No. 7. Khaídagiri inscription of Udyotakesari in Lalatendu-Kesari's Cave.

B.D. Banerji - EI.XIII, No 13.16;
(BB.) This inscription was discovered in the cave called Lalàòåndukåsari's cave or Lion gate by Mr. S. Ganguli, photographer of the Archaeological Survey, in October 1913. It is incised on the back wall of the cave, at a height of about thirty or forty feet from the door of the cave above a group of Jain images of the Digambara sect. It is not in a good state of preservation. The record consists of five lines of characters of the same date as those used in No. XIV and XV. The language used is very incorrect Sanskrit.

TEXT.

1 Îì ùrè-Udyîtakåsari-vijaya-ràjya-samvat 5
2 ùrè-Kumàraparvvata-sthànå jirnna vàpi jirnna Isaía
3 udyîtita tasmèna thànå chaturvinsati tèrtha[ì]kara
4 sthàpita pratèøòhà[kà]lå Ha[ri]-îpa Jasanandika
5 kna(?) da(?) ti('?) drathà (?) Ùrè Pàrasyanathasya karmma-khayaõ
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Îì expressed by a symbol.

NOTES. (BB.)
We learn from line 2 that the ancient name of Khandagiri is Kumàraparvata. The Hàthigumphà inscription of Khàravåla mentions Kumàrèparvata as the ancient name of Udayagiri. The twin hills seem to have been known as the Kumàra-Kumàrè-parvata up to the tenth or eleventh century A.D.