9. Kîmarti plates.
EI, IV, No. 16, p.142-55 (E. Hultzsch); IO, II, I, 28-30 (S. Rajaguru).

These three copper-plates were lately found in the village of Kîmarti, 2 miles south-west of Narasannapåta, the head-quarters of a tàlukà of the Gaãjàm district, and were kindly sent to me by the Collector, Mr. C.J. Weir, I.C.S. Each of the three plates measures 7 1/2" to 7 5/8 inches by 2 1/4 to 2 3/8 inches. Their edges are not raised into rims, but the writing on them is in a state of nearly perfect preservation. The ring on which the three plates were strung, and which had not yet been cut when I received them, is about 3/8 inch thick and about 3 3/8 inches in diameter. The two ends of the ring are secured in an elliptical seal, which measures about 1 1/2 by 1 1/4 inches in diameter and bears, on a countersunk surface, in raised letters, the legend Pitð-bhaktaõ, i.e, 'he who is devoted to (his) father.' The weight of the plates is 1 to 6 oz., and that of the ring and seal 10 oz.; total, 2 lb.(E. Hultzsch)

TEXT.

First Plate.

1 îì svasti [||*] vijayasiìhapuràt-paramadaivataõ bappabhaòòàraka-pàda-bhaktaõ
2 Kaliêgàdhipatiõ ùrè-mahàràjà(ja)-caíäavarmmà kîhåtórå sarvvasa-
3 mavåtàt-kuòumbinaõ samàjãàpayaty-asty-åøa gràmî¸smàbhiõ
4 àtmanaõ puíy-àyur-yyaùasàm-abhivðddhayå àsaha-
5 sràìù-ùaùi-tàrakà-pratiøòham=agrà(a)hàraì kðtvà sarvvakara-

Second Plate; First Side.

6 parihàraiùca parihðtya bhàradvàja-sagîtràya vàjisa-
7 tå(nå)ya-sabrahmacàriíå bràhmaía-dåvaùarmmaíå prattaõ [|*]
8 tad-åvaì viditvà pórvvîcita-maryy[à*]day-îpasthànaì kartta-
9 vyaì måya-hiraíy-àdi cîpatå(nå)yaì [|*] bhaviøyataù=ca ràjãaõ
10 vijãàpayati [|*] dharmma-krama-vikramàbhyàm

Second Pilate; Second Side.

11 anyatama-yîgàd=avàpya ca mahèm=anuùàsatà pravðttaka-
12 m-idaì dànaì sad-dharmmam-anupaùyadbhir-åøî¸grahàrî¸nupàlyaõ [|*]
13 api càgra(tra) vyàs(à)gètàt-ùlîkàn-udàharanti [|*] bahubhir-vvasu-
14 dhà dattà vasudhà vasudh-àdhipaiõ [|*] yasya yasya yadà bhómi-
15 tasya tasya tadà phalam [||*]

Third Plate.

16 svadattàì paraì(ra)dattàì và yatn[à*]d-rakøa yudhiøòhira [|*] mahèm-mahi-
17 matàì ùråøòhè dàtà(nà)-cchråyî¸nupàlanaì [||*] øaøòiì varøa-
18 sahasràíi svarggå mîdati bhómidaõ [|*] àkøåptà
19 cànumattà ca tànyåva narakå vasåm(åd-)iti || svamukhàì(à)jãà [|*]
20 saìvatsaraõ øaøòaõ 6 caitramàsa-ùukla-paìcami(mè)-divasaõ ||