96 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XII, 



Mala of the Bdthava 



family. No mention of the particular fact, which the kiriis- 

 tambha was originally meant to record. An explanation, which 

 easily suggests itself, is that the fact meant to be recorded is 

 the digging of the tank, close to which the Ertistambha stands. 

 In such a case, the inscription must be taken to be incomplete, 

 and refer not to Surija Mala,— who was dead since Sam vat 

 1572, — but to some of his successors, probably Bama Siiigha, 

 who, according to the local tradition, dug the Bamasara tank, 

 to the west of the town. The name of Surija Mala ought there- 

 fore to be followed by that of Nara Singha, his son, and 

 Hamira, Nara Singha's son, and lastly Rama Singha, Hamira's 

 son. The strange is that no letters seem to have been erased 

 at the end of the inscription, and therefore it must be assumed 

 that the writing was left unfinished by the engraver himself. 



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Ikscr. No 5 : An inscription incised on a stone on the 

 outer wall of the fort, consisting of 7 lines of writing and cover- 

 ing a space of 8}* high by 16" broad. Written in the usual 

 corrupt mixture of Sanskrit and Bhasa. Letters very deeply 

 engraved and consequently broken in some places. 



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- — -. t . ^krarna-] Samvat 



1 the bright fortnight of Asadha, Sunday, and 

 i of maharajadhiraja maharaja Raya Singha 



stands was built Last follow the names of Mawa Gopala, 

 superintendent Singhavi LikhamI Dasa, architect, etc. 



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