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Rajendralala Mitra— On the Temples of Deoghar. 
[No. 2, 
^ i ^NrN?r^- 
\ i w fiwn Tfr **- 
Nj 
« I <T*£ OO^OO ^■^TT V^°° 
1 I *TTS^: + + fcPTT ° • 
Translation. In the year of dot (0), the sky (0), the rishis (7), and the 
moon (1 = 1700 and corresponding to the Christian year 1613), in the 
month of Magha, on the 14th of the waxing moon, made 31 mathas ... Push- 
kara. On hundred ... 100 ... Samvat 1700, Magha, waxing moon. 
The first date is obviously the Samvat year which is next repeated in 
figures. The date corresponds to A. D. 1643. 
The right hand portion. 
\ i ^twt 
^ i ssrfswTOT 
^ I TT5TJT?i^ 
vj 
8 i f*rRHftf«T 
Translation. By order of Yaidyanatha, in this matha of Kalika, 
thou' 0 Brahmachari, shalt become, under the name of Harinatha Brahmana, 
a royal priest and noble king ( Rajendra ).” Mr. Beglar says the date is 
scratched out after the word Samvat. It is not so. 
No. 5. 
This is the second inscription in the temple of Kali. It comprises 
nine lines in Nagari letters, and runs thus :— 
^ i -- 
^ I--^C?JT I cT^T: 
8 I II vn-frfryxjTrr?- 
vj vj \i 
'i. i *ttst i YifW u rrwr ; wr^;- 
<( i i sr^wETsiffiRrf ii 
I ^TcJUT^ ^VT€I*r-^T- 
