322 Lieut. -Colonel Tod on the Religions Establishments of Mewar. 



No. IV. 



Sri Umra Sing (II.) &c. &c. 



Whereas the shrine of Sri Pratap-Iswara {the God of Fortune) has been erected in 



tlie meadows of Rasmi, all the groves and trees are sacred to him : whoever cuts 



down any of them is an offender to the state, and shall pay a fine of three hundred 



rupees, and the ass * shall be the portion of the officers of government who suffer it. 



Pos. 14, Samvatni2. 



No. V. 



Mahrana Siii Raj Sing, commanding. 



To the Nobles, Ministers, Patils,\ Putwaris,\ of the ten thousand [villages] of Mcwar 

 (dos sehes Mewar-ra), according to your stations — read ! 



1. From remote times the temples and dwellings of ih^, Tains have been authorized; 

 let none therefore within their boundaries carry animals to slaughter — this is their 

 ancient privilege. 



2. Whatever life, whether man or animal, passes their abode for the purpose of 

 being killed, is saved {amra).X 



3. Traitors to the state, robbers, felons escaped confinement, who may fly for 

 sanctuary {sinui) to the dwellings [upasrA) ^ of the Yatis,\\ shall not there be seized by 

 the servants of the court. 



4. The MincM^ (handful) at harvest, the mnti (handful) of Keranoh — the charity 

 lands {(loli), grounds, and houses, established by them in the various towns, shall be 

 maintained. 



5. This ordinance is issued inconsequence of the representation of the liic** Manoh, 

 to whom is granted fifteen bigahs of adhi'in ff land, and twent3--five of 7nataiti.-\-[ The 

 same quantity of each kind in each of the districts of Nimutch and Nimbahaira, — 

 total in the three districts, forty-five bigahs of adht'in, and seventy-five oi m('il.%X 



On seeing this ordinance, let the land be measured and assigned, and let none molest 



* The gadda-ghal is a punishment unknown to any but the Hindu code j the hieroijljphlc import appears 

 on the pillar, and must be seen to be understood. 



f Revenue officers. 



\ Literally immortal, from mura^ death, and the privative prefix, 



J Schools or colleges of the Yatis. || Priests of the Jains. 



1 Kunchi and muli are both a handful: the first is applied to grain in the stalk at harvest time; the 

 other to such edibles in merchandize as sugar, raisins, &c. collectively termed keranoh. 



** Ric is an ancient title applied to the highest class of priests ; Ric-Ricsha-Ric-iawara, to royalty 

 in old times. I leave to antiquarians the derivation of this terminating syllable of the Gothic kings, 

 the Alarics, Chilperics, Theodorics, &c. 



f f Adhan, is the richest land, laying under the protection of the town walls : mat or malaili land, is 

 land not irrigated from wells. 



%X In all a hundred and twenty bigahs, or about forty acres. 



