1874.] Inscriptions from A grail. 211 



upon the sides suitable verses. They have also made feet for it of the same 

 kind of stone. I sit very often on it." 



The text of the inscription on the stone is taken from Mr. Beale's 

 Miftdh lUtawariJcli (p. 207), as it agrees with the text in the Transactions 

 of the Archseological Society of Agra, 1874. " The stone is at present 

 cracked in two — the cause of the fissure is unknown," (Metre, hliafif.) 



1. (He is) a king whose sword cuts the head of the enemy into two halves like 

 the Gemini. 



2. May this auspicious throne be a seat (pr. a place to lean on) for the generous 

 king, 



3. A touchstone for the grandees (who form) the basis of the kingdom, and a test 

 for the sun and the moon upon gold and silver.* 



4. It is like a shining moon in the darkness of night ; a priceless pearl like a 

 unique gem.f 



and 3| dara' in Tuzuk = 127^ inch, measured by Mr. Carlleyle = 63f tasu. 

 .'. 1 dara' = 16i4. tasu, = 16^ tasic nearly. 

 == 33 inch, nearly 

 and again 3i dara' 1| tasu = 118 inch, measured by Mr. Carlleyle =: 59 tasu. 

 .'. 1 dara' = 16f tasu. 



= 33 inch, nearly. 

 But that 1 tasu = 2 inch, seems improbable from other measurements, and I do not 

 think that the measurements as given in Sayyid Ahmad's edition of the Tuzuk are cor- 

 .; rect, unless indeed 1 dara' =^ 1 ilahi gaz. Vide also Tuzuk, p. 234. 



j * The metre shews that we have to read mulk, kingdom, and not malak, angels, as 



|t translated by Mi\ Carlleyle and in the Agra Transactions. " A test for the sun and the 

 'i moon upon gold and silver," means a test for gold and silver, in allusion to Jahangi'r's 

 'fi opinion that the stone was a kind of touchstone (kasautij. The stone is called "a 

 ). touchstone for the grandees, the basis of the kingdom," because their gathering round it 

 i proved, in the eyes of the rebellious Shah Salim, their faithfulness. 



t Mr. Carlleyle, who has not seen where the inscription commences, read this distich — 



1 A clean seat from its light and brilliancy, a priceless jewel like a unique pearl. 



* — which is metrically correct. 



