INSCRIPTIONS OF THE KALACHURIS OF RATANPUR
identical with the ancient Taraḍaṁśaka bhukti mentioned in the Mallar plates of Maha-Sivagupta.1 It is highly glorified in the present inscription probably because Mallar and other
places, where Brahmadeva constructed his religious and charitable works, were included
in it. It seems thus to have comprised the southern portions of the Bilaspur and Janjgir
tahsils and the northern portion of the Raipur District.

1 Ep. Ind., Vol. XXIII, p. 120.
2 From the original stone and ink impressions.
3 Expressed by a symbol.
4 Metre: Śārdūlavikrīḍita.
5 The missing aksharas may have been कामतश्च.
6 The vertical dash here is superfluous.
7 Metre of this and the next verse: Sragdharā.
8 Metre of this and the next two verses: Śārdūlavikrīḍita.
9 The Ratanpur MS. reads --गुञ्जद्द्धिरेफावलिराम्रा: पवनोल्लस-, साम्राद्यो-.which makes no good sense, Perhaps
the original reading was साम्राद्यो-.
10 The Ratanpur MS. furnishes here the fairly good reading - -वनश्राव्यं (स्यन्दन्) मरन्दस्यृहाभ्राम्यद्भूरिमधुव्रता-लिविततां (विरुतै) र्वाचालदिङ्मंडले.
11 The missing aksharas can be supplied with the help of the Ratanpur MS. As राकानाथकर्पूरपूरप्रचुररज- , तरेत:क्षीरहारादिकाभे.
12 Metre: Mālinī.
13 Metre: Vasantatilakā.
CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM
VOL. IV. PLATE LXXVIII.
RATANPUR STONE INSCRIPTION OF PRITHVIDEVA II: (KALACHURI) YEAR 915

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