Vol. VI, No. 8.] The Kotimlipard Spurious Grant. 435 



[N.S.] 



f erred to the Harsa era and not to the Gupta era. It must be 

 admitted that a large number of letters of the Eastern variety 

 of the early Gupta alphabets has been used in this grant, but 

 the general tendency of the characters show that the scribe 

 intended to use the acute-angled alphabets of the sixth and 

 sixth century A.D. If this supposition is correct then the date 

 of the grant is the 1st of Kartika of the Harsa year 34, i.e., 640 

 A.D. I may note in this connection that the date has been 

 differently read by two different scholars. 



read 



as 



has always been used to denote the numeral 30. In another 



with 



the letter la also denotes the same numeral. l 



The late Dr. Bloch read the date to be 14, but I believe 

 I have already adduced sufficient proof to establish my reading. 



640 



alive and wa r r . 



the Panjab to Assam. At this time the existence of an inde- 

 pendent monarch, as is indicated by the title Maharajadhiraja. 



ern 



by epigraphs. I edit the inscription from the original plate. 



TEXT. 



Obverse. 



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« i *refr* fsnnrfr wT'rra: wrn^jr mi^ *&n i 



4 I *W ITCIWT 3T9TT[ft|»Wr fa^TffT i^Wf H**t['] 5WT 



J Epi. Ind., vol. ix, p. 288. 



