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slokas. The inscription begins with salutations to Siva and 
Parvati, in prose. Then follow the slokas. The first two slokas 
give the names of the 12 ancestors of Raja Bhairavendra. The 
third sings, in high terms, the praise of Bhairavendra himself. The 
fourth sloka mentions the fact of the temples of Uma, Maheéa, 
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ing the date 1500 Samvat, were it not 
for the fact that a serial number exists at the end of every sloka, 
and the figure at the end of the fifth sloka is of this shape. The 
letters are generally ,°:th of an inch long. There is a crack in 
the stone in the left-hand side of the lower corner, and the writing, 
with the exception of a few words in the end of the last four lines, 
and a letter or two in the 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, and 11th lines, 
is well preserved. The stone is perhaps even now lying loose 
near the hea s of the ruins, and on account of its compact ob- 
long shape is liable to be removed by villagers for domestic use. 
It would be very well to fix it in a puckka platform to be built 
near these ruins for the purpose. It would be also much helping 
temples, and others placed in a cavern on the top of the hill. 
This inscription being composed in simpler style gives a 
clearer expression of the facts stated in figurative, and in con- 
Sequence somewhat ambiguous language in the larger inscription 
noticed by Captain Kittoe, and therefore seems to throw addi- 
tional light on the facts stated therein, 
e bigger inscription, the founder of the family of 
Bhairavendra is named Durdama, which means “invincible” and 
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epithet. The names of the kings given in these two inscriptions 
are Justaposited below for comparison :— 
