JOURNAL 



OF 



THE ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



No. 93.— SEPTEMBER, 1839. 



Art. I. — Sanscrit Inscription on the Slab removed from above the 

 Kothoutiya gate of the Fort JRohtas. JBy the Editors. 

 In our May number, we presented our readers with an interestiDg 

 letter from Mr. Ravenshaw, communicating some inscriptions collected 

 in Behar. Mr. Ravenshaw notices the Persian Inscription over the 

 gateway of the palace on the summit of the fort of Rohtas. This 

 informs us that the palace was built by Raja Man Sing. The date of 

 the inscription is the 28th day of the 7th month of 1005, h. je., or about the 

 middle of April, 1597 a. d, Mr. Ravenshaw adds, that the Sanscrit 

 inscription over the Kothoutiya gate of the fort had been taken to 

 Chupra by Mr. W. Ewer, and was then on the premises of Mr. Luke. 

 It has since been forwarded to the Asiatic Society, and we are thus 

 enabled to present our readers with a transcript and translation. 



The inscription gives the following genealogy of the Tom a r a family 

 for eleven generations, and twelve Rajas. 



Vira Sinh, 



Uddharan, 



Gana Pati, 



Hangara Singh Deva, 



Kirti Sinh, 



Kalyana Sahi, 



Mana Sahi, 



Vikrama Sahi, 



Rama Sahi, 



Sal i Vahana, left two sons. 



Svama Sahi and Vira Mitra Sen. 



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