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west by the land known as Gopālibhöga. In the present transaction, the Vishayapati Chhattramahs himself was the applicant and appeared before the Adhikarana to secure the plot of land by means of a tömra-parfa. The matter was enquired into and reported on by the Record-keepers (Pustapăla) Pradyötasimha and Bandhudāsa. The land was measured by the standard unit of 8x9 nalas, following the recognized cubit length of Darvvikarmma, as in the Baigrãm charter. The copper-plate is dated the 8th day of the bright halt of Vaisakha, the yoar 169, which is referable to the Gupta era of 319 A.D: The date would thus correspond to the year 488 A.D.
I am unable to identify Ambila whence the charter was issued, or Jangöyika, the village in which the plot of land was situated. But the name 'Nanda-vithi' has perhaps survived in
Nandapura' where the plate is said to have been discovered. That the document was drafted, engraved and issued from Bengal, or more precisely from North Bengal, follows not only from the nature of the script but also from the close agreement of its phraseology with that of Baigrām and other plates of this century discovered in North Bengal. Moreover, from the mention of 8x9 nalas and the standard cubit length of Darvvikermma, the conclusion becomes irresistible that the land that was so measured and given away must have also belonged to the same region, although the donee himself resided at Nandapura in the Monghyr District of Bibār.
ТЕХт.1
Obverse. 1 Svasty-Amvi(mbila-grām- grahārät-sa-visvāsam-adhikaraņām(nam) Jangöyikā-grāmē
Brāhman-õttarán=samvyavaha2 ry-ādi-kutumvi(mbi)naḥ kusalam=anuvarnoya bödhayanti(ti) likhanti(ti) cha [l*] Vijñāpayati
nah vishayapati-Chhattramahan 3 ichchhämy=aham V8-puny-abhivriddhayê Nanda-vaithěya-Khatäpäran-ägrahärika
Chchhāndöga-Kasyapa-sa-gottra-Brāhmaṇā4 ....svāminē pancha-maha-yajña-pravarttanāya khila-kshēttra-kulyavāpa-chatushtayar
kritv=ātisrashţum [*] 6 Yushmad-vishayē cha samudaya-vā(ba)hy..dy-astamva(mba)-khila-kahēttrāņām babvad-a
chandr-ärks-tāraka-bhojyā[nā*]6 m-akshaya-nivyāḥ dvi-dinárikya-kulyavipa-vikkrayo=nuvšittas-tad=arhatha matto=sbtau
dinārān=upa. 7 sangrihya Jangöylka-grāmå khila-kshēttra-kulyavāpa-chatushţayam-akshaya nivyās=
tämrapattēna datum=ita [l*] 8 Yataḥ Pustapāla-Pradyötasinha(sichha)-Va(Ba)ndhudāsayõr-avadhāraṇay=&vadhfitam=ast=
The vishayě samudaya9 vā(bā)hy-ädy-astamva(mba)-khila-kshattrăţām-akiñchit-pratikarāņām dvi-dīnārikya-kulya
väpa-vikkrayo=nuvrittaḥ (1*] 10 Evam-vidh-otpratikara-khila-kshēttra-vikrayē cha na kaś=chid=rāj-arttha-virodhaḥ diya.
mānē tu Paramabhattāraka11 pådână dharmma-shad-bhāg-āvāptis-tad-diyatām=ity=ētasmād-vishayapati-Chhattra
mahad-ashtau dinärān=up&
1 From the original.
[As in the Påhärpar Plato one would expect here the mention of some officers like Ayuktakae who con royed the necessary information to the Court. Boo p. 65 n. 1.-Ed.]
The letter va in savadharapay- was at first omitted through inadvertence and later inserted below.
