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THE HILL OF SAPTA SRING.

had broken down the groups of trees the hos tile kings, was Dund u, first of the name, the Nirgunda Yuva Rāja. His beloved son, who through his knowledge of politics had destroyed without exception the groups of his enemies, a friend to all the world, of a life plea sant to be heard of, making good use of thought, word, and deed, was Param a G ſila, first of

the name, the Sri Prith u v i Nirgunda Rāja. His wife, born of the beloved daughter of Palla vä dhirāja by Maru Warm ma, an ornament of the Ságara Kula, was Kun da v v i by name. In her husband's house did she grow up, daily promoting works of merit; and she erected a Jain temple, an ornament to

the north of Śripura, a glory to all the world.

For the repairs of any cracks or defects in which, for erecting any new portions, for the worship of the god, and for the gifts and cha rities—on the representation of that Pri thivi Nirg gun da Rāja—the Mahar fi

jā dhirāja Parame Švara, united with (his

queen) Srija superior to Lakshmi, made a grant of the village of Po n n all i, belonging to Nir gun da, with freedom from all imposts. Its boundaries:–On the east, the white stone rock

of No libel a ; on the south-east, Pany an ge re; on the south, the bank of the watercourse of the Belg alli-tank and the Dilla-tank; on the south-west, the rocky ground of white stone

at Jaidar a ke; on the west, the tank of the He n kevi weavers; * on the north-west, the

piles of stones at Pun use and Got tag å la; on the north, the great bend of the watercourse

north-east, (viz.) in the plain of the Dun du Sam u dra a small garden of 12 kanduga + ; in the share of Nallu Rāja, the chief of Man nam pale, 2 kanduga; on the west of the tánda t of the Dun du chief, one tanda ; in

Kam marg at ti, in the plain of Sri v u ra, 2 kundugas; under the Kalani large tank 6 kanduga; in the pasture-land of the Erep ſili tank 20 kunduga, this is dry-cultivation land; and as a site for a house 30

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the north-west corner of Sri vura in the mid dle of Dev anger i. Witnesses to this gift : The 18 existing chiefs $.

Witnesses to this gift: The existing chiefs of the 96,000 country ||. Whoso through avarice seeks to resume this gift incurs the guilt of the five great sins. Whoso maintains it acquires all merit. More over by Man u hath it been said: Whoso by violence takes away land presented by himself or by another shall be born a worm in ordure for sixty thousand years. He who makes a gift has an easy task; the maintenance of another's gift is arduous. Bnt to maintain a gift is more meritorious than to make one.

The earth has been enjoyed by Sà gara and other kings. According to their (gifts of) land so was their reward. Poison is no poison, the pro perty of the gods that is the real poison. For poison kills a single man, but a gift to the gods (if usurped) destroys sons and descendants. By Višva Karm mach äry a, an abode of all learning, skilled in painting pictures, was this sūsana written. Though it be but four kanduka.

of the S film a tank; on the north-east, the Ka

of rice seed

lam be t t i hill.

land, it should be protected in the same manner as a gift to a Brahman".

And he further gave other land on the

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or two kanduka of waste

THE HILL OF SAPTA SRING. BY W. RAMSAY, Bo. C. S.

“Sapta Śring,” or, as it is called in some maps,

of the Western Ghâts, and separating the dis

but erroneously, “Chattar Sing,” is one of the highest points in the line of hills commonly

trict of Khāndesh as it formerly stood, on the north, from the plains of Nāsik, to the south.

known as the Chandor range, running due

The range is a remarkable one, presenting a

east and west, at right angles to the main line

series of perpendicular basalt faces to the south,

• Taltuváyaru, supposed to be the same as tantwva-.

luga, as much land as takes a khanduga, or

yaru. + Kan

about three bushels of seed.

t The signification of this term is not known. it is a form of taºa, a place.

Perhaps

Ashtadaša prakritayah. | Shanmavati sahasra vishaya prakritayah. The name of “the 96,000 country” or country yielding a revenue of 96,000 pagodas, was Gangavági, as we learn from other inscriptions, but where situated I have not been able to discover.

This last verse is obscure.