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¹ From the description given in the text it may be conjectured that the royal balance in question was meant to be used by kings in performing the ceremony of having themselves weighed against gold and precious stones which were afterwards distributed among the Brahmans. This ceremony, known as *tulā-purusha-dāna*, was performed on certain special occasions, such as the coronation, or on the day of a solar or lunar eclipse, or on New Year's day. Cf. A. H. Longhurst, *The Tulā-purusha-dāna Monument at Hampi. Annual Report, Archæological Survey of India for 1912-13*, pp. 142 sq., Plate LXXXIV.