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the emperor of emperors, the lord of steeds, the possessor of vast elephants, 

 the ruler of men, the sovereign of three empires, the equal of Vachespati 

 in the knowledge of various sciences, thus commands, causes to be made 

 known, and decrees to all the inhabitants, to the headman, to the wife of 

 the headman, to the young prince, to the minister, officiating priest, door- 

 warden, commander of troops, to the keeper of the treasure, the magis- 

 trate, physician, and astronomer, to those belonging to the female apart- 

 ments, to the chief amongst the elephant keepers, horse keepers, bird 

 catchers, and of those who dig in mines, to cowherds, and to shepherds of 

 the undermentioned villages. Be it known to ye all, that on Sunday, the 

 fourth day of the bright fortnight of the moon of the month Pausha, in the 

 year 1234, of the Summit sera (Anno Domini 1177) when the sun was to the 

 north of the equator, I, Jaya Chandra, having first bathed in the Ganges, at 

 the holy city of Varanasi and having offered water in the prescribed man- 

 ner, to the mantras, to the deities, holy saints, mortals, to the Bhutas, 21 and 

 to the classes of Pitris; 22 having also paid homage to the sun, whose glory 

 dispels all darkness ; having worshipped the deity whose crest is a portion of 

 the lord of plants 23 (the moon); having performed adoration to Vasudeva 24 the 

 nourisher of the three worlds ; having made offering of an oblation of rice, 

 milk and sugar to fire ; have in order to increase my own virtue as also to 

 add to that of my parents, bestowed on the fortunate Rau Rashtradhara 

 verma 25 kshetriyaj (of the lineage of Vatsa, and of the five families of Bhar- 

 gava, Chyavana, Apnuwan, Aurva and Jamadagnya,) grandson of the most 

 noble Thakkur Jagaddhara^ and son of the most illustrious Thakkur Vi- 

 dbyadhara, the undermentioned villages ; having given a grant to that effect 

 as long as the sun and moon shall exist, viz. on the opposite side of the 

 river Devaka (Saryu) the villages of Laualli, Sarava, Tatalia, Naugama and 

 Dakshapali, in the Pergannah of Ambee alii, 26 dependant on Dhawaharadiha, 

 together with all land and rivers therein; all mines of iron and salt, all n\sh 

 ponds, ravines and barren lands, hills, forests and hidden treasures, also 

 all plantations of Madhuka 27 and mango trees, gardens, clumps and grasses 

 of every description which may come within observation, including every 



