North Indian Inscriptions

INSCRIPTIONS OF THE PARAMARAS OF MALWA

...The stone is complete with a broad border on all the sides, resembling the one which bears the earlier half of the prasasti, which is continued on it. It contains 27 lines of writing, measuring 62.5 cms. broad by 53 cms. high. The alphabet, the language and the orthographical peculiarities of the record are all the same as of the earlier part of it. The size of the individual letters is 1.5 cm. But the stone is in a very bad state of preservation. It has suffered from a good many abrasions and the major portion of the record has become obliterated and undecipherable.

...To notice the contents of the inscription, we find that the first few letters, which can be read with certainty, speak of Udayāditya’s bravery and his glorious success against the lord of the Chēdīśa (Ḍāhalādhīśa) whom he routed completely. This is evidently a reference to his success against the Kalachuri Karṇa who had attacked the Paramāra dominions with the sole aim of obliterating it altogether, as we have often been seeing. The genealogy of the Paramāras, which we find in the earlier part of the praśasti, stops with the mention of this king. Following this, we have the description of the members of the Nēmaka dynasty. [1]

...Owing to the imperfect nature of the record, the names of the ruling princes of this dynasty cannot be made out completely ; and the object of the inscription appears to be that Udaipur was placed in charge of a king who belonged to this dynasty, and to record that (he, or during his reign was) constructed a temple, evidently the one referred to in it. The father of this king was Śūdraka, who is said to have vanquished the king of Gujarāt, possibly to be identified with the Chaulukya king Karṇa, whose dates range from 1064 to 1094 A.C. or, his successor Bhīma. The long hositility between the Paramāras and the Chaulukya is well known.

...The first two lines of the record, as deciphered by me from an impression kindly supplied by the Superintending Archaeologist of the Central Circle, Bhopāl, are given below. They are in continuation of what is engraved on the first slab ; and the numbers of verses shown here are also in continuation of those appearing in it.

...The inscription ends with the word praśasti, followed by a double daṇḍa and a flowery design.

... The only geographical name mentioned in the record is Udayapura, which is said to be the capital town of the Nēmaka dynasty (1.6), which was subordinate to Udayāditya. This place still bears this name, as we have already seen.

TEXT [2]

[ Metres : Verses 23 and 25 (only the first quarter) Sragdharā ; v. 24 Anushṭubh ].

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[1] Lines 6-7 of the inscription read : कृत्वोदयपुरं राज्यवृध्यै यस्य समर्प्पितम् । इदानीं वर्ण्यतेस्माभिः स श्रीमान्नेमकान्वयः।, beginning with a flowery design which shows that the account of the Paramāra house ends just before it.
[2] From an impression.
[3] This is an continuation of the last letter engraved on the first part of the praśasti.
[4] The first akshara of this word has not clearly come out on the impression. It appears as चू, but would make no sense. And the third one bears a redundant stroke but its reading is absolutely certain.
[5] This letter appears to have been damaged.
[6] What follows is all abraded, as already stated, and consequently is not completely legible. It may also be noted here that the inscription is complete, as shown by the last letters which can be read as -तेयं प्रशस्ति., followed by a flowery design between a double daṇḍa on either side. It is the last part of a verse giving the name of the writer or the engraver, which too cannot be made out.

.....................CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM
VOL.VII .............................................................................PLATE VII
DHAR SARPA-BANDH INSCRIPTION : A (DUPLICATE AND UNDATED)

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