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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE MAHARAJAS OF VALKA The close similarity in the characters, phraseology, royal sign-manual and mode of dating of the plates of the Maharajas Svamidasa and Bhulunda leaves no doubt that they originally came from the same part of the country, which, as already stated, was probably the Khandesh District. The date of the present plate must therefore be referred to the same reckoning, viz., the Kalachuri era. According to the epoch of 248-49 A. C., it corresponds, for the amanta Phalguna in the expired year 107, to the 4th March 357 A. C. The date does not admit of verification. As for the places mentioned in the present record, Valkha, as shown before,1 is probably identical with Vaghli near Chalisgaon in the East Khandesh District. Ulladana may be the same as Udhli, about 9 miles east of Bhusawal. The description in the present plate that the field in Ulladana was granted together with the surrounding kachchha suits Udhli very well; for it is situated on the bank of the Tapi.
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From ValkhaâMaharaja Bhulunda, who meditates on the feet of the Paramabhattaraka (Great Lord), issues the (following) command to all his12 officers:â (Line 2) âBe it known to you that at the request of Ashadhanandin, We (hereby) give Our assent to the entire brahmadeya gift of a strip of land consisting of the field belonging to Khuddataka, together with the surrounding kachchha (bank), on the boundary of Ulladana, to the Brahmana Kusaraka of the Bharadvaja gotra, to be enjoyed by (him and) his descendants as long as the moon, the sun and the stars would endure. (L. 5) (Wherefore), all persons connected with Us should consent to this grant, now
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.
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