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[VOL. XVIII. the figure' 3' of these plates as an abbreviation of lōka, the (three) worlds'. Hence the year is in reality 100 83-183. The day of the same grant consists of the decimal figure '2' followed by a cipher (0)=20. If we now re-examine the date of the Purle plates of Indravarman, son of Dänarnava, the year turns out to be (not 100 40 9, but) 100 37=137, and the day 20 0=20; and the year of one of the Chicacole plates of Indravarman is not 100 40 6, but 100 38=138, and its day is 10h (still expressed by a numerical symbol). If we go back to the other Chicacole plates of Indravarman, we find that both the second figure of the year and the first figure of the day are expressed by numerical symbols: 100 20 8 128, and 10 5 15. Subsequently to 100 83 183, the year of the Chicacole plates of Devendravarman, son of Gunarnava, even the first figure ceases to be represented by a numerical symbol and is expressed by a decimal in 195, the year of the Siddhantam plates of Devendravarman, son of Gunarnava. The day of the same grant is 5h7 (changed unnecessarily by the editor into [*). I may be excused for having gone into such details, because this digression will in future induce editors, including myself, to be more careful and methodical in handling the dates of the Eastern Gängas.
I shall now recapitulate the years of some of the earlier Gänga grants, at the end of which the names of certain officers are mentioned.
No. I. Urlām plates of Hastivarman, surnamed Rajasimha or Ranabhīta (above, Vol. XVII, p. 333). Year 800 = 80, in words and figures. Written by Vinayachandra, son of Bhanuchandra.
No. II. Achyutapuram plates of Indravarman, surnamed Rajasimha (above, Vol. III, p. 129). Year 80 7 87, in words and figures. Written by the same officer.
surnamed Rājasimha (Ind. Ant., Vol. XVI, Written by the same officer.
No. III. Parla-Kimedi plates of Indravarman, p. 134). Year 90 1 91, in words and figures. No. IV. Chicacole plates of Indravarman (Ind. Ant., Vol. XIII, p. 121). Year 100 20 8= 128, in figures alone. Engraved by Aditya-Mañchin, son of Vinayachandra.
No. V. Purle plates of Indravarman, son of Danarnava (above, Vol. XIV, p. 362). Year 100 37137, in figures alone. Engraved by Khanḍichandra, son of Aditya-Bhōgika.
No. VI. Tekkali plates of Indravarman, son of Dänarnava (the subjoined grant). Year 100 54 154, in figures alone. Engraved by the same officer.
No. VII. Chicacole plates of Devendravarman, son of Gunarnava (above, Vol. III, p. 133). Year 100 83183, in words and figures. Engraved by Sarvachandra, son of KhandichandraBhōgika.
From the preceding list it follows that Nos. I-III were written by Vinayachandra. No. IV was engraved by his son Aditya, Nos. V and VI by Khanḍichandra, son of Aditya, and No. VII by Sarvachandra, son of Khandichandra. In this manner, the names of these menials become an important confirmation of the correctness of the dates of their masters. Moreover, No. V was written by the Sarvadhikrita Sambapurōpadhyaya, son of the Hastyadhyaksha Dharmachandra (11. 29-31). In lines 29-32 of the subjoined grant (No. VI of the above list), the latter is stated to have been written by the same officer.
1 Indian Paleograpky, translated by Fleet, p. 78.
Above, Vol. XIV, p. 362.
Ind. Ant., Vol. XIII, p. 123. In column XV of the Table of Numerals in Bühler's Indian Paleography, the symbol 40' must be transferred to the line '3'.
Ind. Ant., Vol. XIII, p. 121.
5 Above, Vol. III, p. 133.
Above, Vol. XIII. p. 215.
Cf. 10h in the Chicacole piates of Indravarman, Ind. Ant., Vol. XIII, p. 123.
Like Bhogika in Nos. V-VII, Mañckin is perhaps an equivalent of the Teluga Bhoi, a palankeon-bearer
st. above, Vol. XIII, p. 215, text line 30. Brown's English-Telugu Dictionary has the form Boyi
