558 Translation of Inscription in the Society 's museum. [June, 



inscription is expressed only in terms of the reign, but from the style 

 of the Devanagari, it may be confidently affirmed to be later than the 

 epoch fixed for Lalat Indra kesari (617 A. D). Udyotaka Kesari 

 must then be one of the 32 unrecorded princes who succeeded him in 

 the Kesari line previous to the establishment of the Gangavamsa family 

 on the Cuttack throne. 



The figure 3, it may be remarked, closely resembles the ancient form 

 of this numeral ; the 8 is nearly of the modern shape. 



The stone was, as stated above, returned to Bhubaneswar ; but Mr. 

 Kittoe did not find as he anticipated any resulting cordiality or good- 

 will among the priesthood of the place ; on the contrary they brought 

 him a long list of purloined idols, and impetuously urged him to procure 

 their return as he had done that of the inscriptions ! 



Transcript of the above Inscription, (PL XXIV.) 



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