18 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (January, 1915.] 
Translation. 
Om! The year three, the 27th day of Magha. In Sama- 
tata, in the kingdom of Sri Mahipala Deva, this meritorious 
deed namely (the installation of) the Lord Narayana is by the 
merchant Lokadatta belonging to (the village of) Bilakinda,— 
a great worshipper of Vishnu,—son of Vasudatta,—for the 
special furtherance of the spiritual merit and fame of himself 
and parents. 
The historical importance of this inscription as furnishing 
fresh light on the obscure history of Vigrahapila II and Mahi- 
pala I has been pointed out by me in the June 1914 number 
of the Dacca Review. The Bangad plate of Mahipala I and the 
Dinajpur Rajbati Inscription inform us that some usurpers 
drove Vigrahapala from the throne and he, after losing his king- 
dom, took shelter in the eastern country where water abounds. 
(@@ srat wat vafy.) His heroic son Mahipala recovered 
the lost kingdom of his father. The new Baghaura image 
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