1846.] from Pennaur to Pondicherry. 213 



up than the 10th century*. I have only met with one of the 9th 

 century on stone, but copper grants have been found with earlier dates 

 extending to the 5th century. 



Pondicherry. — From Murtandi to Pondicherry, the loose sandstone of 

 the Red hills extends on the right, and a sand-covered beach on the 

 left. The nature of the substrata at Pondicherry has already been de- 

 scribed in the notes from Pondicherry to Beypoor. 



A Canal Act of the Emperor Akbar, with some notes and remarks on the 

 History of the Western Jumna Canals. By Lieut. Yule, Engineers, 

 First Assist. W. J. C. 



For the following translation of a Decree of the Emperor Akbar, 

 forming an interesting Appendix to the History of the Canals, given by 

 Colonel Colvin in the 2nd volume of the Journal of the A. S., I am 

 indebted to the kindness of Capt. S. A. Abbott, in charge of the Kythal 

 district, who obtained the Persian copy from the parties named below, 

 residents of Dhatrat, a town on the southern boundary of Kythal, just 

 at the point where the Hansi branch of the Western Jumna canals 

 enters the Chitang Nala, in the old channel of which, deepened and 

 widened, the canal waters flow to their termination at Bahadera, in the 

 Bikaner territory. 



Translation of a Sanad of Akbar Shah Badshah, dated month of Shawal, 

 A. H. 978, [A. D. 1568] at Firozpur, in the Province of Lahaur. 

 Obtained from Abdul Samad and Abdul Mustakim, Pirzadahs at 

 Dhatrat, being four leaves abstracted from a book which bears the 

 appearance of considerable antiquity. 



" My Government is a tree, the roots of which are firm in the earth, 

 and being watered by the waters of God's grace, its branches reach to 

 Heaven. In acknowledgment of God's mercy in establishing this great 

 empire, my desire, purer than water, is to supply the wants of the poor ; 



* Madras Journal, No. 30, p. 41. 



