a8 Charters of the Somavams& Kings. (January, 1905. 
in line 61 and the use of n (@) for anusvara in wavy in line 9. Vis 
used for b as usual in these records. 
The wordings of the vitae record are almost identical with 
those of J. Both the donor and the donee are the same persons 
eogevems and Os in the dates. The present charter does not con- 
in the verse in praise of the Sandhivigrahin (who is paweyer a 
different person here) which i Sas in J toward the 
This charter purports to convey the (lines 25-26) ilace of 
Deladeli in the Telatatta oipage: in aie Kosala conniey to Bhatta- 
Mahodadhi 
(Ul. 30. 64].—‘ This charter was written: by “the Kayastha 
Dates et a writer belonging ‘to the office of the Mahasandhi- 
vigrahin, the Ranaka oe es on the fifth fth? of the Ar right 
or the translation of this nee teferesioe is made to the 
translation of J, with which it is identical in almost all parts. 
J.—Patna Copper-Plate Grant of the rs geen of Yayati-Maha- 
Sivagupta’s reig 
Each plate measures oF" by 7.” The ring is slighty ‘above 3” 
in thickness and is 42’ in diameter. The diameter of the seal j is 
21.” It contains the eeaT female figure te. The weight of the 
the whole is 4 seers and 5 chataks (or about 9° Ibs). The 
inscription extends to a. portion o r ‘the outer side of the third 
plate. The average size of the letters is about 3”. The engravin, 
is good and fairly deep; but the plates being substantial the letters 
do not show through on the reverse sides, except very slightly on 
the outer side of the first plate. Final forms occur of n (#) in 
arate (line 14), yatera, Fars ,—cera (line 22), sa (line 24), 
zara (line 63) and-*grq (line 64) and of'(#) m in yeatfera (line 75), 
in which last instance the viraima is put below it. 
The ise form of ¢ (@) is found in the following ligatures :— . 
aqt (line 12), qe (in line 18), = (in line 24), @in (line 73). The 
virdma oceurs in |rere (112); while in several cases it has been 
omitted through mistake: eg. in wretq| (line 32), a@la, wa - 
(line 13) and fem (line’ 14). The avagraha occurs incorrectly in 
satarg and correctly in trasarfiutaa (line 73). As regards 
the orthography; we may notice that eee. is written for aT@, and 
fagen for f¥een) The use of v for d is usual. 
As this record is the longest of the four charters under notice; 
I give its full translation, to which *yicteneE is made for the mean- 
ing of the rest. 
