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JULY, 1887.]
THREE CHANDELLA COPPER-PLATE GRANTS.
THREE CHANDELLA COPPER-PLATE GRANTS. BY PROF. F. KIELHORN, C.I.E., GÖTTINGEN.
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EDIT these grants from excellent ink- | Kalanjara, Dévavarmadeva, the son of queen impressions, made and supplied to me by Bhuvanadevi. Dévavarmadêva, when at SuMr. Fleet. The three grants have been already havasa, gave the village of Kathahau (?), published; the first and second (marked by situated in Ranamaua, in the Rajapura me A and B), by Mr. V. A. Smith, in the avastha, to the Brahman Abhimanyu, an emiJour. Beng. As. Soc., Vol XLVII. Part I. page grant from the Bhatta-village Phakari. The 84 and page 81; and the third (marked by grant is dated Sômadina or Monday, the 3rd me C), by Dr. Rajendralal Mitra, in the same of the dark half of Vaisakha in the year 1107. volume, page 73. My own readings will be found to differ considerably from those of my predecessors; and I therefore venture to hope that my work in re-editing and translating afresh these documents, will not be considered
I have not succeeded in identifying the places on my maps.
The date, too, cannot in my opinion be fixed with absolute certainty. According to General Cunningham's Tables the 3rd of the dark half of Vaisakha of Vikrama-Samvat 1107,
unnecessary.
The three grants are composed in Sanskrit, and written in the Dêvanagari characters. A summary of their contents is as follows:
by the northern reckoning, should be Thursday, the 15th March, A.D. 1050; but the true date seems to be Wednesday the 14th, because the full moon fell on the 11th (about 4 P.M., Benares time). In the preceding year (VikramaSamvat 1106) the 3rd of the dark half of Vaisakha, by the northern reckoning, according to the Tables, should be Sunday, the 26th March, A.D. 1049; but here again the true date seems to be Saturday, the 25th, because the full-moon fell on the 22nd (about 11 A.M., Benares time). And in the year again preceding that year, the 3rd of the dark half of Vaisakha (Vikrama-Samvat 1105), by the northern reckoning, according to the Tables, should be Tuesday, the 5th April, A.D. 1048; but in reality the date seems to be Monday, the 4th, because the full-moon fell on the 1st April (about 10 P.M., Benares time). In the year following upon 1107, the 3rd of the dark half of Vaisakha (Vikrama-Samvat 1108), by the northern reckoning, according to the Tables, should be Wednesday, the 3rd April, A.D. 1051; and here again the true date seems to be the preceding day, Tuesday, the 2nd April, because the full-moon fell on the 30th March (about 10 A.M., Benares time). Of the four years for which I have made the calculations, the only year in which the 3rd of the dark half of Vaisakha (following the northern reckoning) did fall on a Monday, is therefore VikramaSamvat 1105. Unfortunately the year is not given in the grant in words, but the figure 1107 is perfectly clear; and as I am most unwilling * Cunningham's Indian Eras, p. 218.
A. In the family of the sage Chandratrêya there was a king Harshadeva, whose son was the king Yasovarmadova, whose son again was the king Dhangadeva, ruler of Kalanjara. Dhangadêva, when at Kasika (Benares), gave the village of Yulli (?), situated in Usharavaha, to the Bhatta Yasodhara, an emigrant from Tarkarika, whose ancestors had been settled at Darvahara. The grant is dated Ravidina or Sunday, the 15th of the light half of Karttika, in the year 1055, when there was a lunar eclipse-The name Yasodhara, in connection with Dhangadêva, we meet again in line 29 of the Khajuraho inscription of Dhanga and Jayavarman of [Vikrama]-Samvat 1059 and 1173, which I hope to re-edit in this Journal. The same inscription also contains, in line 29, the adjective Tárkárika, derived from Tarkariká, the name of one of the places mentioned in this grant.
I am not at present able to identify, on the maps at my disposal, the places mentioned.
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The corresponding English date of the grant, in the Vikrama era, is Sunday, the 6th November, A.D. 998, when there was an eclipse of the moon, as required. Calculated by General Cunningham's Tables, the result would be the following day, Monday, the 7th November..
B. The king Vidyadharadeva was succeeded by the king Vijayapaladeva, who again was succeeded by the king, the ruler of
