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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA 4 na kurttakä(k-o)pahārak-ādi kālam [l*] Kisha). "[d]evakulasa Bhatt[a]" 5 ........................[sa] pāda[müle]
TRANSLATION (Lines 1-4) May it be well. Presents of woollen carpets and other presents) have been made by Simhavarman who belongs to the Pallavas (i.e. the Pallava family), is. .dhara, and belongs to the Bhāradvāja gotra, in favour of the tairthikas (probably, priests of the temple) of the lord, the illustrious Jivasivasvămin, after having performed śānti and svastyayana for his own victory (and) the increase of his merits and prowess. (Lines 4-5)........at the feet of the Bhaffāraka.......
...... in the temple of Kibatthi(?)
1 The first akahara may also bo read as ka and the second as pa. The laat akahara of the name of the devakula looks like thi, so that the name may be Kihatthi. But, if the second lotter spa, there was possibly another abalara between this and the last lotter.
* The two lotter after this may be conjecturally restored a raba.
