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Vimala-Vasahi]
bearer, as suggested by marks of feet left on the backs of elephants.
Only on the elephant of Thakkura Jagadeva there was no palakhi but trappings alone on which sat Jagadeva without an attendant. This is possibly due to the fact that he was not a minister or a maha-mantrin. Below the trunk of his elephant is shown a small figure of a horse-rider now partly mutilated.
The elephants are arranged as follows: Entering the Hasti-shālā, the first three elephants in the row to your right, the first on the left-side row and the first behind the samavasaraṇa noted above-these seven were installed by minister Pṛthvīpāla in V. S. 1204; the second elephant behind the samavasaraṇa and the last elephants in the right and left rows were the gifts of minister Dhanapala, son of Pṛthvipala, installed in V. S. 1277. The inscriptions on each give names of the personages in whose memory they were installed and whose figures the elephants carried on
their backs :
Ser. For whom No. installed
I Mahāmantrī Nīnā
Lahara
Vira
Nedha Dhavala Ananda Pṛthvipāla
2345678
99
IO
"3
10
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33
""
8 Päumtara (?) Thakkura Jagadeva Mahamantri
9
Dhanapāla
Some relative of Dhanapala ?)
Date of installation
V.S. 1204
""
".
""
35
V.S. 1277
?
81
General information about the personage
Chief
Vimala
ancestor
of
Son of Nīnā
In the line of Lahara Elder son of Vīra Son of Nedha Son of Dhavala Son of Ananda Elder son of Prthvi
pāla Younger Pṛthvipāla Inscription defaced
son of
