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the inscription copied by hand by Mr. Forrest — but he will no doubt 

 be able to make a complete copy during the approaching cold weather. 

 — I may mention that the letter R is net used at all in this inscrip- 

 tion, L being invariably substituted as in Ley a for Maja, and in dala 

 instead of dara in the name of Alexander. 



" I propose to send you the inscriptions by an early opportunity. — 

 One of them I enclose at once, which is the earliest that has yet 

 been found connected with Gwalior. If Rajendralal will kindly 

 undertake to translate the inscriptions, I shall feel myself most 

 deeply indebted to him. His knowledge of the various ancient cha- 

 racters is extensive, and he will have little difficulty in transferring 

 the inscriptions into modern Nagari. But Rajendralal has not the 

 same experience of ancient inscriptions that I have had, and I think 

 it would be worth while if he, or you, or the Secretary of the Asiatic 

 Society would send me the Nagari transcript along with the transla- 

 tion for comparison. I ask this because I am aware of the numerous 

 mistakes in the transcripts and translations of previous inscriptions. 

 I will only refer to tliree inscriptions just now. 



" 1st. — In the inscription on the Boar Statue ab Eran, James 

 Prinsep read the Raja's name as Tarapani — whereas it is Toramana. 



" 2nd. — In an inscription translated by H. H. Wilson (see Thomas's 

 Prinsep's Antiquities, II. 245 note 2) the 4th and 7th names are given 

 as Vradipta and Siddha. They should be Pradipta and Singlia. 

 There are other mistakes besides these. 



" 3rd. — In the great inscription from Kajraha in Bundelkhund, 

 translated by Sutherland, the mistakes are numerous and important, 

 See Journal Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1839. For instance — the 

 date should be Samvat 1056 instead of 1019. The inscription was 

 not re-engraved in kakuda, or 'bad' letters, but in Jcumuda, or 

 'beautiful' letters. The author of the inscription was Dtt ax ga, 

 not Banga, and he did not live 109 autumns (satam sanavaTcam) but 

 upwards of 100 autumns (satam samadliiJcam) . Of his ancestors 

 Vagyati and Yahila should be Vakpati and Rahila. The latter formed 

 the lake which is now called Rahilya Sagar to the south of Mahaba. 



" The correction of the name of Banga to Dhanga is of the greatest 

 value to the history of the Chandels as it connects the Kajraha 

 inscription genealogy, which ends with him, with that of the Mhow 



