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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
[VoL. XXVI.
our grants did not really function in the Saindhava administration ; they are merely mentioned to make the list exhaustive.
Among the commoners to whom the grants have been announced, only Brāhmaṇas and traders are mentioned. This would show that as early as the 9th century A.D.Gujarat and Käthiāwār had developed their present commercial traditions and that merchants bad come to be recognised as a class as important as the Brāhmaṇas. The bracketing of the Vaisyas with the Sūdras in the Gitā and the Dharmaśāstra literature would thus be giving us not a correct idea of the position which the merchant class occupied in a commercial province like Käthiāwār.
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First Plate. 1 ॐ स्वस्ति [*] स्वस्तिलकामरावतीसम्भवहिस्पर्दिभूताम्बिलिकाभिधानमगरीगरीयोपरख
(स)राष्ट्राम2 ण्डलमण्डनोपरसमुद्राधिपतिरासीत्संपूर्ण प्रकाशशरविशाकररश्मिप्रतानविशदनिजयशोरा3 शि:(शि)श्यामलितसगर्वशत्रुसामन्तसोमन्तिनोवदनारविन्दद्युतिः प्रलयकालविजृम्भितज्वलनज्वा
लावली4 कल्पानल्पप्रसरत्प्रतापः स्वहृदयसमोहितहितविभवदानहेलाजलावादितसकल सुमोक: सम5 ररसभरधरीडरीजितजितप्रणतवेरिशिरीरत्नदृष्यमाणस्फुरचरणनखमयूखखचितपा6 दपौठप्रान्तः करवाल(ल द)वापवर्जितसहजकलशकः परिवाररक्षानपेक्षितस्पष्टदृष्टशतिरन
टाभि7 मुखापतविपक्षक्षतिविहामूलप्रणतीत्तरोत्तरप्रवाशालिश्रीमसैन्धववङ्ग(वंश)शेखरः समधि8 गतायेषमहाशब्दमहासामन्तश्रीमदग्गुकः [*] तस्य जननमस्यचरितवन्द्यानिन्धहिजसमूह
मोह9 हारिहारिहत्तपालितप्रजासमुनवच्छरच्छशधरकरनिकरधवलयशीराशिराशिषां परमविसं10 वादि स्थानमास्थाननिविष्टेष्टसामन्तचक्रक्रमरक्षादाच्योदय(द्योयापिकीय॑मानकोसिः साक्षादि
वधर्मः 11 मूर्त्तिमानिव निजजनपदपुण्वसम्भारः सकललोकपरिशुद्धिहेतुस्थिरसरस्वतीसङ्गतिसेव्यतया 12 सुचिरमचलितमर्यादो नतिजलोपिलीपितदुष्टचेष्टितः समुद्रकरणिमुहहब
1 Edited from ink impressions.
* Indicated by a symbol. Read either dana.jala-hela-, or samāhladita instead of jal-ahladita, as is done in Charters B and D. reading of Charter E, dana-phala-samahladita is the best.
• Sandhi rules have not been always followed in this charter.
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