History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c24.20

c24.20

The Rājādhirāja had excavated the stream and brought it to the capital and thence it (the Chandrabhāgā) reached the ocean. The other stream was cut by King Pūrṇavarman in the 22nd year of his reign. Its name was Gomatī. To a length of 6,126 bows (dhanus), i.e. either 7 or 12 miles (Vogel, p. 33) it was cut or deepened (khātā) in 21 days (dinais siddhaikaviṁśakaiḥ)—from the 8th Krishna Phālguna to the 13th Śukla Chaitra (i.e. in amānta system). This stream had destroyed the camping-ground (śibirāvanim) of the king’s grandfather, a rājarshi (royal sage). The king made a gift of one thousand kine to Brāhmaṇas on the completion of the work. The inscription bears the mark of a triśūla on its top.