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Art. IV. — Notice of a Grant engraved on Copper, found at Kumbhi 

 in the Saugor Territory. — By the Editors. 



We present our readers with another Tamba Patra in the original, 

 and with a translation which we have made. Dr. Spilsbury has obli- 

 gingly presented this valuable relic of antiquity to the Asiatic Society. 

 He writes, that " the two Copper plates joined by a ring seal were 

 " dug up at Kumbhi, on the right bank of the Herun river, thirty-five 

 " miles north-east of Jaba/poor, and were forwarded by Major Low, 

 " Magistrate of this district. The letters engraved on the plates are 

 " in great preservation, and from their date upwards of 900 years old, 

 " corresponding nearly with inscriptions in stone in the same character 

 (facsimiles of which were forwarded by the late Major Franklin to 

 the Society). " Something may be gleaned of the period when a large 

 " city existed, only six miles west of Jabalpoor, now to be traced by 

 " little more than mounds of bricks and cut stones." 



The skill and kindness of Lieut. Kittoe, has enabled us to prepare 

 a plate exhibiting facsimiles of the seal and specimen of the letters, 

 together with a table which shews the alphabet of the plates in juxta- 

 position with the modern Nagri alphabet. The character of the plates 

 approaches that of the Rajgarh slab, of which we published the inscrip- 

 tion in our March number by oversight. 



Lieut. Kittoe's neat engraving was published in our May number ; 

 to which we refer our readers. The Seal is that of Sri-mat Vijaya 

 Singha Deva. The Legend is Durga in her form Maha Laxmi 

 supported by two Elephants. At the foot is the Bull of Siva. 



The grant gives us eight generations of the Kula-Churi dynasty, 

 beginning with Yuva Raja Deva, who was a descendant of the re- 

 nowned Kartta Viryya of the race of Bharat. 



Yuva' Raja Deva 



KOKALLA 



Gangeya Deva 



Karna Deva married Avalla Devi 



Yasus Karma Deva 



Gaya Karna married Arhana Devi 



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Nar Singh Deva Vijaya Singh m Ga'sala Devi 



Ajaya Singh Deva 



