1896.] N.N. Vasu—Copper-plate inscription of Nrsimha-déva IIT. 271 
on the south; the remainder 15 vaftikas, 12 md@nas, and 13 gunthas. 
These two villages together making up 50 vatikas of land free.of any 
obligation, are granted by regular deed of conveyaiice including every 
thing, land and water, with shades and marshes, &c., for as long as the 
sun and the moon endure: In this granted portion of land named Ganga- 
Narasimha-pura one vatika is granted to the Sévaita Allala-natha 
arman of the Putimasa gotra, reader of the Cakala-Cakha of the 
Revéda; half a vatika to the copper-maker (Tamra-kara) named Nadi. 
As a part of this grant,—Nori Crésthi son of Purai ¢résthi, son of 
Komati Manku Grésthika of Ucada village in the middle of the 
South Jhaida-khanda; Dhittu Vélali, grandson of Maha-déva Vélali 
a Tambiuli of the village of Kanta-padi-hatta; the Tamra-kara 
named Amnai of Purusdttama-pura Usthali; and the Kamsa-kara 
named Madai of Véda-pura Usthali. 
(Plate vi. reverse, L. 1-6). In order'to reap the harvest (gain the 
fruit) of my gift and of preserving it, O you future kings! obey this 
my religion, as long as the moon and the stars endure. O Ye Kings, 
suspect not it to be fruitless because granted by another; there is 
greater virtue in preserving the grants of others than in making grants 
-oneself. O Yudhi-sthira! the, principal of the intelligent, keep care- 
fully the grants either by yourself or by others; for preserving gifts is 
.far superior to granting them. Whoever forfeits lands granted either 
by himself or by others becomes a worm ;in excrement, and there rots 
- with his ancestors. Those who take away the land become black serpents 
in the hollows of dried up trees in a forlorn and waterless wilder- 
ness. He who robs a single cow, a single gold coin, or even half a nail 
of land, remains. in hell until the final deluge. The religious acts 
performed even by an enemy are respected by the high-minded ; because 
the enemy only is their enemy, religion is enemy to none. Of the 
future kings of this world whether born in the dynasty of my own 
or in the dynasty of any other king, ‘whoever with mind unstained by 
vice, maintains this my religious act, I bow before them with my 
palms held side by side and raised to the forehead. 
