10G Rajendralala Mitra —Note on the Palam Bctoli Inscription. [No. 2, 
dropped on it from the crowns of the bowed-down heads of kings who come 
to and fro for his service— 
7. he, whose legions daily traversed the earth to both eastward at the 
confluence of the Ganges (Gangasa gara) and westward at the conflu¬ 
ence of the Indus with the sea— 
8. he, under whose reign courtesans, proudly set off with many coloured 
raiments, moved about without fear, filling the air with the tinkle of their 
bracelets, produced by the wanton undulations of their hands— 
9. he, the bewildering dust raised by the hoofs of whose cavalry march¬ 
ing in front of his army, overthrew his enemies in front—even he, the lord 
of the seven sea-girt land, S'ri Hammira Gay as a-din a, the king and 
emperor, reigns supreme. 
10. When his horses swept over a high way, the glory of the dust, 
produced by the pounding of the earth caused by their hoofs, enveloped the 
quarters and the sky, and the grandeur of the sun with his eternal rays 
generally so set that kings could not say whether it was day or night. 
11. When he issued forth on a military expedition, the Gaud as 
abdicated their glory ; the Andhras, through fear, besought the shelter 
of caves ; the Keralas forsook their pleasures ; the K ar n a t as hid 
themselves in defiles ; the M aharashtras gave up their places; the 
Gurj j aras resigned their vigour ; and the Latas dwarfed themselves 
into Kiratas.* 
12. The earth being now supported by this sovereign, S'esha, al¬ 
together forsaking his duty of supporting the weight of the globe, has betaken 
liimself to the great bed of Vishnu (the ocean), and Vishnu himself, taking 
Laksliml on his breast, and relinquishing all thought of protection, sleeps in 
peace on the ocean of milk. 
13. The metropolis of this lord of many hundreds of cities, the charm¬ 
ing great city, called Delhi, flourishes like a cresent-lieaded arrow on the 
side of his enemies. Like the bowels of the earth, it is the store house of 
innumerable jewels ; like the sky, a source of delight; like the nether regions, 
the abode of many Titanic heroes (Daityas) ; like Maya herself, the most 
bewitching. 
14. In that city of Delhi, renowned under the name ofYoginipura, 
was born Udhdhara, a house-holder, wise, liberal-minded, given to merito¬ 
rious acts, master of innumerable good qualities, devoid of every blemish. 
15. Where the Vitasta, the Vipasa, and the S'atadru, join 
in front with the uprising, unbroken, and swelling waves of the factor 
Chandrabhaga; where stood the friendly Sin dhu, with its affluents, 
* The name of the dwarf Himalayan race is written with the dental t, but the text 
has the cerebral letter either for the sake of alliteration with Lata, or for a new com¬ 
pound of the roots, Tcri “ to scatter” and at a “ to go,” meaning “ whose movements were 
scattered.” The epithets used with reference to the different races, have been so selec¬ 
ted as to alliterate with their names. 
