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1900.] M. M. Chakravarti — Inscription of Nayapdla Deva. 
The conjunct consonants are correctly given; the nasals q and n are 
generally properly used ; with 9 , q is used and not anusvara (as varjce 
for vamge in line 4, arjgu for amgu in line 16); in line 12 one lupta a has 
been shown with a (yathdrthd i laykdrah). 
The inscription is a yragasti (1. 17) describing the erection of a 
temple to Lord Janardana by a Gaya Brahmin named Viqvaditya. The 
dedicator was a Maha-dvija (1. 4), an euphemistic term for a low class 
Brahmin who assists in the offering of pindas. His genealogy is thus 
given : — 
Paritosa (1. 5, v. 5). 
■ i 
Soa 
^udraka (1. 6 , v. 7). 
Son 
Viqvaditya (1.8, v. 9). 
The pragasH was composed by one Sahadeva, who was also a 
vdji-vaidya or veterinary physician. The engraving was done by the 
artisan Satta-Soma son of Adhipa-Soma. 
The historically valuable portion of the inscription is to be found 
in the last verse. It states that the pragasti was written, while Waya- 
pala Deva was reigning. The year is given as daga-panca-samkhya- 
samvatsare, which ordinarily would mean “ in the year 510.” But 
unless the year be referred to some unknown era (like Harsa or Cedi), 
the inscription cannot by any means be referred to so early a date. It 
seems more reason able to take the expression as daga and panca, or the 
fifteenth year of the king hTayapala Deva.^ 
The Nayapala Deva of the present inscription is apparently identi- 
cal with the well known king of that name belonging to the Pala 
dynasty of Magadha, who was the son of Mahipala, and who has been 
mentioned in several inscriptions. The epigraphical characters and the 
find -spot of the inscription do not allow of any other identification. The 
time of this N^ayapala Deva has not yet been precisely ascertained. An 
approximate idea of his time can, however, be deduced from the Tibetan 
Chronicles compiled by Rai paratcandra Das Bahadur, in his article 
on “ Indian Pandits in Tibet ” (Journal of the Buddhist Text Society 
of India, Vol. I, pp. 7-31). Acarya Dipaqkara pri-Jnana alias Atiya 
was a contemporary of Nayapala Deva, and Bu-Stoiis Chos hhyu^ 
gives the following relevant facts. Ati 9 a was residing at Vajrasana 
1 In the other unpublished inscription of Nayapala Deva’s time, the year is 
distinctly given as fifteen “ Sarhvrtte taras = aiva panca-dagavie rdjyasya samvatsare ” 
(1. M). 
