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(2) This is a rather largo village within a few miles of Sambhalpur. 



(3) I have verified this eclipse of the moon by referring to the almanac of 

 1861, Samvat, 



(J) Kasiuatha Diisa, Purohita to Raja Jayanta Singha and Rani Ratna- 

 kumari. 



(5) The guardian (female) deity of Sambhalpur. 



(6) The moon having been the prominent object on the night the grant was 

 made, allusion has been made to her. 



(7) The guardian (male) deity of Sambhalpur. 



(8) Yama, or the god of justice. 



(9) Kasiuatha's brother and Negi, or steward, to Rani Ratnakumari. 



(10) Ks'isinatha's youngest brother, and Khansaman or assistant Dewan to 

 Rani Ratnakumari. 



(11) This is probably the name of one of the years of the astronomical cycle 

 of 60. 



In a second note, received the day previous to the meeting, Babii 

 Rakhal Das Haldar continues — 



" A late trip to Palkot has enabled me to subjoin a few notes 

 The Rani Ratna Kumari, appears to have been at one time well 

 known in the southern parts of Chota Nagpur ; she resided at. 

 Rampur in pargana Basia, while her husband Raja Jayanta (yulgo 

 Jayati) Singha of Sambhalpur was captured and carried away by the 

 Barghis ( B&ghis ?), or Marhattas. I have been told that there was a 

 civil suit regarding the village mentioned in the inscription. It was 

 tried by the British Officer in charge of Sambhalpur, and the copper- 

 plate was put in evidence. The decision in that case was appealed 

 against in the Court of Mr. Allen, Agent of the Governor- General, 

 South West Frontier, and of course the records were brought to Ranchi. j 

 Subsequently, the Mutiny of 1857 occurred, and in the general con- { 

 fusion, the plate fell into the hands of certain crafty Kols who did not I 

 scruple to use it as the original document, conferring half of Chota I 

 Nagpur on their ancestors ! Of course, these men have taken care not 

 to adduce the plate as evidence in any suit ; I have been informed j 

 that they would not lend it to Colonel Dal ton even for a day ; they j 

 have duped only men of their own race." 



" Having made the magnanimous resolution before the twice-born, the gods, 

 and the lire, on Saturday, in A'sarha, the tithi being auspicious, and an eclipse 

 occurring on the occasion of the new moon which commenced on the fourteenth 

 lunar day, &c." 



