32 1 Lieut.-Colond Tod on the Religious Establishments of Mewar. 



boundaries inlm sim) s\\a\\ all belong to Sri-ji. If of my seed, none will ever dispute 

 tliis. 



The ancient copper-plate being lost, I have thus renewed it. 



Here follows a list of thirty-four entire towns and villages, many from the fisc ; or 

 confirmations of the grants of the chiefs, besides various parcels of arable land, from 

 twenty to one hundred and fifty bigahs, in forty-six more villages, from chiefs of every 

 class, and patches of meadow-land [Mra) in twenty more. 



No.X. 



Sri Mahrana Bhima Sing-ji, commanding. 



To the towns of Sri-ji, or to tiie [persmiaf] lands of the Gosaen-ji,* no molestation 

 shall be offered. No warrants or exactions shall be issued or levied upon them. All 

 complaints, suits, or matters in which justice is required, originating in Nat'hdwara, 

 shall be settled there; none shall interfere therein, and the decisions of the Gosaen-ji 

 1 shall invariably confirm. Tlie town and transit dutiesf (of Nalh'dwara and villages 

 pertaining thereto), the assay {pur/ifidye)\ fees from the public markets; duties on 

 precious metals {/Msoti),\ all brokerage {dulali), and dues collected at the four gates ; all 

 contributions and taxes of whatever kind, are presented as an offering to Sri-ji ; let the 

 income thereof be placed in 8ri-ji's coffers. 



All the products of foreign countries imported by the Vaishnuvas,X whether domestic 

 or foreign, and intended for consumption at Nath'dwara,§ shall be exempt from duties. 

 The right of sanctuary [sirna) of Sni-Ji, both in the town and in all his other villages, || 

 will be maintained: the Almighty will take cognizance of any innovation. Wherefore, 

 let all chiefs, farmers of duties, beware of molesting the goods of Nath-ji {t/ie God), and 

 wherever such may halt, let guards be provided for their security, and let each chief 

 convey them through his bounds in safety. If of my blood, or if my servants, this warrant 

 will be obeyed for ever and for ever. Whoever resumes this grant will be a caterpillar in 

 hell during 60,000 years. 



By command — through the chief butler {Panairi) Eklingdas : written by Surut 

 Sing, son of Nathji Pancholi, Mah-sud 1st, Samvat \%Q&; A.D. 1809. 



* The high priest. 



f All these are royalties, and the Rana was much blamed, even by his VUhnuva ministers, for sacrificing 

 them even to Kaniva. 



J Followers of VisiiNu, Ckishna, or Kaniva, chiefly mercantile. 



§ Many mercliants, by the connivance of the conductor? of the caravans of Apollo's goods, contrived to 

 smuggle their goods to Nath'dwara, and to the disgrace of the high priest or his underlings, this traffic was 

 sold for their personal advantage. It was a delicate thing to search these caravans, or to prevent the loss 

 to the state from the evasion of the duties. The Rana durst not interfere, lest he might incur the penalty 

 of his own anathemas. The author's influence with the high priest put a stop to this. 



II This extent of sanctuary is an innovation of the present Rana's, with many others equally unwise. 



