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of treasures, of the benefits of civil polity, of warlike armament, of 

 children and grand-children — who was as celebrated as Yudhisthtra, 

 the great prince of Vdkdtaka, Sri Prithivi Sena. To whom succeeded, 

 the protected of the discus-holding divinity*, — the most opulent Maha- 

 raja of Vdkdtaka Sri Rudra Sena : — who was followed by the son of 

 Prabhavati' Gupta', the daughter of the conformer to ancestorial cus- 

 toms — the upright conqueror of his enemies — The great king of kings 

 Sri Deva Gcpta, — the protected of Siva, — possessing the firmness of the 

 Rajas of the Satya ?/m#«,— surpassing all of the race of Vdkdtaka princes, 

 Maharaja Sri Pravara Sena ; whose edict is (as follows.) — 



Ernna Kdryyuratdge t... in the 18th year of his reign^? on the 12th 

 day of the light half of the month of Phalguna, — to Deva Sarma'cha'rya, 

 chanter of the Sama veda, of the Modgala tribe, and Taitriya sect, is 

 granted with the ceremonies of sprinkling Ganges water, Kerata (?) and 

 distribution of 100 pans,— the village of Brahmapura, situated to the 

 north of Vatapura, to the west of KinauhLvdtak to the south of Pavarajja- 

 vatak, and to the east of Kollapur ; demarked by these several boun- 

 daries, and seated on the banks of Karanja rivulet (?) 



Be it known to all our subjects, our functionaries, and agents, to all obe- 

 dient ryots now and hereafter, soldiery, spies §— That with the usual intent 

 of such grants, for the increase of our virtue, life, power, wealth, and pros- 

 perity, here and hereafter, as well as for the divine favor; in the holy dis- 

 trict recently conquered by us, (the said village is bestowed) free from mili- 

 tary-billeting1T(?)— where the raja's deer and cattle shall not graze**— 

 not subject to provide flowers and milkft. Where shall be neither spy, 



nor royal-chair, nor magazine^ §§ ? in which the 



inhabitants shall not be liable to begdr or forced labour; — along with its 

 -buried treasures and suchlike: — and with all its stock and the like;— as 

 long as the sun and moon shall endure, to be enjoyed by him, his sons 

 and descendants. Let none prevent or oppose ; but defend (his posses- 

 sion)— and let him enjoy all increase by cultivation. Whoever shall 

 disobey this order, or make encroachment or abstraction by himself or 

 through others, shall be liable to fine or punishment before the judicial 

 authorities. 



Written by the pandit of the general Bappa Deva in this court of 



justice (Dharmadhikarane). Whatever pious fame has accrued to princes 



* Vishnu. f The sense of this passage is obscure — one pandit by altera- 



tionto ^EqTTTiaT would make it express " at a solar eclipse''— a common 



period for dating similar documents. 



X Pravarddhamdn rajya Samvat ? § Bhartas'chhdnrdscha. 



If Avatacchatraprdvesya—a.U the succeeding epithets laudatory of the jagir 

 are equally far-fetched and obscure. 



** Apdramparagobalivarddafi. ff Apashpakshirasandoha. 



XX Achdrdsanavarmangara (for dgdra). It was customary with rajas to keep 

 an A'san or throne, a spy and armour at each village. 



§§ Alivanatlinvakrenidhanatra ? Sarvavishti- parihara parihrita ? 





