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



Wilson in 18. l It records the grant of the village of Deupal 

 together with the patakas of Vavaharadiha, Catagelanapali f Sara- 

 vatatalia and Naugama, in the Ambuali pattala on the banks 

 of the Daivaha, by Jayacandra, after bathing in the Ganges at 

 Benares on the occasion of the Uttardyana samfcranti, on Sun- 

 day, the 4th of the bright half of Pausha of the Vikrama year 

 1 134, i.e., the 25th December 1177 A.D. 2 The inscription is 

 incised on one side of a single plate of copper measuring 

 1' %¥ by V b\" L Kielhorn's no. 171. 



18. Varuria grant of Jayacandra. 1130. — This inscrip- 

 tion records the grant of the village of Dayadama in the 

 Dayad^mi pattala by Jayacandra to Rajyadharavarman, when 

 residing at Randavai, after bathing in the Ganges on the 

 full moon of Vai&akha, i\e., on Friday, the 15th of the bright 

 half of Vaisakhaof the Vikrama year 1136, i.e., llth April 1180 

 A.D. 3 The inscription is incised on one side of a single plate 

 of copper measuring V 8" by i' 3^". Kielhorn's no. 173. 



19. Varuria grant of Jayacaridra, 1133. — This inscription 

 records the grant of the village of Soleti in the Jaruttha 

 pattala by Jayacandra to Rajydharavarman on the same place 

 and date as No. 18. 4 The inscription is incised on one side of 

 a plate of copper measuring 1' 6§* by 1' If". Kielhorn's no. 

 174. 



20. Varuria grant of Jayacandra, 1136. — This inscrip- 

 tion records the grant of the village of x\bhetavatu in the Ja- 

 ruttha pattala with its five patakas : Maniari, Gayasada, Vata- 

 vana, Asiama, and Slrlma by Jayacandra at the same time and 

 place as nos. 18-19 to the same donee. 5 The inscription is in- 

 cised on a single plate of copper, with ring and seal, measuring 

 i' 5|" by V f ". Kielhorn's no. 175. 



21. Orissa plates of Vidyadharabhanjadeva. — Nothing ss 

 known as to the provenance of these plates. In 1887 they 

 belonged to Mr. C. T. Metcalfe, Commissioner of the Orissa 

 Division. In the same year the inscription was published by 

 Dr. R. L. Mitra. 6 Subsequently the plates were presented to 

 the Society by the Commissioner of Orissa through Mr. C. L. 

 Griesbach. Dr. Hoernle sent the plates to the late Dr. Kielhorn , 

 and his version was published immediately after his death. 

 " They are three substantial copper plates, the edges of which are 

 slightly raised, and of which each measures between 6 T V' and 6 |" 

 long by between 3§" and 3±" high. They slide on a copper ring, 

 which passes through a hole, which is about f" distant from the 

 middle of the proper right margin of each plate. . . . The seal 



1 Asiatic Researches, Vol. XV, pp. 447-69. 

 lnd. Ant,, Vol. XVIII, p. 137. 3 Ibid., p. 139. 



* Ibid., p. 140. 5 Ibid., p. 142. 



* J.A.S.B., Vol. LVI, pt. I, p. 154, ft 

 7 Ep. Ind. f Vol. IX, p. 271, ff. 



