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27. — ta Dhanasarma naptre gramordha am£a Savathi vinir- 



gata Ya 



28. — magarta-mandala-vastavya Vastya l gotra panch-arsha 



prava 



29.— ra Yajur-vedacharana Kanva- 2 sakhadhyayina 8 bhata- 



pu 



30.— tra Vr&tideva* Llallada-suta Dhaduka naptre amsacha 



31. — turtha mala bhataputra VrStidevasuta 6 Ramadeva 



32.— amfia chaturtha mala trinodaka rupya 40 chatvari 



33.— anke rupya 40,4 tambra£asani 6 -krtya prada [t] to-s 



[ma] — 



34. — bhi [h] yava [ch] oh andrarka-taraka achat abhat-apra- 



vesa sva — 



35. — data paradatam = va 7 yo harati 8 vasundhara 9 sa 



vishth [a] 



36.— yam krimi [r*] bhutva pitribhi [h*] saha pachyate iti. 



Note.— Mala seems to mean high or cultivable land ; cf . 

 Bloch in J.A.S.B., Vol. V, 1909, p. 348, for other mentions of the 

 word in inscriptions. 



Translation. 



Om, Svasti. From the 



Mahaparvata 



— a _ .. -..w^i i/Jiv muuiitcwii eutiueu ivi anavarvaw 



having many valleys., with its body marked by the Kings of th 

 lunga dynasty, (where) the evenings are made to resound witn 

 the hum of bees, dirtied by the temporal juice constantly flow- 

 ing from the cheek of elephants, newly captured and (for that 

 . reason) restive ; where all the towns have been fully purified 

 by the sound of the Rk, Sama and Yajur-vedas (proceeding) 



where all the residences of 



awakened 



smi 



ing by the accumulation of smoke (! ! !) arising from constant 

 offerings of clarified butter, to the fire, by the twice-born. I0 



When 



a, a u c S V» '"'."?"""' "<*>* ueatroyeu at me signt ol 



the flash of swordblades, bristling with pearls adhering to it 

 (at the time of) striking hard on the head of mighty and restive 

 elephants of the invincible enemy that are no more." 



lands of a villag 



spread 



-j , " — o-~> ww^yja^ gicau lame oprcctu j.ruui vjrav^ 



datunga, was born the illustrious King Jagattuhga, who came 

 Irom the Kohita mountain and who belonged to the Sandilya 

 gotra, whose great prowess was wondered at (i.e., was a subject 

 or wonder) whose prosperity was honoured as it was acquired 

 Dy tne greatness of his own prowess, who held five long and 



Read 



* S»H v^-f * Read K5nva - 3 Read °dh ayine. 



7 Retrf £fc 5 Read Vrstideva. « Read tamrdsasam 



9 tS bha ' da ^ m Paradattam. 8 R ea d haret. 



1 Tt^JSZS^u 1 l^^ence is not complete. 



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