Grants of Land found at Ujjayani. 23d 



sprung from the race of Bharadwaja/"^*) and tracing a triple line of descent, 

 Bliarad-ivcija, A'ngirasa, and Vdrhaspatya, (-9) settled at yldrelavaddhdvari- 

 st'hdna,^^°^ tiie aforesaid Badauda-grdma and Ut'havanaca grdma, with their 

 trees, fields and habitations,(3i) together with hidden treasure, and deposits, 

 and adorned with ponds, wells and lakes. 



On the 15th of Srdvana sudi in the year 1200, at the time of an eclipse 

 of the moon,(32) foi- our father's welfare, we have again granted those two 

 villages by patent with the previous gift of water ;(-''^ therefore all in- 

 habitants of both villages, as well the Pat' t'acila ('°) and other people, as 

 husbandmen, being strictly observant of his commands, must pay unto him 

 all dues as they arise, tax, money-rent, share of produce,(^3) and the rest. 



Considering the fruit of this meritorious act as common, future princes, 

 sprung of our race, and others, should respect and maintain this virtuous 

 donation accordingly, t^'') 



By many kings, Sagara as well as others, the earth has been possessed. 

 Whose-soever has been the land, his has then been the fruit.C^^) 



He, who resumes land, whether given by himself, or granted by others, 

 is regenerated a worm in ordure, for 60,000 years.Css) 



Ramabhadra again and again exhorts all these future rulers of the earth : 



this universal bridge of virtue (^') 



(The remainder, upon another plate, is wanting.) 



No. 2. 

 A Grant of Land, inscribed on Copper, found at Ujjayani. 



'Om ! Well be it ! Auspicious victory and elevation ! 



Virtuous is he, whose hair is the etherial expanse ;'2) who, for creation, 

 supports with his head that lunar line ('•) which is a type of the germ con- 

 tained in the seed of the universe. 



May the matted locks of love's foe,(*) reddened by the lightning's ring, that 

 flashes at the period of the world's end, spread for you nightless (^^ pros- 

 perity.f'^**^ 



From his abode at the auspicious Bardhamdnapura, his Majesty,(''J the 

 great king, sovereign,(9) and supreme lord, the fortunate Java varma dicva, 

 whom victory attends, sonC*) of (■') Yas'6 varma deva, son W of (») Nara 

 VAK.MA DEVA, son i^l of ('-') Udayaditya DJivA, acquaints all king's officers, 

 BrdhmanasanA others, and the Pat't'acila^^'^^ and people, &c. inhabiting the 



