1887.] R. D. Haldar — Inscriptions at Deosanagar. 213 



1 Copper, of Islam Shah (like No. 363, in Thomas' " Chronicles"). 



4 do., of Ibrahim Shah Sharqi, of Jaunpur, d. 822, 834. 



8 do., of Husain Shah, of Jaunpur, date 864. 



1 do., of Gangeya Deva of Chedi. 



The remainder, extremely worn and illegible. 



Regarding the rubbings from Doeeanagar, Dr. Hoernle said, that 

 they were inscriptions in the Hindi language and in modern Nagari 

 characters of large size. The body of the letters measured about 2 

 inches, and with the superscribed vowel-marks, 3 inches. The several 

 inscriptions run as follows : 



I 



1 ^RffT W3^ ^T ^tt^ *nf*ref I 



2 tscpsr ^reft ^ sjfa^T jit 



3 f*m i ^T ^m *re tt ^ t* ^tx 



4 Sim 5 | rTT f^T 3T?t €^ 3I1P 



5 ^T5T^^ II V5>U ^?T 



i. e., ' Know it to be the year seventeen hundred and eleven ; count it to 

 be Saturday the eighth of the light half of Vaisakh. Sri Ram Shah has 

 made on that day a reservoir full of water like that of the Ganges, for 

 Hari Nath, the guru of the devas and men.' 



II 



i. e., ' In the year of the moon (1), oceans (7), ages (4) and hands (2), 

 on Monday, the third day of the bright half of Vaisakh (akshaya- 

 tritiya), the prince S'ri Raghunath gave a convent of Hari to the 

 Brahmachari.' 



Ill 



#r?r w<£f^**T*ri? ... 



i. e., ' In the year 1729 on the second day of the dark half of Magh,' 

 (apparently a fragment). 



The inscription, transcribed in the Babu's letter, may be trans- 

 lated thus, supplying sunya as the first word : " In the year of the moon 

 (1), oceans (7), hands (2) and the void (0), on Monday, the fifth day 

 of the bright half of Magh, the prince, S'ri Raghunath made a convent of 

 S'iva for the Brahmachari, in 1720. 



The princes named in the above inscriptions belonged to the Naga- 

 vamsi Rajas of Chutiya Nagpur. From the Nagavamsavali, published 

 by Babu. R. D. Haldar, and a copy of which the Babu had kindly given 

 him, Dr. Hoernle stated, he had extracted the following genealogy. 

 The founder of the family was Phanimukuta Ray, who reigned 59 years j 



