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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE MAHARAJAS OF VALKA have been mentioned in the beginning of the first line, where two or three letters have now been lost owing to the breaking off of a piece on the left, and was, in all probability, Valkha. It is noteworthy that the two dots which followed the name of the place of issue are still seen in the beginning of the first line, as on the plate of Bhulunda. The signature of Mahārāja Rudradāsa, which must have occurred in the margin on the left as on the plates of Svāmidāsa and Bhulunda, is also lost. The inscription is dated in line 9 in numerical symbols which are carelessly incised. The intended date appears to be the third tithi of the month Vaiśākha in the year117.1 The fortnight has not been specified, but it may have been the bright one, as the tithi was probably akshaya-tritīyā (Vaisākha śukla trityā) The date is introduced with the word varsha as in the preceding two grants. In view of the close resemblance which the present grant bears to those of Svāmidāsa and Bhulunda, this date must be referred to the Kalachuri era.2 According to the epoch of 248-49 A.C. which suits early dates of the era, the present date would correspond, for the expired year 117, to the 18th April 367 A. C. It does not admit of verification. .
As for the localities mentioned in the present record. Vikattanaka may be Vitnera, about 20 miles south by east of Sirpur. The other places cannot be traced in the vicinity of Sirpur.
TEXT3 1Pandit Bhagvanlal read the date as 118, but the unit figure is 7, not 8. See the figure in No. 12,
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