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No. 2. NANYAURA COPPER-PLATE.

Nágarí Transliteration.

त्रों स्वस्ति । आसीत्कल्पतरुः [कलो] प्रणयिनामानन्दकन्दः सतां मित्राणां नयनामृतम्परवलस्यात्यन्तकेतुःपरः । सेतुः सङ्गरवारिधेभ्रेमयतस्त्रैलोक्यचूडामणिः श्रीब्रह्मेद्रमुनेमेहीयसि कुले श्रीहर्षदेबोन्टपः ॥ प्रचण्डमण्डलाग्रस्य करकान्तमहीभ्टतः । निदाघभास्करस्येव प्रतापो यस्य दुस्सहः ॥ अरितिर्मिरनिकरबलभिदरिकरिकरयन्त्रभेट्न कुठारः तच्छीलतालयातस्तस्माज्जातोयोवम्मी ॥ यस्येन्दुकुन्दशुभ्रेण यशसा धवलीकृताः । कुलाचलगुद्दाः सेव्या जाताः किन्नरयोषिताम् ॥ तस्य श्रीधङ्गदेवोभूत्पुत्रः पात्रं जयश्रियः । असंख्यसंख्यविख्यातः खङ्गधारापराक्रमः ॥ चित्रं यदरिनारीणां हृदये विरहानलः । अजखमश्रुपानीयसिच्यमानोपि वर्द्धते ॥ भङ्गान्तः पुरिकालकेषु सुरतक्रीडासु कण्ठग्रहः काठिन्यं कुचयो र्भुवोः कुटिलता चन्द्रे कलङ्गस्थितिः । सूक्तित्वं कविवाचि करववने मित्रोद्य द्वेषिता यस्मिन्नेकमहीपतौ कलिकाकाण्डेषु निस्मारता ॥ परमभट्ट। परमभट्ट। रकमहाराजाधि- र राजपरमेश्वरश्रीश्रीहर्षदेवपादानुध्यात परमभट्टारकमहाराजाधिराजपरमेश्वर श्रीयशोवर्मादेवपादानुध्यातपरमभट्टारकमहाराजाधिराजपरमेश्वरश्रीकालंजराधिपतिश्रीधंगदेवः । सम्बत्सरसहखे पञ्चपञ्चाशद‌धिके कार्त्तिकपोर्णिमास्यां रविदिने एवं सम्बत् १०५५ कात्तिकसुदि १५ रवो अद्येहाच (?) काशिकायां सैंहिकेयग्रहग्रासप्रवेशीकृतमण्डले । रोहिणीहृदयानन्दकन्दे हरिणलाच्छने । भारद्वाजसगोत्राय त्रिप्रवराय भारद्वाज यांगिरस वार्हस्पत्य वाजसनेयाखिने तक्कायिकाविनिग्र्गतदूव्वोहराग्रामाभिजनाय रुद्रश्रीयशोधराय रुद्रजयकुमारसुताय ऊषरवादप्रतिवद्धं सजलस्थलं सनिम्नोन्नत साम्रमधूकं ससारोषरप्रख्यात चतुःसीमापर्य्यन्तं । चुल्लीनामधेयग्रामम् । दृद्धये पुण्ययशसोमातापिचेोरथात्मनः । यामपग्रास्य चरितः स ददौ धर्मवत्सलः । दत्वादिदेश नचत्यान् जनाञ्जनपप्रियः । भागभादिरप्यादिप्रदानैः सुखमास्यताम् । आं तथा स्मृतिकारैः । बहुभि वसुधा भुक्ता राजभिः सगरादिभिः । यस्य यस्य यदा भूमिस्तस्य तस्य तदा फलम् । भूमिं यः प्रतिग्टह्णाति यश्व भूमिं प्रयच्छति । उभो तो पुण्यकम्माणो नियतो खर्गगामिनौ ॥ गामेकां सुवर्णमेकं भूमेरप्येकमङ्गलम् । हरन्नरकमायाति यावदाभूतसंस्तत्रम् ॥ इदं श्रीधङ्गदेवस्य शासनं शासनाज्जित । प्रतापतापितारातिचक्रस्य क्रमवर्त्तिनः ॥ श्रीधंग ।

Translation of the Inscription of the Nanyaurá Copper-plate, No. 2.

