Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c13.12

c13.12

⁷ In Paṇḍıt Bhagavanlâl's transcrıpt ın Vol VII, Ind Ant, the readıng ıs भ्रष्टराजप्रतिष्ठापकेन But ın a foot-note Dr Bühler says that the correct readıng may be राज्य for राज In Dr Bhâu Dâjı's copy of the inscrıptıon the ष्ट्य ıs dıstınct, p 118, Vol VII, Jour B B R A S Bhâu Dâjı and Paṇḍıt Bhagvânlâl translate thıs expressıon hy "obtaıned glory of great exploıts by the re-establıshment of deposed kıngs," (p 20, Vol VII, Jour B B R A S), and "he who has restored to theır thrones *deposed kings*," (p 260 *a*, Vol VII, Ind Ant) If राज were the reading, this translation would of course be correct, but with राज्य it is far fetched There is nothing here to show that the lost *râjya* or kingdom re-established by Rudradâman was any other person's than his own So that, it looks natural to understand him to have re-established (his own) lost kingdom