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allowance fixed for 13 houses, and j- and 3 cubits and 4 fingers' breadth 

 in excess,* such are the boundaries and extent of the gift of the above 

 named illustrious Prince. Eye witness, Raj Prakas Malla Deva ; date, 

 862 of the Nepal sera, November, 10th dark half of the month. 



True translations. 



B. H. Hodgson, 



Transcript in Roman characters of one of the deeds. 



Swasti srimatf Pasiipati charana kamala dhuli dhusarita siraruha 

 sriman maneswarishta devata baralabdha prasada dedibyeman manonnata 

 ravikiila tilaka haniimaddhaja nepaleswara sakalaraja chakradhiswara 

 maharajadhiraja sri sri Jaya Raja Prakasa Malla Deva paramabhat- 

 tarakanang sada samara vijayinang. Prabhii thakura sana banarayatasa 

 chongno Padrika piichini sakrakwongre gocchiwane namne prasadi kri- 

 tam tanigla tola itiphiisa chakalang choutajawo griha sangyakang 

 rathamargenaj paschimatah Tawo Bahar one margena uttartah 

 kachingla kayashthayti bhumya purba tah Amar sinh Btibuya griha 

 bhumya daksinatah etesang madhye thotechatra ghatana dvi ashta 

 tringsa hastadhika shashta kha parimitang pushpya batika ekvingsati 

 hastadhika chaturdasa kha parimitang ankatopi che khalshu kusuye- 

 chma kebo kha slaramapi ku niyechi§ vate yulo Pratita sri sri na bak- 

 sish prasanna juya atra patrarthe drishta sakshi sri Chandra Sekara Malla 

 Thakura sambat 874 Ncpalya chaitra badi 6 Daivagya kotirajena likhi- 

 tang subham. 



B. H. Hodgson. 



Barjeeling, 1st July, 1848. 



* This extreme precision may seem remarkable. But it is the mere indication of what 

 is still more remarkable, viz. an admirable system of land measurement and of public 

 record and registry which prevailed under the Newari dynasty and which would do 

 honour even to the British Government of India. The professional land measurers, 

 called Dongu or Dongul, were a separate craft, carefully instructed and exceedingly 

 jealous of intrusion on their mystery. The institution is still to be found under the pre- 

 sent or Gorkhuli dynasty, but in a state of decadence. 



t Pasupati is the great orthodox Deity of Nepal, whose symbol is the four-faced Ling 

 or Phallus. 



$ Matsyendranath is the great heterodox or Buddhist Deity. His car festival or Ra- 

 thyatra, is so famous that in the above deed the street is designated, as that through whics 

 the car annually passes (rathmarg) without even specification of the name. Nullius 

 secuudus is the Matsyendra of Patau. 



§ In the original the ciphers as well as the names of the ISiewar numbers are inserted. 

 I have omitted the former, which are those in use in the plains. 



