The Indian Analyst
 

South Indian Inscriptions

 

 

Contents

Introduction

Preface

Contents

List of Plates

Abbreviations

Corrigenda

Images

Introduction

The Discovery of the Vakatakas

Vakataka Chronology

The Home of The Vakatakas

Early Rulers

The Main Branch

The Vatsagulma Branch

Administration

Religion

Society

Literature

Architecture, Sculpture and Painting

Texts And Translations  

Inscriptions of The Main Branch

Inscriptions of The Feudatories of The Main Branch

Inscriptions of The Vatsagulma Branch

Inscriptions of The Ministers And Feudatories of The Vatsagulma Branch

Index

Other South-Indian Inscriptions 

Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Vol. 4 - 8

Volume 9

Volume 10

Volume 11

Volume 12

Volume 13

Volume 14

Volume 15

Volume 16

Volume 17

Volume 18

Volume 19

Volume 20

Volume 22
Part 1

Volume 22
Part 2

Volume 23

Volume 24

Volume 26

Volume 27

Tiruvarur

Darasuram

Konerirajapuram

Tanjavur

Annual Reports 1935-1944

Annual Reports 1945- 1947

Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume 2, Part 2

Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume 7, Part 3

Kalachuri-Chedi Era Part 1

Kalachuri-Chedi Era Part 2

Epigraphica Indica

Epigraphia Indica Volume 3

Epigraphia
Indica Volume 4

Epigraphia Indica Volume 6

Epigraphia Indica Volume 7

Epigraphia Indica Volume 8

Epigraphia Indica Volume 27

Epigraphia Indica Volume 29

Epigraphia Indica Volume 30

Epigraphia Indica Volume 31

Epigraphia Indica Volume 32

Paramaras Volume 7, Part 2

Śilāhāras Volume 6, Part 2

Vākāṭakas Volume 5

Early Gupta Inscriptions

Archaeological Links

Archaeological-Survey of India

Pudukkottai

INSCRIPTIONS OF THE MAIN BRANCH

 

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Third Plate : Second Side

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Fourth Plate

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TRANSLATION
Seen. Success! Hail! From Nandivardhana-

...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
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1 Read स्योचिताम-.
2 Read मर्य्यादां यितराम-.
3 Read अकरदायी.
4 Read च्छात्र as in other Vākāṭaka grants
5 Read वलीवर्द्द-
6 Read किण्वक्रेणिस्रनक:.
7 Read विष्‍ट-.
8 Read सक्लृप्तोपवलुप्त:.
9 Read त्कारयेद्दा.
10 Read राजयत्तसञ्चिन्तनपरिपालनं
11 Metre : Anushṭubh.
12 Read आदवयुज-,
13 This mark of punctuation is superfluous.
14 Read चक्रदेयदूतकं.
15 There is a floral design between these two sets of daṇdas.
16 i.e. Rudrasena II.

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