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Of Two Land-grants, issued by King Hastin. [No. 1, 
noon of that day ;* by the great king, the auspicious Hastin, sprung 
from the house of the Pari vraj aka princes, t great-grandson of the 
great ting Devcfhya.J grandson of the great king Prabhanjana,§ 
and son of the great king Damodara ; giver of thousands of kine, of 
elephants and horses, of store of gold pieces, and of land ; diligent in 
homage to his spiritual guides and to his father and mother ; most 
devoted to the gods and to Brahmans ; victorious in many hundreds 
of battles ; the delighter of his race ; with view to enhance his own 
worthiness, and that he might make himself to mount by the flights 
of steps celestial, the village of Vasuntarashendika[| has been ceded, 
absolutely, to Gopaswamin, Bhavaswamin, Sandhyaputra, Divakara- 
datta, Bhaskaradatta, and Suryadatta, Vajasaneya-Madhyandina 
Brahmans, of the stock of Kutsa.'f 
For this he lias no warrant. The prefix which I give is sufficiently clear on the 
plate. 
* Here I follow Professor Wilson, who writes : “ in the fore-part of the day.” 
i B > however, illegitimate Sanskrit, in this sense. 
[ Since the receipt of this paper for publication, Mr. Hall has sent the follow- 
ing, which he desires to have here inserted : “ The compound in the text is 
perfectly legitimate Sanskrit, but not a substantive, and having nothing to do 
with “ forepart of the day,” or my ‘ forenoon for I here deferred to Professor 
Wilson unadvisedly. A re-perusal of the Eran inscriptions, as they actually 
read, has taught me how to unlock this quaint and antiquated expression. 
Understanding ffrajr, I would construe, not over-literally, * on that, i. e. the 
aforesaid lunar day, and on the day of the week therewith coincident.’ Correct 
accordingly in Inscription II. as well.” — Editobs.] 
t “ By the exalter of the family of the chief of the ascetics,” according to 
Professor Wilson. Partly from misreading the Sanskrit, this is unallowable. 
The Parivrajakas now come to light for the first time. 
J Not “ Dwarhya,” — Devarhya ? — as Professor Wilson wishes. In both 
inscriptions the name is most legibly incised ; and Mr. Thomas’s decipherments 
bear out my lection unhesitatingly. 
It would be rash to speculate that there is a mistake for ‘ named 
Deva.’ 
§ Seemingly, Prabhajina. Tbe second grant clears up all uncertainty. 
|| By possibility, this name is Yansuntarashcndika. 
past doubt, in the Sanskrit of both inscriptions. Mr. Thomas so 
understands, in the other ; in this. Professor Wilson puts “ of Kaus'ika ;” 
appending, as a foot-note : “ The reading of one is ‘ Kosiya of the other 
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