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24 The Häthigumphā Inscription and the Bhabru Edict body handsome and tawny in colour, sports (worthy of) Prince.
Thereafter by the Adept in Correspondence, Currency, Accountancy, State Regulations and Laws, (and) the Clearheaded in all Sciences, (the kingdom) was administered for nine years as Crown Prince.
Then on completing the twenty-fourth year, to make the remainder of his youth prosperous by conquests, being the third in descent in the Royal House of Kalinga, (he) gets anointed as Great King.
And, having been anointed, in the first year (of his reign), (he) causes in the capital of Kalinga, (verily) the Abode of the Brave, the gates, ramparts and buildings, which had been
year, at that time, (he) who had been prosperous (vardhamāna) since his infancy (?) and who (was destined) to have wide conquests as those of
Vena, L3 then in the state of manhood, obtains the imperial (māhārājya) coronation
in the third dynasty of Kalinga.
Ceti Royal House, who is possessed of the noble and auspicious marks, who is gifted with the attributes (of one capable) of subduing the earth extending as far as the four seas, were played for fifteen years the sports befitting the young age of the prince with a handsome body of 'fair brown complexion'. Thereafter, for nine years, just the office of a Crown Prince was administered by (His Royal Highness) who was well-versed in (matters relating to) writing, coinage, accounting, procedure, and approved principle of action, whose self was purified by proficiency in all (Indian)
polite learning'. Having then completed twenty-four years, he who, as he waxed great, passed the rest of his manhood in making notable conquests, gained the high state implied by the coronation of a great king in the third royal dynasty of Kalinga, in regular linear succession. And as soon as he was anointed, in the very first year, (His Majesty) caused the Kalinga-city Khibira in which the gates, walls and residential houses were damaged by stormy wind, to be repaired, and caused the
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