नागरा ऊचुः ।अभूदिहाष्टौ वर्षाणि श्वपचो भूमिपो द्विज ।राजत्वमर्पितं यस्य नाम मङ्गलहस्तिना
In plain words
The townsfolk said: Here, O brāhmaṇa, for eight years there was an outcaste as ruler of this land, to whom kingship was granted by the auspicious elephant.