Vol. V, No. 6.] Guhilots. 177 
[N.S.] 
the translation of ‘ the inscription from the ruins of Aitpoor,’ 
rendering of the verse just referred to. But this matter is placed 
beyond all doubt by a copy sent to me by Pandit Gauri- 
shankar Ojha, of the transcript prepared by Jianachandra Yati 
for Tod himself and now lying in the Jaina bhanddr of Mandal 
in the Udaipur State. '! "This inecrip toad oe itself to the reign 
for Saktikumara, is dated V.E. 1034 (A.D. 977), and is thus 
nearly three hundred years anterior to the Chitorgadh epigraph. 
To nearly this period belongs another inscription,—that found 
at Chatsi in the Jaipur State. It is unfortunately not dated 
dynasty different from that of Mewar.’ The second half of 
verse 7 therein describes his ancestor Bhartribhatta as follows :— 
AS Al aatsfrqueazaa cage fawe: 
a(ahateat uca(ajgt fequefacfoeweaauciars | © 
TRANSLATION. 
“In this | (family) there was Bhartribhatta, who, 
like Rama (i.c., ParaSurama), was possessed of (both) priestly 
and martial energy,’ was free from turmoil, full of bravery and 
proficient in the sport of cutting off trees, viz., the soldiers of 
(his) enemies.’ 
1 Tod constan‘ly speaks of his yat i sgestrus ee 
whom he tiie — in epigraphic, ethnic, and other ma ters (e.g 
i 8) wor 
for information on these points. G a was originally a resident 
of J*ipur, and was a pupil of Amarchand o haratara gac 
At the request of Tod, to ae. e of gre Rané Bhimsingh of 
g him a f of land in the village of Manda 
bout ten miles north-west ae the Bhilwara railway station on th 
Ajmer-Khand ne. afterwards settled there. His pupil was 
Sivchand, and the pupil of the latter, Ganeschand, is living at present 
It was by a ky accident that + Gaurishankarji once met in 
Udaipur and learnt c he was former visited his bhanddr at 
Mandal on . and was able to trace the transcript of the Atpur 
inscription of Suktikumara, prepared by Gyanch h.mself. Tod wrong- 
EB 2) A yoo a says, 18 ep x in - 
A te * me is really Atpu ipur, 
pay ont rds Prt is ine ial of Mowhr (tthe 
is the same as Ahad * ighate), the ancient capi 
PP. Pgs saat owen Péprononted by the ruins near the pr age 
ording to Pandit Gaurishankar Ojha, this ins:ription is 0 
sedate 1100 V.8. But I am inclined to think ia it is at least one century 
earli 
‘What is also hinted here is that he was a Brahma-kshatri, This 
point will be found developed further in the sequel. 
