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" Substance of an Inscription from Madlmcara-ghar, in Haroutd. 



" May the form of the blue necked God take up his abode in my bosom I 

 and no other word pass my throat but ' blue-neck.' • 



" The rays emitted from the sparkling gems, in the diadems of the heads 

 of the earth, of each mighty crown of his race, and the flash from the 

 emeralds encircling their breasts, fall on the lotus feet of Rcyd Sindhula. 

 His enemies, the mountain t lords, he reduced to dust. 



" Of his body was Bhoja, who plundered the wives of his foe ; who, to 

 his enemies, was like fire to a forest of dried leaves. After him was Rdjd 

 Udayaditya ; and when he set,$ Naravarma arose, who by the strength of 

 his own arms filled his coffers with the riches of victory. 



" In the Sdst7'as, the wisdom of the minister Rudraditya expanded like 

 the full-blown flower: a name well known on the curtain of the earth. 



" From him was born the learned Mahadeva ; and from him Sm' Hara, 

 who increased the renown of his prince, and who constructed with fair 

 wealth a temple to Siva, adjoining that of his prince. By this have I gained 

 the fruits of my present form, and, with great skill, maile this edifice 

 Between the extremity of the Dakhin and Udichya dh,% at the abode 

 {sChdn') of Banj,\\ with my own fortune, on the eclipse of the sun,^ I 

 have erected this temple at the expence of one lack and a quarter of 

 Dirbs.** 



" On the full moon of Pausha, Samvat ll64."tt 



* Nilakiint'ha, one of the titles of Maha'd^va. 



f Gir-{'sa, the chiefs of Hill tribes. 



t This is a play upon the name : Asta, setting of a planet, contrasted with Udaya, rise of a 

 planet. 



f The highland, or plateau, in Central India, seems to have borne this name — J.T. 



Udichyn dcs'a signifies Northern region. ' Between the extremity of the Dacshin'd and Udichya- 

 oes'a,' would signify midway between North and South. As an appellation, Udichya is ' the 

 country north and west of the river Saraswali,' emphatically termed the Northern Region. Central 

 India is Madhya des'a, the Middle Region H.T.C. 



11 The name Madhu-kar-garh may have been subsequently given to it — J.T. 



^ It does not appear from any thing here said, how long before the date of the inscription this 

 eclipse occurred ; a solar eclipse visible in India did happen in June 1108. — H.T.C. 



** A very common name for an ancient coin, value unknown. — J.T. 



ft A.D. 1108.— J.T. 



