The Indian Analyst
 

South Indian Inscriptions

 
142 Do. No. 4. From Narwar

 

 

Do. Gaṇapati

V. S. 1355, Kārtika ba. 5, Thursday. Irregular.

 

Do.

Records the construction of a Śaiva temple and a well by Palhadēva in memory of his deceased brother Haṁsarāja. Written by Śivanābha of Gōpādri, traced on stone by Ara siṁha and engraved by the sūtradhāra Dhananka.

 

 

 

 

 

143

Do. No. 5

Pratīhāra

Rāmadēva

….

 

Sanskrit, Northern Alphabet.

Cf. An. Rep. Arch. Dept., Gwalior State, 1927-28, pp. 14-15.

 

 

144

Do. No. 6. From Surawāyā

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Gaṇapati

V. S. 1341 (expressed by figures and the chronogram ēka-abdhi-rāma-rūpa) ; Kārttika śu. 5, Wednesday = 1283 A.D., October 27.

 

Sanskrit, Nāgarī

Records the excavation of a well by Īśvara, a Sārasvata Brāhmaṇa, whose family hailed from Sarasvatī-paṭṭana. Composed by Sōmamiśra, traced on stone by Gāṅgadēva and engraved by sūtradhāra Ratana. Cf. Bhandarkar’s List, No. 607.

 

 

 

 

 

145

Do. No. 7

Yajvapāla

….

V.S. 1350 Kārttika V.S. 1350 Kārttika Irregular.

 

 

Do.

 

Records the construction of a well with a garden by Rāṇaka Chāchiga of the Lubdhaka family, who was the dharmaputra of Gōpāla and an officer of Gaṇapati. Composed by Jayasiṁha, traced on stone by Mahārāja and engraved by Dēvasiṁha. Cf. Dvivedi, Gwalior Rājyake Abhilekh, No. 163.

 

 

 

 

146

Do. No. 8

Do. ….

….

Do.

Damaged. Contains the genealogy of the Yajvapālas, one of the kings known from the preserved portion being Nṛivarman who claims to have defeated Bhōja of  Dhārā. A family of subordinate chiefs of the Māthura community of Gōpādri is also mentioned. Māthura Śyāma claims success against Bhōja and his grandson Dāmōdara is stated to have been the treasurer of Chāhaḍa.

 

147 Do. No. 9. From Mandasor …. …. V.S. 1321, Bhādrapada śu. 5, Thurs day=1264 A.D., August, 28. Do. Damaged. Records the renovation of a well called Kṛishna vāpī by the Brāhmaṇa Aśādhara who was the son of Hari and an inhabitant of Daśapura. Cf. H. N. Dvivedi, Gwalior Rājyake Abhilekh, No. 124.
148 Do. No. 10

Chāhamāna of Ranthambhor.

Hammīra V.S. 1349, Vilambin Māgha śu. 6, Thursday = 1293 A.D., January 15. The cyclic year was Hēmalamba. Do.

Records the construction of a well at the village of Chhittāḍā in the Uparadāḍā dēśa by Jaitasīha of the Lōdhā kula. The’sūtradhāra was Pūnapāla of the Kāśyapa gōtra. Cf. Bhandarkar’s List, No. 633.

149 Do. No. 11. From Besnagar Śuṅga Bhāgavata Year 10 ? Prakrit, Brāhmī

Damaged. Records some pious act of Bhāgavata, son of Gōtama.

150 Do. No. 12. From Bārā, Sivapuri District. …. …. ….

Sanskrit, Northern Alphabet.

Fragmentary. Records the construction of a Vishṇu temple by a number of merchants whose names are specified. The praśasti was composed by the poet Nārāyaṇa. A. R. Arch. Dept., Gwalior State, Saṁvat 1982, No. 8. The date of the record, V.S. 1098, as mentioned in the Report, cannot betraced on the stone, possibly due to subsequent damaged.

151

Do. No. 13. From Gyaraspur.

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V.S. (Mālavakāla) 936, Madhu.

Do.

Fragmentary. Records the grant of a permanent endowment in favour of a temple by a community of merchants. Below the above, there is another record in Nāgarī characters. This inscription records the grant of a village in favour of Chāmuṇḍasvāmin by Mahākumāra Trailōkyavarman stationed at Hapa(rsha)pura. Cf. Bhandarkar’s List, No. 37.


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