12 R. L. Mitra — On a Copppv-pUtefrom Cutfach, [Jan. 



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Teanslation. 



May it be auspicious ! From the victorious camp (or from the victo- 

 rious town o£ Kataka) of his majesty sojourning in his garden. 



The great worshipper of Mahesvara, his august majesty, the superior 

 of great kings, the great lord, the ornament of the race of the moon, the 

 sovereign of the three Kalifigas, the superior of great kings, the auspicious 

 Mahadeva-gupta Deva ; son and successor of his august majesty, the supe- 

 rior of great kings, the great lord, the auspicious S'ivagupta Deva, prospers. 

 In the village of Yantralenu, in the district of Sammani, in the province of 

 Kosala, he thus proclaims to the Brahmans — ? who perform their wor- 

 ship — ? — ? ministers of justice, soldiers — ? mountaineers, Ka- 

 nakas, princes, courtiers and all others. Be it known unto you, that this 

 village with its mines, deposits, ten judicial powers, and freedom from all 

 incumbrances, along with its rights, privileges, rents, and dues within its 

 four bounds, together with all mango and mahiia trees and hollows, wastes, 

 waters and dry lands, with exemption from the entrance of soldiers, has 

 been given by me to Bhatta Uttamasadharana, an inhabitant of Takara, 

 in Kosala, of the Gotra of Bharadvaja and the Pravara of Varhaspatyangirasa, 

 a reader of the Viijasaneyi saklia (of the Wliite Yajur Veda), and son of 

 Bhatta Khagadeva. This is confirmed by being recorded in a copper plate 



