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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
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The Dutaka who executed this grant was Pratihara Mammaka and the scribe was Kikkaka.
Dhruvasena I succeeded his brother Drōpasimha. Including the present grant, seventeen of his charters are known so far. His earliest known grants are those of year 206 (525 A.D.) and the latest of year 226 (545 A. D.). Taking into consideration the latest known grant of his predecessor and the earliest known record of his successor, a reign of about 30 years from 519 A.D. to 549 A.D. may be attributed to him.
Of the geographical names mentioned in this record, Sinabaraṭaka-sthali seems to have been a small revenue sub-division and may correspond to a modern Thānā. Dr. H. G. Sastri1 has identified Sinabaraṭaka with Simarana, 7 miles north of Kundala in Saurashtra. I do not agree with this identification. The donees resided at Kasahrada which is of course Kasandra, 12 miles northwest of Ahmedabad.
First Plate
1 Svasti [*] Valabhitaḥ prasabha-praṇat-amitrāṇāṁ Maitrakānā (pā)m-atula-bala-sapatna-mandal-Abhögs
2 samsakta-samprahara-sata-labdha-pratāpaḥ
3 rakta-maula-bhritya-mitra-éri-bal-äväpta-räjya-érib(krib)
sēnapati-Bhaṭakkaḥ tasya su
rägō=nu
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4 tas-tat-pada-rajo-runa-nakha pavitzkrit-6(6) vichchhurita-pada-nakha
svayam-apahita-rijy-à
pratap-ōpanata-dāna-mān-ārjjav-õpārjjit-ānu
paramamahēávaraḥ
ári
5 paṁkti-dīdhitiḥ di(dl)n-anatha-jan-ōpajivyamana-vibhavaḥ paramamāhēévaraḥ sẽnāpatiDharasenas tasy-anujaḥ
drangika-chata-bhața-dhruvastha
12 nidhikaraga-danḍapášik-adi(dt)n-any-cha
siro-vanata-satru-chūḍā-mani-prabha
6. tat-pad-abhipraṇama-prasasta-vimala-mauli-maniḥ Manv-ādi-praṇīta-vidhi-vidhana-dharmmā Dharmmarāja iva vihi
7 ta-vinaya-vyavastha-paddhatir-akhila-bhuvana-manḍal-abhōga-svāminā
8 bhisheka-maha-vigra(éra)pan-avaputa-rāja-śrīḥ
simha iva tasy-anu
9 jaḥ sva-bhuja-balēna para-gaja-ghat-ani(nī)kānām=ēka-vijayi(yi) saran-aishiņām saranamavabōddha sastr-ärttha-tatvä(ttva)nām
10 Kalpataruriva sabrit-penpayinām yath-Abhilakshi(shi)ta-phal-öpabhögadaḥ paramabhāgavataḥ paramabhattaraka
11 pad-anuddhyātō mahārāja-Dhruvasēnaḥ kusali sarvvän-öva svän-ayuktaka-mahattara
paramasvaminā
paramamahēsvarō mahārāja-Drōpasirhhaḥ
yatha-sambadhyamānakin-anudariayaty
astu vas-samviditam yatha ma
1 Maitrak-kälin Gujrat, Part II, Appendix 5, p. 33.
[Dhruvasena acknowledged the suzerainty of a Paramabhatjäraka whose identity is difficult to determine although originally the Maitrakas must have owed allegiance to the Imperial Guptas.--Ed.).
