378 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIX, 
superscript 7 and offers no suitable basis for comparison. On 
the other hand the subscript y in our plates is of decidedly 
earlier form while ie in the brass image inscription 
of Prabhavati, queen of Devakhadga) ! and ¢ also show less 
advanced forms than those of oe Khalimpur plates. Again the 
latter contain a few advanced forms of p which are entirely 
wanting in our plates. On these grounds sc is safe to refer our 
plates viatein a century of Dharmapal’s tim 
The results of paleographic icin thus induce us to 
refer is year 79 (or 73) of the plate B to the Harsha era. 
The use of this era by Aditya Sena of Magadha who also 
flourished about the latter half of the seventh century A.D 
shows that it was familiar in eastern part of Northern India 
where Devakhadga’s kingdom was situated. Thus Devakhadga 
was on the throne in 67% or 685 A.D., and the dynasty of the 
Khadga kings may be said to have established their supremacy 
almost immediately after Harsliavardhana’s time 
This conclusion about the date of the Khadga kings fits in 
excellently well with a few scattered notices of eastern India 
-left by the Chinese pilgrims.* 
In the beginning of the eighth century A D. I-tsing wrote 
‘an account of fifty-six priests or Buddhist converts who 
risited India and the facishboathnad from China and bordering 
districts during the latter half of the seventh century A.D.” 
In connection with one of these, Hwui Lun by name, he refers 
to Devavarma as the ruling king of Eastern India, and says, 
with reference to a temple, that ‘recently a king called Sun- 
Army (Aditya Sena) built by the side of the old temple another. 
which is now newly finished.” Thus Devavarma and Aditya 
Sena were contemporaries or very nearly so. Again when 
Seng-Chi one of the last batch of priests described by [ tsing 
ed in Eastern India during the latter half of the seventh 
century A.D. may be identified with Devakhadga and his son 
age vee es to plate B) or Réjarsjabhate, (according 
to plate A).° There are no doubt discrepancies between the 
Cineed: and Indian forms of the names but the essential parts of 


‘ Any discussion on the ery of - hapten ct Tnecriptions must 
li ters ate decidedly of 
ear itor type than those of the erp iatea “e = te Bha sasall is 
a photo: 
fe of Hiuen-Tsia i onrenps: agai pp. XXVI, aye 
XL. Chavannes, Memoires Sur rege Reli ieux Eminen 3, Ppp 
3 As stated above, the identification of Rajabhata of the Chien 
Pegg and Rajarajabhata of the Rss tes h eady been proposed by 
K. Bhattasali (op.cit). Mr. Bhattasali pointed 
‘ia the further eer apy? ms t Adi tya Daces 
view, January, 1922, p. 1 Se 2 