Om. It is well. Srí Harsha Deva, the king, of the great family of Srí Brahmendra Muni, was [as] the kalpa vriksha the root of joy to wellwishers, the water of immortality for the eyes of good friends, a very ketu in the destruction of hostile armies, a bridge in the surging sea of good men's burdens, the Jewel on the diadem of the three worlds, the sovereign whose hand dearly loved the sword, whose glory like that of the summer sun was insupportable. From that abode of generosity sprang Yaśo Varmma, a very Indra in the destruction of the dark hosts of (his) enemies, an axe in cleaving the trunks of the elephants of (his) enemies, by whose radiance like the whiteness of the moon and jasmine were illuminated, the caves of Kuláchala frequented by the consorts of the kinnaras; his son was Srí Dhanga Deva, the favourite of the Goddess of Victory the prowess of whose blade's edge was famous in numberless battles. Wonderfully did he kindle in the hearts of the enemy's wives the flame of separation, which unceasingly spread, though besprinkled with the water of tears. [In his undivided reign] there was flight in the wavy curls [alone] of the denizens of the antahpura, in amorous dalliance [alone] there was seizure by the neck, in female breasts alone was hardness and brows [alone] were crooked, on the moon [only] were spots, and in the plantain tree (only) was saplessness: the poets spake well, and amidst clusters of the Kairava [Nymphœa esculenta] alone there was enmity at the rise of Mitra (meaning both Sun and friend). The king and sovereign lord Harsha Deva, the destroyer of the exultation of enemies, succeeded by the king and sovereign lord Yaśo Varmma, destroyer of the exultation of enemies, succeeded by the king and sovereign lord Dhanga Deva, destroyer of the exultation of enemies, ruler of Kálinjar, in the Samvat year 1055 at the full moon of Kartik, on Sunday the 15th day of the bright half of the month, to-day here in Káśí, when the orb [of the moon] which is a joy to the heart of Rohiní, and is marked with the form of a deer, was seized as a mouthful by the son of Sinhika [i. e., Rahu]to the member of the Bharadwaja gotra, and the threefold pravara of Bharadwája, Angirasa and Várhaspatya, belonging to the Vajasaneya sákhá, to him originally an inhabitant of Tarkáyiká residing in the village of Durbáhara, named Rudra Srí Yaśodhara, the son of Rudra Jaya Kumára -to him with its waste, streams and tanks, land and water, upland and lowland, and mango and mahúá trees, the village of Chullí bounded on the four sides by Saśaroshara-for the sake of increasing his own and his parent's merit, he the lover of religion gave

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and having given the beloved of the people addressed those present saying-Remain happy by continuing to pay (the donee) rents in kind and in money and the rest. Om. So the writers of Smritis (have said): Many kings, Ságar and others, have enjoyed territory, so long as any retained his lands, so long has his been the fruit. He who receives land in gift, and he who bestows it, both these are meritorious and assuredly go to heaven. He who filches a single cow, a single gold-piece, or one finger's breadth of land, goes to hell till the end of all things. This is the decree of Srí Dhanga who is steadfast in the practice prescribed by the Vedas and whose ruling prowess pains the circle of his enemies. Sri Dhanga.

Note by Bábu Prannáth Pandit.

The Society is indebted to Mr. V. A. Smith, B. A., B. C. S., for these two copper-plates recording the grant of two villages by two kings of the Chandel Dynasty, Dhanga Deva and Deva Varmma Deva in Samvat 1055 and 1107 respectively. Mr. Smith has sent transcript and translation of both the plates, which I have revised for publication in the Society's Journal. Some parts of the translation however, specially of plate No. 2, remain tentative and far from literal. The Note appended by Mr. Smith gives the most salient points in the grants, and after the exhaustive notice in General Cunningham's Archæological Survey of India, Vol. II, there is nothing to be added to the ample materials which exist concerning the chronology of the Chandel Dynasty. I have added some philological parallels gathered from several grants, and those who care to pursue the matter further may consult the Khajuraho inscription in the Asiatic Researches, Vol. XII, and the Ujjayini grants in the Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society. Vol. I, reprinted in Colebrooke's Works, Vol. II, and the Banda copper-plate, ante p. 73. The village Tarkayiká, of No. 2, is the same as the Takárí of No. 1, and the Dhakári of the Banda copperplate, ante p. 76. All three may be safely identified with the Tikri of modern maps.

NOTES.

(1.) Compare स च परमभट्टारकमही शक्राधिराजपरमेश्वर श्रीवामदेवपादानुध्यात, &c. in J. A. S. B. Vol. VIII, pp. 491, 492. Also स च परमभट्टारकमहा (राजा)? धिराजपरममाहेश्वरनिजभुजेोपार्जित श्रीकाष्यकुजाधिपत्य श्रोचन्द्रदेवपादानुध्यात &c. in J. A. S. B., Vol. X, pp. 99, 100.

