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nagement of my empire, the expenses of state, the pay of my armies and 

 religious establishments, and the support of the royal treasury, and attend 

 to the counsel which I give you. It is known to you that the Rajas of 

 the Kesari line ruled from the Kans Bans river on the north, to the Ras- 

 sikoilah south, and from the sea on the east to the Dandpat of Bhi'm- 

 nagar* west, from which tract of country they derived a revenue of fifteen 

 lacs of marks of gold. By the grace of Sri Jagannath, the Princes of the 

 Ganga Vansa have, after subduing the khetris and bhuniyas (Zemindars), 

 added to the Raj the following extent of country, viz. on the north that 

 lying between the Kans Bans and the Datai Borhi river, South the coun- 

 try from the Rassikoilah down to the Dandpat of Rajmandri, and west to 

 the confines of Boad (Bodh) Sonepur, from which an increase of revenue 

 of twenty lacs has been obtained ; my total gross revenues therefore are 

 thirty-five lacs of marks of gold. Out of this amount I have assigned 



stated sums for the payment of the Sawants, (Commanders,) Mahawats, 

 and Rawats, (chiefs of horses and elephants), priests, brahmins, and the 

 worship of the deity. For the maintenance of the Paiks, Shewaks, (vassals 

 or officers) and other servants of the state, lands have been duly set apart. 

 Oh Princes and Chiefs, respect my arrangements, and beware that you 

 never resume the above grants and allowances, lest you become liable to 

 the penalty denounced in the shastras against those who take back what 

 has been given. Above all in the management of the country under your 

 charge, be just and merciful to the ryots, and collect revenue from them 

 according to the fixed and established rate. As I have by my own good 

 fortune and exertions accumulated a large treasure, viz. forty lacs of marhs 

 of gold taken from the countries of the conquered bhuniyas, and jewels 

 to the value of seven lacs eighty- eight thousand marhs, it is now my inten- 

 tion to devote a portion to the service of Jag.mnath, by building a new tem- 

 ple one hundred cubits high, and bestowing a quantity of ornaments and 

 utensils. Let me hear your opinions on this point." The ministers and 



* Now Dcnkhanal. 



