Indian Epigraphy c11.t9.47

c11.t9.47

But the legend on the seals of some of the North Indian royal families was much bigger. Thus the seals of the Imperial Guptas exhibit the figure of Garuḍa, the emblem of the family, in the upper part and sometimes as many as eight lines of writing below the emblem.³ The seal of king Harṣavardhana, measuring about 5⅞" by 6⅞" has the bull emblem in the upper part and a legend containing no less than 13 lines of writing.¹ Similarly, the seals of the early kings of Assam exhibit the elephant emblem occupying the upper part of the surface, the legend in the lower part being big in some cases but smaller in others.² The legend was fairly big in the cases where the king, to whom the seal belonged, was described along with all his ancestors beginning with the founder of his house. Thus the legend on the oval seal (3 2/3" long and 3 1/10" broad) of king Bhāskaravarman of Assam containing 11 lines of writing mentions no less than 14 of his ancestors together with the queens of 9 of them. The regal title *Mahārājādhirāja* is applied to 4 of the rulers while one of them is called ‘the lord of Prāgjyotiṣa’ and two ‘the performer of two horse-sacrifices.’³