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Of Two Land-grants, issued by King Ilastin. [No. 1, 
Insceiption No. I. 
5QaiiH^fiT ^inra^effaTSTT- 
f^^TTcrrat «r || ?T , fTCT :5 f^"=rTU'- 
g*tKT iTfTTT^TTO^^KT^ JTfra^rSK^t^ 
^fciSTTIi^xr'allcffq^JnT dW^rf^WWT- 
■ FI ’f t^tw- 
^3r%XfT^rafl;fVf^T€l^- 
cTT $ $ ^I^W^I5T^^mf^^TW^JlT^^nT^lfJTWTOlffr- 
^T$fcT^ : I 
# on the plate j and wrongly. Mistakes of this sort,— short 
vowels for long, and the reverse,— due either to carelessness or to ignorance, 
abound in these inscriptions. With the reservation of material instances, and 
a few others, they have been silently rectified in my copies for the press. Such 
misscripts as tfSJT and ^feTtrTI scarcely deserve more ceremonious handling. 
Interpunction is pretty freely introduced ; and the sign looks very like a 
visarga. Visargas, where they should be, are not seldom left out ; and of 
anuswaras there is a like excess and defect. They have been set right tacitly, 
with two exceptions. Concurrent words which rigorous euphony would inter- 
lock, are sometimes found asunder ; and they have not been conjoined. The 
originals in all cases double consonants which have r over them. I have sim- 
plified this duplation. 
f In the notes to my introductory remarks, this error has been dwelt on at 
length. * 
J Improved from 1 ]1 the last stanza towards the end is ETS^IP . 
It is rare, I believe, for to be put for in an inscription so old as the present. 
§ Substituted for ure. Or, permissibly, might bo taken in composi- 
tion with what ensues. 
|| Erroneously, on the plate, «f. 
•([ An unmeaning «fT which here follows has been dismissed. 
in the original, which also shows an excrescent after m. <T. 
ft On the plate the nasal element of is yoked to the sibilant, m the 
Bhape of if. And so in the second grant. 
JJ These documents, between them, once give orthographically ; 
once ; and ■srifore^, thrice - 
§§ For tlie inscriptioniat’s 
