Vol. I, No. 1.) Charters of the Somavamsi Kings. 5 
[N. 8.] 
thickness and 4’ in diameter. The seal is13” indiameter. In relief 
on a countersunk surface it shows a seated female figure, perhaps 
of the goddess Laksmi, with two elephants. The plates are al- 
most smooth ;only the middle one and a side of another have their 
ends raised into rims to protect the writing. The inscription, 
which is deep, is in a state of perfect preservation. Although the 
engraving 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 
© in lines 42, 43 and 46 respectively. 
The avagraha does not occur in this record. Final forms oc- 
eur of ¢ in Katakat (line 1), vaset (line 24), dadyat (line 26), 
Samvat (line 42); and of” 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 20 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., Are , eafasr , the 
use of @ for w and several others. The average size of the letters is 
about ¢ of an inch. Vis used for b throughout. FR is used for 
[ in pravargeayanti in line 27. 
This charter is the second of the two (A and G) issued in the 
6th year of Maha-Bhavagupta’s reign. In lines 16 and 17, the 
village granted is said to have been made revenue-free ( Macrae ) ; 
yet in the concluding two lines a nominal revenue of five silver 
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). 
Charter A also conveys lands subject to a similar yearly payment. 
In lines 19 and 20, we find the expression “ prativarsa-datavya- 
vupyakastapalakaradanam viniscitya. 
Abstract of the Contents of G. 
From the victorious camp located at Murasima [or from the 
victorious (city of) Kataka ]— 
[U. 1-4] The most devout worshipper of (the god) Mahegvara, 
the Paramabhattaraka, the Maharajadhiraja, the ornament of the 
Somakula, the lord of the three Kalingas, the Paramesvara, the 
glorious Maha-Bhavagupta-rajadeva, who meditates on the feet of 
the Paramabhattaraka, the Maharajadhiraja, the Paramesvara, the 
lorious 
[I 4-5] Sivaguptadeva, [“‘being in residence at Murasima,” 
(thisis to be put here if the interpretation of the description of the place 
of issue given above in the Ist line of the Abstract be objected to) ], 
being in good health and having done worship to the Brahmans of 
the Pasitala village in the Pota district (visaya), 
[ll. 5-8] issues this command to the cultivators and other in- 
habitants of the villageas well as to all the dependents of the king who 
may be living from time to time in that district, such as the Sama- 
hattrs, &c. 
