1892.] H. Beveridge — A note on the Par'ganas of Murshidabad, 141 



their copies, to the effect that the letters should be "equal in size 

 even-headed, thick, and with spaces between." 



Besides these four lines there were several single letters, perhaps 

 mason's letters, and at one place in Uriya character ^rrfsiTfrT JT^RfJT or 

 the lord of Kasi, the lord of elephants." 



(C) The Bara Deal inscriptions were discovered by Babu M. M. 

 Chakravarti on the inside of the projecting walls of the porch, four 

 being on the south side, and three on the north. With the exception of 

 the lowermost one on the north side, the inscriptions belonged to the 

 reigns of three Orissan kings, Aniyahka Bhima Deva, Auahga Bhiiua 

 Deva, and Narasinha Deva. 



The inscriptions recorded gifts to the temple, usually for the purpose 

 of lighting lamps. 



The first inscription on the south side belonged to Nai^asiiiha Deva 

 IV, aud was dated, " Friday, the S'ukla eleddnsi of the month Makar in 

 the fourth anlca of the flourishing reign of Aninka Bhima Deva." This, 

 according to Babu M. M. Chakravarti's calculations, was equivalent to 

 Friday, 14th January, 1166 A. D., which would also agree with other 

 inscriptions of Narasiriha Deva IV, discovered by Babu M. M. Chakra- 

 varti. The second inscription on the north side was dated " Tuesday, 

 the Krishna pratipada of the month Dhanu, in S'akabda 11-10," which 

 was equivalent to Tuesday, 4th December, 1218 A. D. 



In conclusion, the author of the paper invited the attention of 

 scholars to the rich mine of antiquities that still remained to bo 

 explored in and round Bhuvanesvar. These very inscriptions if carefully 

 transcribed either by patient comparison on the spot, or from faithful 

 ink impressions, would probably throw much light on the mediaeval 

 kings of Orissa. In spite of the researches of Stirling, Priusep, Hunter 

 and Rajendralala Mitra, the history of Orissa was very obscure. The 

 Madala Panji was still its main basis and the Madala Panji was a very 

 unsafe and confusing guide, being itself based on unsatisfactory, im- 

 perfectly recorded, and often contradictory traditions. The work 

 should be deposed from the high pedestal which it now occupied, and 

 placed in its proper rank, as a corroborative document only. 



2. Is Mailapur the ancient Manipur of the Mahabharata ? — By S. 

 T. Krishnamacharyya, Esq., Attorney -at -I aw . Communicated by the 

 Philological Secretary. 



3. The Korhus.—By W. H. P. Driver, Esq. 



The papers will be published in the Journal, Part I. 



4. A note on the Parrjanas of Murshidabad— By H. BEVERIDGE, 

 Esq., C. S. 



In Akbar's reign, Bengal Proper was divided into 19 Sarkars 



