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of compassion, saving his chieftains from ruin who were afraid of (him) 

 and scattered in different places. 



24. His (Indra Raja's) son was the Lakhsmi enticer, whose mind was 

 devoted to the lily-feet of Hara (Siva), and whose spirit was felt by his 

 enemies, like the moon in disposition — Karka Raja who preserved 

 mankind. 



25. There was no robber in his kingdom, nor any sort of mortifica- 

 tion, nor famine, nor fear, accidental or natural. All kinds of vice 

 were reduced to a low ebb, and his enemies were humbled ; none had the 

 presumption to show disrespect to those who were learned. 



26. The owner of Mdlava, in order to defend his kingdom from the 

 invasion of the king of Gourha (Bengal) used the (uplifted) hand of 

 Karka Raja as a stay on the lord of Gujjara, and thereby enjoyed all 

 he desired. 



27. He having considered life to be fickle as the lightning, and the 

 virtue of giving land durable, executed this religious gift. 



28. He, the king of Ldteshwara, possessed of armies and many chief- 

 tains, brought into submission in different countries, and in whose reign 

 there was a shower of gold, thus proclaims to all his statesmen, the 

 treasurers, the functionaries, and those who have the care of castes, 

 with the respect due to them. 



Be it known to all of you, that for promoting the virtue and fame 

 both here, and in the next world, of his father, and mother, and himself, 

 he, the said Raja, has presented for continuing his five jagnas to the 

 Brahman Bha'nu', who belonged to the line of Va'tsa'yana, and was 

 acquainted with the four Vidyds, and who was a religious student, the 

 son of Soma'ditya, the fertile village called Pattanak, part of the tract 

 containing eighty-four angkotans (each 100 begas) bounded on the 

 east by the village of Jambubdbikd, on the south by Mahd Sanaka, on 

 the west by • a nala (ankootaka), and on the north by the village 

 Bagghachha. The land within the above boundaries is to be enjoyed 

 with all marriage and other fees from cultivators, with all fishing 

 and fruit privileges, with all that may be washed or deposited by 

 torrents, with all fines for petty offences, with all free labour privileges, 

 with all rights of treasure- trove and mines, without interference of 

 any kind from government officers. It is to be enjoyed in full pro- 

 perty as a perpetual inheritance by the said Brahman, his sons, and 

 posterity for ever, jo long as the sun, moon, and rivers, and the moun- 

 tains shall endure ! It is not to be touched by the hands of the king's 

 servants, nor to be claimed on the part of gods and Brahmans. by whom 

 it was heretofore possessed. Given in the year of Saka's death 734 on 

 the 12th of Bysakh (24th April, 822 a.d.) 



