1862.] Vestiges of the Kings of Gwalior. 409 
Translation. 
Om ? salutation to Vishnu ! In the Samvat year nine hundred plus 
thirty-three, on the 2nd day* of the waxing moon, in Magha (in 
figures) S 933, Magha 2 Sudi. 
To-day, this to the auspicious Lord of Gopagiri (Gapagirisvara)* # 
under the supremacy of the Lord paramount S'ri Bhoja Leva, and 
subject to the rule of Kotta-pala Malla, within the jurisdiction of 
Turkasthana, beyond the cantons (sabbiyakas)t Sreshthi Babbiyaka,^ 
I-chchhuvaka, Sarthavaha, and others, on the opposite bank of the Vris- 
cliikala river (canal ?) which was made (excavated) § by Balia son of 
Nakailla Bhatta, within the village of Abuya{| Pallika, which is in my 
possession, a spot of ground, measuring in length 270 cubits of the Lord 
paramount (Parameswara)^[ and in breadth J 87, is presented on a for¬ 
tunate day for the purpose of a flower garden for the temple of Budra, 
Rudrani, Pushnasa &c. as also of the nine Burgas. Further along 
with this place, on the 1st day of the waxing moon, in the month of 
Phalguna of the current year, on the side of S ri Bhoja Deva High¬ 
way, made by Malla* as also Bailla Bhatta, within the village of Jaya- 
puraka, which is in my possession, the field which passes in the 
namef of Dallaka son of Sadgadaka ##### J and named Vyaghrakar- 
nika, as also the field which passes in the name of Mesdraka the sou 
# The case affix of dvitiydydm is carried over the date in figures to the begiu- 
ging of the word “ Adyeha.” 
f A non-sanskrita term apparently something like our Bengal Zillah or Par- 
gunnah. A district to the north-west of Gwalior has the name of Sabalyook. 
J Srestlii at first sight would appear to be the title of a banker, the Sett of our 
days, but here it is so placed that grammatically it cannot but stand for the name 
of a place. 
§ A river cannot be said to have been made by anybody, and yet the word 
RallaJcdrita “ made by Kalla” is so placed that it cannot but be taken as a pre¬ 
dicate of the river, the name of which immediately follows it ; thus RallaJcdrita 
vrischikdla nadipara-Jcule. I take the word for a canal which was probably the 
origin of the SubarnariJcsJid or the nulla at the foot ot the hills. 
\\ The bs and es are written alike, I am not certain therefore whether the 
name should be Abuya or Avuya. 
If This evidently refers to Bhoja, it may therefore be assumed that he had a 
special standard of linear measure. 
* The subject and its predicate do not agree; the former is in the locative 
case and the latter mallenaivaJcdrita “ made by Malla” is joined to tiie follow¬ 
ing word Bailla Bhatta by the conjunction cha. Karita was probably written 
Kdrite which would make it correspond with avatdre , but I know not what to 
make of the nominative Bailla Bhatta. 
f The word is vahita, which 1 believe is equivalent to the modern form of the 
“jot (holding) of so and so.” 
X Here six syllables are unintelligible. The letters appear to be distinct, but 
they convey no sense. 
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