72 R. Mitra — Copper-plate grant from Fdnduhehar. [Maech, 



of the wane in the month of Magha, Samvat 21st year of the king's reign. 

 The record was composed by Ayata, the minister of war and peace, written 

 out by the secretary or chief scribe Yijaka, and inscribed by one Gangabha- 

 dra. The donor was a king named Lalitasuradeva, son and successor of 

 Ishtaganadeva, by Vegadevi, and grandson of Mimbara. The conveyancer is 

 most lavish in his praise of the three kings, and has showered a large number 

 of ej)ithets in praise of them ; but he affords no clue to the country over which 

 the kings reigned. The date, though called Samvat, is obviously not intend- 

 ed for the era of Vikramaditya, as it is preceded by the epithet pravardJia- 

 mdna-vijya-rdjya-samvatsara which can only refer to the reigning sovereign. 

 The character is unmistakably of the 10th century, and that is the date 

 which can reasonably be assigned to the record. The legend on the seal 

 repeats the geneology as given in the body of the record. 



Transcript of an inscription from FdnduTcesvar near JBaidyandtJi. 



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