Vol. I, No. 1.]  Oharters of the Somavamsi Kings. 5° 
thickness and 4” in diameter. The seal is12” indiameter. In relief 
- on a countersunk surface it shows a seated female figure, perhaps 
of the sd lses Lakgmi, with two elephants. The plates are al- 
most smooth; only the middle one and a one of another have their 
ends raised into rims to protect the writing. The inscription, 
which is deep, is in a state of perfect sae Although the 
graving is deep, the letters do not show through on the reverse 
sides of the plates as the latter are substantial. The characters 
are ‘Kutila.’ They include forms of decimal figures for 6, 13 and 
5 in lines 42, 43 and 46 respectiv vey: 
The a avagraha does not occur in this record. Final forms oc- 
cur of ¢ in Katakdt (line 1), sae (line 24), dadyat (tine 26), - 
Samvat (line 42); and ofn in addin and sarvvan (line 7), in etan 
and parthivendran (line 37). The language is Sanskrit, and except 
for the benedictive and imprecatory verses from lines to 40, 
the whole record is in prose. The rules of Sandhi are neglected 
in several places. There are several spelling mistakes which must 
have been due to the Kayastha (or clerk), e.g., grat , Safar, the 
use of % for w and several others. The average size of the letters is 
about § of an inch. V is used for b throughout. FR is used for 
i in pravarggayanti in line 
s charter is the sonid . the two and G) issued in the 
6th year of Maha-Bhavagupta’ reign. In lines 16 and 17, the 
village granted is said to have a made Rate ( warctere ) ; 
‘yet i in the concluding two lines a nominal revenue of five iver 
coins a year seems to be fixed as the king’s share. . The charter is 
moreover called in line 45 to be a revenue-charter (Kara- Sasanam). 
rter A also ag Ae as subject to a similar r yearly payment. 
Tn lines 19 and 20, find the expression “ prativarsa-datavya- 
rapyakastapalakoradtnan vinisertya. 
ahaa of the Contents of G. 
From the victorious camp located at Murasima [or from the 
victorious (city of) Kataka ]— 
. [ll. 1-4] The most devout worshipper of (the god) Maheévara, 
glorious 
_, GL 4-5] Siv: tadeva, ie bein in residence at Matidisa, 
asia io fthe pichoy 
SF issue given above in the Ist line of the —— be obj tele s 
being in ood health and having done worship to th §aheians of 
? 
ya); 
- 5-8] i issues this command to the cultivators ise other in- 
habitants of the villageas well ne ‘ : 
pe ving from ti time to time in that district, such as es 
&e., 
