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though they are all grouped under the same family name. The record 

 goes backwards to the fourteenth crowned head from the donor. It 

 begins with Chandraka who, it appears, must have been either the 

 founder of the family, or was distinguished for some meritorious act. 

 If the family name be Rahtor, Chandraka must have transferred the 

 seat of government from Kanouj, and established himself in the new 

 city. The seventh linear descendant from Chandraka is Haradatta, 

 whose brother Bhogaditya or Homaditya succeeded him. The name 

 of this prince again is not clear, it may be read Bhogaditya or Homa- 

 ditya. His nephew Sri-kuladitya followed him to the throne. After 

 him, came Vikramaditya, the son of Haradatta. The last named 

 prince was dethroned, it appears by his brahman minister, Vuhupati 

 who, on ascending the throne assumed the more royal name of Padraa- 

 ditya. Padmaditya is the founder of a line, and the fourth from him 

 is Ananga, the donor of the village. 

 The names stand thus : 



1. Chandraka. 



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2. Dharanivaraha. 



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3. Prabhasa. 



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4. Bhairava. 



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5. Rudra. 



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6. Govindaraja (surnamed Yasorapa.) 



7. Haradatta. 8. Bhogaditya. ■ 



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10. Vikramaditya. 9. Srikuladitya. 



Brahman Minister. 



11. Vuhupati (Padmaditya) 



12. Bliojadeva. 



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13. Sakajaditya. 



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14. Ananga. 



The inscription is in modern Sanscrit, and the characters belong 

 o the period immediately succeeding that of the Kutila inscriptions 



