486 Notice of a Grant engraved on Copper. [June, 



Singh Deva, son of the great Rani convened the following persons, — 

 Saiva Acha'rjya Bhattaraka, the great minister, — Vidya Daiva, 

 the Raj- Guru., — the Pandit Ya jnadhara the chief Porohit, — the lord 

 SRiKiKr, the great councillor, pre-eminent in faith, — the Lord Dasa 

 Mulika, Batsa-Raja, the chief judge ( 18 ) and reporter of state 

 affairs(19),— the lordPoRUSHOTTAMA, the principal secretary for foreign 

 afFairs(20) } — the great chamberlain(21), — the incorruptible superintendent 

 of the police ( 22 ), — the treasurer ( 23 ), — the master of the horse and ele- 

 phants, — also other persons resident of the village about to be given. After 

 this, as becometh, he addresses, explains, and orders thus: "Be it known 

 " to you, Sumbut 932, on the anniversary of the age, at Srimantipuri 

 " with my assent, by my mother Ga'sala Devi, who had according to 

 " ordinance bathed in the Narmada, and worshipped Mahadeva for the 

 " sake of augmenting the merit and glory of her parents and self, to the 

 " Brahman Sitha Sarma (the son of Chhitu Pandit, grandson of 

 " Sujlhana Pandit, and great-grandson of Janardana Pandit, follower 

 " of the metrical veda( 24 ) of the Sdvarna Gotra, and devoted to the five 

 " Pravaras(%5) — -Bhargava Chyavana Apnavan Aurva Jama 

 " Dagn) was given, under a grant, the village Choralaga, in the 

 " Patala of Sambala, limited by four boundaries, but exclusive of such 

 * f four limits, — together with pasture for kine, water and land, mango 

 " trees and honey, salt-mines, salt-pits, — with right of ingress and egress, 

 " with wilds and marshes, with trees and grass, and so forth rising 

 " spontaneously, (part obliterated,) together with woods and forests, 

 " without any let or hindrance. This is the prayer of the giver." 



27. Ra'mabiiadra again and again exhorts all those future rulers 

 of the earth : this universal bridge of virtue for princes, is to be pre- 

 served by you from time to time. 



28. And it is said. By many kings, Sagara as well as others, the 

 earth has been possessed. Whose-so-ever has been the land, his has then 

 been the fruit. 



29. He who takes a single tolah of gold, a cow, a finger even of land, 

 abides in hell until the general annihilation. 



30. The resumer of land is not expiated by one thousand pools, by a 

 hundred sacrifices of horses, by the gift of ten million of kine. 



31. He who resumes land, whether given by himself or by another, 

 is born an insect, in ordure, and sinks with his forefathers. 



(18) Mahaxa patalika. (19) Maha pradhanartha lekhi. (20) Maha sandhi- 

 vigrahika. (21) Maha pratihara. (22) Dushta sadhya chara dhyaxa. 



(23) Bhanda garika. (24) Sarna Veda. (25) Each Gotra has its tutelary 



©t Patriarchal His hi. The Pravaras are the companions of the Rishi. 



