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an inscription (for the stone is very narrow *,) or the in- 

 scription have been inaccurately engraved (and this also 

 iscountenanced by its appearance), I shall not take upon 

 myself to determine. At present, I can only translate 

 the first six, out of sixteen lines, which run thus ; 

 " Siimvat 1093 -f^, on the first day of the Hght fort- 

 night oi AshdSha. This day, at this auspicious Cata^ 

 the great and eminent prince Yas'apha'la J, in the 

 realm of Causamba, and village of Pajahdsa, com- 

 mands, that ." 







• Its height is 4 feet 9 inches, but it is only 9 inches wide. 



t Corresponding to A. D. 1037. 



X It may be worth remarking, that the inscription, discovered at 

 Saranat'ha near Benares, dated 10 years antecedent to this, relates 

 to a family of princes whose names had a similar termination. 

 Asiatick Hesnarches, vol. 5. p. 122. 



