Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v1.c9.s82: No. 94. Myson Pillar Inscription of Jaya Indravarman V dated 1165 Ś
Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champā; Vol. II: Suvarṇadvīpa) v1.c9.s82
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No. 94. Myson Pillar Inscription of Jaya Indravarman V dated 1165 Ś
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The inscription was edited by M. Finot (B. E. F., Vol. IV, p. 953, No. XVIII C). It is engraved on the same pillar as No. 69 and contains 11 lines of writing in Cham. It records the pious donations of Jaya Indravarman V to the god Śrīśanabhadreśvara in 1165 śaka.
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TRANSLATION.
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Hail! There is a prince, king of kings, Jaya Indravarman, prince Harideva, of Sakan-Vijaya, grandson of His Majesty Jaya Harivarman, great king of kings, son of His Majesty Jaya Harivarman, great king of kings, younger brother of His Majesty Parameśvaravarman, the great king. He has all the thirty-three signs, . . . . . youth, beauty, strength and pride of heroism . . . . . he knows all the sciences . . . . . he is versed in the philosophy of different schools. He is expert in all pleasures . . . . . youth, but realising that the body and the pleasures of royalty are transitory . . . . . a famous glory in the world, and he restored it completely. And the king . . . . . the god Śrīśānabhadreśvara who is the origin of the kingdom of Champā . . . . . objects to Śrīśānabhadreśvara, in śaka year . . . . . inferior and middle, ‘five-member-form-one’ (pañcamāṅgaḥ rūpaikaḥ) i. e. 1165 (Finot reads the date as 1185).