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(17) Prāsāda-mālābhir alaṁkṛitāṁ dharāṁ vidāryyaiva samutthitām । Vimāna-mālā-sadṛiśāni yattra gṛihāṇi pūrṇṇendu-karāmalāni ।। ‘Here, cleaving asunder the earth, there rise up houses which are decorated with successions of storeys, which are like rows of aerial chariots (and) which are as pure 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.)