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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE MAHARAJAS OF VALKA (by him) (and) by a succession of his sons and sons’ sons as long as the moon, the sun and the stars would endure. (Line 5) (Wherefore) all persons connected with Us, those born in their families and others should consent to this grant, (since) he has now been permitted by Us, so long as he enjoys (the field), cultivates it and causes it to be cultivated according to the conditions for enjoying brahmadeya (land).” (L.8) The Dutaka1 is Nannabhatti. In the year 60 (and) 7, (in the month of) Jyeshtha (and) the bright fortnight, (on the lunar day) 5. (In the margin ) Of the Maharaja, the illustrious Svamidasa. No. 3; PLATE II B THIS copper-plate, like the preceding one of Svamidasa,2 was in the possession of Pandit Vamanasastri Islampurkar of Indore, from whom it was obtained by Dr. D.R. Bhandarkar. The two plates were edited together by Dr. R.C. Majumdar in the Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XV, pp. 286 ff. and plates. I edit the record here from the facsimile accompanying Dr. Majumdar’s article.
The present record also is on a single copper-plate and is incised only on one side of it, measuring 8.25" broad and 3.75" high. The plate has no ring-hole and does not appear to have ever had a seal attached to it. It has 9 lines of writing, of which the last one containing the royal sign-manual is incised in the margin on the left as in the case of Svamidasa’s plate. The size of the letters varies from .2” to .5.” The characters belong to the western variety of the southern alphabets, generally resembling those of the preceding plate, though more cursive in form. The only peculiarities worth nothing are —(i) medial ī (long) is shown by two curves turned in opposite directions as also by a curve curling to the left; see samanujānīmō, 1. 2; -kālinam, 1.5 etc.; (ii) d and d are not clearly distinguished; see Bhulundah, 1. 1 and Skandō, 1. 8; (iii) the jihvāmū-līya occurs in 1. 6 and numerical symbols for 100, 10, 7 and 2, in 1. 8. The language is Sanskrit. The wording of the grant closely resembles that of the
grant of Svāmidāsa. The orthography also shows the same peculiarities.
The inscription refers itself to the reign of Mahāraja Bhulunda. Like Svāmidāsa,
he also describes himself as paramabhattāraka-pād-ānudhyāta and therefore seems to have
owed allegiance to some lord paramount.3 The object of the inscription is to record the
assent, by Mahārāja Bhulunda, to the brahmadēya gift of a field belonging to one Khudda-taka together with the surrounding kachchha (bank), to a Brāhmana named Kusāraka,
at the request of Āshādhanandin. The field was situated on the boundary of a place named
Ulladana. Āshādhanandin seems to have purchased the field from the owner, donated it
to the Brāhmana and applied to the king for the confirmation of the gift. The royal order
was issued from Valkha. The record is dated in the year (varsha) 107 (expressed in
numerical symbols only) on the 12th tithi of the dark fortnight of Phālguna. The
Dūtaka of the grant was Pratihāra Skanda. The plate is signed by the Mahārāja Bhulunda in the margin on the left.,
1Dūtaka, also called Ājñapti in some grants, mentioned generally at the end of early copper-plate
charters, was an officer charged with the execution of the royal order. Compare kārāvaka used in the
same sense in a grant of the Vākātakas. Ep. Ind., Vol. XXIII, p. 87.
CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM
B-INDORE PLATE OF BHULUNDA:(KALAHURI) YEAR 107 |
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