: FROM BENARES. 447 



a subsequent occasion, but near the same spot, bears an inscription exactly 

 of a similar kind, but of more remote date; being a grant of land by Sree 

 Gobind Chnndra (the grand-father of Jye Chundra) dated Sumbut 1177, 

 (A.D. 1120.)" 



TRANSLATION. 



PROSPERITY. 



1st. May the pride of Lakshmi, apparent at the commencement of her 

 amorous dalliance, and in which her hands, wander over the neck of Vish- 

 nu, whose joy is uninterrupted, be the cause of our happiness. 



2d. Upon the retirement into heaven of all other princes Yasovigraha* 

 a monarch of the solar race remained : he was most illustrious and muni- 

 ficent. 



3d. He had a son named Mahichandra, whose unbounded fame resem- 

 bling the splendour of the moon spread to the regions across the ocean. 



4th. He had a son named Srichandra deva, 3 who delighted in the rules 

 of Government, he overcame the circle of his foes, dispelling the darkness 

 which had arisen from the valour of the adverse warriors. By the glory of 

 his munificence he dispersed every particle of distress of his subjects and 

 by the valour 4 of his own arm he conquered the unequalled kingdom of 

 Kanyakubja (Kanoj.) 



5th. He visited the holy Tirthas* of Kasi,« Kusika ? and Ayodhya* and 

 by repeatedly bestowing his own -weight of gold 9 on the bruhmanas he 

 stamped the earth with hundreds of scales. 



Cth. His son Madanapala, the head gem of monarchs, and the moon of 



