1838.] Inscription from Ghosi near Jaunpur. 635 



" Well executed in sculpture, by Kalabhuja Shambhu the Shanka or 

 stone-cutter." 



The second, marked B, is hardly legible in the middle, but I think it 

 may be read : 



"Written by Samanta pautra (the grandson of the general) — the 

 captain." 



The third, C, is very plain and distinct Wi*prf <£t*TO m% " the name 

 of Samanta Dosha :" but I should be inclined to think the \ intended 

 for a ^", and the name Samanta deva, as dosha, (a fault) would hard- 

 ly be applied as a name. 



The fourth, D, is insignificant ; the letters are all plain, but the sense 

 incomplete *a^«I "^^\% («f f^lf^cf) ' written by Khata the son of the 

 unfortunate.' 



Inscription from Ghosi near Jaunpur. 



Captain Cunningham has furnished no further particulars of this 

 fragment than are contained in the heading of the facsimile, a long slip 

 of paper taken from a detached stone stated to be broken off at either end. 

 After an invocation to Hari Vishnu, it commences the usual eulogy 

 on the glorious exploits of a raja named Dharani Varaha, and from 

 the style there must evidently have been a long sequel, which if it could 

 be recovered might give us some new information on a period not long 

 anterior to the Muhammadan invasion. 



Being in verse, the pandit who assisted me in deciphering it has been 

 easily able to supply the hiatus in the first line. I have blundered in 

 copying the facsimile, but by the letter references the order of the lines 

 may be traced. 



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