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MARCH, 1884.]
RATHOR GRANT.
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RATHOR GRANT No. IV. A GRANT OF KRISHNA II OF ANKULEŚVAR, OF 888 A.D.
BY E, HULTZSCH, PH.D., VIENNA. THE original of the subjoined grant of the especially in Sindhi and Panjabi, viz. of the
1 Rashtrakûta or Rath or dynasty change of sibilants to . The palatal T has was kindly lent to me by Professor Bühler. It suffered this change in for Toy (plate II b, was discovered at Bagumra, together with line 11), the lingual in ge for Ta' (plate No. HII.
III, line 6), and the dental in IT for Like other Rashtrakůța inscriptions, this UTST (plate II b, line 4). one is engraved on three copper-plates, the first The grant belongs to the Gujarat branch and third of which bear letters on the inner. of the Rashtrakůțas, the same that issued the sides only, while the middle one is inscribed on Baroda plates of Karka IL, dated Saka 734, both sides. The plates measure 11 by 8 inches, the Kivi plates of Govinda IV, dated Såka 749 and are held togetber by a ring which is passed (Rathor grant No. I.)," and the Bagamra through holes in the middle of their bases and plates of Dhruva III, dated Saka 789 (Rathor bears the seal of the Rashtrakūtas, a figare of grant No. III)." It opens with the usual god Siva holding two snakes."
benedictory stanza of the Rathor grants. The The letters are well cut, and on the whole first 18 stanzas of the Varasdvali, which occur in a tolerably good state of preservation; all among the first 29 stanzas of the Variávals but not a few of them have been damaged or furnished by No. III, describe the following entirely destroyed by verdigris. The characters princes :resemble those of the published Rathor grants. Govinda I. (stanza 2) The following peculiarities deserve to be noticed.
Karka I. (3) The Atagraka seems to be expressed by a horizontal stroke, and ru, which is usually written thus ( ), has twice a different form
Indra I. (4) Krishna I. (7,8) . with a similar stroke behind it ( ); in both
Dantidurga (5, 6) cases, however, the horizontal line may be a casual and unmeaning addition to the preceding letter. The letter has a peculiar shape (0)
Govinda II. (9) Dhruva I. (10 to 12) and is in some cases hardly distinguishable from T and 2.
Govinda III.
Indra II. (16)
(13) The language of the inscription is so full of mistakes of every description, that mere foot
Sarva (14, 15) [Karka II.]" notes would not have sufficed to correct them
Karka III. (17,18) all. In order to save space, I have annexed to the transcript & revised version of the
[Dhruva II.] important parts of the grant.
The name of the last prince has to be supplied The plates afford three instances of a well- at the end of the mutilated stanza 19 from the known phonetic process which is one of the corresponding stanza (30) of No. III. Then main characteristics of the Iranian languages, follow fragments of at least three stanzas, the but is also common in the Indian Prakrits, first of which contains the name Dantivar
Ind. Ant. vol. XII, p. 179. • Soo the facsimile of one of Mr. Fleet's Bathor granta, Ind. Ant. vol. XI, p. 161.
In S H T, plate I, line 1. • In fet (plate I, line 6) and V (line 16).
Bee Mr. Beames's Comparatice Grammar, vol. I, p. 259.
• Prakrit . See Vararuchi, ed. by Cowell, II, 4; Hemachandra, ed. by Piechel, I, 262; Chanda, ed. by Hoernle, MI, 14; Batnávall, ed. by Cappeller,
p. 292, L. 19. Litorary Gujarati , but among the people GIE.
Compare PAli and Praksit T ; Hemachandra, II, 5; Gujarati Error . • Pali बहात्वा;Gujarati नहावं.
Jour. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. VIII, p. 292. 10 Ind. Ant. vol. V, p. 14. 11 Ind. Ant. vol. XIL p. 179.
** Karka II, as well as his younger brother Govinda IV, are left out.
