June, 1873.] THE HILL OF SAPTA SRING. 101 had broken down the groups of trees the hos¬ tile kings, was Dunda, first of the name, the Nirgunda YuvaRiija. 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 Parama G u 1 a, first of the name, the Sri Prithuvi Nirgunda Raja. His wife, bom of the beloved daughter ofPallavadhirajabyMaruVarmma, an ornament of the Sugar a Kula, was K u n - d a 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 Tripura, 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 Nirggunda Raja—the Mahara¬ ja dhir a j aParame 8 vara, united with (his queen) S r i j a superior to Lakshrm, made a grant of the village of Po n n al 1 i, belonging to Nir¬ gunda, with freedom from all imposts. Its boundaries:—On the east, the white stone rock of Nolibela; on the south-east, Panyan¬ ger e; on the south, the bank of the watercourse of the Belgalli -tank and the D i 11 a -tank; on the south-west, the rocky ground of white stone atJaidarake; on the west, the tank of the H e n k e v i weavers; * on the north-west, the piles of stones atPunuse and Gottagala; on the north, the great bend of the watercourse of the Sama tank; on the north-east, the K a - 1 a m b e 11 i hill. And he further gave other land on tho north-east, (viz.) in tho plain of the Dnndu Samudraa small garden of 12 Jcanduga f ; in the share of N a 11 n Raja, the chief of M a n - nampale, 2 kanduga; on the west of the tdnda J of the Dnndu chief, one tdnda; in Kammargatti, in the plain of Srivura, 2 kandugas; under the Kalani large tank 6 Jcanduga; in the pasture-land of the E r e p u 1 i tank 20 Jcanduga,—this is dry-cultivation land; and as a site for a house 30 in the north-west comer ofSrivurain the mid¬ dle of Devangeri. 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 M a n u hath it been said : Whoso by violence takes away land presented by himself or by another shall be bom 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 S a gar a 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 Visva Karmmacharya, an abode of all learning, skilled in painting pictures, was this sasana written. Though it be but four kandulca of rice seed ... or two kanduka of waste land, it should be protected in the same manner as a gift to a Brahman^. THE HILL OF SAPTA SRING. BY W. BAMSAY, Bo. C. 8. “ Sapta Sring,” or, as it is called in some maps, but erroneously, “ Chattar Sing,” is one of the highest points in the line of hills commonly known as the Chandor range, running due east and west, at right angles to the main line
- Taltuv&yaru, supposed to be tbe same as tantuva- ,
yarn. f Konluga, as much land as takes a khanduga, or about three bushels of seed. J The signification of this term is not known. Perhaps it is a form of tcnui, a place. of the Western Gh^te, and separating the dis¬ trict of Khandesh as it formerly stood, on the north, from the plains of Nasik, to the south. The range is a remarkable one, presenting a series of perpendicular basalt faces to the south, § Ashtadaga prakritayah. || Sharmavati sahasra vishaya prakritayah. The name of “the 90,000 country” or country yielding a revenue of 90,000 pagodas, was Gangav&di, as we learn from other inscriptions, but where situated I have not been able to discover. r This last verse is obscure.
