1898.] 
T. Bloch — Inscription of Maharaja Bhoja I. 
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A new Inscription of Maharaja Blwja I., from Marwar , dated Harsa 
Samvat 100.— By Theodor Bloch, Ph. D. 
[Read April, 1898]. 
This Inscription which is edited here for the first time, is engraved 
on a copper-plate discovered by Debiprasad, a Munsif of Jodhpur 
in Marwar State, Rajputana. It is stated to have come to light 
some fifty years ago during a heavy rainfall in a village called 
Sevva, 1 in Pargana Didwana 1 of the Marwar State, where it was lying 
buried under the earth, and whence it is said to have come to Daulat- 
pur, in the same State ; it is now deposited in the Darbar Hall of 
Jodhpur. I edit the Inscription from impressions kindly supplied to me 
by Debiprasad, Munsif of Jodhpur, who discovered the plate in Daulat- 
pur and arranged for its being deposited in Jodhpur. 
Judging from the impressions, the plate measures 1' 9" by 1' 4|" ; 
its weight is said to be 30 seers. It is inscribed on one side only in 
characters of exactly the same type as the two Inscriptions of the 
same dynasty, already known to us, viz., the Digliwa-Dubauli Plate of 
Maharaja Mahendrapala, and the Bengal Asiatic Society’s Plate of 
Maharaja Vitiayakapala. 2 The average size of the letters is f r '. The 
seal, measuring, according to the impression, 9|" by Q \", is soldered unto 
the proper right side of the plate ; it resembles in shape exactly the 
seal of the two other plates, mentioned above. It contains an Inscrip¬ 
tion, consisting of 10 lines of writing in relievo, above which there is, 
in an arch, the figure of a standing goddess, doubtless the Bhagavati 
mentioned in the Inscription as tutelary deity of Maharaja Bhoja. The 
same figure is also to be seen in the upper portion of the seal of the 
Dighwa-Dubauli and Bengal Asiatic Society’s Plate. The latter which 
I had an opportunity to inspect, leaves no doubt that this goddess 
Bhagavati is intended for Durga or Parvatl, as she is represented 
1 Written an( l respectively, in the vernacular alphabets. * 
2 Edited by Mr. Fleet in Indian Antiquary, Yol. XY, pp. 105 and 138, wit 
facsimile. 
