﻿X. 

 TWO INSCRIPTIONS 



FROM THE VINDYA MOUNTAINS. 



Translated from the Sanscrit by Charles Wilkins, Esq. 



FIRST INSCRIPTION, 



In a Cavern, called the Grot of the Seven Rishis, near Gaya* 



1 i. \ NANTA VARMA, master of the hearts of 

 «*"*■ the people, who was the good son of Sree 

 Sardoola, by his own birth and great virtues classed 

 amongst the principal rulers of the earth, gladly 

 caused this statue of Kreeshna, of unsullied renown, 

 confirmed in the world like his own reputation, and 

 the image of Kanteematee * to be deposited in this 

 great mountain-cave. 



2. Sree Sardoola, of established fame, jewel of th© 

 diadems of kings, emblem of time to the martial 

 possessors of the earth, to the submissive the tree of 

 the fruit o^ desire, a light to the Military Order, 

 whose glory was not founded upon the feats of a 

 single battle, the ravisher of female hearts, and the 

 image of Smara "f, became the ruler of the land. 



• Radha % the favourite mistress of Krteshna. 

 t Kama JDeva, the Cupid of the Hindus, 



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