1906. | The Umga Hill Inseriptions. 29 
The ruins on the hills of Manda, Pachar, Dongra, Cheon, Bakan, 
Sandhail, Umga, Aranagar (about six miles south of Deo), Pawai, 
Koluha, Singa r, Maher, ete , may be quoted as instances. In the 
ays of yore when the use of artillery was in its infancy or 
totally unknown, or out of practice on account of being in- 
humane, kings and noblemen probably selected their capitals i in 
hills and other inaccessible places where fortification was render- 
ed easy by nature. To build a castle in the plains was perhaps 
considered unsafe. The seats of Government were therefore in 
the southern hills and in the inaccessible jungles, ayaa still 
abound in ruins of towns and palaces. The northern fertile 
plains of the Gayd district were therefore perhaps less densely 
populated in those days, being more open to foreign attacks. 
Teat of the inscription on the top of Gouri Shankar Hill near Umga,} 
District Gayd. 
goa faa a am: fara) arttedaqeaciazes: etaat Ger 
waa: gausatqufafaqe «ganiswaq| | cHlaqOW «TA 
Bad waMaaaaa iat aul DAML: HILT LaAA 1% | F- 
Satguaza warast ib qea(elamaid Awrautmafafaua: F- 
Tat ufee | amqaie wa feafagieiaiea: ate ata- 
qraaraeet aeec: atfes: 12) aanetafareat sayasw- 
yy aut Wy: Bes: we[aet Jwrat aqnat aarter aaa | Staataaat 
naiafefaaagialeag ifashag yu fam rata a laT a urata- 
A) 8) Sai aS Saw Taw dar aur faced fafa: neifeaee 
Bar ag Maraqarsafae uaa aie faa facie fafest ware 
ways wy fanny Ge'sfaa arafast a we va'feugea TT 
wa un BSatgarty aaa quce 1 Hertfa qian att geearfes a- 
a: | anfaat ststa wana fea ata ye ate waar Tw, faaa| 
S ayaa | HaTaad fauitdetantegal Be | 8 | WAMATA Tea, et] 
aime aad | | ageqfad <a ateaeae aS) BAR aaq | 
1 Should be wufafegiea | 
2 Should be qerada | 
3 In the original it is fasgt, — is, the @ is wanting, 
4 ~ can be also read aaife at " 
b ae is probably a mistake ae lt 
6 BRST does not seem to be correct Sanskrit : may be oifafeqa 
