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R. Mitra— Donative Inscription of Vidyadhara Bhanja. [No. 3, 
137, Aparih bal dot pewan; 
Yapdrih bal shin pewdn. 
On that side of the hill hailstones are falling; 
On this side of the hill snow is falling. 
Ans. Kadi yindar , a cotton-carder. 
138, Yah mashide do damvazah; 
Ao miyan trdo potdsah. 
One mosque (with) two doors ; 
Come, sir, and bang on it. 
Ans. Khani haduni , to blow one’s nose, (native fashion). 
Vide Nos. 43 and 63. 
139, Soyih tal poyih lej. 
A potfnll of rice under a nettle. 
Ans. Kuharili hanz piiti hhej , a hen with her brood. 
140, Sundard ditham-dud hamani; 
Nah marih shistarah nah marih nari. 
I saw a beautful woman—an arch of smoke ; 
She will not die by iron, she will not die by fire. 
Ans. Duh , smoke. 
Notes on a Donative Inscription of Vidyadhara Bhanja , belonging to C. T. 
Metcalfe, Esq., Commissioner of the Orissa Division. (With a Plate.) 
—By Rajendralala Mitra, LL. D., C. I. E. 
The muniment is inscribed on three plates of copper, each mea¬ 
suring 6 x 34 inches, the thickness being about one-tenth of an inch. 
The plates are held together by a stout copper ring surmounted by a 
cast copper seal bearing in relief the name of the donor and an cfligy of 
a lion rourhant guardant. The plates are of cast metal, roughly ham¬ 
mered, and having all round a slightly mi sod edge. This edging is de¬ 
signed to prevent injury to the record by friction. The rocord is on- 
graved on the second face of the first plate, and on both faces of the 
other two plates, each side comprising 7 to H lines of matter. On the first 
side of the first plate there are indications of letters traced with a steel- 
pointed style and afterwards smudged. Such tracings are also notice¬ 
able on the other plates, and they suggest to mo the idea of the plates 
