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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[MARCH, 1891.
gives another variety of this bir uda, in the form of apparently Kaligartiganda.30 His wife was Melamba; she is mentioned in M. and N. The length of his reign is not stated in L.; but K., M., and all the subsequent grants, give it as six months.
K. states that he ruled over the Vengi mandala, together with the forests of Trikalinga or the three Kalingas. M. says that he conquered the rulers of Kalinga. L. mentions a follower of his, Bhandanaditya, otherwise called Kuntaditya; he was the son of Pritiviyaraja, who was the son of Sômâditya, who, again, was a descendant of the Kalakampa, of the Pattavardhini family, mentioned above in connection with No. 1, Vishsuvardhana 1.
(To be continued.)
SANSKRIT AND OLD-KANARESE INSCRIPTIONS.
BY J. F. FLEET, Bo.C.S., M.R.A.S., C.I.E. No. 195. - MADRAS MUSEUM COPPER-PLATE GRANT OF MANGI-YUVARAJA. This inscription was first brought to notice by Mr. R. Sewell, M.C.S., in 1884, in his Lists of Antiquities, Madras, Vol. II. p. 24, No. 176. It is now published in full for the first time. I edit it from the original plates, which belong to the Government Central Museum at Madras. I obtained them for examination in 1883, through the kindness of Dr. Bidie, who w then in charge of the Museum. I have no information as to where they were found. .
The plates, of which the first and last are inscribed on one side only, are three in number. The first and second plates are entire, and measure about 6%" by 21". The third plate is broken, towards the ends of the lines; the extant portion measures about 5 by 2". The second plate is in a state of very good preservation; but the first and third are a good deal corroded by rust, and the writing on them is rather difficult to read. The edges of the plates were fashioned slightly thicker than the inscribed surfaces; BO as to protect the writing. - The ring on which the plates are strong, and the holes for which are near the proper right-band end of each plate, is about " thick and 2}" in diameter. It had been cut, for the purpose of making impressions, before the time when the grant came into my hands; there seems, however, to be. no reason for thinking that it is not the proper ring belonging to the plates. The seal on it is circular, about 13" in diameter : in relief on a countersunk surface, it has, across the centre, the legend éri-Vijayasiddhi[ho] ; in the upper part, the moon; and in the lower part, a floral device. The weight of the three plates, which are rather thin, is 7 oz, and of the ring and seal, 7 oz. ; total, 14} oz.-The characters belong to the southern class of alphabets; and are of the regular type of the period and part of the country to which the record belongs. The average size of the letters is between !" and ". As is usual, the interiors of them shew marks of the working of the engraver's tool. The engraving is rather shallow; and the letters do not show through on the reverse sides of the plates. -The languago is Sanskrit ; and, except for the quotation of two of the customary benedictive and imprecatory verses, the whole record ia in prose. It is written rather carelessly; especially in respect of the number of cases in which a long vowel d, a visarga, or an anusvára, has been omitted. - In respect of orthography, the only points that call for special notice, are (1) the use of the Dravidian ! in the name of the family, line 5, and in yugalah, line 13; and (2) the use of ru for si in pitru, lines 11 and 13, though the proper vowel is used in mátri, line 2, and krita, lines 5 and 10.
The inscription is one of the Eastern Chalukya king Mangi-Yuvaraja. He is men. tioned, not by his name, but as "the Maharaja, who is the refrage of all mankind (sarralókáśraya)." But the genealogical details that are given, leave no doubt that it is he who is intended. The record is non-sectarian; the object of it being only to record the grant of some
30 This grant is No. 84 in Mr. Sewell's Lists of Antiquities, Madras, Vol. II. p. 13. It is so corroded and so difficult to read, that, not having the original plates to refer to, I cannot deal with it at present.
