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10. He constructed the fabric, (fort, or Kota,) so as to inspire terror In the capricious 

 breasts of the birds of the Kali age, with walls whose towering height obstructed the cha- 

 riot of the sun, in his diurnal course. He renewed the old temple of Atulanath,* whose 

 image was the representation, of his own desert, and he built two spacious temples dedicated 

 to the trident-armed deity, in front of the Lord of KanaJcJiala m this place. 



H. His sister MoJcsJies'wdri, pure, and leading a life of holy continences constructed 

 also here a pleasant temple of Siva. 



12. The sage, most eminent in the awful rites of sacrifice, erected 3 new pillar like 

 an image in the temple, and constructed a column of pure touch-stone, decorated with fes- 

 toons, in the residence of Kanakhala Sambhu. 



13. As long as this Arhuda mountain bears literature on its breast, so long may it en- 

 joy reputation in the world. 



14. As long as the cow yields milk, as long as the earth bears corn, as long as the 

 mj'stic tortoise supports the universe, as long as the sun and moon endure, as long as the 

 stanzas of the first oi" bards remain, and those of Vyasa are studied, so long may these 

 encomiastic verses, the composition of Lakshmidhara, be preserved. 



Samvat 1265 (A. D. 1209,) on Tuesday, the 15th of the light fortnight of Vaisakha, 

 in the victorious reign of the supreme sovereign Bh!ivia Deva, the illustrious exalter of the 

 Chaulukya race. Sri Karana, the minister, and other illustrious persons contributing to the 

 work,f the Governor and Lord of Chandrdvati, being Sri Dharaversha and like Sambhu 

 among the gods, uniting the earth under one umbrella, and the Prince SRf PrahladanaJ 

 Deva,§ whose voice delights with the melody of the Koil, being Yuvaraja in that time, this 

 composition was inscribed by order of Kedara Rasi, by the artist Prahlana. 



No. XVIL A figure of brass of Rishabha Deva bears an inscription, 

 dated Samvat 1525, recording its erection by the Jains of Diingerpur. 



* The uHcqualkd God. 



■\ The original is very indistinct, and may be erroneously rendered. 



\ Chandrdvati Ndtha 31andalika, the Mandalika most probably corresponds to Mandaleswara, 

 Lord, or Ruler of a Mandal, or district. 



§ PraJdadana Deva is the brother of Dhdrdvcrsha, See Inscription No. XVIII. 38. 



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