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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE MAIN BRANCH
in the excellent qualities previously acquired by him. We are further told that his commands were honoured by the lords of Kōsalā, Mēkalā and Mālava. His son, from the queen Ajjhitabhaṭṭārikā, the daughter of the king of Kuntala, was Mahārāja Pṛithivisheṇa II, who was a devout worshipper of the Bhagavat (Vishṇu). The present plates were intended to be issued by him from his camp at Vēmbāra which is mentioned in the beginning, but of his order only the word sarvvādhyaksha- was actually written. The unfinished nature of the present charter is also indicated by the absence of the word dṛishṭam ‘seen’, which almost invariably occurs as a mark of authorisation in all complete charters of the Vākāṭakas. ...As the inscription was not completed, there is no mention of the regnal date or of the writer and the Dūtaka. ... The place Vembara from which the charter was intended to be issued remained unidentified for a long time. In my article on the Durg plate I suggested its identification with Bembal, about 28 miles to the east of Chanda and 2 miles to the west of the Waingaṅga1.
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