1877.] Pratapachandra Glioslia —Three Copper-plate Inscriptions. 175 
The inscription closes with an eulogium on Janamejaya , whose name 
has been used in the plate. What this Janamejaya had to do with the 
grant is not at all evident from the inscription. The donor entitles him¬ 
self as the king of the three Kalingas , a title not uncommon with the TJricc 
kings of the 10th and 12th centuries to adopt (vide J. A. S. B., p. 21, 
1869). 
Until we can identify the Janamejaya of this inscription, it is needless 
to make an attempt at fixing the date of this grant. There is, however, one 
important point deserving of notice ; in this plate mention has been made 
of the Glioslia family of the Kayasthas, a family which traces its descent 
from the days of the earliest of the Vedas. In the Higveda , the twain 
Agvinas are said to have given a husband to the unmarried daughter of 
Ghoslia : Ghoshdyai chit pitrishade durone patim juryantyai Agvindva- 
dattam. K. V., i. 117, 7. Sayanacharya, however, says Ghosha was 
daughter to Kakshivat. 
Transliteration of the Copper-plates. 
Plate I. 
q: II I qqqfqfqqrfq 
^ffqqqftq qfspSTS fqfqqiT- 
qTSjqT^Tqqftfqq: qq^Tqqfq fqfq;- 
VT^fTf I qqTqnfqqq qw qiqfqfq: q^TqTfqqf^q: f 
qqqr: qqqiq^J I 
qfwq: qfqfqfq^r^q^qqst: qiqTqrqqq^fqfqqqqrqR- 
Plate II. 
wtt f^qnfqqT«r: qqi$T^jrTq: qqqiqqr^qq?;: qqq^-jqftq- 
qjqqq?;: qiqqq; ^rqroqpaTqiTqrt q^uq^fq fqfqq q^wiprqi- 
qfqq f^rj^T qTqqjnq: qffjrcqqqq: qrw<qrq- 
i j 
^q^lpfqfqqq^^qqTqRqfqqqKqq^qsqlq- 
^^qrqqJTTq: qj^qiq^qqT: sqtT^q ^qqqTq^^qn^sn^T- 
qnqt qi^^i(?)fqf^J3q ^fq^TqT^qwfqqqT^q: fcfqqrqi;- 
q; qjqfqjqrq: | T^qT^qqqTi ^qiqqq?;: II <q 
sf Vj 
qimqT^rqnr qqrf^irfqfqqq: q*qTOTfq qi 
TQW' €m^qqiq f^qrrfqq-W qf^qTTT » 
