1895.] E. A. Gait — Some Notes on Jaintia History. 245 
I have not included in the above list one coin in the collection 
(Plate XXIV, 18) because it seems donbtful whether it is a Jaintia 
Coin or not. The legend is as follows : 
obv. Qr Cr Jaya-sUhha-blmpdlasya Cdlce 1585. 
rev. Cr Qr Hara-gauri-carana-pardyana. 
The character is very similar to that on the coins known to belong 
to Jaintia, and the distinctive dagger or sword is engraved on the 
reverse. On the other hand there is no reference to Jaintiapur and 
the legend on the reverse is not found on any of the known Jaintia 
coins. 
Copper Plates. 
Up to the present time, the following copper plates only have been 
collected: 
(1) Copper Plate, dated 1692 Caka. 
This plate sets forth that the king, Bara Gu^al Simha, having 
become a Sannyasi, makes a grant of 192 Kedars of land to Lila Pnri 
Svami, with the consent of his nephews and nieces, including his 
successor Chattra Simha, and in the presence of his Prime Minister, 
U. Maupnar Laskar and the Commander-in-Chief Manikya Bay. 
(2) Copper Plate, dated 1710 Caka. 
This recites a grant by Kasa Sati Devi, the consort of the above 
mentioned Bara Gu^i, of plots of land aggregating 85 hals 1 for the 
service of the image of the Goddess Kali in the monastery of Lila Puri 
Sannyasi. The <grant was made with the concurrence of the princes 
and of the Raja, Vijaya-narayana. On the reverse of this plate are 
recorded two more grants by the same queen in 1724 and 1725 paka, 
respectively. 
(3) Copper plate, dated 1720 Qaha. 
In this plate is set forth the grant by Raja Rama-simha of some 
land for the temple of f iva which had been erected by him at Dhupi. 
(4) Copper plate, dated 1727 Caka. 
This, like Xo. (2), records a grant by Kasa Satl, widow of Bara 
Gu^ai, the donee being one Xityauanda, the Guru of Raja Rama- 
simha. 
1 In Cachar, the hal is equivalent to 4< - 815 acres; in Jaintia it is said to have 
been somewhat less. A Icednr or Tciyar is the twelfth part of a hal. The term hal 
occurs also in two old copper plates found in Sylhet some years ago and decipher¬ 
ed by the late Dr. Rajendra Lala Mittra. 
