19G 
[No. 2, 
Rajendralala Mifcra— On the Temples of Deoghar. 
11 srsiraF ffa n *n% t^;fa*TT33*n3rfa*rfa- 
■ s ’ 
i i t *rm fa^fafarT^ (^) *nu- 
* i srTVT^nwTrr i ^farr fa*i- 
C\J ' 
c I #t*ric^pnjf?r faw?q ^rrv C^Tifaft) 
<» i ^favw«ifa*fa1' (*?fa) 3ft fa^rnfaft" ii 
Os 
V i ^*tt ^T^nf^r- 
U i % (%) rfafa wt- 
Translation. “Firm, adorable, a sea of merit, saint-like, an ocean of 
good behaviour, honoured by the good, having fame as untarnished as the 
moonlight in autumn, a Brahmana, the chief among Yatis, the pure one— 
such was the wise Ivshemakarna, the bee on the lotus-feet of S'ri Govinda. 
He erected this large edifice, the approved of the daughter of the moun¬ 
tain, (Savitri is said to have been born of a mountain). In the S'aka year 
numbering the Vedas (4), the soothing-rayed one = moon (1), six (6) and 
the moon (1, = S'aka 1614 and corresponding to the Christian year 1692) 
on the 10th of the waxing moon in the month of Magha, the Brahmana 
Ivshemakarna, the doer of good deeds, completed this edifice, where dwells 
the goddess who obviates all misfortunes and fulfils all desires, forgetting 
her beloved abode on the blue hill. Having given a profusion of wealth 
at sacrifices, having given alms—Ivshemakarna knowing”—(concluding part 
illegible). 
Mr. Beglar takes this inscription to mean “ the construction of the 
temple by several people. 
No. 12. 
From over the doorway in the temple of Ganesa. An inscription of 
eight lines in the Bengali character. The following is its transcript in 
Nagari letters : 
v. i fafa(faO i yu) ? n 
vi 
^ I Vt ‘SllT I aETSTr- 
« I fa || ^ (*) 
V» J 
i i iwt i fa^fa^ 
55, ->.C S>P . A. 
| TT3 - )^ : (W) 
c i 73r?Tre-' I 
Translation. “ May it be auspicious ! Salutation to Ganesa. In the 
pure year of S'aka, numbering the Vedas (4), the Vasus (8), the flavours (6), 
* Archaeological Survey Reports, VIII, p. 141. 
