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country of Pegu, and establish for the people a true system of justice 

 that they may neither fear nor hate him, but bear him in respectful 

 remembrance, and for this purpose he determined to cast a bell and 

 place it beneath a double roof*, that the people might give notice of 

 their wrongs by striking it, the sound of which reaching his ears, he 

 would be enabled to redress their wrongs. (He therefore) expended a 

 thousand vis of pure silver in the construction of this bell. 



On Monday, the twelfth day of the waxing of the moon of July (Phal- 

 gun or February — March), three hours and a half after the rising of the 

 ninth sign of the zodiac, in the year 984f, (agreeing with A. D. 1622,) 

 the king caused this bell to be cast, its weight being 8254 visj : it was 

 placed beneath a double roof. From the time of its being so made and 

 suspended the people have struck it upon the occurrence of any injus- 

 tice, the sound of which having been heard by him, he has directed 

 justice to be properly administered. The people of the country per- 

 ceiving (his benevolence) felt as if washed with water (abuses abolish- 

 ed). 



If this bell be destroyed let future monarchs repair it ; to this end I 

 have made it, that the people might obtain justice and that I might 

 obtain Nibban, and all ages till that time the laws might be duly admi- 

 nistered^ This work of merit I have done." 



II. — Extracts from the Tohfat ul Kiram\\, and the Chach Ndmeh^ 

 translated by Lieutenant T. Postans. 



[Continued from page 104.] 

 As the following translations from the Persian manuscripts ( Toh- 

 fat ul Kiram, and 2nd Chach Nameh) afford some information, re- 

 specting the early history of Sindh previous to, as well as its conquest 



* Mandap, a kind of belfry or temple. 



t There is some confusion, two dates being apparently given, one PhaL 

 gun, the other July, one is doubtless the rising of the lunar mansion for 

 the fortunate hour. — Ed. 



X This weight must be read rather 825 vis 4 tikals, which at 140 tolas 

 will be about 2750 pounds avoirdupois.— Captain W. made the weight by 

 estimation of the cubic contents 3472 lbs. 



§ Ratna Paula understands this, — and in all my transmigrations be- 

 fore attaining nibban, may I duly exercise justice, &c. 



t| (Tohfat ul Kiram— written Tohfat ul Kbwan in the former extract from in- 

 distinctness in the MS. — Ed.) 

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