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IV. Another and similar Inscription found at the same 



place. 



With a fac simile of the foregoing inscription. Ma- 

 jor Mackenzie communicated the copy of another 

 inscription found also at Chitradurg and in the same 

 year. The whole of the introductory part, containing 

 the name of the prince, and his genealogy, is word for 

 word the same in both grants : excepting a few places, 

 where the variations are evidently owing to mistakes of 

 the artist, by whom the plates were engraved. I have 

 consequently derived much assistance from this fac si^ 

 mile in decyphering the original inscription before de- 

 scribed. 



The grant, here noticed, is by the same prince, and 

 dated in Saca 1213 ; only four years anterior to the one 

 before translated. I think it, therefore, unnecessary, 

 to complete the decyphering of it, or to insert a copy 

 or translation merely for the name and description of the 

 lands granted, or the designations of the persons oa 

 whom they were bestowed. 



Concerning the similarity of the grants, it may be 

 remarked, that this circumstance is not a sufficient 

 giound of distrust; for it cannot be thought extraordi- 

 nary, that a set form of introduction to patents should 

 have been in use ; or that grants, made within the space 

 of four years, by the same person, should be alike. I 

 must acknowledge, however, that the inaccuracies of 

 the original have impressed me with some doubt of the 

 genuineness of the preceding grant. I do not, how- 

 ever, suspect it to be a modern forgery : but I appre- 

 hend, that it may have been fabricated while the up- 

 per Carnal'aca continued under the sole domination of 

 Hindu princes. Still it may not be without its use, as 

 an historical monument : since it may be fairly pre- 

 sumed, that the introductory part is copied from a more 

 ancient monument ; perhaps from that, with which it 

 has been now collated. 



