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



one which has been preserved entirely. This inscription i^ 

 engraved on the left half of the stone and consists of 9 lines, 

 covering a space of about 11" high by 8|" broad. It is dated 

 Samvat 1231, the 3rd day of the dark fortnight of Pausa and re- 

 cords the death of a certain rajaputra, whose name and tribe i- 

 not decipherable, and the immolation of his three wives on hi- 

 funeral pyre. The degree of corruption of the text in this 



inscription can be judged by the first three lines which 1 give 

 below : 



3. f^W *S 4 crq^V 



• • • 



By far the most important of all these records was the 

 ■rjowrdhana , which is in red sand-stone sculptured on all its 

 four faces. On the frontal face it beai an inscription in 

 northern characters, which cannot be later than the Samvat 

 Century 1100. The inscription consists of 12 lines, but un- 

 fortunately only a feu aksarm towards t he beginning of each 

 line are readable, as all the ft t is covered by a thick incrustation 

 of vermilion. I tried to remove this with a chisel, but had to 

 desist when J saw that fragments of the stone were coming off 

 with the vermilion. From the few aharaa readable. I have not 

 been able to make out the subject of the inscription. The image 

 ot the deity, which, as noted above, is found near the devalh, is 

 on a slab of red sand-stone, and is literal! v all covered with 

 vermilion except for the feet below. 



Other records, though not so important, are found near 

 the basiyam Saqara, the well of the village. These consist 

 ol 26 small devalh arranged on a line all made of vellou Jesal- 

 men stone, except four which are of marble. A few derail- 

 are broken, and several inscriptions are illegible. All th< 

 rtewafts with only one exception pa haps «. refer to Bhatl jagir- 

 dars of the place, who died within the Samvat Centuries 1600 



i -on , , ,ly 0ne m «cnption is dated in the Samvat Century 

 loOO, and this is the following :— 



1. *tsct ^*.8 srn? mint ^ * 8 KT ^- ^ ^. 



2. cfcT %tfft Hw , ^^ TJttlit $Tll [ 3??]- 



3. mft w?t *** *t TO ^ *f - - 



* Read c % + Read ^ b Read _^ 



Devo, son oTdu-E "of ^K^^-i '?' ****** '° * K * m **" 



uo ' OI tne Kvbhara )ati (sic). 



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