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Similarly for Ravala Amarasiruha Bhati, he sent to Jösalamēru the following presents with Dēvånanda Jõshi: one elephant, Pratāpassingāra, costing 11,500 rupees, two horses, Hayamukuta and Ratimūrtti, costing 1,500 and 750 rupees respectively, and costly clothes.
Again, to Rävala Jasavartasitha of Dumyarapura, he sent the following presents with Dvivedi Hariji: one elephant, Säradhar, costing 6,500 rupees, and costly clothes. At the time of the consecration of Rajasamudra (where he was present) Rājasimha had also given him two horses, one called Jasaturaga, costing 1,000 and 500 rupees respectively, and many costly clothes.
To his Chief Minister, Dösi Bhikhū, he gave one elephant, Pratāpassingāra, costing 11,000 rupees, and clothes.
To Rānāvata Rāmasimha, who was the chief of those entrusted with the supervision of the construction work of the Rajasa mudra, he gave an elephant, Siranaga, costing 7,000 rupees, and clothes, while to the other Thakuras and Kshatriyas he gave altogether sixty-one horses, costing 25,551 rupees.
On this occasion, the bards and minstrels also received from the king a generous gift of two hundred and six horses, costing all told 27,571 rupees.
Further, to Bārdhavēša (Baghelā ruler of Bandhögadh, i.e., Rewā) Bhāvasimha he sent, through Lādhu Masāni as lādhūkn (?) for the purpose of pilgrimage, an elephant, Anūparūpa, costing 7,000 rupees, two horses, Vinayasundara and Dilasāra, costing 950 and 400 rupees respectively, and costly clothes.
To some chiefs, who had come there on invitation, he gave eighteen horses, costing 4,300 rupees.
To the mother of Rāyasimha, the ruler of Tõda, and his sons, he gave a female elephant, Sahõli, oosting 3,000 rupees.
To some other chiefs, who had come there on invitation, he gave thirteen horses, oosting 3,450 rupees, to still some others, seven horses, costing 561 rupees (each).
To those of the bards and minstrels who were ināmdars or freeholders of his own and of his ancestors, he gave two hundred horses, costing 13,136 rupees. The details thereof are as follows: 23 horses to his own free-holders, 23 to those of Rānā Jagatsiriba, 4 to those of Karnasimha, 7 to those of Amarasimha, 18 to those of Pratāpasimha, 38 to those of Udayasimha, 1 to that of Vikramärka, 1 to that of Ratanasi, 27 to those of Samgrāmasimha, 21 to those of Rāyamalla, 1 to that of Kurbha, 19 to those of Mökala, 5 to those of Hammira, 7 to those of Lakhā, 1 to that of Khétå, 1 to that of Ajēsi, 1 to that of Rivala Sălivähana, 1 to that of Samarasi, and I to that of Rāvata Väghå, brother of Mokala.
In all 552 horses were bought at the cost of 1,22,268 rupees, and 13 elephants, including a cow. elephant, at the cost of 1,02,800 rupees, that were given away as gifts by Rajasimha.
Slab XXII; Canto XXI
In the beginning of this canto are given the details of the expenditure on the lake itself. The construction started on Wednesday, the 7th day of the dark half of Mägha in the year 16/18 (Wednesday, 4th January, 1662 A.D.) and was completed in the month of Ashādha in the year 1735. The money spent during this period on various works in connection with the lake amounted to 46,64,6257 rupees. Further details of this gross total are mentioned in the text and are noted in footnote 2 on p. 81. The total includes the sum of 7,00,001 rupees spent in connection with the inauguraton ceremony. Of the remaining sum of 39,64,624, 32,02,8807 were given in cash as Wages, and 7,61,744 were adjusted against the revenue due from the Thakkuras wbo had been appointed to the supervision of the construction work.
