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1873.] Rajendralala Mitra— Two Copper Plate Inscriptions. 
5. Of him was bom the renowned of earth, Madanapala—a lion to the inimical 
elephant Ilapati, (king of Ha), who engaged himself in frequent warfare,* and made 
the trunks of his decapitated enemies dance (in the battle field). 
6. Of him was born the celebrated prince Govindachandra, whose lotus-like 
feet were adored by hosts of mortal sovereigns—a prince of refulgent might, the 
ornament of mankind, and the disturber of the enjoyment of his enemies. 
On Sunday, the 5th of the waxing moon, in the month of Pausha, of the Samvat 
year one thousand one hundred and sixty one, Samvat 1163, Pausha. 5th Sudi, 
Sunday.f Having this day bathed here at Asatika,£ on the sin-destroying Yamuna,—- 
having offered libations of water to the tutelary divinities, sages, (rishis) men, animals 
and manes,—having worshipped the sun, the sovereign and glorious lord of all, S'iva, 
and the asylum of the universe Vasudeva,—having duly made offerings to the fire (the 
prince) thus addresses all the respectable inhabitants of the village of Vasablii, in the 
district or circle (Pattern a) of Jiyavam. This village with all its fields, and orchards 
of Madhuka and mangoes, together with the sky over it and the region below it, as 
also the power of administering justice, the right to a tenth for every ploughshare, to 
a twentieth on mortgages, to royalties or shares ( prastha ) of corn, for beggars, justice, 
watch and ward, mines, aromatic reeds and gold, along with all other,—the village 
having on its East the village of Bandhamauni; on its West the village of Yedabhala; 
on its South the village of Pusani; and on its North, the village of Savahada, thus 
bounded on four sides—for the increase of virtue and good name of my parents and 
myself, and knowing life to be as impermanent as a bubble on water and the value 
of wealth to lie in charity and enjoyment, has been granted as a sasana for the 
period of the sun and the moon to the astrologer Brahmana, Ahneka, son of Ivulye, 
and grandson of Meine, of the Balivrich Sakha (branch) of the Gautama clan (gotra), 
having Gautama, Avitatlia, Angiras'a for his threefold Pravara, by Govindachandra 
Deva, son of the Maharaja, on the winter solstitial conjunction (of the month of 
Pausha and Magha) with water held in his hand, and purified by Kus'a grass. 
1. With folded hands this is my prayer to all future sovereigns of my and other 
dynasties, that they should never take any tifibute from this village—not even a blade 
of durba grass. Those who wish to do their duty should, obedient to the mandates 
of sages, preserve intact my gift, (as long as) the wind blows and the sun continues 
to shine. 
2. This earth has been enjoyed by many kings, including Sagara and others. To 
whomsoever belongs the earth for the time being, he enjoys the fruit (of such gifts). 
3. Whoever robs earth, whether given by himself or others, becoming a maggot, 
sinks with his parents into ordure. 
4. Both he who accepts land and he who grants it, are equally meritorious, and 
they dwell eternally in heaven. 
5. The alienator of land-grants cannot expiate his crime even by (dedicating to 
* The word prabandha means both continuous action and a treatise. The latter 
would imply that the king composed some treatises on tactics, but the second clauso 
would bo more in keeping with the former meaning which has been adopted in the 
text. 
f The repetition is due to the circumstance of the date being given first in words 
and then in figures. 
J Probably the name of a ghat or a village on the Yamuna. 
