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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA Survey of India, Western Circle, 1906-07, p. 28 ; and Bhandarkar’s List of Inscriptions of Northern India, No. 689. The inscription is as yet unpublished ; but the Progress Report of the Archæological Survey, referred to above, gives the following information regarding its findspot and contents : “ In the vicinity and in front of the Achalēśvara temple are standing some ancient temples, mostly Vaishṇava, the exterior of which is profusely sculptured with erotic figures. At the back is a step-well, which, as the inscription attached to it tells us, was constructed by Mōkala and others in Saṁvat 1387 varshē Māgha sudi 3 Bhārgava-dinē when Śarvēśvara mahā-munīndra was the high priest the Achalēśvara mahā-maṭha and king Tējasiṁha was reigning at Chandrāvatī ”. The date of the inscription corresponds to Friday, January 11, 1331 A.C. The inscription consists of seventeen lines of writing. The relevant portion of the record (lines 4-15) reads as follows :─
4 .............. svasti śrī-Arbuda- ||
It will be seen that the language of the inscription is corrupt, although in many parts it can be quite easily corrected. The most important persons mentioned in the record are of course three : (1) Paramabhaṭṭāraka-paramamāhēśvara Rāja-śrī-Sarvēśvara-mahāmunīndra of the Achalēśvara-mahāmaṭha on the Arbuda-mahāśaila (i.e. Mount Abu), described in lines 4-7 ; (2) Samasta-rājāvalīsamalaṁkṛita-Paramamāhēśvara Rāja-śrī-Tējaḥsiṁha of the Chandrāvatī-bhūmaṇḍala, described in lines 7-9 ; and (3) Gōhilōtra Mōkala (described) in lines 9-12 and mentioned in line 13) who belonged to the family of Vapaka, i.e., Bappa, and was either himself a Rājan or was the son of Rāja-śrī-Bathā. Mōkala was no doubt a subordinate of Tējaḥsiṁha ; but whether the ________________________________________________
[1] The meaning of this defective passage is not clear.
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