14 E. V. Westmacott — A Copperplate grant by Lalcshman Sen. [No. 1, 



[Prose.] Truly the good lord, good worshipper of Vishnu, good king, the pro- 

 sperous Sri Laxshman Sen Deb, meditating at the feet of Ski Balla'l Sen Deb, from 

 out of his victorious camp, resident at Bikrampur, to all who are present, Baja, 

 Bajanyaka, Bagni, Banaka, Bajaputra, Bajamatya, Purohita, Mahadharmmadhyak- 

 sha, Mahasandhibigrahika, Mahasonapati, Mahamudradhikrita, Antaranga, Brihadu- 

 parika, Mahakshapatalika, Mahapratihara, Mahabhogika, Mahapilupati, Mahaganas- 

 kadaussadhika, Ckauroddharanika, to those in charge of the ships, the elephants 

 the horses, the cattle, the buffaloes, the goats, the sheep, and the rest ; to the Gatd- 

 mika, the Bandapdshika, the Dandandyaka, the Bishayapati, and the like, the fore- 

 sters, and all who earn their livelihood at the feet of the King, all who carry out 

 the published orders of governors, persons of the caste of Chatta Bhatta, the 

 countrymen, the cultivators, Brahmans, other than Brahmans, [I am not sure 

 that this is the meaning of Brahmanottardn] to all persons worthy of esteem, men 

 of understanding, men who issue orders, to all chiefs who have tenures in Sri 

 Paundra-Varddhana, we proclaim that by us is given, by means of this copper 

 decree, according to law, a piece of land, so long as the earth with the sun 

 and moon endure, given up as a priest's fee, on account of the ceremony of my giving 

 away gold, horses, and chariots, for the increase of my reputation for good deeds, and 

 that of my father and mother, with my mind fixed on the Lord Narayan, in the day of 

 good deeds with the proper rite of pouring water, unto Sri Ishwar Deb Shabmman , 

 my preceptor in the ceremony of the great gift of gold, horses, and chariots, in the fol- 

 lowing of the Kauthuma treatise of the Sam Veda, he with the Prabara of Bharadvaja, 

 Angirasa, and Bharhaspatya, of the Gotra of Bharadvaja, son of Lakshman Dhar Deb 

 Sharmman, which was son of Markkandeya Deb Sharmman, which was son of Bxta- 

 shan Deb Sharmman. I give, with all pasture and forest, with water and land, with salt- 

 pans, with betel nut and cocoanut, with fines for crime, exempt from all annoyance, from 

 the entrance of Chatta Bhatta, a small acceptable portion [Icinchit pragrdkya ; the 

 reading is doubtful, and the meaning still more so] within recognised limits, a share in 

 the land of the village Bilahisti, bounded on the east, by the eastern ail of the rent-free 

 dman and given to the god Buddha Bihari, which is sown with an drhd of seed, on the 

 south by the tank of Nichdaha, on the west by the well Nandi Haripa, and on the 

 north by Molla'n Khari, [The ravine of the Lotus] this land so bounded, apart 

 from unculturable land, foul with use, endowments of gods, and cattle tracks, sown with 

 a hundred and twenty -five arha, and producing yearly a hundred and fifty purdn of 

 kauris. 



By you all that is to be enjoyed. By all future kings to be respected, to keep up 

 the reputation of virtue, and from fear of falling into hell if they take it away, to this 

 effect are the following sloka from the Dharma anusasan. 



Slok 1. Lands have been granted by many kings, including Sagar and others ; to 

 whomsoever belongs the land, his is the produce thereof. 



This stole occurs as No. 2. in the Monghyr copper plate, page 127, 

 vol. i, Asiatic Researches, where, however, the latter half is either different 

 or differently rendered. It is No. 1 in the A'mgachhi plate, where the 

 engraver has put yasya for the first tasya. It is No. 2, and No. 4, 

 respectively in the two grants from Basahi, translated by Babu Rajendra- 

 lala Mitra, pp. 323, 328, J. A. S. B., 1873, except that hhukta, 'enjoyed' 

 is read for datta, ' granted.' It is No. 1, in each of the two Chaibasa 



