134 N. N. Vasu— Nagaras and the Nagari-alphabet. [ No. 2, 
Nagari and found in Gujarat, were granted to those Brahmanas who 
came over to Gujarat from Kanyakubja, Pataliputra, Paundravardhana, 
&c. The aforesaid Dadda-pracanta-raga’s copper-plate of 415 Caka 
was given to Bhatta Govinda, son of Bhatta Mahidhara, an inhabitant 
of Kanyakubja, Likewise the Rastrakita king Nityavarsa’s plate of 
836 Caka, mentions Ténna, a village of Lata-déga, being granted to 
Siddhapa Bhatta, son of Véllapa Bhatta of the Lakgsmana gotra, who came 
from Pataliputra. Similarly the copper-plate grant of the Rastrakita 
king Govinda Suvarna-varsa, dated 854 Caka, speaks of the gift of the 
village of Loha to Kégava Diksita of the Kaugika gotra, an immigrant 
from Paundravardhana. It is quite clear from the proofs given above, 
that numbers of Brahmanas’ were from very ancient times immigrating 
into Gujarat from Kanyakubja, Pataliputra, Paundravardhana, &c. In 
this way the ancient form of the Nagari-lipi was brought over and 
circulated in Gujarat. 
Hundreds of panegyrics inscribed in stone in Badanagara, the 
original dwelling-place of the Nagara-Brihmanas, declare the extra- 
ordinary respect and reverence which the Gurjara kings paid towards 
them. It is owing to the effort of these Rastrakita and Caulukya 
kings of Gurjara, that the Nagari-lipi became current in many parts of 
India. The copper-plate of Karka Suvarna-varsa king of Lata, dated 
734 Caka, clearly states :— 
aies-aguta-fasrae fiers 
aquvae-femaaat a Te | 
° Q 
ate ys frscatsacaas 
erat auraraty ceases yew 1? 
Again the following is related in the copper-plate of Akalavarsa, 
dated 862 Caka, about Gurjarégvara Krisnaraja, son of the Rastrakita 
king Nrpatunga, the founder of Manyakhéta :— 
aafsa Garutea-eemletge-naet 
met faraaatage: arqa-faate: | 
Seey-alay-TIs- Aa aasaTatae 
aa: waaay: wise SlawMastrag |? 
1 Indian Antiquary, 1883, p. 160. 
2 Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. XVIII. 
p. 246. 
