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The Indian Analyst
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INCRIPTIONS OF THE EARLY CHALUKYAS OF GUJARAT TRANSLATION
Success ! Hail ! (Line 2) In the family of the illustrious Chalikyas,─who are of the Mānavya gōtra which is being praised by the whole world; who are sons (i.e. descendants) of Hārītī; who were brought up7 by the Seven Mothers,8 who are the mothers of the seven worlds; who have obtained continuous prosperity through the protection of Kārttikēya; who have all kings submitting to them the moments they see the boar-emblem which was obtained by the grace of the divine (god) Nārāyana,─ there was the illustrious Pulakēśivallabha (II) who possessed unfailing prowess; who, by the might of his arms, vanquished all his foes; and who, in the assembly of kings, could be compared to Rama and Yudhishthira.
(L. 7) His son (is) Dharasraya, the illustrious Jayasimha, whose prosperity has been augmented by his elder brother, the Prithivivallabha, Maharajadhiraja, and Bhattaraka, the illustrious Vikramaditya Satyasraya, the devout worshipper of Mahesvara, who meditates of the feet of his mother and father who were devout worshippers of Mahesvara and (on those of ) the holy Nagavardhana, and who has overcome the family of the Pallavas by his unchecked prowess.
(L. 10) His son, Śryāśraya, the illustrious Śīlāditya, the crown-prince, who
has brightened the regions between all quarters by the banners of his glory, white
like the spreading multitude of rays of the spotless full moon; who is liberal like
Kubēra, endowed with beauty, grace and loveliness like the god of love, proficient in
all arts and valorous like the Emperor of the Vidyādharas;9─(he) residing at Navasārikā,
1 Read Dr. Hultzsch proposed to read as in line 29 of the
Surat plates (No. 29), but this is unnecessary.
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