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on 8th June 48 & pairpimanta month, which was apparently followed in this locality. The data of the shawal plates must thus be understood as being equivalent to 17th of June, 610 A. D.
The mention of the Mahäevayuja samvatsara with the (Gupta) year 198 enables us to fx the date of the present record within a narrow compass. The year 198 G.E. commenced on 9th March, 517. A.D. and the Mahāśvayuja samvatsara ended on or about the 23rd April, 517 A.D. and the present tecord must be dated within these limite. The missing month may theretore be supplied as Chaitra (in which case the fortnight must be the bright fortnight) or Vaisakha. The date of the Betul plates of Samkshobha, which has been caloulated by Kielborn to be 15th September (or October), 618 4:D. is thus about 18 months later than the date ot the present grant, and it is sometime within this period that Hastin was succeeded by his son.
The reference to Pallada-raja-rilahtra in the present inscription indicates that the domail nion of the chief of the Pulindas mums be located within the territory of the nipati-Parivräjaks family, and is probably the region comprised of the northern slopes of the Vindhya range. The Palindas are first mentioned in the Aitaröya Brāhmana, along with the Sabaras, with whom they have been always saociated and sometimes confounded."
The locality Navagrama is too common to admit of definite identification,
TEXT. 1 Namo Mahädaviya || Svatymashtanavaty-u[*ttaro-bda-ható Gupta-npipa-rajya
bhuktau. sd-] mati prayanddbamäng Mah-Advayoja-tamba(va)tează [* . misa . paksha ....] 8 maayuh samba/va)taramdaa-divass-pürvvayam
[*cipati-parivrājaka-kulOtpannina mahārija) 4 Divadhya-pradapteri mahärāja-kazi-Prabhamjana-[*naptră Mahārāja-Sri-Dāmādara
stens go-se-> 0 -haara-hasty-asva-hirany-āněka-bhumi-prade[na] (guru-pitçi-mātçi-půjā-tatparéna
dityanta-deva-) 6 brahmana-bhaften-Ančka-samara-kata-vija[*yinā V8-vams-moda-karēņa Mahl
tāja-srl.) 1 Hastina Palinda-raja-rashtra Navagrāmaki(ko ?)C nåma grāmaḥ pürvv
Aghater-pariobohbåda-maryadayā aðdra-) 8 gab parikaro-châta-bhata-právēkyo [*mātā-pitror=ätmanas-cha
abhivriddheye)
Pardara-sagotrebhyo Madhyandina-Val*jasaněya-sabrahmacharibhyo=mībhyö] 10 Brahmana-Bhatta-Yajñādhyasvimi-tat-putra-Bha[*tta .... Brāhmaṇa ....]
wasyami-tait putea-Gopayajñasyimi-[*Brahmapa..... yajñasvimi tat-putra-] 12 Bhatta-Sambhuyajñasvämi-Bhatt-Esāna-Ya[*jña-svāmibhyo putra-paütr-ányay
- Opabhogyah] 18 mra-bigan nagrla)hård-tisfishtalt chaura-varjjath tad-asmat-kul-otthair
mat-pada-pind-6-) 14 pajivibhir-yvā kål-antarëshv=api DA ["vyāghātaḥ karaṇīyaḥ ēvam-ājšaptă
yo ......) Varkhamihira, LX-29. Majumdar, Morindle's Ancient India, Pp. 168-7, 160. CatMariladgara (vide Canningham, 4. 8. B., Vol. XVII. p. 180).
| SR No. | 032575 |
| Book Title | Epigraphia Indica Vol 21 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hirananda Shastri |
| Publisher | Archaeological Survey of India |
| Publication Year | 1931 |
| Total Pages | 398 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 18 MB |