368 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. . [October, 1909. 
main inscription, which is 13 inches broad, and occupies 
the entire upper portion between the backsight and muzzle of the 
lows :— 
Je wai ey 32 Albee y ashe Wy old gS ad Sole slSsb Ope 90 
* (ty Oem! One ee 2 
“ 
Vidyla wl STte) cu * em IS Syle ld Pe 
‘In the time of the Just King Sher Shah—May God per- 
petuate his kingdom and rule !—Saiyid Ahmad Rimi wrought 
(this cannon) in the year 949. 
“Sher Shah, who is just in the world, 
ay his good name continue for ever.’’ 
The date shows that the gun was cast in the next year after 
ad deposed Khizr Khan—the first Governor of 
socket. On the lower side of the gun are found three inscrip- 
tions. The t, below the muzzle, is scratched in Persi 
shikast, and gives either the name of the gunner or a subsequent 
pein: Riftat Ghazs geile 3). Another ' mark also is seen here, 
just above the name. At the other end, below the breech, i§ 
found in Bengali the name Tarap Raja. i 
is an important perganah. The fort at Jangalbari (in the present 
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