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U. C. Batavyal— Copper-plate Grant of Dharmapala. [No. 1, 
ing to see all of them put together, has in the Kali-yuga raised this 
pillar of a king, Qrl Dharmapala , who has surpassed the honour and 
greatness of innumerable kings, to which the fickle Goddess of Pros¬ 
perity, like a she-elephant, is tied for ever. 
The God Indra, when suddenly he sees the ten quarters of the 
globe whitened by the dust raised by the vanguard of his army, and 
fancies it to be the approach of the army of Mandhata, shuts his eyes 
and ponders. But there is no occasion to-day for his all-conquering 
arms rendering the assistance of his warlike troops to Indra. 1 
Who, unto the king of Kannauj gave his own (the king’s) 
golden coronation vessel, of excellent make, uplifted by the delighted 
elders of the Pancalas, the water wherefrom was all at the same 
time poured out by the kings of the Bhojas, the Matsyas, the Madras, 
the Kurus, the Yadus, the Yavanas, the Avantis, the Gandharas and 
the Kiras, doing obeisance to him with their moving crowns while 
his own face bore the mark of beautiful quivering eyebrows. 2 
He constantly hears his praises sung by cowherds moving about 
in forests, while tending their cattle in the jungles on the out-skirts of 
villages ; by the children playing in every house-court; by the keepers 
of the market-places ; by the parrots in cages in the house of pleasure ; 
and his face therefore is always downcast with modesty. 
From his victorious encampment established at Patallputra, where 
a bridge constructed across the stream of the Bhaglrathi, with boats 
of various kinds, is mistaken for the row of hills of the Setubandha, 
where countless troops of war-elephants blackening the light of day, 
produce the impression of the rainy season; where the horizon is grey 
with the dust raised by the sharp hoofs of the hosts of cavalry contin¬ 
gents supplied by many kings of the North; where the earth sinks under 
the weight of the endless array of foot-soldiers of all the kings of 
Jambudvipa assembled for rendering service to the highest amongst 
kings, the devout follower of Sugata, always thinking of the feet of 
the Maharajadhiraja Qrl Gopala Deva , the highest among kings, the 
highest among lords, the prosperous Dharmapala (thus sayeth):— 
1 Mandhata used to assist Indra in his war with the enemies of the Gods. 
The meaning of the text is that, under the sway of Dharmapala, the enemies of the 
Gods had ceased to exist. 
2 I am indebted to Mr. Grierson for pointing out to me that, according to the 
Bhagalpur Copper-plate Grant of Narayana Pala, Dharmapala conquered the Bh5jas, 
the Matsyas, the Madras, &c., and thereby liberated the Pancala country. The 
meaning of the words is somewhat obscure. I have 
construed it thus: ws wt <tot making it thus 
an adverb to I 
