760° Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (December, 1911. 
1175. On the occasion of the jatakarman or the ceremony of 
cutting the navel string of the newborn babe, the king Jaya- 
culations, the 3lst of August, a.p. 1175.. 
candra with the ruler whose name has not bee 
in the latter record.* Cunningham’s discover 
has fallen into one or other serious mistake. 
Mr. V. A. Smith stating in one of his articles th 
inscription represents an un-named king of t 
family as granting a village, more than two hun 
tant from Kanauj.’ In his notes on Pandit Hirananda 
article on the Machlishahr grant, the Editor of the 
graphia Indica” has followed Mr. V. A. Smith’s stateme 
The khara inscription contains nothing about 8! 
of land, as will be seen later on. Another point which 
1 Epi. Ind., vol. iv, p. 127. 
2 Ind. Ant., vol. xviii, p. 130. 
8 Arch. Surv. Rep. (old series), vol. xi, p. 129. oi | 
a7 * Ane eport of the Superintendent, Archaeological © 
Northern Circle, 1906-7, p. 39 note. 
5 J.R.A.8., 1908, p. 791. 
6 Epi. Ind., vol. x, p. 95. 
