43. Mallar (Bilaspur, M. P.) copper-plates of Jayaràja.
IE. AR. 1958-59, p. 26, No. 5, App. A; EI. Vol. XXXIII (1959-60), pp. 155-58 & Pls. (D. C. Sircar), AMS, I:V.

A set of three copper plates was recently discovered at the village of Mallàr in the Bilaspur District of Madhya Pradesh. The inscription was seemed by Mr. Amarnath Sao of Bilàspur, who showed it to Pandit L. P. Pandeya Sarma of Raigarh, Raipur District, Madhya Pradesh. Pandit Pandeya advised Mr. Sao to send the plates for examination to the office of the Government Epigraphist for India. Mr. Sao was kind enough to agree with the request and the plates were received in my office about the end of April 1958. The three plates, which have rounded corners, measure each about 5.4 inches in length and 2.95 inches in height. The thickness of the central plate is about 1/8 inch, the other two plates being thinner (about 1/16 inch thick). The, plates are strung on a ring 1/4 inch in thickness and 2 1/2 inches in diameter. But the seal, originally affixed to the ring, is now lost. There are in all 23 lines of writing, six lines each on the inner side of the first plate and the obverse and reverse of the second plate and only five lines on the inner side of the third plate. The weight of the three plates together is 32 3/4 tolas and that of the ring only 3 3/4 tolas. The charter is written in 'box-headed' characters and its language is Sanskrit.
The record is not dated in any era. It registers a charter of king Jayaràja (Mahà-Jayaràja) issued from Ùarabhapura which seems to have been situated near modern Sirpur in the Raipur District. The charter was issued on the fifth day of the month of Kàrttika in the fifth year of the reign of Jayaràja who very probably flourished about the middle of the sixth century A. D., although his exact reign period cannot be determined.(D. C. SIRCAR.)
Language: Sanskrit. In prose but for the usual benedictive and imprecatory verses at the end.
Metres: Verse 1: Vasantatilakà; Verse 2: Indravajrà; Verses 3-4: Anuøòubh.
Script: Box-headed variety of the Central Indian alphabet.
Date: Regnal Year 5, Kàrttika 5. About the middle of the sixth century A.D.
Measuring about 5-4" long and 2-95" broad, these plates have rounded corners. The central plate is thicker (about 1/8") than the other two plates (1/16").
(AMS)

TEXT

First Plate

1 Svasti [|*] Ùarabhapuràt dvi(vi)kkram-îpanata-sàmaìtta(ta)-cóäàmaíi-prabhà-prasåk-àmbu-
2 bhir=dh[au]ta-pàda-yugalî ripu-vilàsinè-sèmattî(nt-î)ddharaía-håtur=vvasu-vasudhà-
3 gî-pradaÛ paramabhàgavatî màtà-pitri(tð)-pàd-ànuddhyàtaõ ùrè-Mahà-Jayaràjaõ
4 A[ì]tta(ta)ranàlakèya-Kadaì(da)mbapadrullakå prativàsi-k[u]òumbinas=sa(na ssa)mà-
5 jnàpayati | viditam=astu vî yath=àsmàbhir=ayaì gràmas=Tridaùapati-
6 sadana-sukha-pratiøòh-àkarî yàvad=ravi-ùaùi-tàr[à]-kiraía-pratihata-

Second Plate, First Side

7 ghîr-àddha(ndha)kàra[ì*] jagad=avatiøòhatå tàvad-upabhîjya(gyaõ) sa-nidhis=s-îpanidhi-
8 r=a-chàòa-bhaòa-pràvai(vå)ùya[õ*] sarvva-kara-visarjjitaX=K[au]tsa-sagîtra-Bràhmaía-Kapa-
9 rd[d]isvàminas=sîm-îparàgå màtà-pitrîr=àtmanaù=ca puíy-àbhivra(vð)ddha-
10 yå udaka-pórvvaì tàmbra(mra)-ùàsanån=àtisðøòas=tå yóyam=åvam=upala-
11 bhyàsy=àjãà-ùravaía-vidhåyà bhótvà yath-îchita-bhîga-bhàgam=upanayaìttaõ(taõ) sukhaì
12 prativa[t*]syatha | bhaviøyataù=ca bhómipàn=anudarùayati | Dànàd=viùi[øòa-

Second Plate, Second Side

13 m=anupàlana-jaì puràíàt dharmmåøu niùchita-dhiyaÛ pravadaì(da)nti dharmma [|*]
14 tasmà[d*]=dvijàya suviùuddha-kula-ùrutàya dattàì bhuvaì bhavatu vî mati-
15 r=åva gîptuì(ptum) [||1||] bhavadbhir=apy=åøà dattir=anupàla-
16 yitavyà | Vyàsa-gètàìù=c=àtra ùlîkàn=udàharaìtti(ti) | Agnår=apatyaì
17 prathamaì suvarííaì | bhór=vvaiøíavè sóryya-sutàù=ca gàvaõ [|*] dattàs=traya-
18 s=tåna bhavaìtti(ti) lîkà | yaX=kàãcanaì gàì(gà)ã=ca mahèã=ca dadyà[t] [||2||*]

Third Plate

19 øaì(øa)øòi-varøa-sahasràíi svarggå mîdati bhómidaõ [|*] àcchåttà c=ànumaì-
20 ttà(ntà) ca tàì(tà)ny=åva narakå vasåt [||3||*] Bahubhir=vvasudhà dattà ràjaõbhbhi(jabhi)s=Sa-
21 gar-àdibhiõ [|*] yasya yasya yadà bhómis=tasya tasya tadà
22 phalaì(la)m=iti [||4||*] sva-mukh-àjãayà | ukti(tkè)rííaì Acalasiêghåna [|*]
23 pravarddhamàna-vijaya-saìvvatsara paì(pa)ãca 5 Kàrttika-disî 5 [||*]