lb 39.] above the Kothoutiya gate of the Fort Rohlas. 699 



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TRANSLATION. 



1. Salutation to Her. By the order of the hero, the illustrious 

 Mitra Sen, a gem on the diadem of the universe, I eulogize for their 

 glory, some celebrated scions of the Gona race in the lineage of Pandu, 

 having first praised the lotus of the feet of Saraswati, and having 

 prostrated myself before the divine Krishna, meditating on Ganesa, 

 and contemplating Durga, the mother of the universe. 



2. Renowned was the Lunar race. From the lineage of Pandu 

 sprang the Tomaras, victorious in war, — in which are millions of heroes. 

 In this was Vira Singh born, by whom, when he had conquered kings, 

 were wrought many imperial fortunes looking in a hundred directions. 



3. His son was that great hero of resplendent glory, to whom the 

 wise had fixed the appropriate name of Uddharan, as if upholding the 

 world. His son was Virama, a hero singular from his subjection of 

 hostile warrior kings. Hearing of his prowess, Indra, trembling exces- 

 sively, stood aghast. 



4. His son was the illustrious Gana Pati, the shrine of the lotus- 

 born goddess, at whose feet glided the coronal gems of hostile kings in 

 their prostrations. Of whom, how vast was the power ; placed as he was 

 in his fort, and saying — " the thought even of the lords of Delhi never 

 reached this place." 



5. His son was unprecedently great, firm in war, like the snow-clad 

 mountain, — the divine tree to the supplicant — the asylum of valor and 

 constancy ; who crushing by force the kings his enemies, as a lion does 

 the deer, got the title of Hungara Singa Beva, celebrated throughout 

 the world. 



