7? Inscription from the Bijaya Mundir, Vdayapur, fyc. [Jan, 



the pious and Vaishnava (a) Maharaja Sri Devasacti Deva. He was 

 succeeded by his son — born of Sri Bhumika Devi, the great Mahes- 

 wara (b) Maharaja Vanyaraja Deva, who was followed by his 

 son — born of Sri Sundari Devi, Maharaja Sri Nagabhatta Deva, a 

 worshipper of Bhagavati. His son, Maharaja Sri Rambhadra Deva — 

 a worshipper of Aditya, (c) and born of Sri Mahisata Devi, succeeded 

 him, and was followed by his son — a worshipper of Bhagavati (d) 

 and born of Sri Madappa Devi, Maharaja Sri Bhoja Deva ; who 

 was succeeded by his son, Maharaja Sri Mahendra Pala Deva, a wor- 

 shipper of Bhagavati, and born of Sri Chandrabhattarika Devi. His 

 son, the Vaishnava Maharaja Sri Bhoja Deva, born of Sri Dehanasa 

 Devi, succeeded him. Sri Mahendra Pala Deva was his brother ; 

 whose son and successor, born of Sri Mahidevi Devi, Maharaja Sri 

 Vinayaka Pala Deva, — a great worshipper of Aditya, to the respectable 

 and permanent inhabitants assembled in Tikkarika, a village situated 

 in the district of Baranasi (Benares), on the opposite bank of Kasi, 

 thus addressed : " The aforesaid village, with all its revenue exclusive 

 of what has been already presented to Devtas or Brahmanas, — for the 

 period of the duration of the sun, the moon, the earth, and time — in 

 order to the promotion of my parents' virtue, after due ablutions per- 

 formed in the Ganges on the 6 th day of the moon, was presented by rne 

 to my class-fellow in the study of the Atharva Veda, Bhulluka Bhatta, 

 of the family of Darbhisa, knowing this you should abide by it and 

 submissively pay to him all the revenue." Sriharsa composed this to 

 give permanency to the grant. 



Done on the 6 th day of the dark half of the moon, in the solar 

 month of Phdlyuna, in the year 65. 



(a) A worshipper of Vishnu. 



(b) Worshipper of Mahadeva. 



(c) Sun. 



( <l) The goddess Durga, the wife of Shiva. 



