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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
(JUNE, 1883.
(its) grass, wood and water, and together with enjoys the land of that village of Dhanika, its trees and fields (or rows of trees); except- which is defined by these four boundaries, or ing (former) gifts to the gods. Now the causes it to be enjoyed (by others), he must boundaries of this village in the four directions not be disturbed by anybody, for the Smriti of the compass will be described in order to says) :-"The earth has been enjoyed by many ensure (ite) possession in future times (viz.): to l kings, Sagara and others, &c. (and also): "I the north, the ocean (?) in Sâm â pakhetra beseech as a supplicant that other ruler who (?); to the east, the Savanagaraja water- will be king when my kingdom has passed course (?) together with the hillspur called) away, that he may not act against this my) the Roharadhârâ; to the Sayal å sata- edict." This grant has been written by me, the kânta garich à (?) as far as the river (?); chief keeper of the records, called Narahari. to the west, the hillspur which runs towards May it be auspicious! Prosperity! the sea. If the Brahmana, called Isvara
(To be continued).
SANSKRIT AND OLD-CANARESE INSCRIPTIONS.
BY J. F. FLEET, Bo.C.S., M.R.A.S.
(Continued from p. 95.) No. CXXVII.
there is a small countersunk surface, about I revert to the Rashtra kůta dynasty, of in diameter, on which there is, in relief, & which the last inscription published by me is
figure of the god Siva,- like the figure on the the Waņi grant of Govinda III. The present
seals of Nos. CXXI. CXXIII. and CXXXI.,inscription was published originally by Mr.
with perhaps some small and now quite illegible H. T. Prinsep, in the Jour. Beng. As. Soc.
letters under it. The language is Sanskrit Vol. VIII. pp. 292, &c. I re-edit it now from throughout. the original plates, which belong to the British
In this inscription the genealogy commences Museum. They were handed to Mr. Prinsep with Govinda I. He and his son Karka by Mr. W. P. Grant, who got them from I. are mentioned without any historical re
Beni Ram' of Baroda; "and whose account ferences. Karka's eldest son, Indra II., is not of the method of their discovery, as derived mentioned. His younger son, Krish# I., from that person, was that they were dug up is spoken of as ousting his relative, i. e. his in excavating the foundations of a house in nephew Dantidurga, in consequence of the that city."
latter having fallen into evil courses, and then The plates are three in number, each about appropriating the sovereignty to himself. And 11" long by 8" broad at the ends and 73" in the an allusion to his coming into hostile contact middle. The edges of the plates were fashioned with the Chalu kyas is made in the stateslightly thicker, so as to serve as rims to pro- ment that he turned into a deer, i e. retect the writing; and the inscription is for the pulsed and put to flight, the Mahdvardha or the most part well preserved and legible through
great boar,' which was the family-emblem of out. There are two rings to this grant. the Chalukyas; but, whether it was the Eastern, The left-hand ring is a plain ring, about t" or whether it was the Western Branch of this thick and 3' in diameter; if ever the ends of family that he thus conquered, is not apparent. it were joined together at all, it had been cut It is also said that he established himself at the again before the grant came under my inspec- hill or hill-fort of El&pura, his settlement on tion. The right-hand ring is about " thick which is compared witl, the abode of the god and of an irregular shape, not circular; it had Svayambhu-Biva. This place has not been idennot been cut when the grant came under my | tified, I believe; but it seems to me not unlikely inspection; but it was possible to pull one of the that it is Yollapur in the North Canara Disende ont of the socket and so to detach it from trict, in the Western Ghauts. I understand, the plates. The seal, on this ring, is circular, however, that Dr. Burgess is more inclined to about 1% in diameter. In the centre of it identify it with the modern Ellúra, near DaulatVol. XI. p. 156.
Lat. 14° 59' N., Long. 74° 47', E.; the chief town of the Taluke of the same name.
