206 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S.. XIII, 



a devali formed of a slab of red sand-stone without any mould- 

 ings, and consists of four lines of writing covering a space 

 of 5|" high by 9J" broad. The record consists only of a date, 

 Samvat 1349, the 14th day of the bright fortnight of Sravana, 

 Thursday, and a name, sri Kesaji, preceded by six aksaras, 

 whereof the meaning is not intelligible. 



1. Wf l *N<T \^8<L «TT - 



3. ^ *ft i (?) trftaKcj (?) ^t% - 



What the subject of the record is. I am unable to say with 

 certainty. But one thing seems certain, that the inscription 

 tends rather to destroy the tradition that Keso was con- 

 temporary with Ray a Si and helped him to conquer Jagalu. 

 Raya Si must have lived long before Samvat 1 349. Taking the 

 pedigrees in the Chronicle of Nena Si to be correct, Raya Si 

 was the great grandfather of Kavara Si. or Kumara Si. two 

 sons of whom, according to the Rasisara inscriptions mentioned 

 below, died in Samvat 1382 and 1386 (?) respectively. It 

 would therefore seem that Raya Si must have lived towards 

 the end of the Samvat century 1200. 



Much more recent in time are five other devalis. which 

 are also found on the bank of the Kesolal. The inscriptions 

 on three of these are so badly engraved and so incorrect that 

 they are entirelv illegible, except for the dates which are 

 Samvat 1618 (?), 1630, and 1664 respectively. They ap- 

 parently record the death of some BhatI jagirdars of Jagalu. 

 like the remaining two which are dated Samvat 1690 (?), &ad 

 1696. To this day. the jag irdarn of Jagalu are BhatI. 



The Sivalaya is a small shrine of Mahadeva, situated 

 on the outskirts of the village towards the ancient fort. It is a 

 modern construction and in no way artistical or interesting 

 except for a stone basement of a linga which is lying in the 

 courtyard. The priest says that this was the original basement 

 of the linga worshipped in the shrine, and he seems to be 

 right, though the reason why the basement was changed is not 

 apparent. The basement is in the form of a block of red sand- 

 stone, and its only interest lies in a small inscription which i> 

 engraved on it, The inscription consists of 4 lines, and covers a 

 space of about 16J" broad by 5" high. It is, unfortunately, 

 so effaced that it is almost completelv illegible, except for 

 the word gfw in the second line, TT*?f*T: (?) in the third, and 

 **l*55 in the fourth. The inscription seems to open with; 

 date v. *o*, but such an earlv date is hardly possible, and it is 



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Represented by a symbol. 



