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Dr. Hoernle -—Tivo Copper-plate Grants of llahiapala. [No. J, 
(Its) boundaries (are as follows): On the east, the (J!al mall-tree 36 
on the big dike; on the south-east, the Calmall-tree standing on the 
steep bank (of the river Brahmaputra) by the anchorage of the boats 
for the Pathi fish of the Rusi-class; 36 on the south the Badari-tree by 
the same anchorage of boats ; on the south-west the Kapimbala-tree 
by the same anchorage of boats ; on the west the i\pvatha-tree standing 
on the steep bank (of the river) ; at the bend to the north-west, the 
dike of the fields, as well as a Kapimbala-tree; on the north-west the 
Hijjala-tree on the dike of the fields ; at the bend to the east and north, 
the dike of the fields and a pair of falmali-trees ; further at the bend 
to the east and south, the dike of the fields and a pair of Kapimbala- 
trees; at the slight bend to the east and south, the dike of the fields 
and a pair of C'almali-frees ; on the north, the Kapimbala-tree on the 
big dike; and on the north-east, a Vetasa-tree on the big dike. 
The Seal. 
Hail! The lord of Pragjyotisa, the Maharaj-adhiraja, the illus¬ 
trious Ratnapala Varma Deva. 
II. The Scalkuci Grant. 
This grant and its seal exactly resemble the Gauhatl and Bargaon 
grants, as may be seen from the photographs (Plates XII and XIII). 
The plates measure 12 t t ^ by 8^ inches and are protected by a slightly 
raised rim on all four sides. The seal measures 4 T 3 g- by 3^ inches. 
The grant is in a rather bad state of preservation. Originally 
there were three plates. The first plate is missing, and consequently 
the inscription on the outer (or obverse side) of the second plate has 
greatly suffered from corrosion. In addition, there has been applied 
much injudicious cleaning, before the plates were placed in my hands, 
in consequence of which the inscription throughout the grant has been 
rendered very difficult of decipherment. In fact, it would have been 
impossible to fully decipher it, but for the help afforded by the Bargaon 
grant, with the greater part of which happily the Sualkuci grant is 
3b The trees here mentioned are: Qalmall, Bomba* malabaricum; Badari, 
Zizyphus Jujuba or Jujube tree ; Ka^mbala, an inferior kind of Qimbala, w hich I 
cannot identify; Agatha, Ficus religiosa; Hijjala, Barringtouia acutangula ; 
Vetasa, Calamus Rotawg. 
38 The pathi is a kind of sheat-fish ( Silurus Pelorius), also called pathina , and in 
Baqgali royal. The term rusi I cannot identify ; it might be connected with Sanskrit 
rohisa. 
