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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE MAIN BRANCH
I have been able to identify some of them with the help of detailed Survey maps. BrahmaPuraka is probably Bahmanī, about 12 miles north by west of Bālāghāṭ. It lies on the road which connects Lālburrā with Samnāpur. The latter may represent ancient Sundhā or Sundhāpura, Mudhukajjharī is probably Murjhar, about 3 miles south-east of Bahmanī, and Millukadratha, modern Mugardarā, 2 miles north by east of Bahmanī. Nothing corresponding to Śrīparṇakā can be traced in the vicinity of these places, but it was probably situated between Bahmanī and Mugardarā. Darbhaviraka cannot now be traced. ...It will thus be seen that like the villages named in the Tirōḍī plates1, the villages mentioned in the present grant can be traced in the Bālāghāṭ District. As shown elsewhere, the villages mentioned in the Siwanī plates can be located in the Bhaṇḍārā District2. These identifications show that the country under the direct rule of Pravasēna II comprised the modern districts of Bālāghāṭ and Bhaṇḍārā and extended to the western boundary of Dakshiṇa Kōsala
TRANSLATION ...By the order of the illustrious Pravarasēna (II), the Mahārāja of the Vākāṭakas, born of Prabhāvatīguptā, who, by the grace of Śambhu, wields a spear . . . . . .
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(Thcere is) a village named Śrīparṇakā, in the territorial division (mārga) of Sundhāti, (which lies) to the east of Brahmapuraka, to the west of Millukadratha and to the north of Madhukājjharī and to the south of Darbhaviraka. The householders and residents of the
1 Above, pp. 48 f.
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