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RECORDS OF THE SOMAVAMSI KINGS OF KATAK.
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writing; and the inscription is in a state of perfect preservation almost throughout.-The ring, on which the plates are strung, is about #" thick and 4' in diameter. It had not been ont when the grant came under my notice. The seal, in which the ends of the ring are secured, is circular, about 1}" in diameter. It is partly broken; and the surface of it is so much worn that there are now no traces of any emblems or legend on it. The weight of the three plates is 4 lbs. 4 oz., and of the ring and seal, 1 lb. 114 OZ. ; total, 5 lbs. 15 oz.-The characters are of precisely the same type with those of B. and C.; the virdma, and the final forms of t, n, and m, are used almost exactly as in B. The average size of the letters is about ". The engraving is good and deep; but the plates are too substantial for the letters to show through on the reverse sides. The interiors of them show the usual marks of working the engraver's tool. There are the same peculiarities of orthography as in B.
TEXT OF B.
First Plate. 1 Om Svasti | Srimad-Aráma-samåvåsina (ta)þá srimato vijaya-Katakat!
paramabhatta2 raka-maharajadhiraja-paraméivara-brj-Sivaguptadêver på den ud hy&ta.
paramamaheva3 ra-paramabhattaraka-maharajadhiraja-param svara - 86 makulatila ks.
triKalingadhipati4 maharajadhiraja -sri-Maha-Bhavaguptadevah kusali Kosa(sa)la-dése
Pôveb-visa (sha)yiya5 Banda-gråmê tatha Alandall-gråmel? vrå (bra)hmanan sampůjys
tad-visa(sha)yiyan yath Akal-A.6 dhyâsinaḥ samáhartçi-sannidhâtçi-niyuktak-Adhikari(ri)ka-dåndapågika-châta7 bhatta(ta)-pisna-vêri(tri)k10-&varðdhajana-råpaka-[rajaputra®]"-rajavallabh
adina(n)" saruvân B&8 májõâpayati Viditam=astu bhavatam [18] yath=&amábhir=ayan
gråmaḥ sha(89)-nidhis-8-09 panidhis-sa-dalaparadhas-saruva-v&(ba)dha-vivarijitas=sarvv-Oparikakar-&d & n a
Bahitas-chatah
From the original plates. • Represented by a plain symbol ; and in the same way in C. and D. . C. line 1, and D. line 1, have samdodoital, correctly.
* This is an unnecessary repetition, - occurring also in C. line 4, sad D. line 4-the title being giveu already in the preceding line.
Babu Rangalals Bearjes rond Y6d1d, and Mr. Beames identified the name with that of the moderu Jodh pargani, a few miles to the north of Katak. But the consonant of the second syllable is nudoubtedly e, not dh; and in the first syllable we seem to have p, not y.
• D. line 5 also has vibaylya for vishaylya.
1 C. lines 4,5, has Kla(sa)la-d88 Tulumba-khardlya-Arkigrdmd-grdml; and D. lipe 6 has dia(a)la. dent Sanddnd-vila(aha)ylya-7W(itrdlandd-grdmd.
. C. line 5, and D. line 6, also have vibaylydu for vishayiydm.
C. line 6, and D. line 7, hsve oddhikdrika, correctly. 10 C. line 7, and D. line 7, have udtrik', correctly.
1 This word is supplied from C. line 7, and D. line 8, which both have rdpaka rajapura-rdjavallabl. ddln(). * C. line 7, and D. line 8, also have adlna, for ddfa.
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