Deo-Baranark Inscription of Jivitagupta II

        Reverence to . . . . . . . . .! Hail! From the victorious camp, possessed of shouts of victory acquired by the three constituents of power, (and) invincible through (its) equipment of great ships and elephants and horses and foot-soldiers, (and) situated near the fort of G matikottaka:--

        (Line 2.)-(There was) . . . . . . . . . the illustrious M dhavagupta. His son, who meditated on his feet, (was) the most devout worshipper of the Divine One, the glorious Adityas nad va, begotten on the Paramabhatt rik  the queen, the Mah d v , the glorious Shr mat d v .

        (L. 3.)-His son, who meditated on his feet, (was) the most devout worshipper of (the god) Mah shvara, the Paramabhatt raka, Mah r j dhir ja, and [Param shvara], the glorious D vaguptad va, begotten on the Paramabhatt rik , the queen, the Mah d v , the glorious K nad v .

        (L. 4.)-His son, who meditated on his feet, was the most devout worshipper of (the god) Mah shvara, the [Paramabhatt raka], Mah r j dhir ja, and Param shvara, the glorious Vishnuguptad va, begotten on the Paramabhatt rik , the queen, the Mah d v , the glorious Kamalad vi.

        (L. 5.)-His son, who meditates on his feet, the most devout worshipper of . . . . . . . . . , the Paramabhatt raka, Mah r j dhir ja, and Param shvara the glorious J vitaguptad va (II.),-[begotten] on the Paramabhatt rik , the queen, the Mah d v , the glorious Ijj d v ,-being in good health, [issues a command] to the herdsmen, Tal v takas, messengers, makers of boundaries, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R japutras, R j m tyas, . . . . . . . . . . . . Mah dandan yakas, Mah prat h ras, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kum r m tyas, R jasth n yas, Uparikas, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chaur ddharanikas, D ndikas, Dandap shikas . . . . . . . . of the village of V runik , which lies in the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in the Nagara bhukti, (and) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . belonging to the V lav  vishaya, (and) to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the village of Kish rav taka (?), which was laid out by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and to those who subsist on the favour of Our feet, and to the neighbours, headed by the Br hmans, (and) to the Mahattaras, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

        (L. 12.)-By the Bh jaka S ryamitra, belonging to (the establishment of) the divine (god) the holy and sacred Varunav sin, who was requested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the above-mentioned [village] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . together with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and the village, &c., was formerly bestowed by the Param shvara, the glorious B l dityad va, by (his) own charter, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the divine (god) the holy and sacred Varunav sin, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by restoration to the Bh jaka Hamsamitra, and by those who presided at different times, viz. the Param shvara, the glorious Sharvavarman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [to] the Bh jaka Rishimitra . . . . . . . . . by the Param shvara Avantivarman. In accordance with this practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . assent to its enjoyment by the Bh jaka Durdharamitra was given, by the grant of a charter, by the Mah r j dhi ja and Param shvara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; and it is now enjoyed by him.

        (L. 17.)-"Therefore I [now announce] that it is assented to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; such is (my) command to all people. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the altar of (the god) Varunav sin; after that, there is given . . . . . . . . . . . . . . with the udranga and the uparikara, with (the proceeds of fines for) the ten offences, the five . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

From: Fleet, John F. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum: Inscriptions of the Early Guptas. Vol. III. Calcutta: Government of India, Central Publications Branch, 1888, 217-218.