Do. No. 2

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V.S. 1880(?)

Bhāshā, Nāgarī

A few lines of writing near a diagram apparently used in playing a sedentary game of balls.

Do. No. 3

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V.S. 1[7]14 Śaka 167[9].

Do.

Damaged. Mentions Rājā Mahārāja Ajitasiṁha and Himmatsiṁha.

Junagadh.─Museum of Antiquities. Slab in the Museum. From Pushnawada, Sorath District.

Saṁvat 1514, Śrā vaṇa ba. 2, Sunday=1457 A. D., August 7.

Local   dialect, Nāgarī:  Persian, Naskh.

Seems to record the construction of the fort by Malik śrī-Asad, son of Malik śrī-Muhammad. For the Persian portion, see Appendix C, No. 116.

Cochin.─Copper coins from Captain Mannadiyar (originals returned), No. 1.

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Kannaḍa

Copper, round. Obverse :Śrī in Kannaḍa above. Lion standing with the symbols of the sun and the moon on either side. Reverse : Legend reads Kṛishṇa in Kannaḍa and ‘Struck at Mahisūr’ in Persian.

Do., No. 2.

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Copper, round. Obverse : Lakshmī seated cross-legged with lotus stalks in each hand. Reverse : Within pellet border, peacock.

Agra.─Jain image from Kashiwala, District Bijnor ; impression received from the Northern Circle Office.

V.S. 106[1?]

Sanskrit, Nāgarī

Seems to record the installation (?) of the image by Bharata.

Allahabad.─Pillar inside the fort

Do.      Museum.─Pedestal of a seated Buddha image.

Year 83, varshā 1, di. 1.

Mixed dialect, Brāhmī.

States that the image was the dēya-dharma of Ujhaka, son of Khuhuka.

Do. Pedestal of another seated Buddha image.

Do.

Do.

States that the image was a gift made in favour of the Mahāsāṁghikas by Ujaka, son of Khuhuka.

Do. Pedestal of a broken image

Sanskrit, Brāhmī

Fragmentary. Refers to the image of Buddha (details lost). In characters of about the 4th century. A.D.

Do. Contains a part of the Buddhist formula yē dharmā, etc.      Do.

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Do.

Do. Reads :     sakanāśaka. In characters of about the 2nd or 3rd century A.D.

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