Vol. VIL, No. 8.] The Ghagrahati (Kotwalipara) Grant. 485 
[N.S.] 
third aksara is not a single ¢ nor has it a virama, but it con- 
tains three well-marked downward strokes which can only 
denote a doubled ¢, as in pravarttaniya (1. 10), Jivadattas (1. 4), 
etc., or the consonants ts. The true reading pram is either 
-samvatta or samvatsa. The former is inadmissible, hence the 
word must be samvatsa, and in fact there are pease of lines at 
samvatsa, short for samvatsare, the final syllable being omit- 
ted as in Kartti and di. This ts may be compared with ¢s in 
vaisa (|. 14). 
The first numeral is not 30 as he reads it, but 10 as I take 
it and as Dr. Hoernle and Dr. Bloch also read it. It is formed 
like the letter /a@ with a hook (like the vowel sign 7) beneath it. 
The sign for 30, when made like Ja, has no hook beneath it ; 
whereas the sign for 10 was sometimes made like la or la and 
then had the hook beneath it The difference is clearly shown 
in Bihler’s Indische Paleographie, Table IX, where the various 
signs for 10 and 30 are given; and this sign for 10 is figured 
twice in col. xiii, once in col. xvi, and again in col. xix. Pre- 
cisely the same sign occurs also at the end of grant C. The 
reading is therefore samvatsa(re) 10 4, thatis, 14. The word 
ura shews that the year does not belong to any era, 
but means the regnal year of Samicaradeva. The date is 
given similarly in grants A and C. 
TRANSLATION. 
Welfare! While the supreme king of great kings, Sri- 
Samacaradeva, who is without rival on this earth and who is 
equal in steadfastness to Nrga, Nahusa, Yayati and Ambarisa, 
is glowing in majesty, the Uparika Jivadatta is the privy 
minister appointed over the suvarna-vothya&! in New Avaka- 
Sika, which he obtained through paying court to the pair of 
lotus-like feet of this monarch. Pavittruka is the lord of the 
district in Varaka province, which is caused to rejoice by that 
parika. 
Whereas, according to this lord’s practice,” Supratika- 
svamin informed the district government, wherein the oldest 
official Damuka is the chief, and the leading man of the 
wer Vatsa-kunda, the taadtivig man Elan the leading 
an Vihita-ghosa, and the local (?)* leading man Priya-datta, 
the | leading man Janardana-kunda and other leading men, and 
many other t principal men of business, thus—‘‘I wish through 
your honours’ favour for a = ae waste — which has long 
1 See remarks, p. 487 belo 
2 I read the ‘emendation ps a ritah ; but vyavaharatah of the 
text ae give the meaning ‘‘ while he is "conducting the business of 
government. 
3 As regards évarada (?), see p. 488 below. 
