1887.] R. Mitra —Donative Inscription of Vidyadhara Bhanja. 
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knowing that the duration of man’s life and fortune are as unsteady as 
water on a lotus leaf, no man should destroy the good actions of others. 
Marked (sealed) by the Minister Bhatta Stambha Deva, who is a banker 
(by caste) of Kalinga, a worshipper of Mahadeva, and highly energetic ; 
entered in the Babba (register) by Kausika ; written by S'ri Khamba, 
the minister of war and peace; and engraved by Kshasali Kumara- 
chandra. 
Transcript (see Plate IX). 
(First plate.) 
si 
8 I 'f^(o) ^RTtr(ft)d % Mi: 
^ I g(sn)%^T^l^%T£3’ ^(%i)tT- 
i l i?ftr ^(wtftcnO) ^TfT(wT)3tirfd^ffcn *pn ?:t- 
I ^ftr 
*= I XfT^fT ?p(||) 
M ' N 
(Obverse of second plate.) 
\ i ^ft)ftf ftf ftft) fwift«reb g^7PQIJT*!P2T- 
NJ 
^ | (ft) swftr X X pt- 
^ I WT «ft (ft) 
8 | ^ IITN(^:) «lKr 
^ I RTcIT(s:)ft- 
$ 1 ^FTR^TcTT *^*Pfi*Tft«T%T illRT- 
| f^t(ll) ^R^TRM( 2 )— 
(Reverse of second plate.) 
1. The word bhanja has been everywhere written with the cerebral n thus 
<rei. 
2. The letters are doubtful in this name. 
