Indian Antiquary Vol 20

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

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of India, Vol. X. p. 31). Fourteen lines. The writing apparently is very rudely engraved, and covers a space of 2' broad by 1' 9" high. The size of the letters is about 1".
L. 1. Om siddhiḥ II Samvat 1312 varsha Bhadrapada-su 7 [86]ma.
2. śrimad-Dharayam mahârâjadhirajaśrimaj- Jaya[sim P]
3. [ha]dêva-vijayarajyê Upa[ra P]hada. mamḍalê..
This inscription tells us that in the Vikrama year 1312 the Mahdrdjddhirája, ruling at Dhara, was Jaya[sim]hadêva. The exact date corresponds to Monday, the 28th August, A.D. 1256.
5.
An inscription inside the east entrance of the great temple of Udaypur in Gwalior. Nine lines. The writing covers a space of 1' 1" broad by 1'" high, and the size of the letters is about 1".
L. 1.
2. Udayapu[re] samasta-råjåvali 3. mahåråjådhi.Aja-ári-Jaya.
4. simghadêva-râjyê. . . . .
This inscription, therefore, apparently is of the reign of another Mahardjádhirája Jayasimhadêva, who was ruling over Udayapura (and probably Dhârâ) in the Vikrama year 1366.
6. Another (fragmentary) inscription inside the east entrance of the great temple of Udaypur in Gwalior. Portions of four lines. The writing covers a space of 91" broad by 5" high, and the size of the letters is about 1".
L. 1. [Sam]vat 1360 [rå ?]-śri-Hariraja[déva ?] ...
It is impossible to say whether the Hariraja[dêva?] of this inscription was a royal personage, or a private individual.
7. A fragmentary and apparently much damaged inscription, stated to be from Kugda near Bachhaudgadh (Archeol. Survey of India, Vol. VII. p. 211). Portions of twenty-five lines. The existing writing covers a space of about 2' broad by 2' high, and the size of the letters is about ". The inscription is in verse and has reference to the Kalachuri rulers of Ratnapur.
[FEBRUARY, 1891.
It is particularly interesting for the concluding words
3 Since editing the three inscriptions from. Udaypur (ante, Vol. XVIII. p. 341), it has occurred to me that the unpublished Udaypur inscription of Jayasinha, referred to in my introductory remarks (ib. p. 341), may really belong to the Jayasimhadeva of Dhår of the Rahatgadh inscription. The date of the Udaypur
Kalachuri-samvatsarê Prithvidêva-[rajye ?] - which, for Prithvidêva II. of Ratnapur, give us the new date Kalachuri 893 A. D. 1141-42 (see ante, Vol. XVII. p. 138). Besides, I notice in the body of the inscription the following
names: -
8. Another fragmentary inscription, stated to be from Akaltara (Archaeol. Survey of India, Vol. VII. p. 211). Portions of twenty-six lines. The existing writing covers a space of from 10" to 1' 5" broad by 2' high, and the whole [Om sam] 1366 Bravana-vadi 12 breadth of the inscribed surface must have been [Bukrė ?] about 3'. The size of the letters is between " and ". Like the preceding, the inscription is in verse and has reference to the Kalachuri rulers of Ratnapur. I notice the following names:
L. 1.
2.
893
KalachuriLachhalladivi
14.
bhava
3.
... śri-Ra[tnadevah ?]
7... Vallabharaja.nâmâ
L. 4. [Ratnadêvas-tataḥ ||
6.
raja-srîmat
mahishi ba
16.
20.
21. [Ea*]tnadeva-nçipatih . 23. Jayasim hadevaḥ
Harigana iti namna tasya sonur= babhava ||
Krishnam Yasôd=êva Guham Siv-êva Lachchhalladevi...
Vallabharaja-nirmmitam=idam... éri-Ratnadiva-dharanipatayê...
The inscription was composed by Dêvapiņi (line 25) and engraved by Pâlhûka (line 26).
9. An inscription stated to be from Muhammadpur. Twenty-seven lines. The writing covers a space of about 2' 1" broad by 1' 5" high; the upper portion of it appears to have. greatly suffered, but the lower (apparently historical) part seems to be fairly well preserved. The size of the letters is about ". This inscription also is in verse and has reference to the Kalachuri rulers of Ratnapur. The rubbing is so very indistinct that I can only here and there make out a few names.
inscription, unfortunately, is very indistinct in the rubbing, but it may have to be read
-,
Sam 1311 varshê Magha-vadi 13 Su(u)kre which, by the purnimanta reckoning, would correspond to Friday, 8th January, A. D. 1255.