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No. I. is of this class. It is inscribed on a black slab on the left side 

 of a temple of Achaleswara, or Siva, in the usual form of a Linga, as Lord 

 (Iswara) of the mountain (Achala): the benedictory stanzas, at the commence- 

 ment, are too much injured to be intelligible, the remainder, however, with a 

 few exceptions, apparently of no great moment, is perfect, and runs thus : 



Om ! Glory to Sarvesa, 



who caused these repairs to be made, his pi'aiseis recorded by me. 



5. By whom the repairs were made in the temple of Achaleswara, his exalted Agara* 

 race is first recorded. 



6. Formerly, the illustrious famih'es of the sun and moon were eminent upon earth. 

 Upon their extermination, the lordf Vachchha, through fear of crime, meditated profoundly. 



7. From his meditation, in holy combination with the moon, there appeared upon 

 earth of the great Sage, beholding the Daityas spread through all thff regions. 



8. He destroyed the chief demons with his weapons, and appeared the indignant 



Vachhttf from worshipping whom the name Vachliya was derived, and from the — — » 



— of moon Chandravansa-X 



9. This mighty race, and pure family, thence originated, for the preservation of mili- 

 tary virtue from shame, and by the will of fate displayed extraordinary desert. 



10. In the excellent race, the most eminent for virtue, ■ 



-" — by whose splendor all tribes were over-cast, renowned for- 



merly as Sind'huputra. 



* This worJ may possibly be the original name of the tribe known as Agarwuls, who, accord- 

 ing to Major Tod, though now traders, claim a princely origin. It is, however, of provincial use, 

 and has no meaning in Sanscrit : in one place it appears to be the name of a city; in another, it 

 appears to be intended for Akara, a mine, the change of a consonant to corresponding hard conso- 

 nant, as from k to g, is not an uncommon peculiarity in the dialects of India. 



f The phrase Bhagavdn, rather implies a deity, but in the next verse, Maliarshi seems appli- 

 cable to this personage. 



:|: One tribe of Rajputs bears the name of Chandravansi, and another of Vachcha Goti, proba- 

 bly for Vachha Gotri, of the Gotra, or family of Vachcha, the locality of the n?.nw and legend, as 

 well as the chasms that occur here, render the purpose of the passage far from district. 



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