JOURNAL 
OF THE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 
New Series. 
Vol. 1.—19085. 
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Four new Copper-Plate Charters of the Somavamsi Kings of Koégala 
(and Kataka ?).—By Ganoa Monan Lasxar, M.A, 
fa ig four charters, each consisting of three copper-plates, 
sent a few months ago from the Patna State in the Central 
359). Four of the a ee charters were. aches by Maha- 
Bhavagupta I, one Maha-Sivagupta and the last b 
Bhavagupta IT. Of the four new charters one Baers to 0 first 
and the remaining three to the second of these kings. we 
how possess five land= rant charters of Maha- -Bhavagupta I, ree: 
of his oP Maha-Sivagupta and one of the latter’s son Maha-Bhava- 
gupta II, A copper-plate charter granted by Pufija, a fendato 
chief under Maha-Bhavagupta IJ, in the 13th year of the latter's 
‘reign, has been edited by Dr. Kielhorn in Epi. Indica, Volume IV, 
( e ee &e.). 
language and forms of expressions of the new charters 
are non the same with those employed in the fies ones. The 
aracters in which they are inscribed are the same. They do not 
bring out any new important facts about the fees or the identifica- 
tion of the grantors, except the names of the ges granted an 
a few other minor details scarcely worthy of notice. The hi 
pages. 
karate a C, D, Eand F; the new 
ones pi re named G, H, I and J respectively. These ten 
charters, together with the one granted by ja, are the 
only records that we possess of this dynasty. eee nate 
