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kshetra in Nepal and attained salvation there. He was afterwards 

 worshipped as a god by several trading people who were Bouddhas* 

 A full account of Manju Nafch can be found in the book mentioned above, 

 an Ms. copy of which exists in the Library of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



On the pedestal of this image, it is inscribed that one Punabanta, 

 who was a Tuladhar by caste and an inhabitant of iT^^M ^T^T^^ died 

 at Lhasa. His living wife, named t*?!^^* founded this image of Manju 

 Nath in her own and husband's name on the 15th Phalgoon of the 943 

 Nepali era (i.e., in February, 1823 A.D.). 



The image has got three heads and six hands. In two of three 

 right hands there are— a sword, an arrow, while the third is offering 

 aboon. In the three left hands there are — a book in the i&rst, a bow in the 

 second, and in the third the foot stalk of a lotus flower which is broken. 



There is a female figure on the left side of the lap of this image of 

 Manju Nath which can be presumed to be that of his wife. The two 

 figures sitting on the pedestal in a worshipping position are females. 

 Their names giJI^f^ and ?[^»?1lT (virtuous mind and merciful mind). 



The language of the inscription is a mixture of Sanskrit and Newari. 

 The latter is a dialect of the hill tribes of Nepal and entirely unconnected 

 with the former. The alphabets are also not purely Devanagri nor 

 Newari but a mixture of the both. 



The image, it seems to me, is made of gilt brass. The gilding is of 

 a high order and is a proof of the antiquity of the image. 



My same European friend gave mo both of these copper-plate 

 grants. 



The language of the inscription in plate No. 1 is a mixture of 

 Sanskrit and Marwari, and the characters are mostly Devanagri and 

 occasionally Marwari. The inscription is deeply incised, and legible. 

 Its size is 8| inches by 7 inches. 



The inscription is to the effect that Kubar Durjana Singhajee, son 

 of Kubar Guman Singhajee and grandson of Maharao Siva Singhajee 

 of Sirohi granted a village named (perhaps) rq""^^!^ to the shrine of 

 ?t^^f ^ I.e., ^ts^ for the purpose of establishing a vandara (inn) in 

 connection with his temple to distribute food to the poor. The grant 

 was made on the 6th As win of 1897 (Bikram's era) i.e., in September, 

 1843 A.D. — 14 years before the mutiny. 



I found the name of Maharao Siva Singhajee in Hunter's Gazetteer 

 to be the ruler of Sirohi State, who rendered a great deal of help to the 

 British Government during the mutiny of 1857. It is not improbable 

 that he is the man whose name we find in the inscription. Attempts 

 are being made through the Governor- General's agent in Rajputana to 

 throw further light on this grant. The inscription has an incorrect 



