IN CHATTISGHER 513 



It evidently relates however to the prowess of Jagatpal and as far as it is 

 only panegyrical it does not merit to be particularly followed : it is only of 

 importance to notice such passages as contain proper names apparently 

 those of princes subdued or assailed by Jagatpal.] 



The kingdom of the king Rantadeva 1 conquered by whose valourous 

 deeds truly meriting the name of Jagatsinh Prithivi Deva: in his king- 

 dom the marriage rite being performed, a fort called Durga 2 was obtained. 



By the valour of his arm it was accomplished, and Jagatpal was the 



elephant who crushed the pride of his foes, by whom Kaheyara, a country 

 pleasant with gardens and groves, was subdued, and Jagatpal city newly 

 built, dedicated to a living representative of the supreme Rama Deva. He 

 is in this age Arjuna in piety, Jimutavahana in temperance, in valour he 

 was as Rama and like the son of Bhanu (the sun) in liberality, is a speaker 

 of truth and venerator of the Brahmans, of hLs preceptor and the gods, a 

 hearer of the Puranas and Vedas together with the MahabLarat, and espe- 

 cial repeater of the Ramayana as the source of life ; wise and intelligent ; as 



handsome in his person as Udayana was Jagatpala this temple was 



erected and the village of Salmaliya granted to it for its support. Fu- 

 ture princes will ever respect and protect the endowment. The ruler of 



the place The young brother of Jagatpala named Gajala whose valour is 



triumphant in the most perilous war, and another brother by a different 

 mother was named Jayasinha, who effected the desfruction of foes like Bali, 

 the son of Indra. The chief in these districts was named Devaraja and by 

 these assistants was the earth regulated. The grant of the king was record- 

 ed by Jasananda or Lakshmana, a poet, the son of the excellent pundit 



1 The corrected inscription fills up one blank here with Jajjala deva, the Ja is clear enough ; the fol- 

 lowing letters arj defaced but they seem to warrant the correction. 



2 The translations say this was called Droop; also Sarhargern, the former name still exists in the 

 district as that of a town 25 miles west from Raipur and the head of a Pergunnah of that name, see 

 Mr. Jenkins's letter: also with regard to the traditions at Droog regarding' the foundation of it's fort 



Jagatpal having become possessed of it by marrying the daughter of the Raja of Droog. 



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