History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c17.s1.t1.23

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162. I have carefully studied the plate and I find it impossible to read Kadambānāṃ rājā before the word Śiva in line 4. I, however, find a reference to the prosperity of the Kadambas in the last line which shows that it is a Kadamba document and a Kadamba grant. The readable portion in line 4 which is the first line of the latter grant, is: Siva-Kha[da] vamaṇā Mānavya-sa[go]ttena Hāritiputtena Vaijayantī pati[na] (end of the line). Before Śiva there were two letters (raṇā), then a blank space. Before Śiva, Mr. Rice read Siddham jayati Maṭṭapaṭṭidevo Vaijayantī-dhamma-Mahārāje patikata-saujhāyichachchaparo Kadambānāṁ rājā, out of which I can read traces of jayati Mat.—Dha[m]mahā.jā . . . . . . After this what Mr. Rice read as dhirāje is not traceable but in its place I read ra[ś]ammā anpa.[ti] . . . ka . . . . Mr. Rice's pati kata, etc., gives no meaning. His dhi ra je pa ti ka ta corresponds to my 'ra[ś]ammā aṇapa-ti. I have no doubt that Dhammamahārājo followed (Mayū)raśammā āṇapa(ya)ti. A better rubbing and facsimile would disclose the true forms of the six blurred letters after pa and the four letters after ka and before raṇā. Mayūraśarmā was the first Kadamba king. He renewed the grant.