JOURNAL 
OF THE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY. 
No. II. 1862 . 
Three Sanskrit Inscriptions: Copies of the Originals , and Prefa¬ 
tory Observations.—By Fitz-Edward Hall, Esqtjire, D. C. L. 
The first among the memorials now edited has already appeared in 
the pages of this Journal but in a transcript so unfaithful, as to 
have concealed all its facts of highest value. Otherwise, it would 
not, certainly, have been left to the writer to discover the position 
of the ancient kingdom of Chedi; and, probably, the researches of 
some other investigator would have identified the insignificant vil¬ 
lage of Tewar with Tripun, the Chedian capital.f 
* For 1839, pp. 481—495. Specimens of the errors which bestrew the old 
decipherment—a most careless and unconscientious performance,—will be given 
in foot-notes. Nor is the English translation a translation properly so-called. 
t Tripuri is mentioned twice ; Chedi, once. The places will be indicated. 
For Tripuri, in connexion with Raja Vakpati, alias Munja, of Ujjayini, see 
the note after the next. 
At Bhelsa, within the fort, I recently found a fragmentary inscription, built 
into the outer wall of a modern house, and looking upon one of the streets of 
the town. Subjoined is all that remains of a record of which perhaps a full half 
is missing: 
******* ^»Tfwr «rTsf*WU*?J 
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