The Indian Analyst
 

South Indian Inscriptions

 
           

word āditya as a name ending in it also occurs in line 4. In characters of about the seventh century.

8

Do. Stone No. 8

 

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Sanskrit (verse), Northern Alphabet.

Fragmentary and much worn out. Begins with stanzas in praise of the god Śiva. Line 15 speaks of a temple of Bhava(Śiva) and of Bhaṭṭa Drōṇasvāmin.

 

 

9

Do. Stone No. 9. From Bijapur, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan.

Rāshṭrakūṭa

Dhavala and Bālaprasāda

V. S. 1053, Māgha śu. 13, Sunday=996 śu. 13, Sunday=996 f.d.t. ∙58. The year quoted is current.

 

 

Sanskrit, Nāgarī

Published in Ep. Ind., Vol. X, pp. 17ff., without facsimile.

10

Do. Stone No. 10

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Sanskrit, Northern Alphabet.

Damaged and fragmentary. Seems to mention Vishṇu in line 3 and Vājapēya in line 6. In characters of about the ninth century.

11

Do. Stone No. 11. From Pisangan, Ajmer.

Paramāra Raghunātha

V. S. 1532, Āśvina śu. 15.

 

 

Sanskrit, Nāgarī

 

Records the excavation of a lake by the queen Rājamatī. The eulogy was composed by the Dadhīcha Brāhmana Bhaganāchārya. Cf. Bhandarkar’s List, No. 848.

 

 

12

Do. Stone No. 12

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Sanskrit, Northern Alphabet.

It is a big inscription in 34 lines. The preservation of the writing is quite unsatisfactory. The characters appear to suggest a date about the ninth century.

  BENGAL, WEST          
13 Calcutta.─Indian Museum, Archaeological Section. Vishṇu image. From Magra, District Hoogly. Impression from the Museum. …. ….

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Sanskrit, Gauḍīya Reads Rāmaliakāyāḥ. In characters of the 12th century.
14 Do. Asutosh Museum, Calcutta University. Bronze image of Avalōkitēśvara. From Lakshisarai, Monghyr District, Bihar, Photograph from the Museum. …. …. …. East Indian Alphabet Seems to mention Gōpāladēva.
  BHOPAL …. …. ….    
15 Sanchi.─Rock on a hill …. ….   Sanskrit, Nāgarī

A verse in Anushṭubh describing the powers of Mitrānanda and his preceptor. Below the inscription is the representation of a seated ascetic above a seat which is being dragged from two sides by two elephants with riders on back. 

 

BOMBAY BARODA DISTRICT

         
16

Baroda.─Jaina bronze images. From Akoṭā, Baroda. Photograph from Dr. U. P. Shah, Baroda. No. 1.

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Sanskrit, Southern Alphabet.

Reads Vaṁkasya. In characters of about the 8th century.
17 Do. No. 2 …. …. …. Do. Reads . . .kulika. Do.
18 Do. No. 3 …. …. …. Do. Seems to record a [va]dhama.         Do.
19

Do. No. 4

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Do.

Mentions Khaṁbhiṇyājjikā, the female disciple of Siddhamahattara of Nāgēndra-kula. In characters of the 8th or 9th century.

 

 



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