Vol. VEL, No. 9.] Dinajpur Pillar Inscription. = = ~——«*@6:19 
[NV.S.] 
varsena of the inscription in the sense of Saka 888 (=a.p. 
966) it fits in well with the data of history and paleography. 
One other question that suggests itself in connection with 
_this inscription is, who were the Kamboja conquerors of 
Gauda? What country was then known as the land of the 
the beginning of the thirteenth century 4.D., is evident from 
Minhajuddin’s account of Muhammad Bakhtiyar’s journey to 
and back from Tibet and Kamarupa. 
The inscription is very skilful engraved at the base of 
the pillar and covers a space 1’ 1” by 2”; the letters, on an 
average, are a little over an inch in length. 
Text. 
(L. 1) af 
eaferfe-aefatt-saat Ut 4 famae: 
ara fafa- 
| (L. 2) aey HMM-Ya-OAaE TAT | 
arataaqaaa ateuta- 
if. 3) aT aaa wa 
grartet facartfa qauer-aat IAT Il 
Translation, 
- Siva], an ornament of 
This tentple or er ocpiel spare au 888 by that king ~ 
irresistible forces of the enemy, 4n" >y 
the iiecite ot the suitors in giving gifts are sung by the Vidya 
dharas in heaven with delight. 
a : India, 2nd Ed., p. 173. 
2 Smith's Barly Hisry giy’e Translation, Bib. Ind., pp. 690-572. 
