No. 8. Khaídagiri inscription in the Ganesagumpha.
| B.D. Banerji - EI.XIII, No 13.17; |
| (BB.) This record is incised on the back wall of the right-hand side chamber in the Gaíåùagumphà. The characters belong to the latter half of the eighth or the first half of the ninth century A.D. It mentions a king named Ùàntikara, who is not known from any other record. The inscription is in verse and seems to record some dedication made by Bhèmaòa, a physician, the son of Nannaòa. The second line, which contains the name of the object of the dedication, is unfortunately in a very bad state of preservation, and consequently the purport of the inscription is not very clear. |
TEXT.
1 Ùrè Ùàntikara-sauràjyàd=àchandràrkkaì
2 gðhå gðhå | Khadi (?)sa[ì](?)jãå punaõ praêgå(?) ga-
3 jàsya-virajå janå || Ijyà-garbha-samud-
4 bhótî Nannaòasya sutî bhiøak | Bhèmaòî
5 yàchatå vànyaprasthaì samvatsaràt=punaõ ||