1898.] ' ! N. Vasu— Gategvara Inscription of Anagga-bhima «27)- ; 319 & 
The size of this slab is 32’5" x 22". The average size of the letters 
is x The Inscription is in 25 lines, running through the entire 
length of the slab leaving a margin only of 1^ inches on all sides. The 
letters belong to the ancient Bengali type of Kutila character, and 
resemble much the characters of the Meghe 9 vara Inscription published 
in this Journal for 1897, and those of the Brahmefvara Inscription, 
published in oux* Society’s Journal, by Mr. Prinsep. 1 
The Inscription was written by a poet named Bhaskara, the princi¬ 
pal object of it being to record the erection of a piva temple (of 
Cate 9 vara) by Anarjga-bhlma II. 
The language is high-flown Sanskrit and generally correct. 
As regards orthography;—the letter b is throughout denoted by 
the sign for v; p, y and v are sometimes doubled with the superscript 
sign r, e.g. in lines 2, 3 and 4. A curious mistake is committed in line 
16, where thaddiggajah is written for yaddiggajah. 
Opening with the words “Om adoration to C^iva,” the Inscription 
first invokes the ocean as the abode of Visnu and the birth-place of the 
Moon, who adorns the crest of Mahadeva. It then glorifies the family 
of Codagagga born in the lunar dynasty, and gives the following listLof 
Kings:— (1) Codagagga, (2) his son Anagga-bhlma I., (3) his son 
Rajendra (Rajaraja), and (4) his son Anagga-bhlma II., together with 
the names of two distinguished ministers, namely Govinda of the Vatsa 
Gotra and the renowned Visnu, the terrible foe of the Muhammadan 
ruler Turhghana (Tughril-i-tughan Khan). 3 
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Transcript. . •_ 
,» V -s 
L. 1. # w firqiq i 
« ihnqp wfit 
qq=«: ^qrsr J 
qrfacr q- 
fltqgqfcT 59ft- : 
L. 2. • i qtqqngqir: f [1] • 5 
wwq’sfswwTqtnq* 
1 J. A. S. B., Vol. VII, Plate XXIV. " 
* See Tabaqat-i-Nasiri, pp. 740-63, and my article on the copper-plate grant 1 of 
Nysiriiha Deva II., J. A. S. B., Vol. L£V, Pt. I, pp. 233-31. 
8 Metre: (jfikharinl. 
