1879.] F. S. G-rowse — Bwlandsliahr Antiquities. 275 



the name of the village is given as Indrapiira ; and, by a curious coinci- 

 dence, the very same Number of the Journal contained an article of mine on 

 local etymology, in which I had demonstrated, by an application of the 

 rules of the Prakrit Grammarian, Vararuchi, that a Sanskrit word, such as 

 Indrapiira must, in the natural course of phonetic decay, become Indor 

 in the modern dialect. On the opposite, that is, the western side of the 

 district, there is an almost continuous succession of deserted Jcheras, along 

 the bank of the Jamuna, from the village of Begamabad to the town of 

 Dankor, a distance of about 20 miles. The most southern of these is 

 called Hastaur, which is strikingly suggestive of Hastinapur, an off-shoot 

 perhaps from that ancient capital ; while another, as Raja Lakshman Sinha 

 informs me, goes by the name of Kupsar. Begamabad is quite of modern 

 origin, having been founded by the Begam Samru. of Sardhana ; but 

 Dankor is an ancient site and is supposed to derive its name from Drona, 

 the tutor of the young princes of Hastinapur. He has a tank and temple 

 in the town still called after him, Dronachar. In the course of the next 

 cold season I hope to visit all these kheras. 



Note ly De. Rajendealala Mitea. 



The inscriptions are so extensively obliterated that it is impossible to 

 deduce from them connected narratives. No. 1 comprises 10 lines, every 

 one of which has two or three lacunae, and several doubtful letters, but 

 from what remains the purport of the document is clear enough, a grant 

 of land for the worship of a divinity whose name is not apparent. The 

 land was bounded on the west by Chhandi — ? on the south by Bhijali- 



bhata ; on the north by a field named Mahardiva . The donors were a 



great commander (maliasamanta) named Sri Vadana, who was a Naga raja 

 and son of Amrita raja, and one Narayana, son of a householder and banker 

 named Bhashvika. The date is some undecypherable day in the waxing moon 

 of the month of S'ravana (July — August) of the Samvat year 1180 = 1224 

 A. D. of which the words as'iti adhiTceshu "eighty above" are distinct. 

 The first and second figures I read doubtfully. The last two lines contain 

 imprecatory Puranic verses against resumption of grants of land. I annex 

 a transcript of the portion legible to me. 



No. 2 is also a deed of gift and is dated on the 5th of the month of 

 S'ravana of some undecypherable year. It was granted by an " Adhiraja" 

 or paramount sovereign, but his name is lost. A transcript of the few 

 words that are legible to me is annexed. 



Mr. Growse is cpaite right in supposing the two records to be uncon- 

 nected with each other, though the month of the date is the same. The 

 stone was not intended to be set up anywhere, but to be preserved in 

 the archives of the temple as a title- deed. 



