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eign-lord, the Glory of the Lunar race, and King of the Three Kalingas, 
Qri Mahdbhava Gupta Deva , Lord spiritual and temporal, thus declares : 
All Jats , soldiers, spies, DhitriMs (?), watches or guards, favourites of the 
Government, dependents on the foot of Royalty, and others, living at any 
time, in the village of Vakaveddd, in the confines of the territories in the 
valley of the Tung a , or in the allied countries in the vicinity. Be it known 
to you, that this village, with all its mineral wealth, free of all restraints, 
with the right of collecting all supernumerary taxes, with its mango and 
mahud trees, with its excavations and salt lands, bounded by well-known 
boundaries on all its four sides, and restricted from the entrance of Jdt 
soldiers, is given by us, for the settlement of the best Brahmans, sprung 
from the principals of the different families, viz, : 
I?late II. One of the Kaclichlia family, of the order of Angirasa 
yuvandgva , and sub-order Yavanagva-Amvarisha-Angira , student of the 
Kauthhama section of the Samaveda, inhabiting the Leragringd (Lera- 
chera P) alluvion of the Tampa Lake, son of the venerable Aiprali , and 
named JDamaka. The second of the Gautama family, of the order of 
Angirasa , sub-order Varliaspatya , student of the Kanva section of the 
Yajur veda , emigrant from TJpagringa , inhabitant of Kandakshetra, and son 
of the venerable Naropaganda. The third of the Kashatreya family, of 
the order of Archandgva, sub-order Qvabogvana , student of the Kdnva sec¬ 
tion of the Yajur veda , emigrant from KosJikaladda , inhabitant of Lepa- 
tunga , offspring of the Bhattas, son of the venerable Kishikesha^ (Hrshi- 
kesha rightly) and named Vdsudeva. And the fourth of the Agasti family, 
of the order of Idhmabdhava , sub-order Chyava , student of the Kdnva 
section of the Yajur veda , emigrant from Trikalinga ) inhabiting the valley 
of the Tampa , by name Kondadeva , son of Tdmagarmd . 
To these excellent Brahmans, I, with the sprinkling of water, for the 
purpose of their possession, until the duration of the Sun, Moon and Stars, 
at the fixed rent of eight palas of silver per annum ; for the sake of adding 
to the merit and fame of my parents, as of myself, execute this Deed of 
gift in the Copper-plate edict. Knowing that it is for the rightful posses¬ 
sion (of the donees), and for the augmentation of the merit and fame of 
my parents, and as of myself, that this Deed of gift is executed upon this 
Copper-plate edict. Knowing this yourselves, you are to dwell there 
happily, taking rightful possession, levying, according to your respec¬ 
tive shares, revenues, and receiving the gold and other minerals of the soil. 
Let future proprietors of the soil, in due regard to our piety and 
renown, and for our sakes , maintain this grant, as of their own, as it is 
said in the Dharma-Qastras (jurisprudence) that 8'agara and many other 
kings have made gifts of lands, but the merit (of the grant) accrues to 
him who for the time being is the proprietor of the soil. 
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