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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[August, 1889.
the palatal in variisa, line 1, subhrash, line 3, and satrór, line 7; and the dental d for the lingual din -du, line 4.
The proper object of the inscription is, to record (lines 5-8) that Vatsaraja, & son of Mahidbara and chief minister of the king Kirtivarman, built a flight of steps called "the Ghat of the illustrious Vatsaraja," Lcar which the inscription must be supposed to have been engraved. Vatsaraja himself was a native of Remanipur, and it is recorded of him that he wrested the surrounding district from the enemy and made "this Fort of Kirtigiri ;" and his master Kirtivasman is described (lines 1-5) as the descendant of the prince Vijayapala, who was a son of Vidyadhara, of the Chandella family.
The inscription is dated, at the end of line 8, in figures only, on Sunday, the 2nd of the bright half of Chaitra, of the year 1154. Referring this date to the Vikrama era, the possible equivalents for Chaitra sukla 2 would be : -
for the northern year 1154 current, - Thursday, 28 February, A.D. 1096 ; for the northern year 1154 expired, or the southern year 1154 current, - Wednesday,
18 March, A.D. 1097; for the southern year 1154 expired, - Sunday, 7 March, A.D. 1098.
The actual date, therefore, is Sunday, 7 March, A.D. 1098, and the calculation shows that the year 1154, mentioned in our record, was the southern Vikrama year 1164, expired, s.e. the northern year 1156, corrent.
As regards the localities mentioned, I consider Kirtigiri-durga to be Dedgadh itself; Bamanipur I am unable to identify.
TEXT. 1 Om o namah Sivaya || Chamdollst-vamsa(sa)-kumad-éndu-viśåla-kirttih khyats
babhůva nripa-samgha-nat-amhri-padmah 2 Vidyadhars narapatih Kamali-nivåsố jitas-tató Vijayapale-nțipo .npip-&ndrah || 1 11
Tasmads-va(dha)rmma-paruh brima3 n-Kirttivarmma-nipo-bhavat | yaega kletti-sudha-su(su)bhram trailokya
saudhatâmn=agật II 2 || Agadam natana Vishņum=arirbhdtam-svåpys 4 yam Drip-abdhitah samakrishta Srir-asthairyam-amârjjayat | 3 | Raj?-Odu(da).
madhya-gata-chandra-nithasya yasya nûnam Yudhishthira-Sadasiva-Ramacha5 ndrâh êtê prasanna-[gaña)-ratnanidhan nivishţa ya t-tad-guna-prakara-ratnamaye
Guriro il 4 11 Tadiy1o-Amâtya-mantr-indró Ramanipar-vvinirga6 tali 1 Vatsarkj=8ti vikhyâtali srîmån=Mahidbar-ktmajab 11 5 11 Khyatou babhara
kila mantri-pad-aika-mâtre Váchaspatiseta7 d=iha mantra-supaurashabhyam yo-ya samastam-api mandalam=isu sa (sa) trôr
Achchhidya Kirttigiri-durggam-idam vyadhatta | 611 8 Sri12. Vatsarajaghnttorya nûnam tên=âtra kâritah i vra(bra)hmåndam=njjvalam
kirttim=Arô hayitum=âtmanah 11 [7 11°] Sanhvat 1154 Chaitra-[8]"sdi 2
Ravaul (11*] 1 On that day, tho second tithi of the bright halt ended 22 h. 18 m. After mean sunrise. It may be noted that the initial days of the expired northern Vikrama years 1153, 1154 and 1155 are given wrongly in the Book of Indian Eras. . From the rubbings. Expressed by a symbol
Metre, Vasantatilaka. • Metre, Bliks (Anushtubh); and of the next verse. • This akshara originally was tri: but it has been altered to trai. Metre, Vasantatilakt
• The consonant of the first of these two aksharas is g; but the way in which the vowel has been attached to it, gives to tho whole a partial appearance of mu. The second vertical stroke of the second akshara at the bottom meets the third vertical line, and thus gives to the an unusual shape; but the akshara is not kha. . This akshara is distinctly yo, not sta.
10 Metre, Blóka (Anushţubh). 11 Metre, Vasantatilaka.
23 Metre, Bloks (Anushțubh). 13 The consonant of this akshara is indistinot, but the vowel w is quite clear; and thus we can only read fu, not ba, 28 was read by Dr. Holtzsch. The formation of the akshara is very cramped, perhaps indicating that it WAS omitted at first and was inserted on revision, and this is why it appers us visarga in Sir A. Cunningham's photozincograph.
14 This word, navau, is quite clear in the rubbingu.
