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



panchamaha kabda ,' " but he does not use Royal or Imperial 

 titles. At the same time I must note that the mere mention 

 of the Yamagarta mandala does not prove that he was a 

 Mandaladhipati. 1 About the language and the genealogical 

 portion of the inscription, I have but to reproduce the remarks 

 of Prof. Chakravartti. The language is hopelessly corrupt 

 Sanskrit. The inscription records the grant of the village of 

 Vamaitalla in the Tunkera vishaya to three Brahmanas, viz., 

 Devasarma, son of Padama; Vrstideva, son of Llallada and his 

 son Ramadeva. Half of the village went to Devasarma, 

 one-fourth to Vristideva and the remaining fourth to his son 

 Ramadeva. The family of Devasarma had emigrated from the 

 Varendra mandala of Bengal to the Odra Vishaya or more 

 particularly from the Utharuthabhata village of the Varendra 

 mandala. It should be noted in this connection that this is 

 the first specific mention of the Varendra mandala in an 

 inscription. Devasarma was an inhabitant of the village of 

 Savirabhata in the Odra vishaya and he belonged to the 

 Kasyapa gotra, the pravaras being Vatsayana and Naidhruva. 

 Evidently the first name of the pravaras of the Kasyapa gotra, 

 Kaiyapa. has been omitted. Devasarma's grandfather was 

 Dhanasarma and his father Padama, and he was a student of 

 the Kanva branch of the Yajurveda. Vrstideva was a 

 student of the Kanva branch of the Yajurveda like Devasarma, 

 but he belonged to the Vatsya gotra. His father was Llallada 

 and his grandfather Dhaduka, his family having emigrated 



from Savathi, i.e., Sravasti. At the time of the grant they were 

 inhabitants ofthe Yamagarta mandala. No special mention 

 is made of Ramadeva as it is apparent that he is a son of 

 Vrstideva just mentioned. On palaeographical grounds the 

 inscription may be referred to the eleventh century a.d. I 

 edit the inscription from lie original : 



Text. 



First Side. 



l.-Om* sva 8 ti[l*jAva[d*Jdho[d* ]dhata dvipa-ganda-sthala- 



galad-avirala-ma. 



2.— da-malita 3 -ma(lhukaravali-jha[m*]krne (t-ai)ka-prado- 



sat = pravudha-*. 



3.— teya-vipra-varai Rik-sama-yajur- veda dhvanibhir = 8 



mvaha-pra- 



t.— tikrta-sakala-janapadat 6 anavarata-dvija-huta-hu— 



' J & P. A.S.B. , Vol. V, 1909, p. 348. 



I Sr Sed h Z Jt s y mboL 3 R ead malina. 



* Kead prav n ddha-te)6-vipra-varair= rik—. 



Read dhvanibhir =. "Read padad = 



ana 



