1837.] Facsimiles of Ancient Inscriptions. 873 



the holders of villages, " Be it known to all of you that we, for the pro- 

 motion of our father and mother's virtues, consecrating with water, 

 present to Sri Prabha Chaturveda* of the Kautsa tribe, the grandson of 

 Mitra Chaturveda, and son of Rana PRABHAt Chaturveda, the 

 village named Jalau KuhaX bounded on the west by Kinihi vajard, on the 

 north by Pipparikd, on the east by Jalukd, and by Ujdnagrdma§ on the 

 south, — on the full moon of the month of Kartika. 



Let this gift be held unobjectionable and inviolate by our own posterity, 

 and by princes of other lines. Should any whose mind is blinded with 

 ignorance take it away, or be accessary to its resumption by others, he will 

 be guilty of the five great sins. 



It is declared by the divine Vydsa the compiler of the vedas, " Many 

 kings have in turn ruled over this earth, yet he who reigneth for the time 

 is then sole enjoyer of the fruits thereof ||. 'The bestower of lands will live 

 sixty thousand years in heaven, but he who resumes it or takes pleasure 

 in its resumption is doomed to hell for an equal period.'" 



In the Shakalcdl, six (5f) hundred and thirty years over, was written this 

 edict (Sdsanam) : Aula, the well skilled in peace and war**, wrote it. 



Arabic tombstone in the Society's museum. 



The stone containing the Arabic epitaph which I have lithographed 

 in Plate XLV. was presented to the museum by Dr. Mill, Principal 

 of Bishop's College, previous to his departure, as noticed in the pro- 

 ceedings of the 1st November (printed in the present number). The 

 account there given of the place whence it was brought " a ruined 

 burial ground on the African coast of the Red Sea" corresponds so 

 closely with the locality of a similar tombstone depicted by Sir Graves 

 Haughton in the first volume of the Royal Asiatic Society's transac- 

 tions, while the stone itself agrees so precisely with the description 

 there given, in appearance and in date, that I cannot help imagining it 

 must be the twin brother of the one carried home. I may quote the 

 very words from Lord Valentia's travels also borrowed by Sir 

 G. Haughton : 



" On the northern side (of the fort of Dhalec-eUkibeer) are the 

 ruins of two small mosques built of stone, with round cupolas at top 



* Commonly pronounced Chaubd. 



f Mr. Ommanney reads Ratka but the original has evidently Rana written 

 with «f instead of T||. 



X Apparently a vernacular name, ' the well of water.' 



§ The sadar amin, Mr. Ommanney says, would read ^3"§rT«n7T?T. DU ^ * ne 9e " 

 cond letter is evidently a ja, and the class of the succeeding nasal confirms it. 



|| That is, 1 suppose, his power is absolute to grant endowments, &c. 



^[ I have kept here Shatkena, as read by Mr. O. — See the preceding remarks. 



** Sandhi vigrahi, — (the minister?) 



