोहस(ग): । पायासुमधुसूदना[१] . ... 4 कपत्पृिथुनि परिलुठन्तो यस्य मू[स्थ] . . 5 न क्रमः परमिति खान्पुत्रकाम्पाठ[य] . .. 6 चीणासो' जजिरे यैरासन्तति सन्तत' . . . 7 वृत्तिः । व(ब)लविभवविलासत्यागदा' . . . . 8 महाभूमिभचपाता(स:) संजड़े का[t] . . 9 भूयसा चानेहसा ॥ भन्ने नागभटे' . . . . 10 कषपावदलको वराहव्याहारः स्म" . . . . 11 "तिस्मृत्वाचारप्रवणधिषणः पुण्य]" . .. 12 "श्रीमदमोघवर्षनृपतिः पादौ [न]13 . . . . 13 वापरः ॥ तेनाकारि नगानुकारि ग... 141 भी सम्बत् ५८. श्रौलनणराजदेवे राजनि घटान्वयत्री
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