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South Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE MAIN BRANCH
Third Plate : Second Side Fourth Plate
TRANSLATION
...By the order of the illustrious Pravarasēna (II), the Mahārāja of the Vākāṭakas, who
is a fervent devotee of Mahēśvara, who, by the grace of Śambhu, has established the Kṛitayuga (Golden Age) (on the earth), who was born of Prabhāvatīguptā, the daughter of the Mahārājādhirāja, the illustrious Dēvagupta, and who is the son of the Mahārāja, the illustrious Rudrasēna (II), who acquired an abundance of prosperity by the grace of the Divine (Lord)
Chakrapāṇi (Vishṇu), and who16 was the son of the illustrious Pṛithivīshēṇa (I), the Mahārāja of the Vākāṭakas, who was intensely devoted to (the god ) Mahēśvara, who was endowed with
truthfulness, straightforwardness, compassion, heroism, valour, political wisdom, modesty,
high-mindedness, intelligence, devotion to worthy persons, and with the state of being a righteous conqueror, purity of mind, and such other qualities, who had
sons and grandsons and a continuous supply of treasure and army which had been
accumulating for a hundred years, who conducted himself like Yudhishṭhira, and who was
the son of the illustrious Rudrasēna (I), the Mahārāja of the Vākāṭakas and the son of
1 Read स्योचिताम-.
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