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 Gômatikottaka:--

        (Line 2.)-(There was) . . . . . . . . . the illustrious Mâdhavagupta. His son, who meditated on his feet, (was) the most devout worshipper of the Divine One, the glorious Adityasênadêva, begotten on the Paramabhattârikâ the queen, the Mahâdêvî, the glorious Shrîmatîdêvî.

        (L. 3.)-His son, who meditated on his feet, (was) the most devout worshipper of (the god) Mahêshvara, the Paramabhattâraka, Mahârâjâdhirâja, and [Paramêshvara], the glorious Dêvaguptadêva, begotten on the Paramabhattârikâ, the queen, the Mahâdêvî, the glorious Kônadêvî.

        (L. 4.)-His son, who meditated on his feet, was the most devout worshipper of (the god) Mahêshvara, the [Paramabhattâraka], Mahârâjâdhirâja, and Paramêshvara, the glorious Vishnuguptadêva, begotten on the Paramabhattârikâ, the queen, the Mahâdêvî, the glorious Kamaladêvi.

        (L. 5.)-His son, who meditates on his feet, the most devout worshipper of . . . . . . . . . , the Paramabhattâraka, Mahârâjâdhirâja, and Paramêshvara the glorious Jîvitaguptadêva (II.),-[begotten] on the Paramabhattârikâ, the queen, the Mahâdêvî, the glorious Ijjâdêvî,-being in good health, [issues a command] to the herdsmen, Talâvâtakas, messengers, makers of boundaries, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Râjaputras, Râjâmâtyas, . . . . . . . . . . . . Mahâdandanâyakas, Mahâpratîhâras, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kumârâmâtyas, Râjasthânîyas, Uparikas, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chaurôddharanikas, Dândikas, Dandapâshikas . . . . . . . . of the village of Vârunikâ, which lies in the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in the Nagara bhukti, (and) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . belonging to the Vâlavî vishaya, (and) to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the village of Kishôravâtaka (?), which was laid out by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and to those who subsist on the favour of Our feet, and to the neighbours, headed by the Brâhmans, (and) to the Mahattaras, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

        (L. 12.)-By the Bhôjaka Sûryamitra, belonging to (the establishment of) the divine (god) the holy and sacred Varunavâsin, who was requested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the above-mentioned [village] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . together with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and the village, &c., was formerly bestowed by the Paramêshvara, the glorious Bâlâdityadêva, by (his) own charter, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the divine (god) the holy and sacred Varunavâsin, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by restoration to the Bhôjaka Hamsamitra, and by those who presided at different times, viz. the Paramêshvara, the glorious Sharvavarman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [to] the Bhôjaka Rishimitra . . . . . . . . . by the Paramêshvara Avantivarman. In accordance with this practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . assent to its enjoyment by the Bhôjaka Durdharamitra was given, by the grant of a charter, by the Mahârâjâdhiâja and Paramêshvara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; 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) Varunavâsin; 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.