North Indian Inscriptions

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS

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1 Ōṁ² [|*} Svast[i*] [ma]hā-nau-hasty-aśva-jaya-skandhāvār-Ānandapura-vāsakāt=[sar]vva-rā[j-ōch]chh(ē)ttu³ pṛithivyām=apratirathasya⁴ chatur-udadhi-sali[1]-ā[s]vā-
2 dita-yaśasō⁵ Dhanada-Varuṇ-Ēndr-Ānta-samasya⁶ Kṛitānta-paraśōr⁷ =nyāy-āgat- ānēka-gō-hiraṇya-kōṭi-pradasya⁸ chir-ōtsa[nn-]ā-
3 śvamēdh-āharttur=mMa⁹hārāja-śrī-Gu[pta*]-prapauttrasya¹⁰ Mahārāja-śrī-Ghaṭō-tkacha-pauttrasya¹¹ [Mah]ārā[jādh]irā[ja]-[śrī]-Cha[ndragupta]-puttra-
4 sya¹² Lichchhavi-dauhittrasya¹³ mahādēvyāṅ==Kumāradēvyām=utpannah=paramabhāgava[tō] [Ma]hā[rājādhirāja]-[śrī-Samud-ra[gu]ptaḥ Vāvi[r]i[k] shya[ra]-
5 vaishay[i]ka-Bhandrapushkaraka-grāma-Kri[vilā]¹⁴ –vaishayika-[Pūrṇanā]ga-grā [mayōḥ brāhmaṇa-purōga]-grā[ma]-valatkōśābhyām=āhs [|*]
6 Ēvañ=ch=āha vidita[ṁ]m=bō¹⁵ bha[va]tv=ēshau¹⁶ grā[m]au [mayā mā]tā-pittrōr=ātmana[ś=cha puṇy-ābhivṛiddha]yē Jayabhaṭṭi-svāminē-
7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [s-ōparika]r-ō[ddēśēn=āgrāharatvēn=ātisṛish]ṭaḥ¹⁷ [|*] tad= yushmābhir=a[s]ya
8 cha ttr[ai]vidyasya śrōttavyam=ājña¹⁸ cha kartavyā [sarvvē cha samu]chitā grā- [ma*]-pratyāyē[na] hira[ṇ]y-ādayō dēyā[ḥ*] [|*] na ch=aitāh=pra-
9 bhṛity=anēna ttraividyēn=ānya-grām-ādi-karada-kuṭumbi-kā[ruk-āda]yah=pravēśayi[ta]vyā [n-ā]nyathā niyatam=āgrahār¹⁹ –ā[kshēpaḥ]
10 [sy]ād=iti – – – –²⁰ Sambat²¹ 5 Māgha-di 2 nibaddha[m*] [|*]
11 [Anya]-²² grām-ākshapaṭalādhikṛita-mahāpīlūpati-mahāva(ba)lādhikṛita-Gōpa[s]vām- ādēśa²³ -likhitaḥ [|*]
12 [Dūtaḥ Kumā*]ra-śrī-Chandraguptaḥ. [||*]

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¹ From an impression and photograph supplied by Hiranand Sastri.
² Expressed by a symbol.
³ Read °rāj-ōchchhēttā.
⁴ Read °rathaḥ.
⁵ Read °yaśāḥ.
⁶ Read –Āntaka-samaḥ. Mr. Ghosh reads –Antaka-, but there is no ka here.
⁷ Read –paraśur=.
⁸ Read –pradaś=.
⁹ Read –āharttā Ma.
¹⁰ Read –prapauttrō.
¹¹ Read –pauttrō.
¹² Read –puttrō.
¹³ Read –dauhittrō.
¹⁴ Mr. Ghosh reads Krimilā which does not seem to be warranted by any estampages. Krivilā, however, is practically the same thing as Krimilā.
¹⁵ Read viditam=vō.
¹⁶ Read =ētau.
¹⁷ Read °shṭau.
¹⁸ Read =śrōtavyam=ājñā.
¹⁹ Read =agrahār-.
²⁰ There are four short horizontal strokes here.
²¹ Read saṁvat.
²² [The reading seems to be anu. –Ed.].
²³ Read °svāmy-ādesa-.