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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[DECEMBER, 1891.
Kaubika götra and the Hiranyakësin sútra ; Chatibarman (1. 20), a resident of Valdoberi, belonging to the Kaubika gótra and the Hiraṇyakésin sútra ; Vidaśarman (1. 21), a resident of Podengu, belonging to the Gantams gôtra and the Hiranyakêśin sútra ; Maviņdisarman (1. 22), s resident of Podengu, belonging to the Sanksiti gotra and the Hiranyak dáin sitra; Yajñaśar. man (1. 22-23), a resident of Podengu, belonging to the Harita gôtra and the Hiranyakêśin sitra; .... sarman (1. 23), a resident of Podengu, belonging to the Samkriti gôtra and the Hiranyak@sin sútra ; Kandaśarman (P) (1. 24), a resident of Krov biri, belonging to the Harita gotra and the Åpastamba stra; Vishņuśarman (1. 26), a resident of Urputaru, belonging to the Bharad vâja gôtra and the A pastamba sútra ; Guñjadêvasarman (1. 27), a resident of Vangiparru, belonging to the Kanndinya gôtra and the A pastamba sutra; Bhadra arman (1. 28), a resident of Vangiparru, belonging to the "Sandilya gåra and the A pastamba sitra ; Vishnubarman (1. 29), a resident of Vangiparru, belonging to the Kauņdinya gôtra and the A pastam ba sátra ; Nariyanabarman (1. 30), a resident of Vangiparru, belonging to the Kauņdinya gôtra and the  pastamba sútra ; Drôņaśarman (1. 31), a resident of ChAntury, belonging to the Bharadvaja gôtra and the A pastamba sutra ; Narayapašarman (1. 32), a resident of Chanturu, belonging to the Bharadvaja gótra and the Åpastam ba sútra ; MÂdhavašarman (I. 83), a resident of Krovabiri, belonging to the Harita gôtra and the Apastamba sitra; Vennamašarman (1. 34), a resident of Krovabiri, belonging to the Parabara gôtra and the Apostamba stitra ; Arudisarman (1. 35), a resident of Krovagiri, belonging to the Vatsa gôtra and the A pastamba sitra; Nandišarman (1. 36), a resident of Urputaru, belonging to the Bharad våja gôtra and the Apostamba altra ; Vishnbarman (1. 37), a resident of Karanichedu, belonging to the Bharad vaja gótra and the Apastam. ba stra; Bhârsmåsarman (1. 38), a resident of Karańchody, belonging to the Bharadvája gótra and the A pastambe sktra; Yajñaśarman (1. 38-39), & resident of Karanohedy, belonging to the Bhâradvája gótra and the Apastamba sutra; Badadisarman (1. 39), & resident of Chanturu, belonging to the Bharadvája gofra and the Apastamba stra; Vepnabarman (1. 40), a resident of Krajam, belonging to the Kaundinya gôtra and the Apagtamba sitra ; and Rompayasarman (1. 41), a resident of Bayarn, belonging to the Agnivaisya gôtra and the A pastamba sitra.
Lines 43 to 45 give the boundaries of the village ; viz., on the east, Atagupartu; on the south, Vanaparty, or Vamaparru; on the west, Vandrapeday; and on the north, Ganiyyarabu (?).
Lines 45 to 51 contain a sentence prohibiting obstruction to the enjoyment of the grant followed by four of the cnptomary benedictive and imprecatory verses.
Line 51 f. tells us that the Dataka (denoted by the word ajñapti) was a prince named Nripa-Rudra, born in the Haihaya lineage, a brother (bhráts) of Narendramrigaraja. And the record ends with the statement that the charter was written by Aksharalalitâcharya, a resident of Vijayavada.
GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA, WITH EXTRACT FROM A PAPER BY THE
LATE PROF. H. H. WILSON,
BY J. BUBGES8, LL.D., C.I.E. In this Journal (Vol. XIV., pp. 319 ff.) I last called attention to the information that might be derived from Sanskrit literature on the ancient and mediæval geography of India, suggesting that some effort might be made to colleot and arrange it. In 1882 I had indexed the Brihat. Sashhitá and made other geographical notes, some of which were engrossed in the footnotes which I contributed to the late Rev. S. Beal's Buddhist Records of the Western World, but I have not found time since to do much more. Lately, however, in writing on an allied sabject, my attention was direoted to Colonel Wilford's last paper in the Asiatic Researches (Vol. XIV., pp. 373-470), intended as the first of a series on the geography of India, which, Prof. H. H. Wilson said, “would have established she learned anthor's reputation on a firmer basis, than any of his preceding erudite, but often fallacions, investigations." In the introduction to this paper he gives
