1835.] the Temple of Harsha, in Shekdioati. 383 



Harsha-deva shine in orient light, its sign not removed from sight, 

 when the sun is shorn of its splendour ! 



XLVII. — He who suhsists when even such duration has elapsed, 

 even Sambhu the eternal, how can he be defined by time ? The time 

 however of the building of this his temple is consigned to writing, as 

 now seen. 



In the Samvat year 1018, in the month of A'shadha, the first 

 division of the month, the 13th day 



XLVIII. — When a thousand years, with twice nine added, were 

 elapsed, the sun approaching the sign of Leo, on a lunar day, which 

 was the third of the waxing moon, accompanied with a fortunate con- 

 juncture of planets, and on a Monday — then did the builder aforesaid, 

 being commanded by the eternal Sambhu, who desired to give an 

 undefiled site and endued with essential holiness to his own sacred 

 name, — and having obtained the site accordingly, — commence the 

 whole work of erecting this house to Siva, who bestows absorption 

 on those who devoutly approach it. 



Hail ! in the Samvat year 1030, in the month of A'shadha, the 

 first division of the month, the 15th day, the deeds of conveyance, as 

 they were severally received, are written in the following order. 



The great king, the king of kings, the blessed Sinha-ra'ja, in the 

 12th day of the sun's mansion in the sign of Libra, attached [to this 

 temple the village of] Sinha-prostha, with its revenues and produce* 

 which were his own. 



He likewise made over by deed of gift, as long as moon, sun, and 

 ocean should endure, Ekalaka, Krisdnu-hupa and Uru-saras, in the 

 district named in the deed, together with the hamlet of Kanha 

 in the Koha district, being four villages in all, to Sri Harsha- 

 deva, the all-sufficient protector, seated on the hill whose sign 

 is the moon — on a holy day, remembering the sacred resort of pil- 

 grims Pushkara, [or Pokar near Ajmeer] for the sake of the solemn 

 celebration of festive journies thither, accompanied with ablutions, 

 bodily unctions, burning of incense and lamps ; [that the same may 

 be performed by the Brahmans of Harsha without loss.] 