(2.) Compare the partly decyphered sloka तेजोभिरहस्करः करुणया शोद्धेोनिः in the 9th line of the Dhavala Inscription, J. A. S. B., Vol. X, p. 820.

(3.) Compare तेनेदं विद्यञ्च्चञ्चलमालोक्य शाश्वतं । J. A. S. B., Vol. VIII, p. 297. The sloka संसारस्यासारतां दृष्ट्वा तथा हि । वाताम्रविभ्रममिदं, &c. in J A. S. B., Vol. V, p. 379.

(4.) Compare समस्तराजपुरुषान् ब्राह्मणोत्तरान् प्रतिनिवासिपट्टकिलजनपदादींश्च बोधयति । J. A. S. B., Vol. V, p. 379. राष्ट्रपति विषयपति ग्रामकूलाधिकारिकमहत्तरादीन् समनुबोधयति । J. A. S. B., Vol. VIII, p. 297. The royal officers are set out in great detail in the Kumbhi grant. J. A. S. B. Vol. VIII, p. 492, and in the Fyzabad grant. J. A. S. B. Vol. X, p. 100.

(5.) Compare ज्ञात्वा भगवन्तं भवानीपतिमभ्यच्चे । J. A.S. B. Vol. V, p. 379. नर्मदायां विधिवत् स्नात्वा श्रीमन्महादेवं समभ्यच्चे। J. A. S. B. Vol. VIII, p. 492. श्रीमद्वाराणस्यां गङ्गायां स्नात्वा विधिवन्मन्त्रदेवमुनिमनुजयुतपित्टगणांस्तर्पयित्वा तिमिरपटलपाटलपटुमहसमुझरोचिषमुपस्थायोषधिपतिसकलशेखरं समभ्यच्चे त्रिभुवनचातुर्भगवतो वासु (दे) वस्य पूजां विधाय प्रचुरपायसेन हविषा चविर्भुजं इत्वा । J. A. S. B. Vol. X, (6.) Compare मातापिचोरात्मनश्च पुष्ययोभिवृद्धये । J. A. S. B. Vol. V, p. 379. आत्मनो धम्मीयुबेलविजयेश्वय्येविष्टद्धये इहामुत्र हितार्थमात्मानुग्रहाय । J. A. S. B. Vol. V, p. 729. मातापित्रोरात्मनश्च पुण्ययोतिदृद्धये । J. A. Š. B. Vol. VIII, p. 492. मातापित्रोरात्मनश्च पुण्ययशेोभिदृद्धये । J. A. S. B. Vol. X, p. 100.

p. 100.

(7.) The phrase मुक्तावसुस्थानविनिर्गताय occurs in the Copper-plate grant of Arjuna (Samvat 1267) in J. A. S. B. Vol. V, p. 379 but has not been translated. A similar omission is noticeable concerning the adjective prefix श्रोबलभीविनिर्गत to the donee's name in the copper-plate grant of Karka II (Şaka 734) J. A. S. B. Vol. VIII, p. 297. The etymological signification of the word विनिर्गत is "gone out or from," but I suppose that in passages like the above, it is used to denote the original residence of the donee.

(8.) J. A. S. B. Vol. VIII, p. 492, Vol. X, p. 100.

(9.) These words occur in the copper-plate grant of Ajaya Sinha Deva (Samyat 932) J. A. S. B. Vol. VIII, p. 492, and have been translated into "mango trees and honey" (p. 486). Compare समधुकाम्रवाटिकाविटप- of the copper-plate grant of Jayachandra (Samvat 1243) J.A. S. B. Vol. X, p. 100, which has been correctly translated into "with gardens of modhu and mango trees" (p. 103). मधुक signifies the tree Bassia latifolia, and is never so far as I am aware used as a synonym for मधु, honey.

(10.) Compare सगतेषिर seemingly a mistake for सगतीषर in Jayachandra's copper-plate grant. J. A. S. B. p. 100, which has been translated at p. 103 into "with caves and fertile farms." ऊषर according to Wilson signifies saline soil. The phrase सगतीषरः in Ajaya Sinha's copper-plate grant J. A. S. B. Vol. VIII, p. 492, where it is translated into "together with salt-pits."

