Indian Antiquary Vol 14

Author(s): John Faithfull Fleet, Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
(JANUARY, 1885.
family and of great grief to his enemies. and for repairing whatever might be torn, The glorious Bhâyid êva, the son of Têjagi, broken, or worn out, 36 mattars free from all the leader of forces, most heroic and unrivalled claims and measured by the same staff, to the as a warrior, chased to their homes, with the nofth of the 72 mattars formerly granted by sword in his hand, a host of young ministersking Gonka, and a site as far as the line of of cruel hostile kings; who can face, in battle, shops, for the erection of a good building, in him who is unsurpassed in fighting and has Saka 1109, being the Plavamga sarivatsara, on the serenity of many & sea ? The fearless Thursday the 10th day of the bright half of Bhây id êva, the son of Têjugi, the leader of Chaitra. And stones were set up in the forces, having bravely defeated those foes who ground to mark the boundaries of the land opposed him in the field of battle, and having, thus granted. without disgust, killed the remaining enemies (L. 81.)-To future kings, who will be who were timid and of less note, ruled peace- born in this world, either in my family or in fully over the Kandi Three-thousand, conferred that of others, and who will protect all this upon him by the king. Having driven away the grant of mine, I place my joined hands on my confederacy of hostile kings, having protected forehead and bow! This grant of itself is a those who sought refuge with him, and having source of temporal and spiritual happiness, conferred all things on those who begged of therefore he who transgresses it will fall into him, the minister, the lord Bhayid é ya, was the great abyss of a dreadful hell! He who able to become the husband of the lady Fame protects this grant, will attain to the rank of by making grants of land and houses to Upendra, Ahỉndra, and Dêvêndra, and obtain temples and groups of Brahmaņs, with great life and prosperity, lasting as long as a kalpa ! respect and compassion; could others do the He who preserves this cheerfully, will obtain like? Fame, the ornament of the valiant! life and great prosperity. The sinful man who Bh ayid va, penetrated the ocean and danced does not protect this, will incur the guilt of joyfully on the hood of Sêsha, on the temples having killed sons and numerous cows, Bråh. of the elephants of the quarters, and in the mans and ascetics, on the Ganges, and at Gaya, assembly of the gods.
and Varanasi, and Kurukshetra, and will incon(L. 77.)-While peacefully governing the tinently fall into hell and remain there for Kundi Three-thousand, received at the bands ever! The sinful man, who says, "What grant of the lord of Kantala, the husband of Fame, is this? of what place is it? who made it and prevailing in all the ten quarters, the young why should I preserve it ?” will at once descend Bhayidêva, the heroic leader of forces, into hell with all his family! He who approgave for the angabhoga and rangabhoga of priates land, whether given by himself or Nêminathêsvara of the Gońka-Jinalaya at the another, will be born as a worm in ordure for glorious Toridâļa, for providing food to ascetics, sixty thousand years !
SHARAF THE THIEF, A CELEBRATED CHARACTER IN KASHMIR IN THE LAST CENTURY.
BY REV. J. HINTON KNOWLES, C.M.S., SRINAGAR. A little before. Ranjit Singh's time (born So canning, 80 daring, and so successful wes 1780 A.D.) theft and robbery were so very he, that his name was seldom mentioned withcommon and were practised with such pro- out trembling, whilst his character was supposficiency in "the Happy Valley," that good ed to be almost supernatural. Whether or not and honest folk were put to their wits' end it was that the common people thought that he to know how to retain what they, by their possessed the evil eye, or else some sort of industry and economy, had gathered together. mesmeric influence, they left him alone to
One of the most celebrated of the thieves proseente his plans without let or hindrance. and robbers in those days was Sharaf Tsûr, One or two of the more determined dispositions
» Dhavara (dhavala-dgdra), ' mansion.' 1 Tvar is the Kashmirt word for thief. This man is
wlown in the Punjab under the name of Ashral Chor.