46 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (February, 1911. 
This proves beyond doubt that Raghudeva was alive in 
that year, and the proof is based upon a contemporary 
record and not upon a modern manuscript.'| Babu Dwijesh 
Chandra Chakrabarty, Dewan of Gauripur, has kindly supplied 
me with notes regarding the discovery of the guns now in the 
possession of the Hon'ble Raja. According to him these guns 
were found during the time of Vira Chandra, who came to the 
gadi in 1808. They were found in the bed of a river called 
Chataguri and their existence was made known to the Raja in 
a dream. 
(5) Inseribed Gun of Jayadhvaiasimha.—During the last 
session of the Literary Conference of Bengal I had the oppor- 
tunity of inspecting this gun at Bhagalpur in the grounds of 
the residence of Babu Saurendra Mohon Singha. This gun 
bears three separate inscriptions, one of which is in Sanskrit 
and the remaining two in Persian. The Sanskrit inscription 
runs as follows: — 
1) Sri-8rt-Svarggadeva-J ayadhvajena- Maharaje ba nam. 
(2) jetva-gubakahatiyam idam astram praptam saka 1580, 
t.€,, 1657-58 A.D. 
Jayadhvajasimha is said to have attacked the Mughal domi- 
nions near Gauhati immediately after the death of Shah Jahan 
I, thus following the footsteps of Prananarayana of Cooch 
Behar. The Muhammadan Faujdar of Gauhati fled without 
waiting for the attack and twenty cannon are said to have 
been captured by the Ahom King.’ This led to the celebrated 
invasion of Assam by Mir Jumla, the Governor of Bengal. It 
seems that the gun was recovered by the Muhammadans under 
Mir Jumla and then removed by them to Behar. They were 
found by the present occupant of the Jhawa Kothi on the 
banks of the Ganges, close to a Muhammadan mausoleum, 
which from its technique can safely be assigned to the later 
Mughal period. This building also is included within the vast 
compound of the Jhawa Kothi. € gun measures 9’ 10” 
in length. 
The larger Persian inscription has been incised on a square 
plate of brass rivetted on the gun. It is almost illegible and 
only the following words were made out with great difficulty 
by Prof. Jadunath Sarkar, M.A., of the Patna College :1F Asses 
There are no diacritical marks in this inscription. He is 
of opinion, however, that this should be read as LP Bos yas 
and the regnal year should be referred to the reign of Shak 
Jahan I, as Mir Jumla’s invasion of Assam had taken place 
long before the twelfth year of Aurangzeb. He notes that 
the usual expression on similar inscriptions is Rekhta Shud, 
‘* was cast’ instead of ‘* was manufactured,’’ 
ey 
Grell & 
OE ibid., p. 62, and J.A.S.B., 1893, Part i, p- 304, 2 Ibid., Pp. 162. 
