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ways meditating on the footsteps* of his father Balla'la Sena ; who (Bal- 

 la'la Sena) was also titled Sankara Guureswara and possessed of fame, sub- 

 duer of enemies, and who meditated on the footsteps of his father Vijaya 

 Sena ; who (Vijaya Sena) was also possessed of self-earned fame, for his 

 putting down (securing) the load of victory from his shoulder which he 

 gained by conquering all this Jambu Grama (India), and who was the 

 destroyer of his foes, and entitled Sankara Gaureswura, — now duly inti- 

 mates, informs, and commands to the rajas and rajanyas (the caste of Khe- 

 triyas) that were present with him, and the queens and their children, the 

 princes, the royal ministers, the priests, thp judges, those who were experi- 

 enced in war and peace, the chief commanders, wrestlers, the peons who ap- 

 prehend robbers, naval officers, masters of elephants, cows, goats and wool- 

 len cloths., keepers of gardens, the executioners, the magistrates, the moral- 

 ists, peons, those who were supported from his kingdom, superintendents 

 over his dominions with their chiefs, men that belong to the tribe called 

 Chanda Bhanda, and their chief's, and many other rulers — to this effect: 



"Be it known to all of you that this great raja, on his birthday to 

 prolong his life has consecrated with water and presented to the brahmana, 

 named Iswara Dkva Sarma, with a copperplate s'dsanam on which an 

 image of Sadds'iva is riveted, who (the brahmana) was the descendant of 

 Vatsa muni, of five Pravarasf ; namely, Bhargavo, Chydvana, Apnuvat, 

 Aurva, and Jdmadagna ; the reader of the holy texts, (Sruti) and the 

 «on of Banamali' Sarma the descendant of Vatsa, of the above five 

 Pravams, the grandson of Garbheswaba Deva the descendant of Vatsa, 

 of the above five Pravaras, and the great-grandson of Paba's'ara Deva 

 Sarma, the descendant of Vatsa of the same Pravaras, — the land of the 

 villages Bdguli, Bettogdtdlodyamuna, which is encompassed with these fa- 

 mous boundaries ; on the east by Pranagunatdna Gharhdghdtaka, near 

 Vikramapura in Banga, which is in Paundraka%, as bhakti (or as a jageer) ; 

 on the south by the village named Sattrakddhi, on the west by Sankara (?) 

 Govinda, which looks high with jangals, and on the north by the village 

 Panchaka Pagado ; for the peaceful enjoyment of his sons and grand- 

 sons, &c. &c. as long as the moon, the sun, and the earth shall endure. 

 Which (village) is perpetually inheritable, well-governed, and not to be 

 claimed by any of his relatives (such as an elder brother, &c.) and which 

 contains houses on the margin of pure tanks, holes, saline soils, both the 

 land and water, all sorts of shrubs, the trees of betelnuts and cocoanuts, 

 and the tribe called Chanda Bhanda, and in which (ere he has consecrated 

 it) he caused the ponds to be made, and the nut and cocoanut trees to be 

 planted. Besides he has given him the power of punishing the Chanda 

 Bandas. 



* -q^T^TrT reflecting on his feet, or the hereditary successor of.— Ed. 

 t The disciples of the Muni from whose progeny were the brahmans descended, 

 t Paundra is the country extending from Rangpur across the Ganges to the 

 Jangalmehals, including most of Bengal. Wits. Did.— Ed. 



