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Two copper-plate inscriptions of Kulastamblia-deva, an Eastern C dinky a 
King.—By Babu Man Mohan Chakravarti, M. A., B. L., Deputy 
Magistrate. 1 
[Read February 1891.] 
These copper-plates were secured by me from the Ragliava Dasa 
Math in the Town of Puri, Orissa. They have been kept in the 
Math as sanads of the Math itself, but they do not appear to have 
any connection with it. 
When I got them, the plates were very dirty, and the inscriptious 
hardly legible. I cleansed them by rubbing with tamarind and hot 
water, and then rubbed afresh with chalk. The letters can now be dis¬ 
tinctly seen. 
One plate is broader and more complete; it will be called A. 
The other plate is longer and will be called B. Plate A is 8§" x 6|" 
X It is covered with writing on both sides without any margin. 
On the front face are 22 lines ; on the back 21. The letters are on 
an average x \". Plate B is 9" x 5§" x Like plate A, it is 
closely written on both sides up to the edge, with 19 lines on the 
obverse side and 18 on the reverse. The letters are §" X . 
From the middle of the top of both the plates rises a circular piece. 
The one in plate A contains on its face a half moon, below which is 
a boar (or a bull) sitting above a line, which with another line encloses 
the words ( Qrimam Kulastamblia-deva). Below the foot 
line are some letters not clearly traceable. The piece in B has a boar at 
the foot standing, above which are nearly the same words 
At the top is a half-moon. These circular pieces were evidently the 
seals of the granting king. 
The letters look like the 10th century Kutila inscription given 
in Prinsep’s work. The text purports to be in Sanskrit, but has 
1 [The publication of this and the following paper has been greatly delayed, 
owing to difficulties experienced by the author in securing an accurate copy of the 
extremely incorrect Sanskrit of the plates. The text is that given by the author, 
the plates not being available for comparison. Ed.] 
