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eee ike about the identification of Vinitpura with Cuttak; for the 
word ‘Katakat’ looks as if it were in apposition with Vinitapura, 
The words may, under this view, be translated as “from WaT pe 
which is Kataka.” 
This inscription purpor ts to convey lands on the northern part 
of the DaSanariya river (or the river, of the Dasarna country), 
belonging to the village Talakajja in Sanula (or Sanrla) Visaya 
(distr ‘ict) i in the Kogala country—to a Brahmana, named Kamadeva. 
grandson of Harsa and son of Narasimha, an immigrant from 
Maddhila and a resident of Jalajadda in Kosala, having the prava- 
ras Gotrapa, Kasyapa, Vatsa and Naidhruva, and a student of the 
Madhyandina Sakha@ of the Vajasaneya- (Samhita). 
Lines 15-36 contain the usual injunction to future kings with 
the benedictive and imprecatory verses about the merits of the pre- 
servation and the demerits of the confiscation of granted lands. 
Lines 36-41 tell us that it was written by Uccayanaga (or 
Utsavanaga ? ), the Utthitasant (? ), son of Samamphenallava Ce) 
by the command of the ranaka Dharadatta, the Maha-Sandhivigra- 
hin, in the eid year of the MHD ‘lous zed of Yayatideva, and 
“Lites 40: ve contain a versé ‘setting forth the transitoriness of 
life and its pleasures and enjoining the preservation of the good 
works of others. The next lines are very obscure. ‘They speak of 
a powerful Kosala king of the Somavamsa (referring probably to 
Maha-Sivagupta himself) who defeated probably the Cedis (atqrat 
may be a mistake for Sara ). The last two words of the record 
speak of the devastation of some place, probably Dahala or the 
Cedi country (“setar fasrargarc “made Dahana or Dahala 
uninhabited”). The same king probably was the author of the 
devastation. : 
I.—Patna Copper-Plate Grant of the 24th year of Yayaté- Maha- 
Steagupta’ 8 reign. 
Each of the plates measures 87” by 63”. The ring is 53” in 
diameter. The diameter of the seal is 2 gui) . It contains the usual 
female figure. The weight of the lenis the ring and the seal 
together is 4 seers and 5 chataks (ox nearly 9th). The characters 
ineludes decimal figures for 24 and 5 in line 62. The wirama occurs 
in @rerg (1, 12), ware and q@aerq in line 13, and in aqareta in line 
24. It is mistakenly omitted in ware and *¥T# in lines 56 and 57 
respectively. Final forms occur of » in yarete (1. 18) cara, ATT 
(1. 19) and attra (20); and of m (#) with a virama below 
in yeatfcaq in the last line. The avagraha occurs wrongly in 
frarssarag in line 19 and correctly in gwuaytisfueRz in line 38. 
The average size of the letters is 2 of an inch. As for the ortho- 
graphy, we may notice the use of * (@) for anusvara in agtaenta 
