430 ON ANCIENT MONUMEfiTS. 



V. Inscription on a stone found at CuruG(5de i7t the 

 district o/" A d o n i * . 



Another ancient monument, for the communica- 

 tion of which the Asiatick Society is indebted to the 

 same gentleman, whose zeal for literary research, and 

 indefatigable industry in the prosecution of inquiries, 

 cannot be too much praised, was found by him in the 

 upper Carndt'acain. ISOl, and has been presented to 

 the Asiatick Society, with the following account of its 

 discovery and of the inscription which it contains. 



* The accompanying stone was foufid at Kurugode, 

 fourteen miles north oi BaJluri, not far from the Tung- 

 bhadrd, among the ruins of the ancient town at the 

 foot of the Durg ; and was removed thence, in March, 

 iSOl, with the consent of th^ principal inhabitants, 

 under the impression, that this specimen of ancient 

 characters, with which it is covered, would be a de- 

 sirable acquisition to gentlemen who cultivate the study 

 of Hindu literature. 



' The inscription is chiefly written in the ancient 

 Canard language much mixed with Sanscrit, of which 

 some of the Slocas or stanzas are exclusively composed. 

 It commences with the invocation of Sambhu (Siva), 

 and after introducing the grant, date, and description of 

 the lands, concludes with several Slocas usually added 

 as a formula in confirmation of such donations. 



A FEW of the stanzas, said to be written in the Fru- 

 crit language, could not be understood by the Sustris 

 and Pandtts at Triplicajie, who explained the greatest 

 part of the inscription to my Brahmens : by their 



* Adarani. 



