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it at a future period. I have lady fucceeded in decyphering tlie grea« 

 ieft part of the infcription, and now beg leave to prefent the monu- 

 ment to the Afiatick Society, and to lay before them a correct tranfcript 

 of the original, in the modern DJvanagari character, with a literal 

 fcranflatioflU 



The Ilnne meafore g feet 6 inches in "height, 4 feet 7 inches in width, 

 and about 6| inches in thicknefs. The natives were acculiomed to mar- 

 pen their .knives and talwars upon it: from this and other caufe, it is 

 much mutilated.; considerable portions of the iufcription are illegible; 

 and of the lafl line, in particular, which probably contained the date, not 

 a letter can be traced. The character does not materially vary from the 

 current Devanagarf, excepting fo me lew letters, which are formed in 

 a very unufual manner, and approach nearer to thofe ufed in the 

 Dek'hid.j t^an to any others with which 1 am acquainted. 



Irfgret my inability to offer any opinion regarding the antiquity 

 -of this memorial.: and the oldefl residents of Mow could afford me no in- 

 formation, farther than, it had lain where I discovered it, during thek 

 recollection, and that of their parents. In a metaphyseal and theologi- 

 cal drama, entitled Prabod'ha Chandrodaya, or the rife of the moon of 

 .intellect, Cirtt iv arma is introduced by the author as the king before 

 whom it was £11 ft reprefented; but I will not pretend to determine 

 whether he is the fame with the prince of that name mentioned in the 

 infcription.- and indeed if they could be inden titled, the circumftance 

 would lead to no fatiffacloiy coodufion, the a^e of the palp being 

 equally involved in doubt* 



I have only further to obferve, that fome paffages of the original 

 are very ebfeure^ from the context beirig effaced^ and admit of various 



