130 Dr. Hoernle— Qauhati Copper-plate Grant of Indrapala. [No. 2, 
crowns of the princes as they voluntarily stood reverently bowing (before 
him) with joined hands : 
(16.) Who dived into and passed across the deep and broad 
streams of all knowledges, the dashing waves of which are the sciences of 
words, sentences, arguments and doctrines. 
(17.) After his father had gone to heaven in a halo of glory 
of his grandchild the son. 
(Second Plate: reverse).the fortune of his own kingdom 
was voluntarily delivered, in accordance with his virtues. B 
(18.) During the righteous and victorious reign of this king, the 
earth was happy and greatly flourishing, and became the cow that yields 
all desires to men, as in the time of Prthu, because the laws of the 
four gramas (or periods of life) and of the four castes were observed in 
their proper divisions. 
(19.) This king had a residence of corresponding virtues, 6 a town 
full of elephants, horses, and jewels, and impregnable to (the attacks 
of) any royal dynasty, whence it was named (M-Durjaya. 
(Second Plate : line 4) The Paramegvara, Parama-bhattdralca , Mahd- 
rajadhiraja , the illustrious Indrapala Varma-deva, who meditates at the 
feet of the lord of Pragjyotisa, the illustrious Varahaf the Paramepvara , 
Parama-bhaftdraka , Malidruj-adhiraja , the illustrious Ratnapala Varma- 
deva, who overthrew and inflicted punishment on all his innumerable 
enemies, 8 may he prosper! 
(Line 6.) With reference to the land bearing four-thousand 
(measures of) rice, and lying by the side of the land belonging to 
the Bhavisa of the hamlet 9 of Kasi, situated within the district 10 of 
Hapyoma, in the northern part of the country, he sends his greetings 
and commands to all who reside near the afore-said fields, viz., the 
accountants, 11 traders and other (common) people of the district, as well 
6 This verse is mutilated and not intelligible, but from what follows below, 
it appears that the verse stated that Purandarapala died without succeeding to the 
throne, and that Ratnapala was followed on the throne by his grandchild Indrapala. 
6 One would rather expect the reading gun-dnurupa. The name Durjaya means 
‘difficult to conquer.’ 
I I.e., one who is a boar ( varuha) like Visnu. 
8 The reading is here rather obscure. Perhaps pratihata should be read 
for apratihata. 
9 On pataka, ‘hamlet/ see Indian Antiquary, Yol. XVIII, p. 135. 
10 With reference to the term visaya or district, I may note that Mr. Gait 
informs me that “ the local revenue officials, commonly known as Mauzadars are also 
in parts still called Bisayas or Patgiris.” 
II The word ra-lcarana of the original is faulty for sa-lcarana , which also occurs 
in the Dharmapala grant, published by Mr. Batavyal in this Journal, Yol. LXIII for 
1894, p. 57 (line 48) and p. 50, footnote 16. Karana is a synonym of Kayastha. 
