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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
ADDITIONAL INSCRIPTIONS OF THE SILAHARAS
..This has been written by Jōupaiya, the nephew of the Bh¬āṇḍāgārasēna, the great poet, the illustrious Nāgalaiya, by the order of the illustrious King at the bidding of the illustrious Padmaladēvī, on the 13th (tithi) of the dark fortnight of Bhādrapada in the year 946. Whatever is written here in deficient or redundant letters —all that is authoritative. (This has been) engraved on the copper plates by Mānadharapaiya, the son of Vēdapaiya.
No.62 ..The stone bearing this inscription was noticed by Dr. V.B. Kolte inside the courtyard of Dr. Purandare’s house at Āgāshī in the Ṫhāṇā District. It was evidently found somewhere in that place. As it was being used for washing clothes, the record in it has become very much abraded. Still, it is included here as it contains a historically important date as shown below. ..The inscribed stone measures 58.42 cm. in breadth and 48.26 cm. in height. It had twenty lines of writing. The Characters are of the Nāgarī alphabet, and the language Sanskrit, judging from the legible portion.
..The inscription refers itself to the reign of the Śilāhāra king Aparāditya I. On account of its much defaced condition its object cannot be determined, but it mentions in the first three lines the date Saturday, the 15th tithi of Mārgaṡīrsha in the expired Śaka year 1070, the cyclic year being Vibhava. This date is quite regular and corresponds to Saturday, the 27th November A.D. 1148. The cyclic year corresponding to the expired Śaka year 1070 was Vibhava, according to the Southern luni-solar system. Aparāditya I seems to have died soon after this date; for the next known inscription, also of Śaka 1070, belongs to the reign of his son Harip¬āladēva [1]. TEXT [2]
..TRANSLATION .. Om! Obeisance to Vināyaka! Hail! May there be victory and prosperity!
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When ten hundred years increased by seventy—in figures, the years 1070—have
elapsed by the era of the Śaka king, on Saturday, the fifteenth tithi of the bright fortnight of Mārgaṡīrsha in the (cyclic) year Vibhava, in the beneficial and victorious reign of
the Mahāmaṇḍalēṡvarādhipati, the illustrious Aparāditya (I), who is adorned with all royal
[1] No. 24. As the estampage of the present record is very indistinct, its plate could not be prepared.
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