12 Charters of the Somavamsi Kings. | January, 1905. 
belonene to the office of (or a servant of) the ‘ minister of peace 
of the Kosala eb is to last as long as the moon, 
. the sun pak the stars endur 
[Lines 71-74]. On the fifth tithi in the bright fortnight of the 
month of Bhadrapada in the cn year of the victorious reign 0 
fhe most devout worshipper of (the god) MaheSvara, the Maha- 
rajadhiraja, the Paramesvara, the ornament he Somakula 
rine a wae lord of the three Kalingas, the glorious Yayati- 
di 5. 
s, Samvat 28, Sudi 
* tines TAS]. Wngraved by Vinali (Vijiani) Madhumathana. 
[Transcriptions of all the following charters are from the original plates | 
G. 
First Puate. . 
[1] @& afel gefenentarfecsiia fanaazatq 4x[-] 
ay - | 
[2] geaaernfasaaesifaaqueaaaa 4z(-| 
Hal -| 
(3| Sax ucaugraagiemifacmataguaaae a fag 
: funj-|_ 
[4] fa wwagqutaenagneaza: |? geet | warfaual-| 
: ufaazur(-| 
(5) feast areal’ a'ysy anfataarfag’s fanaa] |- 
wfeuat| -| 
[6] qaurarenafen saree affure cuentas we Hz|-| 
[7] foxa® Sfaaractusacaeeiaia sata ciamietaa(-| 
[8] faa: aarawafe fafeane waa aureatfaeal’] ora: 
[9] efafe: atufafe: eaarenfaafia: sanfeacacieral-| 
(10) fer: arraya: aadtl jae: sfafafagueresiaed(:-| 
oe N.B.—The letters and signs enclosed within brackets [ ] are supplied by 
1 Read fy. * This mark of punctuation is unnecessary. 
8 Read gyr@t. * This mark of punctuation is unnecessary. 
5 Read BTU. 6 Read uy. 1 Read me. * Read q. 
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