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unnecessary to measure the area as in those grants (p. 213). 
t was presumably covered with jungle in which tigers and 
other dangerous animals could lurk, for so much is implied by 
the citation of the verse, which contrasts the benefit that 
accrues to the king, when land is perfectly reclaimed, with 
what he loses when it is infested by wild beasts. It may also 
be inferred from that citation that the area was considerable, 
because the verse would not be significant, if the area was only 
a small patch insufficient to offer harbour to wild animals. It 
seems probable therefore that the remainder, which was given 
to Supratika-svamin, could hardly have been much less than 
what had been granted away previously. 
Validity of the Grant. 
this copper-plate inscription were collected from alphabets in 
1) 
ly ( 
the 3rd and the first half of the 4th century A.D., (2) the last 
= tury. Now it is well known that old habits persist in out-of 
,&-way places long after they have disappeared from — 
™mportant and progressive places. Hence we ought to expec 
