68 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [March, 1912. 
1888. Hence it was no mystery to be unravelled by any- 
body. 
4 : Bhandarkar in his statement quoted above has 
remarked, that the lists of the chiefs of Mewar, given in the 
later inscriptions of Ranpur, Achalgadh and Chitorgadh, are not 
complete, but this transcript of the Atapura inscription ‘ gives 
a full dynastic list,’ that is, it is complete. But it is not so. 
Because it is plainly said in it qateaz, i.e. in his (Guhadatta’s) 
lineage so and so princes were. ‘Thus, it clearly shows that 
the writer of this inscription, like the composers of other later 
inscriptions, has mentioned as many names of earlier 
princes as he could know or ascertain when he composed the 
epigraph. Again, it is worthy of note, that the bistoric ele- 
ment of all inscriptions of the Native States is not of their 
composer’s own. e are well aware, when a Pandit is called 
upon to compose an inscription, he is directed to consult the 
Charans and Bhats and some other old men of the State on the 
subject. Besides, in some of these inscriptions we find, that 
wonderful and marvellous things and praises of princes beyond 
belief are related like the Puranas. I refrain from quoting 
them here, hoping that our readers shall be able to know them 
on critically reading these inscriptions. 
\é Bhandarkar, in his note on this transcript, has 
conjecturally concluded, that Ad is one of the present two 
names of the place, wherefrom the so-called inscriptions of 
Saktikumira are said to have been obtained by Colonel Tod 
and Professor Bendall, is a corruption of Ata (pura) and the 
second name Ahad of Aghata (pura), as he says :— 
5 Ad is, of course, a corruption of Ata (pura) mentioned 
in our inscription and Ahad of Aghata (pura) which is also 
referred to in several Mewar and Marwar inscriptions.’’ 
(I. A., Vol. XX XIX, Part XDV, p. 188). 
But we take an exception. Mr. Bhandarkar has not shown 
the rules of the Prakrita or Hindi languages, accordin 
h 
have been made, nor is it proved by him that before the com- 
Sanskritize them, that is, make them Sanskrit, meaning some- 
thing as they please in their composition. For instance, the 
de thus— 
1. Chitor = Chitrakuta. 
2. Mewar = Medapta. 
