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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA SAKRAI STONE INSCRIPTION ; V. S. 699 and incorrect innovation. As already mentioned, the tank from which the image was recovered, is surrounded on all sides by the habitations of the Bārais or betel-leaf planters. In all probability the image was installed by a remote ancestor of one of these families ; but no memory or tradition of the event has survived. Numerals 2 and 3 occur in the inscription,2 is formed by two loops and an intervening angle. 3 is formed by three loops and two intervening angles. The figure for 2 in this inscription is in marked contrast to the same figure in the previous inscription. The inscription and the image were first brought to the notice of the learned world by Mr. Jogendra Nath Gupta, editor of the Śiśubhāratī and author of the History of Vikrampur. Dr. D. C. Sircar of the Calcutta University published the inscription in a long article in the Bengali Journal─Bhāratavarsha for Jyaishṭha, 1348 B.S., pp. 769 ff., from estampages and photographs supplied by Mr. Gupta. Dr. Sircar read the important word Bālajika as Rālajika and thus missed a thousand years old important reference to this interesting caste of Bengal. I edit the inscription from estampages and photographs taken by myself. TEXT 1 Śrīmad-Gō|| vindacha|| ndrasya samvat 23 2 Bālajika-u|| parata-Pā|| radāsa-sutaḥ1 3 Gaṅgadā|| sa-kārita-Vā|| sudēva- 4 Bhaṭṭāraka[ḥ*] TRANSLATION The 23rd year of the illustrious Gōvindachandra. (This image of) the Lord Vāsudēva was caused to be made by Gaṅgadāsa, the Bālajika, son of the deceased Pārasāsa. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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