1866.] Notes on Gupta Inscriptions from Aphsar andBehar. 21 5 



beyond the bounds of the ocean, was this best of temples caused to be 

 erected for Vishnu. 



His mother S'riniati Mahadevi caused a Matha or monastery to be 

 built, and dedicated it, beautiful as a heavenly mansion, to the 

 use of the virtuous. By the Queen S'ri Kona Devi, the beloved wife 

 of the king, a beautiful tank was caused to be excavated. Its water, 

 pure and lustrous, as if it were the picture of the white sea shell or 

 the moon, was drunk by men and hermits— and in its flowing waves 

 sported the jumping alligator and the dancing timi fish. 



As long as the crescent shall adorn the forehead of Siva, as long 

 as S'ri shall dwell in the heart of Vishnu, as long as Saraswati shall 

 abide in the mouth of Brahma, * * * * as long as the earth shall rest 

 on the head of the lord of serpents,* as long as the lightning shall 

 dwell in the womb of clouds, even so long shall king A'clitya Sena shed 

 around this spotless glory of his. 



The thoroughly virtuous, and intelligent! Sukshma Siva G-aura 

 engraved this eulogium in largef and artistic letters. 



Transcript of the Aphsar Inscription. 

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