18. Tumain (Gwalior dist. M. P.) fragmentary Inscr. (now in
Gуjarи Mahala Museum, Gwalior) of Ghaтotkacha-gupta (son of Kumаragupta I ?) (Bh.
No. 1269). G.116. M. B. Garde, An Administration Rep. for Vikrama Saмvat 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 Rаjya Abhilekha, No. 553.
In this inscr. Ghaтotkachagupta is mentioned as son of Kumаragupta who is most
probably Kumаragupta I of Imperial Gupta dynasty.
TEXT (M. B. GARDE EI XXVI, No. 11)
1 [ri]ryyasya lokattrayаnte | caraнakamalaм(la)mattyaм(cchaм) vandye(ndya)te
siddhasaкdaiх(кdhaiх) [||*]
rаjа щrи-Candraguptas-tad-anujayate yo medinим sаgarаntаm
2 - щrи-Candraguptasya mahendrakalpaх kumаraguptas-tanayas-sa[magrаm] [|*]
rarakшa sаdhvиmiva dharmmapatnиm vairyyаgrahastairupaguhyam bhуmim [||*]
3 [ Я я ] gauraх kшityambare guнasamуhamayуkhajаlo nаmnoditassa tu
ghaтotkacaguptacandraх [||*] sa pуrvvajаnам sthira-satva-kиrttir-bhujаrjjitам
kиrttim=abhiprapadya ||(|)
4 [guptаnvayа*]nам vasudheщvarана[m] samащate шoдaщavarшayukte | kumаragupte
nрpatau pri(pр)thivyаm virаjа(ja)mаne щaradиva sуryye || vaтodake
sаdhujanаdhivаse
5 taщщrиdeva ityуrjjitanаmadheyaх [||*] tadagrajobhуddharidevasaмjгastatoёanujo
yastu sa dhanyadevaх [|*] tatovaro yaщca sa bhadradevastataXkanиyаnapi saкha(кgha)deva[х
||*]
6 - nasaktacittах samаna[vр]ttаkрti[bhаvadhиrах kрtа]layа[stu]mbavane ba[bhу]vuх
|| akаrayaмste giri[щri](щр)кgatuкgaм щaщi[prabhaм] devani[ketanaм-|]
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L. 4, 6. The portion within square brackets is conjecturally restored.