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deity is now worshipped under the name of Ranchhodji in a temple at Dholka (Dhavalaka) in the Ahmedabad District. It is a fragment of a bigger one; the inscribed slab was cut into two parts at a later date for utilisation of a Jain slab for making the Vishņu image, points to the genuineness of the tradition regarding the anti-Jain policy followed by the successors of Kumarpāla who is himself said to have been a devout Jain.
The characters from Devanāgari of about the 12th century A.D. The concluding stanza of the inscription states that it was a praśasti composed by the muni Ramachandra (a pupil of the Jain polymath Hemachandra-süri).
The main purpose of the inscription was to record the construction of the Udayana vihāra by Udayana's son Vāgbhata (of the Srimāla community). Text given.
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D. C. SIRCAR.-Silver Coin of Vašishthi -Putra Satakarni, (E. I. Vol. XXXV, Part VI for 1964, Pp. 248-49). Delhi, 1963.
Its reverse legend, which has not yet been correctly read and interpreted, is of great importance; it throws new light on the Dravidian language and alphabet of about the 2nd century A.D. The legend has been read by Dinkar Rao (JNSI, Vol. XXI, Pp. 9-12) as Arihanasha vala-danda-dha-Kanashatiru-Halakanisha. He explains arihana as 'the killer of enemies', Altekar reads--arahanasha (JNSI, Vol. XXI, Pp. 13-17). Altekarś interpretation arahana as arhana, 'the worshipful one', does not appear to be happy, because arhana really means 'worship' and not 'worshipful.
The originals of neither of the two words of Dravidian origin used in the legend, viz., arasan-arahana and makan-makana, are now traceable in Telugu which was the mother tongue of the Sātavāhana kings called Andhra in the Purānas. The phonology and vocabulary of Telugu were much nearer Tamil in the second century A.D., seems to be clear from the occurence of the two words in the Präkrit legend on the coin under study.
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D. C. SIRCAR and G. BHATTACHARYA.- Fragmentary Rashtrakūta Inscription from Kandhar. (E. I, Vol. XXXV, Part III for 1963). Delhi, 1963.
P. 105. Kandhar (also spelt as Quandhar and Kandahar) is 32 miles southwest of Nanded in the Nander District, formerly in Hyderabad State but now in Maharashtra. The town of Kandhar abounds in many ruined structures and Hindu, Buddhist and Jain images.
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