132 Dr. Hoernle —Gauhatl Copper-plate Grant of Indrapala. [No. 2, 
it, and an embankment, also the Has! of the Makkhi-patli (established) 
by the still extant edict (engraved) on the Kuntavita pillar, and 
the ridge of the fields. On the south-east of the land, there are the 
hamlet of Kasl on the Kiintavifca Lakkhyava property, and, along the 
boundary of the land, the big dike. On the south, along the boundary 
of the land, is the big dike. At the bend to the north and west, there 
are the big granary on the property of the Svalpadyati fishermen, and, 
along the boundary of the land, the ridge of fields, also three clumps 
of bamboos. On the south-west, along the boundary of the land, 
there is the river Digumma. At the bend to the north, along the 
boundary of the land, there is the same river. At the bend to the east 
and the north, there are the granary belonging to the hamlet of Kasl, 
and, along the boundary of the land, the ridge of the fields. At the bend 
to the west, along the boundary of the land, there is a row of houses. 
On the west, there is the river Digumma. On the north-west, there 
is the same river. On the north, there are the Bbavisa with the 
still existing.charter of the holy Aditya (or Sun-god) made by Tathagata, 
and, along the boundary of the land, a walnut tree on a dry spot on 
the ridge of the fields, on the south side 18 of the tank made by Pa£upati> 
as well as a ridge of fields. On the north-east of that land, there are the 
granary, with the Makkhi-path and the pond in front of it, as well as 
an embankment. 
The Seal. 
Hail ! The lord of Pragjyotisa, the Mabaraj-adhiraja, the illus¬ 
trious Indrapala Varma-deva. 
‘ maize ’; hence makkhi-yana 1 the road lined with maize (-fields). But it may be 
questioned whether maize was known in India in those early times. Or the true 
reading might be makkhiydna-viUa-purva, ‘(the granary) with the pond of Mabhana in 
front of it.’ MahTchiyana might be another form of malckhdna which is Euryale ferox. 
I can make nothing satisfactory of dahsi pdttau. It may be a combined 
error of the scribe and the engraver, and may be intended for daksina-'pdrq te. The 
two aksaras ttau and qv£ are not altogether unlike one another. 
