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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
B.─ NOGAWA PLATES OF [GUPTA-]SAMVAT 321. The text of this inscription, which is here printed for the second time,[12] is based on two sets of ink-impressions and one set of estampages, prepared by Mr. Cousens. The estampages are very excellent and show many letters which, owing to the corroded condition of the original, appear only imperfectly in the ink-impressions. The copper-plates are two in number and bear writing only on their inner side. There are two ring holes at the bottom of the inscribed side of the first plate, and two corresponding ones at the top of that of the second plate. To judge from the impressions, each of the two plates measures about 9″ in height and 11⅛″ in breadth. The jihvâmûlîya occurs twice (ll. 34 and 40), and the upadhmânîya once (l. 53). The date portion contains the numerical symbols for 300, 20, 1 and 3 (l. 54). As in A., the anusvâra is represented by guttural ṅ before ś and h (ll. 3, 5, 12, 23, 48, 50), and by dental n before s in three cases (ll. 15, 29, 34), while in three others (ll. 2, 5, 36 f.) the anusvâra is employed. The language is Sanskṛit. Almost the whole of the inscription is in prose ; but, as in A., three of the customary verses are quoted in ll. 51-53. The language of ll. 41-43 is incorrect. The name of the first donee, Dattasvâmi (l. 42), although it has no case-ending, is joined by the particle tathâ to the following Kumârasvâmi (l. 43), to which the dual case-ending bhyâm is affixed.
The text of the grant B. is practically identical with that of A., excepting the place of
issue, the names and the description of the two donees, the description of the granted land,
and the date. The grant was issued “ from the victorious camp pitched at Va[n]ditapallî ”
(l. 1), which I am unable to identify. The two donees were “ the Brâhmaṇa Dattasvâmin,
who has come from Udumbaragahvara, resides at Ay[â]nakâgrahâra, belong to the Trivêdins
of Daśapura, to the gôtra of the Pârâśaras and to the school of the Mâdhyandina-Vâjasanêyas,
(and is) the son of the Brâhmaṇa Budhasvâmin, and the Brâhmaṇa Kumârasvâmin, who
resides at Agastikâgrahâra, belongs to the Chaturvêdins of the said (place),[13] to the gôtra of
the Pârâśaras and to the school of the Vâjasanêyas, (and is) the son of the Brâhmaṇa
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