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clear, but it seems to be [Vikrama-] Samvat 12[50] Vaisakha 

 sudi 7, the 9th anniversary of the date of the first inscription. 

 It records a permanent provision, the nature whereof it is not 

 possible to make out, granted, for the annual expenses of the 

 temple, apparently by the assembly of the Meharas, Vamks 

 and Ksatriyas of Ghanghanakapadra. The provision was to be 



defrayed from some income (utpatti), which cannot be deter- 

 mined. 



The importance of this inscription lies chiefly in the men- 

 tion of the Meharas, the modern Meras, who are here repre- 

 sented as one of the elements in the local assembly. The same 

 in the inscription following. It is evident that Ghanghanaka 

 must have been a place in which Meharas settled in great 

 number, and at the time in question they were exercising not 

 a small influence. Another settlement of Meharas in Marwar 



was at Sacora, as proved by the inscription of the Cahamana 

 Samantasimha, dated [Vikrama-] Samvat 1345 (Ep. Ind., XI, 

 pp. 57-9). The most important settlements of Meharas, as it 

 is well known, were in Kathiawar and Merwara. See J. F. 

 Fleet's note to the Hathasnl inscription of the' Mehara chief 

 Thepaka, in Ind. Ant., XV, pp. 360-2, where reference is made 

 to three other inscriptions, also containing some mention of 

 the Meharas. It is significant that in the present inscription 

 no mention of any king or jagirdar is made. 



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