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R. Mitra —Sanskrit Inscription from Lalitpur. [No. 1, 
well cut, but owing to exposure and ill-usage they have been obliterated at 
many places, and at others become so smudgy as to be unfit for reading. 
These accidents have caused breaks in almost every line, and it is impossi¬ 
ble to interpret the record fully and satisfactorily. 
The language of the record is exceedingly verbose, highly inflated and 
involved, full of meritricious ornaments, and, with the breaks caused 
by the abrasions aforesaid, not easy of comprehension. I pored over the 
record for many days, and had the assistance of my learned friend, 
Professor Kamakhyanatha Tarkaratna, who went over the first tentative 
reading letter by letter with the original stone before him, but could 
not secure a perfect reading. The translation annexed has been pre¬ 
pared by Babu Haraprasada S'astri, from the revised reading of Professor 
Kamakhyanatha. 
The date, which occurs at about the middle of it, (line 15,) is given 
with some care, and both in letters and figures. It is —“ Thursday, the 
full moon of Vaisakha in the era of Vikramaditya 1481, corresponding 
with the 1346th year of the era of Salivahana, when the constellation 
Svati was on the ascendant, and Leo in conjunction.” This would be about 
the end of April or beginning of May in the year 1424 of Christ. The 
sovereign named is Shah Alambhaka, of the Ghori dynasty, king of 
Malava or Malwa. I know of no king of this name; but in the Ghorian 
dynasty of Malwa, founded by Sultan Dilawar Ghori, the second chief was 
Sultan Hushang Ghori alias Alap Khan, who founded the town of Mandu, 
removed thereto the capital of the kingdom from Dhar, and reigned 
from 1405 to 1432, and there is no doubt that it is this chief we have in 
the Sanskritized Alambhaka. The name of his new capital occurs in the 
inscription as Mandapapura. 
The subject of the record is the dedication of two images, one of 
Padmanandi and the other of Damavasanta, by a Jain priest of the name 
of Holi. The dedication was made by order of Subhachandra, who pro¬ 
bably was a high priest of the sect. He has no royal epithet added to his 
. name. 
The record opens with an eulogium on Vrishabha, who is to dwell at 
Kanta in the town of Varddhamana. This is evidently meant for an 
image of Rishabha Deva, the first Tirthankara, who is addressed as Sugata, 
and also as Sadasiva, or eternally auspicious. The next saint eulogized is 
STi S'ankara, who is identified with Ananta. The next is Chandra, and next 
come successively Takshaka, S'antasoma, S'asi, and, after a break, Sarvajna. 
Having praised these deified saints, the writer turns to mortals. The 
names are Madasarada, S'rimula, S'rikuna, Dharinachandra, Ratnakirti, and 
Prabhachandra Deva. These were probably high priests who preceded 
Padmanandi who was living in the time of the encomiast, and in whose 
