1226 Inscriptions at Oomg a. [Dec. 



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* 1 . — Salutation be to that Hari, whose body is imbued with the 

 ambrosia of Kamalas glance, and who, bewildered at the sight of the 

 ocean-sprung Lakshmi with her love-beaming eyes, looks not (even) 

 at Devatas and Ashuras. 



2. — The city of U'manga flourished on the top of a high mountain. 

 Its houses were crowded with (the images of) mighty (1) gods ; and it 

 was ever adorned with the unprecedented virtues of the Soma dynasty. 



3. — Here lived the wise king Durdama, of the moral race of the 

 moon. He was a jewel among his rivals. Foremost in the field, he 

 gratified jackals with the heads of his enemies, severed by the arrows 

 of his strong and well-bent (2) bow. 



4. — After him came Kumarapala, who was as powerful as Kartika, 

 The unstable royalty of his rivals found in his merits a permanent 

 habitation. 



5. — After him, like another Kartika, came the mighty Laksh- 

 manapala. He made the earth bear the stamp of his power, and freed 

 it from indigence. 



6. — Next, like a spotless moon, came Chandrapala, whose appear- 

 ance caused the wives of his enemies to grieve like Chakravakies. (3) 



7.— He was succeeded by Nayanapala, who surpassed Kamadeva in 

 beauty. To avoid mourning for an absent lover, a demi-goddess, for- 

 saking divine beings took him for a husband. 



8. — * * * Sandhapala was born. He rendered his strength equal 

 to that of Indra and the sun, and his majesty destroyed his enemies. 



* We have substituted the present English version of the inscription, made by our 

 talented young friend Balm Rajendral&l Mittra, for that in Hindu!, furnished by Capt. 

 Kittoe —Eds. 



( 1 ) Jit. ** able to support heavy weights." 



(2) Lit. " bent like an armlet." (3) Dvahminy ducks. 



