Vol. VIII, No. 3.] The Atapura Inscription. 71 
[N.S.] 
(J. and P. of A. S. B., Vol. V, No. 6, p. 171—72). 
Further, in the inscription of Narlai, dated V. 8 97 
. 8. 1597, 
Guhidatta, the father or predecessor of Bapa, is entitled as 
Raula :— 
gas MazwUzeq | gt ardtta agnisnfuaa aifa 
(fa) afeada safesa css strata stearate 
AEPlcIHIaT | 
TRANSLATION. 
‘‘Now here in the country of Medapata, in the family of 
Siladitya, who was the King of Kings and belonged to the solar 
dynasty, in the family of the great Kings Sri Guhidatta Raula, 
Sri Bappaka, Sri Khumana and others.”’ 
(B. I., page 35). 
And in the following couplet of the inscription of Raya- 
Sagar lake, the meaning of the term Ravala is given as :—One 
who is endowed with the fullness of kingdom, supremacy and 
opulence is called a Ravala :— 
TEXT. 
uafagia eataa weaTizaTtaly | 
ai criasteqi aeat TUTAT area far Ta: ALIA TAT | VET 
TRANSLATION. 
19. ‘* Holding the title of Ravala formed of the first letters 
g 
of the words y{satfayme (fullness of kingdom) qe, (su- 
premacy) and ea Hare (opulence), the King called Bashpa 
became eminent.’’ 
(B. I. page 31). 
Bapa was always trying his best to take his revenge by killing 
him and his mother, so as the dynasty of the Guhilots may be 
extirpated, Bapa was born and brought up secretly in the 
house of his family priest, Ravala Visvesvara Bhatta, or his son 
Raghuraya, a Nagar Brahmana of Anandapura. Consequently 
no name of his caste was given to him and he and his caste were 
carefully and completely kept secret, until he grew up and be- 
came fit to rule and the Saint Haritarasi, the grandfather of 
