1874.] Bajendralala Mitra —On a SJcanda Gupta Inscription. 
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Translation. 
Amen! May lie, whom Brahmans, in obedience to law, bepraise with the har¬ 
mony of meditation and the entire devotion of their minds ;—may he, whose end and 
whose motions upwards and sideways neither the gods nor Asuras can divine ;—may he, 
whom men overpowered by disease and despondency seek with the utmost earnestness,— 
may that fountain and Creator of light (Bhaskara) who pierces the darksome envelope 
of the earth, be to your protection ! 
In the year one hundred and forty-six, in the month of Phalguna the—(P) of the 
thriving and invincible kingdom of his most noble majesty, the supreme sovereign 
of great kings, the auspicious Ska n da Gupta, for the promotion of prosperity 
in the possession of the owner Sarvanaga in Antarvedi, (or the Doab of the Ganges 
and Yamuna) ***** versed in the four Yedas, the highly respected Brahmana 
Devavishnu, son of Deva, grandson of Parindana, and great grandson of Dodika, 
constant in the adoration of Fire, of the family (anvaya) of Gora and the clan 
(gotra) of Yarshagana, within the precincts of Indrapura, provides for the promotion 
