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1879.] V- A. Smith —A Chandel Inscription dated 1240 S. 
The questions as to the age and destination of the Ganthai temple are 
discussed at length, with the result that in the writer’s belief this temple 
is not nearly so ancient as has been supposed by General Cunningham and 
Mr. Fergusson, but is on the contrary a comparatively modern unfinished 
restoration, composed possibly of ancient materials. This temple probably 
belonged to the Jains, and not to the Buddhists. 
The concluding section of the paper is devoted to a description of three 
hitherto undescribed temples. These buildings are rectangular in plan and 
seem to have been Jain. 
The writers hope in another paper to describe certain other remarkable 
buildings. 
The paper will be published in the Journal, Part I. 
5. A Chandel Inscription dated 1240 S. By V. A. Smith, b. a., c. s. 
(Abstract.) 
The inscription from Mahoba of which I send a rubbing and hand- 
copy appears to me worth publishing, for although it is unfortunately very 
imperfect; it contains several names not mentioned in the Chandel inscrip¬ 
tions which have been published. 
The record is engraved in very distinct Kutila characters on a laige^ 
black slab, which was discovered by General Cunningham in 1843, built into 
the northern wall of the building known popularly as Raja Parmal’s fort. 
In his account of Mahoba (Arch. Report, Yol. II), General Cunning¬ 
ham speaks of this inscription as one of Parmal’s or Paramarddi’s, but in a 
private letter to me he explains that he “ did not mean to attribute it to 
“ Paramarddi himself, but only to the period of Ins reign.” 
The inscription does not contain the name of the reigning Raja, but 
there can be little doubt that the year 1210 S. was included in the reign of 
Parmal. . 
I cannot venture on a translation of what is left of this curious record, 
but perhaps some more learned member of the Society may be induced to 
take the trouble of making a translation so far as is possible. 
No personal name appears in the first ten lines, which are occupied 
with the praises of some one whose name is lost. 
The whole inscription consists of sixteen lines, at the eleventh of which 
the first complete verse is found. The record then goes on to,state that 
« i n the great family of Vatsavya was born Sulnla son of Hallan.” , Refer¬ 
ence is made to somebody named Jayapala, and the names of Namka the 
founder of the Chandel dynasty, of Lakshmana, Kalala, and Madhava occur. 
Devaja the son of Somaraja is mentioned near the end as a skilled work¬ 
man, and the inscription appears to be intended to commemorate the erec¬ 
tion of an edifice, probably a temple, with a “lofty steeple” (s'ikhara). 
* The inscription as it now stands measures 27" x It'. 
