North Indian Inscriptions

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Inscriptions of the Chandellas of Jejakabhukti
An Inscription of the Dynasty of Vijayapala
Inscriptions of the Yajvapalas of Narwar
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Volume 26	Volume 27
Tiruvarur	Darasuram
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Annual Reports 1935-1944	Annual Reports 1945- 1947
Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume 2, Part 2	Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume 7, Part 3
Kalachuri-Chedi Era Part 1	Kalachuri-Chedi Era Part 2
Epigraphica Indica	Epigraphia Indica Volume 3
Epigraphia Indica Volume 4	Epigraphia Indica Volume 6
Epigraphia Indica Volume 7	Epigraphia Indica Volume 8
Epigraphia Indica Volume 27	Epigraphia Indica Volume 29
Epigraphia Indica Volume 30	Epigraphia Indica Volume 31
Epigraphia Indica Volume 32	Paramaras Volume 7, Part 2
Śilāhāras Volume 6, Part 2	Vākāṭakas Volume 5
Early Gupta Inscriptions
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INSCRIPTIONS OF THE CHANDELLAS OF JEJAKABHUKTI

vīrāja in 1184 A.C. That he continued to maintain his dignity and the glory of the house even subsequent to this reverse is shown by v. 10 of the Baṭēśvara stone inscription and thereafter, by the present record, dated in V. 1258 or 1201 A.C. It is, however, curious, as already noted by Cunningham, that just 18 months after the present inscription was composed, Paramardin had to surrender the fort to the Muslims, on 27th April, 1203 A.C.¹

The only geographical name of importance mentioned in the inscription is that of Daśārṇa, Two countries are known by this name : the Western Daśārṇa comprised Eastern Mālava, including Bhōpāl, and the Eastern Daśārṇa signified a part of Chhattisgaḍh.² Following this clue the name appears to have been used here to denote both the territories roughly forming the region of the Western Vindhyas.

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¹ N. L. Dey, G. D. A. M. I., p. 54.
² A. S. I. R., Vol. XXI, p. 38.
³ Lines 1-18 from an impression, and the rest from transcript by Maisey in J. A. S. B., Vol. XVII, pp. 313 ff.
⁴ It is not known if the symbol for Siddham was engraved in the beginning, as the portion is lost. Metre of this and of verses 2, 6, 8-11, 14-16 and 18-19 ; Sragdharā.
⁵ The daṇḍa has almost mingled with the vertical of the preceding akshara.
⁶ Maisey read , but the sign of the secondary ī with the consonant l is distinct in the impression. It means ‘false or feigned’ and has to be taken as governing the next word.
⁷ Metre of this and of vv. 4-5, 7, 12-13 and 17 : Śārdūlavikrīḍita.
⁸ The reading of this letter is uncertain, as it is mutilated.
⁹ These letters, which are indistinct in the impression, have been adopted from Maisey’s reading, but they appear to be incorrect, particularly the first of the aksharas.
¹⁰ Maisey read here , and he has not marked the daṇḍa, which is clear in the impression.

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