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incongruity that Rashtradhara was of the race of B rah m anas termed Zainin- 

 dar Brahmanas, who are looked on as inferior Brahmanas. They are also 

 termed Bhumihara Brahmanas. The present Raja of Benares, Udita Nara- 

 yana, is one of this cast : they are considered both as Rajputras and Brah- 

 manas, and in their former capacity are allowed to hold the reins of Govern- 

 ment which, as Brahmanas exclusively, they could not. 



. 26. Perhaps the province of Amodah on the north bank of the Saryu? 



27. Bassia latifolia ; the fruit of which affords a spirituous liquor. It is 

 often used as a condiment by the natives, in their food. 



28. This verse is in the Mitakshara of Vijnyaneswara. Mr. Colebrooke 

 suggests the age of the Mitakshara to be above 500 and within 1000 years. 

 The verse is quoted by the author of the Mitakshara, but anonymously. 



2.9. An epithet of Indra ; the conch, umbrella, &c. are the insignia of 

 royalty. 



30. The whole of this verse, as also the whole of the ftth verse are lite- 

 ratim the same as two verses on a plate of brass found at Chitradurg, con- 

 taining a grant of land by a king* of Vidyanagara conferred Anno Domini 

 1395. Many of the Pandits at Benares have also assured me that the same 

 verses are to be found on an ancient copper plate, being a grant of land by 

 the famous Rama Chandra, king of Ayodhya. This plate was found at 

 ltamkota in the very center of the modern city of Fyzabad, some centuries 

 ago, and by which, as they relate, the Mohammedan Emperor restored land 

 which his generals had seized. 



The same stanzas are also on plates of a grant made by Buccaraya, prince 



* Dewul.roy? 



