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and a conch (mnkha) at the bottom and the name of the king 

 between them. Kielhorn's no. 76. 



14. Rohan grant of Govindacandra of Kanauj. — Thi^ 

 plate was discovered by a person digging in a field at Rahan. 

 a village in the Etawah district. It was presented to the 

 Society by Mr. F. Growse of Mathura. The inscription was 

 published by Babu Durgaram Basu in 1876 ' and subsequently 

 by Dr. Kielhorn in 1889/ 2 The inscription records the grant 

 of a part of the village of Ramaitha in the Sigurodha pattala 

 to a Brahman named Gunacandra, an emigrant from Bhataka- 

 vada by the Kanaka Lavarapravaha. The Maharajaputra 

 Govindacandra, evidently acting on behalf of his father, makes it 

 known by means of this grant. The land was granted to Lava- 

 rapravaha after bathing in the Yamuna at the ghatta of the 

 god Muraitha, on the occasion of a solar eclipse on Sunday, 

 the 15th of the black half of Pausa of the Vikrama year 1166,. 

 which comes to about 3rd January, 1109 A.D. The grant was 

 written at the request of the Mahattaka Gangeya by Tribhu- 

 vanapala, the son of the thakkura Devariga, and incised by 

 Sunarakkudana, the son of Satehara. The inscription is incised 

 on one side of a single plate measuring 1'7§" by l'l". The seal 

 is missing ; only a ring is attached to the top by means of a 

 hook. Kielhorn's no. 83. 



15. The Varuna grant of Jayacandra. — This plate along 

 with the four following ones (nos. 16-19) were found near the 

 confluence of the Varuna, or Varana with the Ganges near 

 Benares in 1823. 3 This inscription records the grant of the 

 village of Godanti in the Pascima Ichapana pattala in the 

 Antarvedl together with the paiakas Ghantiamauyi and Nlta- 

 mauyl to a Ksatriya named Rauta Rajyadharavarman after 

 bathing in the Ganges at Benares on Saturday the 10th day of 

 the bright half of Va^akha of the Vikrama year 1233, i.e., 9th 

 April, 1177 A.D. The donee of this and the following grants arc 

 the same, and they were written by the Mahaksapatalika , the 

 thakkura Sripati. The inscription is incised on one side of t\ 

 -ingle plate of copper with seal and ring measuring I' 8j>" by 



T 4". Kielhorn's no. 168. 



16. Another Varuna grant of Jayacandra. — This inscription 

 records the grant of the village of Kotharavandhuri in the Ko- 

 samba pattala to the Rauta Rajyadharavarman by Jayacan- 

 dra on the same date as No. 15.* The inscription is incised on 

 one side of a single plate of copper with seal and ring measur- 

 ing 1'9" by l'4 T y'. Kielhorn's no. 169 



17. Another Varuna grant of Jayacandra. — A translation of 

 this inscription was published with some remarks by H.H. 



1 Proc. A S.B., p. 130. 3 Asiatic Researches, Vol. XV. 



5 Ind. Ant.. Vol. XVIII, p. 15. 4 ibid., p. 136. 



