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Sanskrit verse at the end of it ; which, when translated into English, 

 runs thus : — " He who confiscates the land gift made either by himself 

 or by someone else, lives in hell as long as the sun and moon endure." 



The language of the inscription of the plate No. 2 is a mixture of 

 Sanskrit and Guzerati, and the characters are Devanagri and Guzerati, 

 and except in two or three places, are deeply cut and legible. Its size 

 is 8| inches by ll inclies. 



The inscription of this plate is to the effect that one Bai Sree Maha 

 Kubar Bai made over a village named Meruojeshinagar to the shrine of 

 Radhajee, whose temple is situated in the Islands of Dwaraka for the 

 same purpose as that of the plate No. 1. The grant was made on the 

 7th Magha 1813 (Bikram's era) z.e., January, 1757 A.D. — 4 months be- 

 fore the battle of Plassey. 



The inscription of this plate also has an incorrect Sanskrit verse afc 

 the end of it containing 4 lines ; the last two of which say the same 

 thing as the plate No. 1 ; but the first two lines if translated intoEtiglish 

 would be : " He, who protects the land gift made either by himself or 

 by any one else, lives in heaven as long as the sun and moon endure." 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Mahals in Sarhar Lahhnau, — By H. R. Nevill, I.C.S. 



(Abstract.) 



In the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal for 1884 there 

 appeared an article by Mr. J. Beames ' On the Geography of India in 

 the Reign of Akbar,' in which he dealt with the mahals and sarkars of 

 the suhah of Awadh as recorded in the Aiti-i-Akbari. 



Mr. Nevill is attempting to complete the work of Mr. Beames. 

 The present paper relates only to the sarkar of Lakhnau. 



Mr. Nevill rejects the view that Tara Singhaur is now included in 

 the pargaua of Daundia Khera. Tara Singhaur he identifies with a 

 village called Singhaur Tara on the banks of the Ganges some seventeen 

 miles south-east of Daundia 'Khera, lying in latitude 26^ 3' north and 

 longitude 80° 53' east. Kahanjara is the village of Khanjar or Kahenjar 

 in the north oi pargana Sareni, in latitude 26° 11' north and longitude 

 80" 49' east. Lashkar is the modern village Nisgarh, also in pargana 

 Sareni, in latitude 26' 6' north and longitude 80^46' east. Deorakh is the 

 hamlet now called Deorakhar in the centre of pargana Sareni. Haihar 

 still gives its name to a small estate in Rai Bareli, in the north-west of 

 pargana Dalman, four miles east of Lalganj. Kumbhi must be fitted 

 into the Parwa tahsil of the Unao district, in pargana Mauranwam. 

 Lastly, Pingwan or Bangwan is Bangawan in the Sadarpur pargana of 

 Sitapur. This clears up the whole geography of the sarhar. 



