Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c11.9

c11.9

In another Nâsik cave there are four inscriptions In the first we are told that the cave was caused to be constructed on mount Triras'mi in Govardhana or the Nâsik District by the benevolent Ushavadâta, the son-in-law of king Kshaharâta Nahapâna and son of Dînika Ushavadâta gave away three hundred thousand cows, constructed flights of steps on the river Bârnâsâyâ, assigned sixteen villages to gods and Brâhmans, fed a hundred thousand Brâhmans every year, got eight Brâhmans at Prabhâsa or Somanâth Paṭṭan married at his own expense, constructed quadrangles, houses, and halting places at Bharukachchha or Bharoch, Dasapura in Mâlvâ, Govardhana, and Sorpâraga, the modern Supârâ near Bassein, made gardens and sank wells and tanks, placed ferry boats over the Ibâ, Pâradâ, Damanâ, Tâpî, Karabênâ, and Dâhanukâ, which were rivers along the coast between Thânâ and Surat, constructed rest-houses and endowed places for the distribution of water to travellers on both sides of these rivers, and founded certain benefactions in the village of Nânamgola for the Charaṇas and Parishads (Vedic schools of Brâhmaṇs) in Piṇḍitakâvaḍa, Govardhana, Suvarṇamukha, Sôrpâraga, and Râmatîrtha One year in the rainy season he marched at the command of his lord to the relief of the chief of a tribe of Kshatriyas called Uttamabhadras, who had been attacked and besieged by the Mâlayas At the sound of his martial music the Mâlayas fled away, and they were made the subjects of the Uttamabhadras Thence he went to Poshkarâṇi and there performed ablutions and gave three thousand cows and a village ⁴