No.

Findspot

Dynasty

King

Date

Language

and alphabet

Remarks

 

MADHYA PRADESH─concld.

JABALPUR DISTRICT─concld.

Jabalpur.─concld.

 

 

 

 

 

179

Fragments of stone in the possession of Dr. S. L. Katare, Stone slab at the Fakīrchand Gymnasium. From Gopālpur.

Kalachuri (?)

Vijayasihadēva

….

Sanskrit, Nāgarī

Records the construction of a temple of Vishu by a member

of the Kāśyapa family. Noticed in Archaeological Survey

of India, Vol. IX, p. 99, No. XV ; Indian Antiquary, Vol  XVIII, pp. 218 ff.

180

Do. Broken stone lying in the same

place.

Do.

Śakaragaa

….

Do.

Fragmentary. Mentions chakrapā[ē]Ί in line 1, sumati in

line 7 and Gurjarēndrasamara in line 8. In characters of

about the 10th century. Published in An. Bh. Or. Res.

Society, Vol. XXXV, pp. 23 ff. and Plate.

181

Do. Pedestal of a small image in the

same place.

….

….

….

Nāgarī

Reads Tulā. In late characters.

182

Do. Stone slab in the same place

….

….

….

Sanskrit, Tibetan and Nāgarī.

Contains the well-known formula. O Mai padmē hu.

In late characters.

183

Do. Pedestal of an image in the same place.

….

….

….

Sanskrit, Nāgarī

Seems to refer to the foot-marks (pādukā) of Bhaāraka

[Ś]tadēva. In characters of about the 11th century.

184

Do. Stone slab fixed on the wall in the same place.

Gond of Garhāmaṇḍala.

Dalapati Sāhi

V.S. 1606, Pausha

Pauramāsī.

Sanskrit, (verse)

and local dialect, Nāgarī.

Fragmentary. Records the installation of an image of Vāsu-

dēva by hākura Mahēśa at the village of Vishupura in Padmāvatī.

185

Do. Pedestal of an image in the Police Station.

….

….

….

Sanskrit (verse),

Nāgarī.

Records the Buddhist creed, dharmmā, etc. In characters

of about the 11th century.

186

Tewar.─Back of the wall at Khermai near the well.

….

….

….

Sanskrit, Nāgarī ?

Seems to be indifferently engraved. Purport not clear.

In characters of about the 10th century.

187

Do. Pedestal of an image near the image of Gaēśa to the right of the steps of the well.

….

….

….

Do.

States that the image in question was the kīrtti of a person

whose name is lost. In characters of about the 10th or 11th

century.

188

Do. Behind the figure of a huge lion

under a pipal tree.

….

….

….

….

Indifferently engraved in late characters.

189

Do. Greenish stone in the possession of a goldsmith.

Kalachuri

….

….

Sanskrit (verse),

Nāgarī.

Fragmentary. Begins with an invocation to Jina and mentions Kērala-kshitipati in line 6 and…. rṇṇadēvō Bhuvan-aikavīra in line 7, which seems to refers to Yaśakara or Gayākara of the Kalachuri family. In characters of about the 11th or 12th century.