189-i.] U. C. Batabytil — New Copper-plate Grant of Dharmapala. 77 



1 . Din parwar-i-Muhammad Kh^in-i-buland rutbat. 



2. Bardast gu-i-daulat ba saviljan-i-ihsan. 



3. Darad cu zauq-i-ta'at an muhsin-i-zamana. 



4. Tartib dad masjid az 'aun-i-lutf-i-yazdan. 



5. Tarlkh-i-an Rizai jast az kliir(ad) bigufta. 



6. Shud khaua-i-Ilahi truikli-i-masjid-i-khan. 



Literal Translation. 



1. The nourishev of the faith of Muhammad, the Khan of high rank. 



2. Has carried away the ball of fortune with the polo-stick of 

 beneficence. 



3. As that benefactor of the age has a desire for devotion. 



4. He arranged for {i. e., built) a mosque by the help of the 

 grace of God. 



5. The date thereof Rizfil sought of wisdom, she said. 



6. lOiana-i-Ilahl ( God's house) was the date of the mosque of 

 the Khan. 



In line 2 wIa^,^ (burdast) is a contraction of o^^t ^d^i (burda ast) 

 which is the present perfect-tense of ii)^ to carry. 



In line 5 j=^ should be •iy^ wisdom, the letter ^ is not written in the 

 original. It must be an oversight. 



The date, according to the Ahjad calculation, comes to 702 H., as 

 will appear from the following illustration : — 



f^ = 600 



i I = 1 



I ID = 60 



J = 30 

 » = 5 



702] 



2. On a New Copper -pi ate Grant of Dharmapala. — By Umes Chandra 

 Batabyal, Esq., C.S. 



Abstract. 

 The HoxORART Phtlological Secretary, in drawing attention to the 

 interest Avhich attached to this discovery, said that the members present 

 would remember that our knowledge of the history of Benafal durii)g the 

 9th and 10th centuries depended almost entirely on a few inscriptions. 

 The first king of the Pala dynasty. Gopat-a I, was represented by one 



