North Indian Inscriptions

INDIA OFFICE PLATE OF VIJAYARAJADEVA.

8 kârô n=âsti [|*] Kusuarâ-puttraiṁ Pôtâ-grâmaṁ varjaïtvâ¹ sêsaṁ yathâ- likhitaṁ bhôktavyaṁ [|*] sâdhu-(su)bh-âchârâṇâṁ² âjñâ-śravaṇa-
9 vidhêâṇâṁ³ upari-likhitaṁ saṙvvaṁ nirvvahisyati⁴|| Râj-âdêśât⁵ śrî-Durgapâla-vachanêna likhitaṁ mayâ Mûladêva⁶ Maṁguka-su-
10 ta hêmakârêṇa ||
11 Śrî-Vijayarâjadêvaḥ⁷[||*]

TRANSLATION.

......(Line 1.) Ôm. Hail !

......Dwelling at his glorious royal residence of victory,⁸ the Paramabhaṭṭâraka Mahârâjâdhiraja Paramêśvara, the glorious Vijayarâjadêva being in good health, grants to the illustious Vigahapâla, son of Dusala, and to Mihirâva, son of Kusuarâ, of the Palha clan, a document of favour, to this effect that—

......I, the glorious Bhaṭṭâraka, have graciously granted (to you) in perpetuity, in the Kêsarikôṭṭa district (paribhôga), cultivated land and wells and houses and house-slaves and whatever has not any day been enjoyed by Mûladêva,⁹ to be possessed by you, your sons, grandsons, great-grandsons and so forth, as long as the moon, the sun and the stars endure ; (and) not to be interfered with by any commander of forces.¹⁰ The (rulers) of (my) family or other (rulers) have no claim (to this). It may be enjoyed by (your) own hands and (with your consent) by the hands of others. This is the settlement (made) here in perpetuity. The Mahârâjñî, the glorious Lachchhidêvî, and the Mahârâjñî, the glorious Haṁsinîdêvi.

......(L. 6) I, the glorious Bhaṭṭâraka, have also graciously given the whole village of Pôtâ, with its bipeds, quadrupeds, fields (and) house-slaves, to the sons and grandsons of the illustrious Vigahapâla, as a bhaṭṭa-village. No other Palha has any claim (to it). Excepting the village of Pôtâ, the sons of Kusuarâ are to enjoy everything as written (above). (My) well and virtuously behaved (subjects), ready to obey my commands, will carry out everything written above.

......At the king’s command, by the instruction of the illustrious. Durgapâla written by me, the goldsmith Mûladêva, son of Maṅguka.

......The glorious Vijayarâjadêva.

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No. 45.— NAGPUR MUSEUM INSCRIPTION OF SOMESVARA ;

SAKA-SAMVAT 1130.

BY H. KRISHNA SASTRI ; BANGALORE.

......The slab which bears the subjoined inscription, is preserved in the Museum at Nâgpur. I edit this record from three sets of excellent inked estampages, one of which was supplied to
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......¹ Read varjayitvâ śêshaṁ.
......² Read ºrâṇâm- ; instead of the Genitive one would have expected the Instrumental case here and in the next word.
......³ Read –vidhêyânâm=, for –vidhêyair=.
......⁴ For nirvakshyatê.
......⁵ Read -âdêśâch=chhrî-.
......⁶ Intended for ºdêvêna Maṁguka-sutêna.
......⁷ This is engraved in large letters on the proper right margin.
......⁸ Or, it may be, ‘dwelling at the glorious (town) of victory Kaṭaka’ ; see page 313 above, note 3.
......⁹ I am somewhat doubtful about this, but see no way of translating the original text differently. It is strange that the name of the village, to which the land belonged, should have been omitted.
......¹⁰ The original has balâdhikṛita.