iS eaiet menasieaieandaamnaanttaate alt) 
1923.] Daudig Copper Plate Inscription of Kasasali. 325 
The inscription records a grant of land by Mahadevi 
{queen-dowager) Kasasati, wife of king Badagosayi of Jaintia- 
pur, to the gods Siva, Jagannatha, and Vasudeva-bhadhara of 
the village Dauyadig, on the 22nd kartika, Sakabda, 1725 
(1803 A.D.). The grant is made with the consent of the reign- 
ing king Ramasimha II, the third in succession from Bada- 
gosayi. Now. Badagosayi reigned from 1731 to 1770 A.D. and 
Ramasimha II from 1790 to 1832 A.D. (J.A.S.B. 1895, vol. 
Ixiv, page 242: Gait’s History of Assam, pp. 260-261). 
Queen Kasasati thus appears to have enjoyed a very long 
life. This pious queen made immense grant of land for reli- 
gious purposes as the following inscriptions prove : 
. Copper Plate Inscription dated Sakabda 1710. This 
grant records another grant of land made in 1725 (Sakabada). 
It has been briefly noticed by Sir E. Gait in his ‘‘ Report on the 
Progress of Historical Research in Assam,” page 16; and will 
be shortly edited and published by me. , 
2. Copper Plate Inscription dated Sakabda 1727, noticed 
by Gait (loq. cit.) 
3. The Plate under review, Sakabda, 1725. 
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4. Copp 
by Gait (log. cit.) This plate is noteworthy in this connec- 
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TEXT. 
ee! aa farata | 
lL. swiky waalfe wate cuaueat wate as 
a ites - 
. Expressed in symbol. 2 Read wa:, 
* The upper curves of @t have been left out. 
* The preceding symbol probably implies @7@, 
® «"@"" is to be inserted after @ in line 3. 