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(12.) Compare सलवणाकरः in J. A. S. B. Vol. VIII, p. 492. सलोहलवणाकरः in J. A. S. B. Vol. X, p. 100.

(13) Compare सनिधिः सोपनित्रिः in Pravara Sena's copper-plate grant. J. A. S. B. Vol. V, p 729. सवनपर्वतः in Ajaya Sinha's copper-plate grant. J. A. S. B. Vol. VIII, p. 492; and सगिरिगहननिधानः in Jayachandra's copper-plate grant. J. A. S. B. Vol. X, p. 100.

(14.) Compare चतुराघाटनोपलचितः in the copper-plate grant of Karka II. J. A. S. B. Vol. VIII, p. 298. चतुराधाटविसर्गः in Ajaya Sinha's copperplate grant. J. A. S. B. Vol. VIII, p. 492 and सोजीषचतुराघाटविशुद्धः in Jayachandra's copper-plate grant. J. A. S. B. Vol. X, p. 100, the first half of which compound seems to have been omitted from the translation at p. 103. The words in the present plate may also be read as चतुःकङ्गविशुद्ध. which synonymous expression also occurs in Arjuna's copper-plate grant, J. A. S. B. Vol. V, p. 379.

(15.) Compare सगोप्रचारः in Ajaya Sinha's copper-plate grant. J. A. S. B. Vol. VIII, p. 492. त्टणायतिगोचरपर्यन्तः in Jayachandra's copper-plate

grant. J. A. S. B. Vol. X, p. 100, where it has been translated into "which extends as far as Trinayuthi.” (p. 103).

(16.) This is the usual reservation about previous endowments. Compare पूर्वप्रत्तदेवदायब्रह्मदायरहितो in J. A. S. B. Vol. VIII, p. 298. देवब्राह्मणभुक्तिवर्जम् Vol. V, p. 379.

(17.) Compare আज्ञाविधेयेर्भूत्वा in J. A. S. B. Vol. V, p. 379. आज्ञाविघेयोभूय in J. A. S. B. Vol. X, p. 100.

(18.) Compare यथा दीयमानभागभागकर हिरण्यादिकं. J. A. S. B. Vol. V, p. 379, which is translated into "the full usufruct of all the rights and dues heretofore paid to Government," (p. 382). Also यथादीयमानकरकरपूरनिकप्रभृतिनियतानियतसमस्त in J. A. S. B. Vol. X, p. 100 which is generally translated at p. 103 into " its revenues, as settled, or are to be settled." (19.) Compare आचन्द्रादित्यकालीयः &c. in J. A. S. B. Vol. V, p. 729.

सचन्द्राकोणेवसरित्पर्वतसमकालीनः &c. in J. A. S. B. Vol. VIII, p. 298.

(20.) This sloka occurs amongst others in J. A. S. B. Vol. V, p. 379. Vol. VIII, pp. 298, 493. Vol. X, p. 100.

(21.) J. A. S. B. Vol. VIII, p. 494. Vol. X, p. 100.

(22.) Compare J. A. S. B. Vol. VIII, p. 494 where धरावा is a mistake for वराস্বাঃ, and Vol. X, p. 100.

(23.) J. A. S. B. Vol. V, p. 379. Vol. VIII, p. 493. Vol. X, p. 100. In Pravara Sena's copper-plate grant the latter half of the slok is different :

खदत्ताम्परदत्तां वा यो हरेत वसुन्धराम् ।

गवां शतसहस्रस्य हन्तुर्हरति दुष्कृतमिति ॥ J. A. S. B. Vol. V, p. 729. (24.) In this sloka सुवर्ण should be substituted for the sake of the metre for वर्ण. Compare J. A. S. B. Vol. VIII, p. 493.

(25.) The words in the original सुहवास समावाये seem distinct enough, but I am unable to attach any meaning to the compound.

The Antiquities of Bagurá (Bogra). -By H. BEVERIDGE, C. S.

Though Bagurá is almost a by-word among the Officers of Government for seclusion and dulness, yet like most places in this world it has attractions which only require unveiling. Perhaps to most Anglo-Indians, Bagurá is chiefly interesting, because it was the residence of Sir George Yule and the scene of many of his tiger-slaying exploits, but in reality the district has claims to attention of another and more enduring order. Foremost among these is the circumstance that it occupies an important place in the legendary and historical annals of Bengal. It is traversed from north to south by the sacred Karatoya, which divides it into two nearly equal portions. This river has now dwindled into an insignificant stream, casily fordable in the cold weather and scarcely navigable except

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