ggO SANSCRIT IKSCRIPTIONS 



5. Kaladeta his Son, supported the burthen of the earth.* — — 



6. His successor was Siddha Raja, eminent for his virtues, and sustaining the 

 universe, through which his fame was spread. 



7. Deva Kumara Pala, after him protected the earth : his fortune was upheld by 

 two supporters, equity and virtue. 



8. By whose attention to propriety, the vices injurious to a state were enfeebled.- 



9. After whom, Ajayapala reigned, whose son was Mula Ri.jA: his younger bro- 

 ther,! the illustrious Bhima, supports the burthen of the earth. 



The rest of the Inscription records the descent of the posterity of DntJMA 

 RXja, precisely in the same order as in No. XVTII, only not so fully. 



No. III. Inscription number three is written in Bhdkha : it records 

 the repair or embellishment of a Mekhaldy or Pedestal of a Siva Linga, in 

 Arbuda Gerh, on the face of which is engraved j By command of Mahd Rao 

 Seo Smk, in Samvat 1877 (A. D. 1821.) 



No. IV. Is inscribed on a black Slab, in the embankment of a tank, 

 behind the temple of AcJtaleswara : it records the construction of the reservoir, 

 by different individuals, in the Government of Teja Sinha over the districts of 

 Charidrdvatif and the reign of MuNf ndra ( ^^':^ i^f"^^"?: i^'^T'T'fi^ f%^^ 

 TJ^) in the year 1387. (A. D. 1331.)1: 



* The last half of the verse is wanting, and there may be a name omitted here. Abulfazl, 

 as we shall hereafter see, has a prince named Kurrun, immediately before Sudh or Shid Raj. 



f Such is the usual meaning of the original term, Anujanmd, as it, however, implies merely, 

 " born after," it may possibly signify Son, a sense which there are some reasons for preferring. 



% If this date is correctly given, the ruler of Chandrdvati must be a diSerent person from the 

 Teja Sinha of Inscriptions VIII and X. The name of the paramount Lord is rather unusual, but 

 it scarcely admits of being regarded as an Epithet only. 



