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1883 ] R. Mitra— Sanskrit Inscription from Lalitpur. 
Antelopes’ heads, like those of No. 1. It is 81^ inches in length, and 
weighs 3600 grains or about 26J Darics. The spiral twist is very evenly 
made, and the workmanship is good. The antelopes’ heads are somewhat 
worn by use. 
No. 4 is a lion’s head which formed one end of a spiral bracelet. The 
half which came into my possession is 10 inches in length, so that the 
bracelet was most probably of two coils. 
No. 5 is a lion’s head from one end of a bracelet. This fragment is 
all that came into my possession, and as it is rather thinner than any of 
the othei's, I think that it may have been a three coil bracelet. The lion’s 
head is of very superior execution. The mouth is open, showing several 
pointed teeth, and the mane has been separately wrought in curly locks 
which have now become flattened. The deeply sunk eyes must, I think, 
have been originally filled with small rubies. 
Note on a Sanskrit Inscription from the Lalitpur District.—By 
Rajendkalala Mitba, LL. D., C. I. E. 
Some time ago Mr. F. C. Black presented to tbe Society a large stone 
slab, which he bad discovered in the Lalitpur District. It was found in a 
jungle which had overgrown the ruins of the old fort of Deoghar. When 
discovered it was seen, says Mr. Black, “ standing, loosely propped up 
against two small columns in the eastern portion of the fort, and near to 
a group of ruined Jain temples there.” This shows that it was not in situ , 
but there is no reason to doubt that it belonged originally to one of the 
temples, from which it had fallen off, and was afterwards set up against the 
columns by some wood-cutters or others. Mr. Black remarks that “it 
would probably have been destroyed in a few years had it remained in the 
jungle, so I removed it.” 
The slab measures 6' 2" x 2'—9" with an average thickness of 3 
inches. From marks on its sides and back it is evident that it was 
originally built into a wall. Its front is smooth, and set off on all four 
sides with a raised flat band, one inch broad, having a cyma on the inner 
edge. The surface is covered with a Sanskrit inscription in 34 lines. 
There is also a line of inscribed letters on the upper band, but it is not all 
legible. At the beginning of the record, at the upper left corner, there is a 
circle 5"—5'" inches in diameter, bearing the conventional outlines of an 
eight-petalled lotus, and on the petals there are letters arranged enigmati¬ 
cally, which I have not been able to read. In front of this lotus there is a 
mystic diagram having letters within the loops of its twining lines, but the 
purport thereof I cannot make out. The letters of the record are of the 
old Deva-nagari type, each about an inch long. They were carefully and 
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