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(43) Prāsāda-mālābhir alaṁkṛitāṁ dharāṁ vidāryyaiva samutthitam। Vimāna-mālā-sadṛiśaṁ yattra gṛihaṁ pūrṇṇendu-karāmalam॥ ‘Here cleaning as under the earth, there rise up houses which are decorated with succession of storeys; which are like rows of aerial chariots (and) which are as pure (white) as the rays of the full moon.’---(Mandasor stone inscrip. of Kumaragupta, line 7, *C. I. I.*, Vol. III, F. G. I., no. 18, pp. 81, 85.)