488 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [September, 1910 



6, The grant of Vinayakapaladeva. — Nothing is known 

 about the finds of this plate except that it was pre- 

 sented by General J. C. Stacy about the year 1848. The 

 Secretary of the Society published Dr. Rajendra Lala Mitra's 

 version of the text in the same year. 1 Later on Dr. F. E. Hall 

 ;ave his version in 1862.* In 1864 an eye-copy of the last line 

 was published by Dr. Mitra 3 The plate was fully edited by 

 Dr. J. F. Fleet in 1886. 4 The inscription records the grant of 

 the village of Tikkarika, in the Pratisthana&%u&fi,and attached 

 to the Kasipara pa^a&a, in the VaranasI visaya by the Maha- 

 raja Vinayakapaladeva, to the Bhatta Bhullaka, after bathing 

 in the Ganges, on the 9th day of Phalguna of the Vikrama year 

 988[ = 931 A.D.J The charter was drawn up by the illustrious 

 Harsha. The inscription is incised on a massive plate of cop- 

 per and consists of seventeen lines. In the place of the seal a 

 large panel with a raised border is attached to the right of the 

 inscription bearing the genealogy of the Pratihara kings in six- 

 teen lines of raised letters. At the top of these a four-armed 

 erect female figure stands in relief. The plate measures V 9£" 

 by r 5J # . Kielhorn's no. 544. 



7. Jhusi grant of Trilocanapaladeva. — This plate was dis- 

 covered in the village of Jhusi in the Allahabad district of the 

 United Provinces. It was presented to the Society by Mr. R 

 Brown 5 and was edited by the late Dr. Kielhorn in 1S89. 

 The inscription records the grant of the village of Lebhundika, 

 in the Asurabhaka visaya, to six thousand Brahmanas of 

 Pratisthana, after having bathed in the Ganges, on the occasion 

 of the daksindy ana- samkranti, the fourth day of the dark half 

 of SVavana of the Vikrama year 1084[ = 26th June 1027 A.D.]- 

 The record is incised on a single plate of copper measuring 

 1' H* by 1' 2§" with a projection at the top, most probably, 

 intended for the seal. Kielhorn's no. 60. 



8 and 9. Ashrafpur grants of Devakhadga. — These two copper 

 plates, together with a chaitya of the same metal, were dis- 

 covered at Ashrafpur, police station Raipur, in the Dacca district, 

 in 1884 or 1885. Inscription No. 8, called by the late Babu 

 Ganga Mohana Laskar " Plate A" , was published by Dr. R. L. 

 Mitra in 1885.' It was the property of a certain Babu Pratapa 

 Candra Banerji. Inscription No. 9 called "Plate B" was 

 rece ved five years later and was purchased from Babu Tarak 

 Nath Raya. 8 Both inscriptions have recently been edited by 



6 



the late Babu Ganga Mohana Laskar. 9 



No. 8. measures 10" by 6-5" and bears eighteen lines of writ- 



l J.A.S.B., Vol. XVII, pt. I, p. 70, ff. — 



« Ibid., Vol. XXXI, p. 1. S ibid., Vol. XXXIII, p. 321. 



* Ind. Ant., Vol. XV, p. 138, ff. 



5 Asiatic Researches. Vol. XVII, p. 02 1. 



6 Ind Ant , Vol XVIII. p. 33. 7 p r0 3. A.S.B., 1885, p. 49. 



* Proc. A.S.B , 1890. p. 242, and 1891, pp. 119-20. 



* Memoirs A.S.B . Vol. I, p. 85. pi. vli. 



