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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
MISCELLANEOUS fulfilling tree as his undiminishing wealth is enjoyed (by supplicants) ; who resembles the ocean, being pure (as the ocean is clear), serene (as the ocean is deep), of ungauged strength (as the ocean’s wealth is unmeasured), and afraid of transgressing the laws of moral conduct (even as the ocean is afraid of overflowing the shore); and who overcomes his foes even as the moon dispels a mass of darkness,―informs all his officers as well as those of the venerable Kings as follows:- (L. 7) âBe it known to you that for the increase of religious merit and fame of (My) mother and father and of Myself, I have granted, with a libation of water, a field requiring for its seed-grains a pitaka of paddy by the large measure,-which is marked by boundaries in the four directions, (and is situated) on the northern boundary of the village Mankanika, together with sibara (farm-house) (and) udranga, octroi and excise duties, to be enjoyed by a succession of sons and sonsâ sons as long as the moon, the sun, the ocean and the earth will endure,â to the Brahmana Jyeshthasena of the Jatukarna gotra, (who is) a student of the Vajasaneya sakha, for the performance of the five great sacrifices (such as) bali, charu ,vaisvadeva and agnihotra offerings. L. 12) Wherefore, none should act in such a way as to obstruct him while he is cultivating it or causing it to be cultivated according to the manner of a gift made to a Brahmana. And future kings, whether born in Our family or others, considering that the reward of a gift of land is shared in (by him who for the time being is the ruler of the land) , should consent and preserve this Our gift.â
(L. 14) And the holy Vyāsa has said:— (Here follow four benedictive and imprecatory verses.) (Line 19) This charter has been written by the Sāndhivigrahika, the Bhōgika Āditya. In the year three hundred increased by forty-six , (in figure), 346. NO. 34; Plate XXVIII THESE copper-plates were found together with three other sets1 of plates about 1827 in the town Kairā, the headquarters of the Kairā District in Northern Gujarat, Bombay state . They were published, with lithographs and a translation, by Prof. J. Dowson in the journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (New Series), Vol. I (1865), PP. 247 ff. They were subsequently edited with fresh lithographs and a translation by Dr. Fleet in the Indian Antiquary, Vol. VII, PP. 241 ff. The plates are now deposited in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society, London. They are edited here from excellent photographs kindly supplied by the authorities of the Society. Dr. Fleet has thus described the copper-plates:- âThe plates are two in number, about 13?" long by 8?" broad. Their edges are slightly raised, so as to form a rim to protect the writing. They are pierced with holes for two rings; but the rings are not now forthcoming, and I cannot trace any mention of them, or of the seal that must have been on one of them.â The plates are in a state of good preservation. The record consists of thirty-four lines, of which twenty-one are inscribed on the first plate and the remaining thirteen on the second. The average size of the letters is .15". The characters belong to what Dr. Bűhler has called the archaic variety of the
southern alphabet2, which is found used in the charters of the Eārly Chālukyas of Bādāmi. 1 Two of these were Nos. 16 and 17 above . The third has not been traced.
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