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A. Fiilirer —Three new eoppei'-plate grants of 
[No. 2, 
(1. 22.) And on this (subject) there are (the following) verses : 
(v. 10.) Both, he who accepts land and he who grants it, are equally 
meritorious, and they go certainly to heaven. 
(v. 11.) This earth has been enjoyed by many kings, including 
Sagara (king of Ayodhya) and others. To whomsoever belongs the 
earth for the time being, he enjoys the fruit (of such gifts). 
(v. 12.) He who robs a cow, a gold coin (svarna = suvarna), or a 
finger’s breadth of land, dwells in hell until the dissolution of universe. 
(v. 13.) The resumers of land dedicated to gods and Brahmans, 
become dwellers in arid wastes, avoid of water, and dry hollows in trees, 
and are born as black serpents. 
(v. 14.) The donor of land dwells in heaven for the space of sixty 
thousand years; the resumer, and the abetter thereof, are doomed to 
abide in hell for a like period. 
(v. 15.) Sovereignty is like unto clouds impelled by wind, ( i . e., 
inconstant), worldly pleasures are sweet only for the moment, the life 
of man is but a drop of water at the point of a blade of grass ; virtue 
verily is the only great friend for translation to a future world.* 
(v. 16.) All the gifts of former kings are productive of virtue, 
wealth and fame,—how can he, who claims the name of goodness, re¬ 
sume them but as emblems of vomited food.t 
(v. 17.) A conch-shell, a throne, an umbrella, choice horses, and 
excellent elephants, oh Purandara (Indra), are the royal insignia which 
constitute the reward of giving away land. 
(1. 29.) And this copper-plate grant has been written by the 
respectable Jcciyastha, the ThaJcJcura , the illustrious (and) venerablo 
Chandra. (May) favourable fortune (and) groat felicity (attend) ! 
No. III. 
Benares Plate (B), of Samvat 1185. 
As regards the history of this grant, seo the preceding inscription. 
Plate B (sec Plate VTTI), which is inscribod on ono sido only, 
measures V 5" by 12J". It is quite smooth, the edges being neither 
fashioned thicker nor raised into rims. Tho plate is broken into two 
parts in the middle, but tho inscription is in perfect order throughout; 
it is composed in Sanskrit and written in Dovanagari characters. There 
is a ring-holo in tho top of tho plate, but the ring and seal are not forth¬ 
coming. Tho weight of tho plate is 11 His. 
The grant is dated Friday, tho 15th lunar day of the bright half 
of Chaitra of tho (Vikrama) year 1185, answering it appoars to Friday, 
* Motre s VuMintatilftk/i. 
f M(*trn : Vnuanlatilalcrt. 
