1887.] Govindachandra Deva of Kanauj. 107 
some private purposes. His Highness Raja Amir Hasan lOian of 
Mahmudabad acquired the plate and presented it to the Lucknow Mu¬ 
seum. 
The plate (see Plate VI), which is inscribed on one side only, 
measures P 2f" by 11^"; the edges being raised into rims. The in¬ 
scription is in perfect preservation throughout; but the technical execu¬ 
tion is badly done, there being a good deal of clerical mistakes and of 
misshapen letters. It is composed in Sanskrit and written in Devanagari 
characters. The seal is circular, 3" in diameter; it slides on a plain ring 
about thick and 4" in diameter, which passes through the ring-hole 
in the top of the plate. The inscribed surface of the seal has suffered 
a good deal from corrosion ; but the traces still visible fully prove that it 
is identical with the seal of the Basahi plate* of Govindachandra Deva, 
of Samvat 1161, which has in relief across the centre the legend Srimad- 
Govindachandradevah; in the upper part Garuda, half-man and half-bird, 
kneeling and facing full front; and in the lower part a sanhha-sheW. 
The weight of the plate is 5 lbs. 2 oz., and of the seal 2 lbs. 4 oz,, total 
7 lbs. 6 oz. 
The historical information afforded by this plate is the same as 
that derived from the other four grants of Govindachandra Deva already 
known.f Of the four ancestors of Govindachandra Deva who are enu¬ 
merated here as elsewhere, viz., Yas'ovigraha, Mahichandra, Chandra- 
deva and Madanapala, nothing specific is mentioned beyond this, that 
Chandradeva acquired the sovereignty over Kanyakubja (Kanauj) and 
that his kingdom included Benares, Ayodhya, and ancient Dehli. 
Attention may also be drawn to the fact that the sovereignty over 
Kanyakubja is described in verse 8 as having been newly acquired, even 
when Govindachandra, the grandson of Chandradeva, was reigning. 
This seems to indicate that Kanyakubja was lost during the reign of 
Madanapala and re-acquired by Govindachandra Deva. 
The grant was made on Monday, the full-moon day of the month 
Margas'irsha, in the (Vikrama) year 1180, answering it appears to 
Monday, the 21st November 1123 A. D. The king, Govindachandra 
* This grant has been edited and translated by Dr. Rijendralala Mitra in the 
Jonr. As. Soe. Beng., Vol. XLII, p. 321 ff. and re-edited by Mr. Fleet in the Ind. 
Antiquary, Vol. X1Y, p. 101. Another grant of the same king, of Saipvat 1174, 
has been published by Dr. It. Mitra in the Jour. As. Soc. Beng., Yol. XLII, p. 324 
ff. The two original plates are in the Lucknow Museum. 
f Viz., the two grants of Govindachandra Deva, of Samvat 1161 and 1174, 
mentioned above ; a grant of the same, of Samvat 1177, partly editod by Dr. F. E- 
Hall in the Jour. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XXXI, p. 123 ; a grant of the same, of Samvat 
1182, edited and translated by Dr. F. E. Hall, ib. Vol. XXVII, p. 212 ff. 
