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force, who always meditated on the image of goddess Bhavya, was opulent, 
and prosperous, and whose face was as beautiful as the lotus. 
He adorned in every battle the breast of the lady-like earth with pearls 
issuing from the foreheads of elephants torn asunder by him with his horn- 
weapon ; the (white) dust raised by elephants in the sky and the stream 
of light of the adorned earth were as brilliant and beautiful as the jewels 
on the head of the king of gods, and appeared as the emblems of the glory 
of the king. 
The king Yajati was his son. His nails were always filled with heaps 
of pearls, when they were displaced by him from the foreheads of elephants 
which were like sealed caskets. He was praised by the three worlds, and 
he easily conquered his enemies. 
Maharaja S'iva Gupta Deva the prosperous, the virtuous, the venerable 
king, the lord of the three Kalingas, the chief of the lunar race, lord of all 
lords, the venerable, the ardent follower of S'iva, and successor of Mahabhava 
Gupta Deva, lord of the three Kalingas, chief of the Lunar race, lord of all 
lords, prosperous, venerable, an ardent follower of S'iva—prospers. 
It is proclaimed in the village of Chandra to all Brahmans of the dis¬ 
trict of Marada in South Kosala and to all others that have assembled here, 
namely, those who are worshipful, those who observe prescribed times for 
their sleep, who are invested with holy threads, who observe the rules of their 
respective castes, chiefs of corporations, superintendents of employes, yeomen, 
ambassadors, legislators, guards of female apartments, sons and beloved 
wives of kings, &c. ;—be it known to all of you, that I give, with water 
in hand, this village with all its treasure-troves, deposits, free from all incum¬ 
brances, with all rents, all trees, such as palms and others, saline soil, land 
and water, bounded in four directions, to Gangapani, the son of Divakara and 
grandson of Ananta Bhatta, who has removed himself from the village S'ri- 
valla in the Madhya-desa (the middle country) and now lives in S'ila- 
bhanjapati in the country of Odra, who belongs to the well-known 
Bharadvaja family, and who is a descendant of the threefold clan, Angirasa, 
Varhaspatya, and Bharadvaja, a reader of the Kauthumi branch of the Vedas, 
that he may enjoy it as long as the sun, the moon and the stars shine in 
the firmament, for the augmentation of virtue and extension of fame of my 
own and of my parents. This is engraved on this copper-plate. You all 
know this. Live with happiness, pay him as you used to pay me, the debts, 
the rents, taxes, gold and the royal shares in all usufructs. In compliance 
with our request and out of respect for us abstain from all violent deeds. 
Let all future kings preserve this our gift, as they would their own. For it 
is said in the holy writ : Lands have been given by many kings, such as 
Sagara and others ; to whomsoever the land belongs for the time being to 
him belongs the fruit of the gift. 
