North Indian Inscriptions

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS

Second Part

14 . . . . . . [Sarvva-rāj-ōchchhē]ttuḥ¹ pri(pṛi)thivyām=apratirathasya
15 [chatur-udadhi-salil-āsvādita-yaśasō Dhanada-Varuṇ-Ē]ndr-Āntaka-samasya Kṛitān-ta-
16 [paraśōḥ nyāy-āgat-ānēka-gō-hiraṇya-kōṭi-pradasya chir-ō]tsann-āśvamēdh-āharttuḥ
17 [mahārāja-śrī-Gupta-prapauttrasya mahārāja-śrī-Ghaṭō]tkacha-pauttrasya mahārājā-
18 [dhirāja-śrī-Chandragupta-puttrasya Lichchhavi-dauhitrasya ma]hādēvyām Kumāradēvyām=utpannasya
19 [mahārājādhirāja-śrī-Samudraguptasya puttra]s=tat-parigṛihītō mahādēvyāṁ
20 Dattadēvyām=utpannaḥ svayam=a-pratirathaḥ para]mabhāgavatō mahārājā-
21 [dhirāja-śrī-Chandraguptas=tasya puttras=tat-pād-ānuddhyā]tō mahādēvyāṁ Dhruvadēvyām=
22 [utapannaḥ paramabhāgavatō mahārājādhirāja-śrī-Kumāraguptas=tasya] puttras=tat-pād-ānuddhyātaḥ
23 [mahādēvyām=Anantadēvyām=utpannaḥ paramabhāgavatō mahārājādhirāja- śrī-Ska]ndaguptaḥ [||*]
24 [tasya puttras=tat-pād-ānudhyāto mahādēvyāṁ Chandradēvyām=utpannaḥ]
25 [mahārājādhirāja-śrī-Budhaguptaḥ(?)] . . . . [vai]shayik-Ājapuraka-sa(?)mai(?)-
26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . gra . . . . . ka . . . [ak]shaya-nīvī grāma-kshēttraṁ
27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kri . . . uparika-kumārāmātya-
28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ṅgikula(?)ḥ(?) vaṇi[ja*]ka-pādit-ārika-
29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ā]grahārika-śaulkika-gaulmik-āsanyāṁ śra(?)-
30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vās[i]k-ādīn=asmat-prāsād-ōpajīvinaḥ
31 [samājñāpayāmi] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Varmmaṇā vijñāāpitō=smi mama pitāmahēna
32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . namē bhaṭṭa-Guhilasvāminā Bhadrā[r]yyakā
33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m.g.p[r]ati . . . ā.āgrōkaya . . . . nakaya-

(The rest of the inscription had been broken away and lost, before the time when it was discovered.)

TRANSLATION

First Part

       (Line 1) . . . . . . . . . the very moon among men; equal in prowess to (the god Vishṇu) the younger brother of Indra; unequalled in respect of virtuous qualities; . . . . . . . . . . . .

       (Line 2) . . . . . . . . . . . moreover, his son guided by Svamin (Kārttikeya) on the earth; renowned; . . . . . . by his own fame.

       (Line 3) . . . . . . . . whose sister, indeed, [as espoused] by Kumaragupta, of unequalled prowess.

       (Line 4) . . . . . . . . . . both the deceased ancestors and the gods, with the oblations proper for each of them;² . . . . . . . . . always . . . . . . . . things such as wickedness, etc.
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¹ The passages that are lost in lines 14 to 22, are supplied from No. 1, lines 24, 26, 28 and 29, pages 213-14 above, and from the Bhitarī pillar inscription of Skandagupta, No. 31 above, lines 1 to 6. The sectarian epithet of Skandagupta, in line 23, is supplied from line 24, and from his silver coins (See Ind. Ant., Vol. XIV, pp. 66 ff.).
² Lit. “with the havya (the oblation to the gods) and kavya (the oblation to deceased ancestors).”