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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
15 bhishaṅ-naimittik-ântaḥpurika-dûta-karituragapattanâkarasthânagôkulâdhikâri-puru s h â n
samâjñâpayati vô(bô)dhayaty=âdiśati cha [|*] Viditam=astu bhavatâ[ṁ]
yath=ô-
D.─ PLATE OF GÔVINDACHANDRA AND THE MAHÂRÂJAPUTRA RÂJYAPÂLA OF [VIKRAMA-]SAṀVAT 1203. This also is a single plate, which measures about 1′ 2½″ broad by 11¼″ high, and is engraved on one side only. In the upper part it has a ring-hole, about 9/16″ in diameter ; and to the plate belongs a circular seal, about 2⅛″ in diameter, which bears in high relief, across the centre, in two lines, the legend mahârâjap[u]tra-śrî- mad-Râjyapâladêva[ḥ]
in Nâgarî letters about 5/16″ high ; above the legend, a conch-shell ; and below the legend, a spear
or arrow pointed towards the proper right, with below it some device that looks like another
conch-shell. The plate contains 30 lines of generally well preserved writing. The size of the
letters is between ¼ and 5/16.″ The characters are Nâgarî, and the language is Sanskṛit. As
regards orthography, the letter b is throughout denoted by the sign for v, and the dental sibilant
is occasionally employed for the palatal. Besides it may be noted that the words prakshâlita,
śêkhara, puṇya and tâmra are spelt prakhyâlita , 1. 6, śêshara, l. 19, punya, ll. 20 and 23, and
tâṁvra, l. 30, respectively.
[1] These signs of punctuation are superfluous ; read –paryantô navaº.
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