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candra. Then follow the names of the Rathdoras of Marwar 
from Varadayi Sena, who is represented as a son of King 
Jayacandra, to Vikrama, v.e. rau Viko, the founder of Bikaner. 
These names are: 134. Varadayisena > 135. Sitarama > 136. 
Siha>137. Asathima<138. Dhihara>139. Rayapala> 140. 
Kanha> 141. Jalhana> 142. Chada>143. Tida>144. Salakha 
>145. Virama> 146. Camundaraya > 147. ‘Ranamalla > 148. 
Yodharaya>and 149. Vikrama. With Vikrama begins the 
Bikaner line of the Rathoras, to which belong bes teeta 
names: 150. Linakarna> 161. Jaitrasimha >and 1 alya- 
namalla, the last-mentioned one being the father of Ravackens 
(Raya Singha), the protagonist of the inscription 
From this point (1. 60) the inscription possesses the value 
of a contemporary document and for the authentic information 
which it supplies on the life and military career of this great 
ruler of Bikaner, Raya Singha, deserves to be translated in full 
as far as 1. 82, where another subject begins with a record of 
the dates. 
THE PANEGYRIC OF RAYA Sima. 
1. 60....‘‘[andj his son! [was Raya Simha], the raja [who now] 
shines [on the gaddi] as a protector of the faith of religion. 
[Raya Simha] who with his splendid feats has ag dele 
1. 61. the earth surrounded by the oceans, [Raya Simha] 
whom out of great fear the womenfolk of his LAist 
enemies praise day and night. With the thoughts of his 
mind ever turned to the Vedas and the Smrtis, like a 
Kalpa-tree on the face of the earth, like a fronted gem 
among all the rajas, this king Raya Simha is victorious. 
[He] who by the strength of his arm® defeated the 
l. 63. great Gaurjara —, 8. and who through piety released 
the lord of Arbuda * and captured the difficult moun- 
tain of Avbedire an overthrew the city that [is called] 
1 4,.e, rfu Kalyana Mala’s 
2 Or, peter, to the paiané in the guttkd ‘‘ before [the eyes of] 
Akabbara Sahi” (tazasacerscy fafsrar fe). 
An allusion to the en t between the forces of Akbar — 
those 7 hep gee mad Husa lag atl near Ahmadabad (1578 4 AiD,), 4 
which S Singha participated (Muntakhab, Lowe, ii, pp. 9-172) ad 
duhisrulshiea himself for his bravery (Akbarnama, Beveridge, ii, pp. 81-2). 
ee note to Li. ath elow x 
au Surat&na, whom Raya Singha made a prisoner at Abi and 
brought to Coane ‘in 1576 A.D. (Akbarnama, iii, pp. 278-9). The phrase 
WagIta fay: seems to confirm the Bikdneri tradition according to 
which Raya Singha, after capturing Suraténa, interfered on his behalf 
before the Emperor or was otherwise instrumental in having him released. 
