THE PALAS OF BENGAL. 75 



The date next in order is to be found in a manuscript of the same work, col- 

 lected by Mahamahopadhyaya Hara Prasada Sastri, for the Asiatic Society of 

 Bengal. The reading of the colophon as revised by the late Dr. Theodor Bloch runs 

 as follows: — 



Devadharmmevam pravaramahayanayayinah Tadivadi-Mahaviharlya avasthi- 

 tena Sakyacarya-sthavira-Sadhuguptasya yad = atra puny an = tad = bhavatv 

 = acary = opddhyaya-mata-pitr-purangamam krtva sakala-satva-ra$er = anu- 

 ttara-jnana phal = avaptaya iti. Paramabhattaraka-Maharajadhiraja-Para- 

 meSvara-Paramasaugata Srlmad-Vigrahapaladeva-padanudhyata Parama- 

 bhattaraka-Maharajadhiraja-Parame^vara-Paramasaugata Srlman=Mahlpa- 

 ladeva-pravarddhamana-Kalyanavijayarajye sastha-sambatsare abhilikhya- 

 mane yatranke samvat 6 Karttika-Krsna-trayodaSyan = tithau mangala- 

 varena bhattarika-nispaditam = iti \\ Sri Nalandavasthita-Kalyanamitra-Cin- 

 tamanikasya likhita iti. x 



This colophon proves that in the sixth year of Mahipala Nalanda was in his 

 possession, and thus a part at least of Magadha was included in his dominions. Next 

 in order comes an inscription incised on the pedestal of an image of Buddha, in the 

 attitude of touching the earth {Bhumisparia mudra). This image is now being wor- 

 shipped as one of the five Pandus, in a small shrine just in front of the entrance of 

 the great temple at Bodh-Gaya The inscription consists of three lines, in an imper- 

 fect state of preservation, the first part of each line having lost a number of letters. 

 It is dated in the eleventh year of the reign of Mahipala, presumably the first, as the 

 letters still show signs of acute angles at their lower extremities. It has been re- 

 ferred to by Cunningham. 2 The text runs : — 



i. Deya-dharmmoyam tad-bhavatv=acary = opadhaya-mata-pitr-pur- 



vvangamam krtva sakala-satva-raSer = anuttara-jnan = avaptaya-iti w Maha- 



2 . [rajadhiraia-Parame$vara-Pa]ramabhaUaraka-Paramasaugata-£ri-man = Mahlpa- 

 ladeva-pravarddhamana-vijayarajye ekadaSame samvatsare abhilikhya[mane] 



3 p ancamy an = tithau gandha-Kuti-dvaya-sahita karitav = iti. 



The name of the donor of the two temples (Gandha-Kutldvaya) and the image is 

 unfortunately lost. As the name of the month in this inscription is illegible it is 

 impossible to state whether it was incised before or after Baladitya's Nalanda 

 inscription of the same year which has been placed next in order. This inscrip- 

 tion was discovered by Broadley among the ruins of the great Vihara at Nalanda 

 where it was found on a door-jamb. According to this inscription the great temple 



at Nalanda was restored after being burnt down by a man 

 Great Vihara at Nalanda. n amed Baladitya, a Jyavisa of Teladhaka (modern Telara) 



who had emigrated from Kausambi, in the eleventh year of 

 Mahlpaladeva/ 



1 Proc. A.S.B., 1899, p. 69. 2 Cunningham, Arch. Surv. Rep., Vol. Ill, p. 122, No. 9, pi. XXXVII, No. 5. 



■- J.A.S.B., Vol. IV, p. 106 No. IV, pi. VI. 



