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(25) Si(śi)lā-paṭṭa-śubhe vaṁśe sūtra-dhārā vichakshaṇāḥ। Bhojūkaḥ Kāmadevaś cha karmmanishṭhā Halā sudhīḥ ॥ "(Born) in the auspicious family of Śilāpaṭṭa, the conspicuous architects (were) Bhojūka, Kāmadeva, and the wise Halā, (who) were perfect in their work." "A Muhammadan ruler Jallāla Khojā, son of Īśāka, appointed these architects to build a Gomath(a) (? cow-shelter), a garden, and step-well in the town of Baṭithāḍim." (Bhatihagarh stone Inscrip. v. 12, Ep. Ind. vol. XII. pp. 46, 47, 44).