Inscription incised on a slab of stone found in front of a house to the east of Jaiśi Deval, Kathmandu. The top of the stone is broken and lost. Most of the inscription is illegible. Saṃvat 535.
(7 or 8 lines at the top are lost. The first part of the inscription does not give sense as it is damaged. But devamight suggest Śivadeva and probably the lines earlier might bear his royal epithets. It is a gift of the village. The boundary line shows a place called Bharatāśrama, abode of Bharata. The text further states: It is Tegvala Nārāyaṇa Svāmī…fields belonging to Tegvala Pradīpa Gauṣṭhikā—thereafter south west and east fields of Vipāñcalikāwestern side of the southern hill. The charter is issued from the palace of Mānagṛha and testifies to a grant, either of land or immunity from the entry of offices.
The inscription further says at the portion readable: the boundary is thus fixed. No one, including those who earn livelihood at our feet, will do otherwise to our gift. If they disobey my orders I will subject such people to discipline who have acted beyond its pale. The future kings will consider this as a pious gift of their predecessors thinking that they will have to respect the injunctions of the past kings. The date is Āśvinaśukla[1] 7 of the year 535, and the appointed agent or witness (dūtaka) isRājaputra Vikramasena.
[1] Regmi reads śrāvaṇa śuklain Vol. 1, (CsK).
Regmi, vol.1, p. 68: “Date: Samvat 535 Śrāvaṇa śukla 7. The inscription is generally attributed to Śivadeva in view of the era used herein. But it seems to me that through the Na-bahil inscription was made a grant of land by Amsuvarmā functioning as the main ruler. The word deva in our first line refers to a divinity and not to any king on the throne”.