18. Tumain (Gwalior dist. M. P.) fragmentary Inscr. (now in
Gójarè Mahala Museum, Gwalior) of Ghaòotkacha-gupta (son of Kumàragupta I ?) (Bh.
No. 1269). G.116. M. B. Garde, An Administration Rep. for Vikrama Saìvat 1975
(A.D. 1918-19); IA. Vol. XLIX (1920), pp. 114 f.; EI. Vol. XXVI (1941-42), pp.
115 ff.& Pl.; D. C. Sircar, SI. Bk. III, No. 24, pp. 298-99; AR. Arch. Dept.,
Gwalior State, Samvat 1975, No. 65; Gwalior Ràjya Abhilekha, No. 553.
In this inscr. Ghaòotkachagupta is mentioned as son of Kumàragupta who is most
probably Kumàragupta I of Imperial Gupta dynasty.
TEXT (M. B. GARDE EI XXVI, No. 11)
1 [ri]ryyasya lokattrayànte | caraíakamalaì(la)mattyaì(cchaì) vandye(ndya)te
siddhasaêdaiõ(êdhaiõ) [||*]
ràjà ùrè-Candraguptas-tad-anujayate yo medinèì sàgaràntàm
2 - ùrè-Candraguptasya mahendrakalpaõ kumàraguptas-tanayas-sa[magràm] [|*]
rarakøa sàdhvèmiva dharmmapatnèm vairyyàgrahastairupaguhyam bhómim [||*]
3 [ ß ÿ ] gauraõ køityambare guíasamóhamayókhajàlo nàmnoditassa tu
ghaòotkacaguptacandraõ [||*] sa pórvvajànàì sthira-satva-kèrttir-bhujàrjjitàì
kèrttim=abhiprapadya ||(|)
4 [guptànvayà*]nàì vasudheùvaràíà[m] samàùate øoäaùavarøayukte | kumàragupte
nðpatau pri(pð)thivyàm viràjà(ja)màne ùaradèva sóryye || vaòodake
sàdhujanàdhivàse
5 taùùrèdeva ityórjjitanàmadheyaõ [||*] tadagrajobhóddharidevasaìjãastato¸anujo
yastu sa dhanyadevaõ [|*] tatovaro yaùca sa bhadradevastataXkanèyànapi saêha(êgha)deva[õ
||*]
6 - nasaktacittàõ samàna[vð]ttàkðti[bhàvadhèràõ kðtà]layà[stu]mbavane ba[bhó]vuõ
|| akàrayaìste giri[ùri](ùð)êgatuêgaì ùaùi[prabhaì] devani[ketanaì-|]
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L. 4, 6. The portion within square brackets is conjecturally restored.