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(L. 28.) “And in the saine village a field measuring fifty nivartanas by the royal meas are Was given to Pådammasvimin, the son of Tatammasvamin (and) grandson of Mahikaragvåmin of the Vatsa gotra.
(L. 30.) “And in the same village a field measuring fifty nivartanas was given to Konnaśarman, together with a salage (of paddy).
(L. 31.) "[Fatare) kings of Our family and others, considering that the enjoyment of life, sovereignty, etc. is a transient as the lightoing, (and) desirous of accumulating fame for as long as the moon, the sun, the earth and the oceans shall exist, should protect [this] (grant) without distinction from their own gifts."
(L. 32.) And the holy Vyasa, the arranger of the Vēdas, bas spoken :[Here follow three of the customary verses (7-9).1
(V. 10.) (This is) en edict, chastising enemies, of him who was born in the Chalukya family, who has destroyed the Pallava lineage, (and) whose orders are anopposed by all men.
(L. 37.) This edict was written by the great minister for peace and war (mahasandhivigrahika), the glorious Jayasēna.
(L. 38.) .To Kundasvāmin alone the conveyance (ajfiapt:) of this edict (was entrusted) by the king. Om. Obeisance, obeisance ! Obeisance to the Omniscient!
No. 23.- NEW BRAHMI INSCRIPTIONS OF THE SCYTHIAN PERIOD.
By Raxhat Das BANERJI. The following inscriptions were discovered in the Archeological Section of the Lucknow Museum during the winter of 1908. The existence of unpublished Brahmi inscriptions in the Provincial Museum at Lucknow was well known to the public, and in 1905 Mr. V. A. Smith obtained a complete set of impressions of them from the Curator. But unfortunately none of these has been published as yet. In 1903 Mr. Smith mentioned four of them which were stated to have been discovered at Ramnagar, an old fort in the Bareilly District. Two more are said to have been found at Mathuri. I examined the Archæological collection of the Lucknow Maseum on two different occasions, once, wbile collecting materials for my essay on "The Scythian period of Indian history" in June 1903, and again in October 1906. On the last occasion, I came across at least three unpublished inscriptions but could not spare enough time for them. Subsequently, the task of catalogaing the archæological collection of the Provincial Museum was entrusted to me by Dr. J. Ph. Vogel of the Archeological Survey and I had occasion to go through the collection slowly and carefully. The result was the discovery of a number of dated inscriptions and important modifications in the readings of three published ones. The catalogue is not expected to be out soon; so I am placing the newly discovered records before the public as early as possible. The majority of sculptures in the collection of the Lucknow Museum belong to the Scythian period and were discovered by Dr. A. Führer, Ph.D., of the Archeological Survey. The collection also contains A large number of Mathura
The four words sro a subeoqueut audition ; see alore, p. 104, note 1. Compare Brown's Telugu Dictionary, 8. v. salaga.
This officer is probably identical with the. Jayasēns who wrote another grant of Vikramaditya I., Journ. Bombay Branch R. As. Soc. Vol. XVI. p. 239.
On this term see Dr. Floet's remarks, above, Vol. VII. p. 183 #
