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separate portions, the shorter one being placed immediately above 

 Asoka's edicts, and the longer one immediately below them. But as 

 both are dated in the same year, viz., S. 1220, or A. D. 1163, and 

 refer to the same Prince they may be considered as forming only one 

 inscription. The upper portion, which is placed very high, is engraved 

 in much larger characters than the lower one. A translation of this 

 inscription was published by Colebrooke in the Asiatic Besearches, 

 Vol. III. p. 130 ; and his rendering of the text has been verified by 

 H. H. Wilson from a copy made by Mr. Thomas. # The reading of 

 Sri Sallakshana proposed by Mr. Thomas is undoubtedly correct, 

 instead of Sri Mad Lakshana, as formerly read. I would suggest also 

 that the rendering of Ohdhumdna tilalca, as " most eminent of the 

 tribe which sprang from the arms," (of Brahma,) seems to me much 

 less forcible than the simple translation of " Chief of the Chdhumans" 

 or Chohan tribe. I believe also that there is an error in referring the 

 origin of the Chohans to Brahma, as Muh-ji, the Bard of the Khichi 

 Chohans, distinctly derives them from the Anal fcund, or fount of fire 

 on Mount Abu, an origin which corresponds with that assigned to them 

 by Colonel Tod. It is ChdluJc Sao, the founder of the Chaluhya, or 

 Soldnkhi tribe, that is fabled to have sprung from Brahma. 



60. The minor inscriptions on Firuz Shah's Pillar are of little 

 interest or importance. They are however of different ages, and the 

 more ancient records must have been inscribed while the pillar yet 

 stood on its original site, under the hills to the north of Khizrabad* 

 One of the oldest is the name of Sri Bhadra Mitra, or Subhadramitra 7 

 in characters of the Gupta era. This is written in very small letters, 

 as are also two others of the same age. In larger letters of a some- 

 what later date, there are several short inscriptions, of which the most 

 legible is Surya Vishnu SubarnaJcakana. A second begins with Sara 

 Singha SubarnakaJcana, the remainder being illegible, with exception 

 of the word Kumar a. A third reads Char ma Sub ana, the second 

 letter being somewhat doubtful. This record is extended in another 

 place to Charma Subanakshdra. Of a much later date is the name of 

 the Saiva mendicant Siddh BhayanJcamdth Jogi, followed by a trisuL 

 The name of this wandering mendicant is also recorded in the very 

 same characters, but simply as " Bhayankar Ndih" in one of the 

 Bardbar caves in Bihar. On the northern face there are two still 

 * Thomas's " Prinsep's Essays/' L 325^ 



