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26. Daudig Copper Plate Inscription of Kasasati, 
Sakabda, 1725 (A.D. 1803). 
By Pror. KisHhort Monan Gupta, Assam Educational 
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PRELIMINARY. 
While collecting materials for the construction of a history 
of the Jaintiaraj [ came across this copper plate in a rather 
out-of-the-way place called Daudig (Dauyadig according to 
the inscription), about twenty-four miles from the head- 
quarters station of Sylhet and within the jurisdiction of the 
Jaintiapur Police Station. The plate is in the possession of the 
Sebaits (worshippers) of the gods to whom the grant is made. 
This inscription is for the first time brought to notice and 
edited by me. 
The plate measures 6” x 4” and is connected to a hook 
with two chains evidently for the purpose of suspension. The 
royal seal is engraved just in the middle of the upper margin and 
represents a jumping lion within three circles placed side by 
ide. The circle in the middle is made of dots. The lion has 
its face turned to’the left, having in front a semi-circle of 
dots. The seal is almost the same as is engraved in the Dhupi 
Copper Plate Inscription of Ramasimha II (see J. and P. A.S.B 
Vol. XVIII, 1922, No. 1, p. 73), with this difference however, 
that the bunch of water-lilies is absent in this plate. he 
plate has suffered a little damage immediately above the right 
hand portion of the third line. ; 
he inscription consists of 17 lines, excluding the invoca- 
tory line above the royal seal, two letters carved immediately 
above the first line about its end, and two other lines written 
on the right side of the upper margin and at right angles to 
the main body of the inscription. ‘lhe letters above the first 
line are @ and ® which imply that the former should be placed 
in line 3 (after @). ? 
e characters are modern Bengali with slight peculiar- 
iber’s bad hand in 
(Featrerhe) 
©missions in lines 14-15. ; : 
The language of the inscription is Sanskrit but lines 7-11 
are a mixture of Bengali and Sanskrit, the first three lines 
