North Indian Inscriptions

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS

preserved. But the fact that the second component of his name is Gupta and that his name is contained in line 3 whereas lines 2 and 4 speak of Kumāragupta as a living sovereign is enough to show that Ghaṭōtkachagupta was not only a Gupta prince but most probably a son of Kumāragupta. And further, as Ghaṭōkacha’s name occurs in an inscription found in Tumain, it seems that in the Gupta year 116, the date of the record, he was the governor of Airikiṇa which was one of the important provinces of the Gupta empire. Further remarks about him will be found in the account of Inscription No. 27.

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1 . . . ²rir=yyasya lōka=tray-āntē [|]³ charaṇa-kamalaṁ⁴ matyaṁ vandyētē⁵ siddha-saṅhaiḥ⁶ (||) ⁷Rājā śri –Chandraguptas=tad-anu jayati yō mēdinīṁ sāgar-āntām
2 . . . ⁸Śrī-Chandraguptasya Mahēndra-kalpaḥ Kumāraguptas=tanayas=sama-[ggrā]m[|*] raraksha sādhvīm=iva dharmma-patnīm vīryy-āgra-hastair= upaguhya bhūmim [||*]
3 . . . ⁹[gā]gga-gauraḥ[|*] kshity-ambarē guṇa-samūha[may]ūkha-jālō nāmn=ōditas= sa tu Ghaṭōtkachagupta-chandraḥ[||*]¹⁰Sa pūrvvajānāṁ sthira-satva¹¹-kīrttir= bhuj-ārjjitāṁ kīrttim=abhiprapadya ||
4 . . . ¹²nāṁ vasudhēśvarāṇām samā-śatē shōḍaśa-varsha-yuktē || ¹³Kumāraguptē nṛipatau pri(pṛi)thivyām virājā(ja)mānē śarad=īva sūryyē || ¹⁴Vaṭōdakē sādhu-jan-ādhivā(s) ē
5 . . . ¹⁵taś=Śrīdēva ity=ūrjjita-nāmadhēyaḥ [||*]¹⁶tad-agrajō=bhūd=
Dharidēva-saṁjñas=tatō=nujō yas=tu sa Dhanyadēvaḥ [|*] tatō=varō yaś=cha sa Bhadradēvas=tataḥ=kanīyān=api Saṅhadēva[ḥ]¹⁷
6 . . . ¹⁸nasakta-chittāḥ [|*] samāna-[vṛitt]-ākṛiti-bhē[da-bh*]i[nn*]āḥ k[shatr]-ālayāś= T[u*]mbavanē babhūvuḥ || ¹⁹akārayaṁs=tē giri-śri(śṛi)ṅga-tuṅgaṁ śaśi- prabhaṁ dēva²⁰ . . . . . .

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¹ [Since this inscription is fragmentary, the verse occurring in it cannot be serially numbered. Hence, the metres, wherever possible, have been shown in the notes below.–Ed.].
² Metre: Mālinī.
³ Expressed by a horizontal stroke.
⁴ The anusvāra over la is superfluous.
⁵ Read vandyatē.
⁶ Read -saṅghaiḥ.
⁷ Metre: Sragdharā
⁸ Metre: Upajāti.
⁹ Metre: Vasantatilakā.
¹⁰ Metre: Upēndravajrā.
¹¹ Read –sattva-.
¹² Metre: Upēndravajrā.
¹³ Expressed by a horizontal stroke.
¹⁴ Metre: Upēndravajrā.
¹⁵ Metre: Indravajrā.
¹⁶ Metre: Upēndravajrā.
¹⁷ Read Saṅghadēvaḥ.
¹⁸ Metre: Upajāti
¹⁹ Metre: Upēndravajrā.
²⁰ This may be restored to dēva-Pinākinō gṛiham.