North Indian Inscriptions

ADDITIONAL INSCRIPTIONS

PRINCE OF WALES MUSEUM PLATES OF DADDA III: YEAR 427

Pradīptabhaṭa, two Śivadēvabhaṭas Mātṛisvāmin, Gaṇadēva, Kōṅkabhaṭa, Sāmasvāmin (who is) the Physician Elephants, Asaṅgata, Māllāyika (who is) the Chief of the Elephant Corps (and) Prabhākara, (and) for augmenting the religious merit and fame of (My) mother and father and of Myself, (I have granted), by a character, twelve nivartanas (of land) in (the village) Chiñchapaṭṭikā to (the following Brāhmaṇas) (viɀ.) the learned Divākara of the Upa manyu gōtra and Vājasanēya śākhā, Dēvasvāmin of the Maudgalya gōtra, Saṅkara of the Kauśika gōtra, Āditya of the Bhāradvāja gōtra, Dāmōdara of the Upamanyu gōtra and others, these (being) of the Kāṇva śākhā; Gaṇa, Sōma,Vatsa, Chaṇḍi, Suprabha, Kumāra and others, these (being) of the Taittirīya śākhā; Īśāna of the Sāmavēda; Ravichāndra and Ravigaṇa of the Kauṇḍina gōtra and Kāṇva śākhā; (and) Karkasvāmin of the Vatsa gōtra.

(L. 13) “ And to these (same) Brāmaṇas, (l)¹, while staying at the Chaṭuka banyan tree in (the stream of) the Gaṅgā, on the occasion of the eclipse on the new-moon day of Chaitra in the year Āshāḍha, donated with a libation of water, according to the maxim of uncultivated land^², the village named Aṅkōllikā, on the left bank of the river Śūla, (situated) to the west of the agrahāra Achalapura and to the east of Śrīparṇikā, which is to be enjoyed by a succession of sons and sons’ sons as long as the moon, the sun, the oceans, the mountains, fire, wind and the sky would endure, which is free from the obligations of gifts, forced labour and the cess for providing meals (to touring royal officers³), which is exempt from all taxes and is invested with the powers of internal adjudication^⁴, in order that they (i.e., the Brāhmaṇas) should enjoy it and perform religious duties such as bali, charu, vaiśvadēva (and) agnihōtra.

(L. 20) “Wherefore, Our descendants as well as others who will in future be the rulers of this vishaya and bhōga should consent to and preserve (this Our gift). And whoever, with his mind tossed by the waves of the river-water, namely, the greed for enjoying even the least product of this (gift), and with his intellect clouded by a mass of ignorance, would (seek to) attain life which is transitory like the ripples on the water of a mountain stream and fleeting wealth which is as unsteady as the leaves of the aśvattha tree, will incur the five great sins,”

(L. 24) And it is said by the venerable Vyasa-
(Here follow two benedictive and imprecatory verses.)

(L. 27) This charter has been engraved by the Kshatriya Durgaditya, the son of Chandra, for the attainment of religious merit by (his )mother and father.

In the year three hundred (increased by) twenty-two, (the month) Karttika, the bright (fortnight) (and) the (lunar) day 5.

Seal
A gift⁵ of the Corporation.

No.121; PLATE C
PRINCE OF WALES MUSEUM PLATES OF DADDA III: (KALACHURI) YEAR 427

THESE plates were in the possession of the Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay. They were sent by the Curator of the Museum to the Government Epigraphist for India, who
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¹ This may refer to the reigning king Svāmirāja.
² Avani-randhra-nyāya is the same as bhūmi-chchhidra-nyāya, for which, see above, p. 43, n. 10. It conferred full proprietary rights on the donee.
³ For jēmaka-kara-bhara, see above, p. 156.
⁴ Antaḥsiddhika corresponds to abhyantarasiddhika in No. 31, l. 41, for which, see above, p. 154, n. I.
⁵ For datti in the sense of 'a gift,' see the expression a-pūrva-dattyā 'as a gift not previously made', which occurs in several Vākāṭaka grants. See Ep. Ind., Vol. XXII, p. 173.