1879.] F. 8S. Growse—Bulandshahr Antiquities. 275 
the name of the village is given as Indraptira ; and, by a curious coinci- 
dence, the very same Number of the Journal contained an article of mine on 
local etymology, in which I had demonstrated, by an application of the 
rules of the Prakrit Grammarian, Vararuchi, that a Sanskrit word, such as 
Indrapuir4é must, in the natural course of phonetic decay, become Indor 
in the modern dialect. On the opposite, that is, the western side of the 
district, there is an almost continuous succession of deserted kheras, along 
the bank of the Jamuna, from the village of Begamabad to the town of 
Dankor, a distance of about 20 miles. The most southern of these is 
called Hastaur, which is strikingly suggestive of Hastindptr, an off-shoot 
perhaps from that ancient capital ; while another, as Rajé Lakshman Sifha 
informs me, goes by the name of Kupsar. Begamabad is quite of modern 
origin, having been founded by the Begam Samri of Sdrdhana; but 
Dankor is an ancient site and is supposed to derive its name from Drona, 
the tutor of the young princes of Hastinaptir. He has a tank and temple 
in the town still called after him, Dronachar. In the course of the next 
cold season I hope to visit all these /heras. 
Note by Dr, RésenpRaLAta Mirra. 
The inscriptions are so extensively obliterated that it is impossible to 
deduce from them connected narratives. No. 1 comprises 10 lines, every 
one of which has two or three lacune, and several doubtful letters, but 
from what remains the purport of the document is clear enough, a grant 
of land for the worship of a divinity whose name is not apparent. The 
land was bounded on the west by Chhandi —? on the south by Bhijali- 
bhata; on the north by a field named Mahardiva . The donors were a 
great commander (mahdasémanta) named Sri Vadana, who was a Naga raja 
and son of Amrita raja, and one Narayana, son of a householder and banker 
named Bhashvika. The date is some undecypherable day in the waxing moon 
of the month of S’ravana (July—August) of the Samvat year 1180 = 1224 
A. D. of which the words as’%ti adhikeshu “eighty above” are distinct. 
The first and second figures I read doubtfully. The last two lines contain 
-imprecatory Puranic verses against resumption of grants of land. I annex 
a transcript of the portion legible to me. 
No. 2 is also a deed of gift and is dated on the 5th of the month of 
Sravana of some undecypherable year. It was granted by an “ Adhirdja”’ 
or paramount sovereign, but his name is lost. A transcript of the few 
words that are legible to me is annexed. 
Mr. Growse is quite right in supposing the two records to be uncon- 
nected with each other, though the month of the date is the same. The 
stone was not intended to be set up anywhere, but to be preserved in 
the archives of the temple as a title-deed. 
