No. 8. Khaнdagiri 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 Gaнещagumphа. 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 Щаntikara, who is not known from any other record. The inscription is in verse and seems to record some dedication made by Bhиmaтa, a physician, the son of Nannaтa. 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 Щrи Щаntikara-saurаjyаd=аchandrаrkkaм
2 gрhе gрhе | Khadi (?)sa[м](?)jге punaх praкgе(?) ga-
3 jаsya-virajе janе || Ijyа-garbha-samud-
4 bhуtо Nannaтasya sutо bhiшak | Bhиmaто
5 yаchatе vаnyaprasthaм samvatsarаt=punaх ||