48 Journal of the Asiatic Societyof Bengal. [February, 1911.] 
tured by Gadadharasimha in 1581 when he succeeded in re 
covering Gauhati. The name ‘‘ Bundoolaw’’! proves beyond 
doubt that the Burmese Commander Mingi Maha Bandula suc- 
ceeded in capturing this gun during the civil wars in 1882-84 
and that it was wrested from the Burmese before the Treaty of 
Yandaboo.* The Persian text runs as follows :— 
Pad 9 esi gl sl, pele wit ys sla oe glaaspce crtbles Dee yd 
(3 ye0 BSP | Pete de ty 0 gS 3 Siem yes wl stele Pa an Syke wale 
eee rene GAO gle youn piso asa il eee 
z ey 
aw 
ef Seg wale gab y cos wis hy 
419 xle sty Lsr® eat Ow Chee so 
‘During the reign of the king of kings, the refuge of the 
world Nur-ud-din Jahangir... . . Khanzad Khan Dilawar 
jung, by the order... . Akhwand Maulana, the preceptor 
-. +. from the order of the Hakim Haidar ‘Ali. . . the 
ertisan Bir ballar dais . . . was... the year 2] of 
ROR, | Rok. diate ote, CE 
Postscripts, 
gun in the Gauripur Palace Yards 
in length and its muzzle is shaped 
inscription runs :— 
See vO ene» < sible aSle all} ols jy% Jale slash Dee yd 
- the gun measures 4’ 8” 
like a tiger’s head. The 
: ® (579) Seal Oto Use rine 
oigle sli os, 3-83 ab 
The only difference betw i 
_ The only een this one and i 
eae dae is that the Maldah un was aus a es ang : 
8H. he Superintend i mad of 
Wen perintendent Sayyid Ahmad of 
Constantinople form of the inscription is the 
sti by Mr. Stapleton, the 
1. 
1 Ibid., p- 226. 
