232 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVI, 
soy a9) yy Ja! Bi Fe ways wllsc I gg 
Bi HF gfe 9 BOD (gh Di} Boy? gd AF GileS daw 
Tabagat-i-Akbart, Lakhnau Lithograph, p. 298, Il. 9-10. 
“To return evil for evil is wisdom in the eyes of those who 
see only the outsides of things ( 9 Jat). Those who pene- 
trate their inner meaning have, however, done good after wit- 
nessing evil.” 
This is the literal and original sense of the verses, but it is 
clear that there is a double entendre in the first couplet which 
is susceptible of another interpretation also: “ To return evil 
for evil to the people of Strat ( ype Jet) would be want of 
wisdom ( csa»*¥ 7.€. csdys4). Those who penetrate the inner 
meaning of things have done good after witnessing (7.e., ex- 
periencing) evil.” 
It will be seen that the felicity of the quotation and its 
‘topical application’ depend on the resemblance in sound 
between Strat and e) ye, and the double meaning of the phrase 
wo Je, 
_ _ All this is interesting and not devoid of significance, but 
it does not provide the sort of evidence which we should like 
to possess. hat is required is the occurrence of the form 
© in a contemporary document or record of which the 
authenticity and the date cannot be impugned. Such a thing 
is not easily found, and it must be therefore matter for congra- 
tulation that a record satisfying these conditions is actually in 
existence. This is no other than the ‘ Grande Inscription de. 
Qandahar’ to which I have already referred in the note on 
Bangala. The epigraph is, as I have said, in two parts. In 
the first, there is a rough description of the boundaries of 
Akbar’s empire ; in the second, a long catalogue of the towns, 
cities and famous fortresses of Hindustan. There are in this 
list about one hundred and six names beginning with ‘ Udisa 
and Jaganat’ in the east, and ending with ‘Umarkot (9° ye) 
and Tatta (ai) in the west. The principal towns in Gujarat 
are there enumerated as follows :— 
