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R. Hoernle— The Noivgong Copper-plate. 
Its boundaries: 53 on the east, the well and tbe pathway for the 
cattle ; on the south-east, the Jaraun and Bel trees ; on the south, the 
great dike and the golden Banyan tree ; on the south-west, the Mango 
tree ; on the west, the great dike and the red-silk-cotton tree; on the 
north-west, the great Banyan tree and the Diddesa reservoir ; on the 
north, one half of the Seva reservoir; on the north-west, the small 
pond and the wave-leaved fig tree. In the year... 
The Seal. 
Hail! The Maharaj-adhiraja, of the most illustrious race of the 
Lords of Pragjyotisa, the illustrious Bala-varma-deva. 
■ J 
52 Koppa ‘well’ is a vernacular form of the Sanskrit kupa ; the modern Hindi 
has kuppd ‘ a leather bag for oil,’ and (in a different modification) kka ‘ well.’ The 
Jamun is the Eugenia jambolana, the Bel is Aegle Marmelos , the Banyan is Ficus 
bengalensis, the wave-leaved fig tree is Ficus Tjalcela; and the red-silk-cotton tree 
is Bombax Malabaricum. I cannot identify, however, the suvarna or ‘ golden * 
Banyan; it is not noticed in any botanical or medical or other vocabulary, available 
to me. Perhaps it should be su-parna , the * beautiful-leaved ’ Banyan. 
