1917.] 



>/ Raj pv I ana. 225 



On the other side of the same well, there is a double 

 compound chattri of the usual quadrangular form. i.e. with two 

 cupolas resting on six pillars, but it has neither devalis nor 

 inscriptions whatever. 



The kirtistambha of the second well is in red sand-ston< 

 and has no mouldings of any kind, except for the apex, whicl 

 is roughly carved in the shape of a lotus. The inscription is 

 engraved in huge and deep characters on the eastern face of 

 the stone. It consists of 24 lines of writing, covering a space 

 of 29£" high by 10£"— 10J" broad. It records that the well in 

 question was dug by Indra Bhana, the son of Gopaja. and his 

 two wives — a Sakhall and a Rupavata — at the total expens< 

 of Rs. (?) 9,001 l , and inaugurated the 8th day of the bright fort- 

 night of Jaistha. of the year Samvat 1756. The tribe of Indra 

 Bhana is not specified, but from a sa^-inscription referring 

 to him, in the village of Na}a (see below), we know that he 

 was a Vaghora and died in Samvat 1762. Again, from a list 

 of the jagirs of Bikaner, contained in MS. No. 13, of Descr. Cat. 

 of Bar. and Hist. MSS., Sect, i, pt. ii, p. 176, \ve derive the 

 information that he was the holder of a jagir which com- 

 prehended Nala, Devarajasara, Gusaisara, Unava, Dhiradeyani, 

 and Deho. The Vaghoras are a branch of the Sonigara Cahu- 

 vanas, and to this day the jagir of Naja is held by them. The 

 inscription is given below :— 



.5. ?r i *w gwfafa^ ? ] s fa^ *^~ 



8. f 11J9I {sic) ^^ *r*WTTT *T 

 10. W? cT% ^«J?t H^WT^: *. R\ 



1 Understand 9,000; the 1 is often added to round figures simply for 

 the sake of sood luck. 



2For °S||(?) 



3 The original seems to read ^ir^ (!). 



