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should be measured by Sundara-Pandiyan-kõl of twenty-four feet length, the crops examined, and on lands on which crops had been realised, there shall be paid from this year one-fourth kāśu and three kalam of paddy as measured by the measure) Virapāņdiyan on each mă of land during kār, towards antarāya and viniyoga inclusive of achchu, kāriyavārāchchi, vetti-pātiam, pañchu pili, sandhivighrahappēru and all other payable dues; that one-half of this rate shall be (fixed) on lands sown in Tulā and crops raised; that two tiramam shall be paid on each mā of land on which ellu, varaqu, tinaippul and irungu had been harvested, that this same rate shall also be (fixed) for paśānam; and that a copy of the entry in the tax-register signed by the variyilāre as well as a copy of our order shall be issued. The king had been (further) pleased to say that on receiving these (copies), the same may be entered on stone and copper so that the order) may be carried out as long as the moon and the sun last. This is the signature of Uyyaniprāduvāņ Virasāļadēvan alias Kurukulattaraiyan of Tadarkaņņi-chChirrur in Tirumalli-nädu. This is the signature of Arayan Viradamudittan alias Pallavarayan of Sakkarapāņinallūr in Sevvirukkai-nādu.
No. 23.-KOMANDA COPPER-PLATES OF NETTABHANJA.
BY KRISHNA CHANDRA PANIGRAHI, M. A.
These copper-plates numbering three were unearthed at the village Komanda in the Nayagarh State, Orissa, by a cultivator, while ploughing a paddy field. Pandit Binayak Misra of the Calcutta University got possession of them and deposited them in the Archeological Museum at Baripada in the Mayurbhanj State. I am very thankful to Pandit Misra and to Mr. P. Acharya, the State Archwologist of the Mayūrbhanj State, for their kindly allowing me to edit these plates.
Each of the plates roughly measures 64"x31' and is strung to the rest on a circular copper ring, the circumference of which is 11" and which passes through a hole of about in diameter cut in the left margin of each plate. The ends of the ring are secured by a lump of copper containing the seal which seems to bear the figure of an animal with a line of writing running just below it. The figure is damaged beyond recognition and of the letters, only one can be read as Ma. Judging from the similarity of the text of these plates to that of other plates of Nēttabbañja it can be inferred that the seal contained in relief the figure of a couchant lion and the legend Bri-
N abhañadovasya. The plates with the ring and the seal weigh about 100 tolas. The first and the last plates are engraved only on one side, while the second is inscribed on both the sides. There are altogether thirty-seven lines of writing, the first three faces containing nine lines each and the fourth ten lines.
The characters used in this grant closely resemble in form those used in the other plates of Nahabhañja" and therefore call for no special remark. The language is Sanskrit, but it contains
number of orthographical errors which will be corrected in their proper places. Only one case may be pointed out here which represents the phonetic peculiarity of the Oriya language : in line 14 vyzvahärin has been written for vyavahārin..
1 The entry in the register was tn recite the royal order and note the changes made in accordance with it. # Varivilar means maintainers of revenue accounts.
These signatories figure in the inscriptions of Märavarman Sundara-Pandya I also (above, Vol. XXII, p. 34).
Above, Vol. XVIIT, PP. 282 ff. Ibid
[See below p. 176 n. 1- -Ed.]
