1871.] Chutia Nagpur Inscriptions. 109 
Translation. 
u The illustrious Rama is the help. The year consisting of tho 
ocean (4), the merits (9), the ja'id (7), and the moon(l), was called 
Pramodaka. In the month of Madhava (Vais’akha), on the third 
bright moon, Friday, this Dirghalmpa (well) was dedicated by the 
illustrious Akbar* for the purpose of obtaining dliarma , artha ledma , 
and moxa, and pleasing Vishnu for ever.” 
It is noticeable that the letters in the inscription just alluded 
to, and in the two others I am about to mention, are in relief. 
The other two inscriptions relate to the construction of a stone- 
temple, two hundred years ago, at a village called Borea, about 5 
miles N. E. of Ranchi. The temple stands as the monument of a 
Brahman’s devotion to Madanamohana. 
One of the inscriptions is fixed on the wall, and runs thus in 
Hindi 
\ ’R'Hrasai 
Translation. 
“The illustrions Rama is true. In Samvat 1722 [A. D., 1665] 
Vais’akh, tenth bright moon, and in the reign of the illustrious Raja 
Raghunath [of Chutia Nagpur], the lord’s temple was begun by 
Laxmmaraiua.” 
The last inscription is on a black slab, cut very neatly, and 
one of the most beautiful I have ever seen. It is in Hindi prose, 
and commemorates the completion of the shrine. 
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* Query. Could Akbar of Tilmi be of Hindu or Munda descent ? The 
Hindus are not in the habit of adopting foreign names : the Mundas are.— 
See Col. Dalton’s article on the Kols. J. A. S. B. for 1866, Ethnological No., 
p. 177. * 
