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Chutia Nagpur Inscriptions. [No. 2, 
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Translation. 
a Salutation to tlie illustrions Madanamohana. Auspicious ! In 
1722, Samvat, [A. D., 1665] Yais’akha, 10th bright moon, Monday, 
the foundation of the shrine of S'ri S'ri Madanamohana was laid; 
and in Samvat 1725, [A. D. 1668] Sravana, 10th bright moon, the 
foundation of the gateway, with the room and the enclosure, was laid; 
completed in 1739 [A. D. 1682], at a cost of Rs. 14,001, for the 
purposes of the god. The amount is correct. Now, if a Hindu 
desecrate the temple with its gateway and enclosure, he shall drink 
cow’s blood, and shall be visited with the sin of murdering 
a Brahman and a spiritual guide. If a Musalman desecrate the 
temple, with its gateway and enclosure, he shall eat pork, and 
commit the sin of murdering his akhund (or preceptor) and of 
putting pork in a saint’s dinner-plate. The devout Laxminaraina 
caused this humble request to be written. The architect Aniruddha 
says, the request is proper.” 
A stone inscription in Persian is lying near the staircase out¬ 
side the temple; but owing to the ignorance of the engraver, 
the letters have not been correctly cut, and the inscription is conse¬ 
quently unintelligible. It is probably a translation of the Hindi 
inscription given above. 
We learn that Rs. 14,001 in the currency of that period were 
expended in constructing the shrine. The sum was very large, 
considering the fact that the chief building material, stone, was 
close at hand. Now, allowing a high remuneration for the 
architect, there was still a considerable balance left, which pro¬ 
bably remunerated the labourers. If 11 forced labour,” so urgently 
demanded by the present landlords, was then in vogue, a much 
smaller amount would have sufficed for building the shrine in 
question. 
