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they sprang from a village, Kaushamyapura, in which Kusha and Sund, 

 the mythological sons of the rishi Kasyapa, had once resided. At 

 one time, probably when the temples and images were erected, they 

 were ministers of a prince of the Solar line. In this respect therefore 

 the record is valueless. Its merit as poetry the learned Kamalakanta 

 Vidyalankara does not rank much higher ; yet being in our museum 

 and being a fine specimen of the favorite character of that part of the 

 country in the middle of the 14th century, I cannot refu?e a place to 

 the translation made for me by Sarodaprasa'd from the elder pandit's 

 accurate transcript, which I have myself compared letter for letter with 

 the original. The characters are called chitra-varndn in the 36th verse, 

 but this may be merely a laudatory epithet. 



Jayanagar Inscription. 



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