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| 455 | Gadiya.─Bund of a tank outside the village. |
…. | …. | …. |
Local Dialect, Nāgarī |
In late Characters. Purport not clear.
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| BANARAS DISTRICT | Year 159, Mārgaśīrsha 28. | |||||
| 456 | Banaras.─Bhārat Kalā Bhavan. Base of a pillar. |
Gupta | Budhagupta | V.S. 1230 (kha-agniarkka), Āśvinaba. 12, Wednesday. Irregular. |
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Records the erection of the stone pillar by Dāmasvāminī, Published in JRASB, Letters, Vol. XV, pp. 5ff. and Plate. |
| 457 | Do. Stone slab |
Gāhaḍavāla | …. | V.S. 1359, Āshāḍha ba. 11, Tuesday. Irregular. |
Sanskrit, (verse), Nāgarī. |
Seems to enjoin certain punishments to be inflicted on criminal aggressors by the Brāhmaṇas of Lāhaḍapura. |
| 458 | Do. Another stone slab (form the Maṇikarṇikāghāṭ). |
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Do. |
Fragmentary. Published in Ind. Ant., Vol. LIII, pp. 209 ff. |
| 459 | Do. Another stone slab |
…. | …. | …. | Do. | Do. Mentions Dēvapāla in line 4, antarvvēdī in line 5, and a poet described as Kuvikulāgraṇīḥ in line 6 and Vaidarbhavīti-guṇa-garbhita-vāk-prapañcha in the line 7. In characters of about the 12th century. |
| 460 | Do., do. |
…. | …. | San [11. 6] |
Persian, Naskh |
See A.R. Ep., 1953-54, App. C. No. 124. |
| 461 | Do. Piece of stone slab |
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Local Dialect, Nāgarī. |
Damaged. Seems to refer to the construction of a palace (mahal). |
| 462 | Do. Pedestal of a broken image |
…. | …. | V.S. 11[18], Jyēsṭha śu. 5, …. |
Sanskrit, Northern Alphabet. |
Records that the image in question was constructed under the instructions of Mahāpaṇḍita Śrī Yaśaḥ(?)pāla, son of Vigraharāja. The name Jasapāla occurs in the beginning of the record. In characters of about the 10th century. |
| 463 | Do. Pedestal of a seated image |
…. | …. | …. | Sanskrit, Nāgarī | Damaged. Seems to record the installation of an image by a Paṇḍitāchārya whose name is not clear. |
| 464 | Do. Piece of a broken slab | …. | …. | …. | Sanskrit, Gauḍīya | Records that the sculpture in question was the gift of a lady named Ratanākā. In characters of about the 11th century. |
| 465 | Do. Right side of a pillar | …. | …. | …. | Sanskrit, Northern Alphabet. |
Damaged and fragmentary. In characters of about the 4th century. A.D. |
| 466 | Do. Pedestal of a broken image | …. | …. | …. | Do. | Reads Siddham (symbol) Vātēśvaraḥ. In characters of about the 10th century. |
| 467 | Do. Pedestal of a second broken image | …. | …. | …. | Do. | Rubbed out. In characters of about the 6th century. |
| 468 | Do. Pedestal of a third broken image | …. | …. | …. | Northern Alphabet. | Reads vita. In characters of about the 8th century. |
| 469 | Do. Pedestals of a fourth broken image | Gupta | Budhagupta | Gupta year 157, Mārgaśīrsha di. 20. |
Sanskrit, Northern Alphabet. | Damaged. Records the construction of an image, the details of which are not clear. |
| 470 | Sarnath.─Sarnath Museum.─Pedestal of a seated Ruddha image. | …. | …. | …. | Prakrit, Northern Alphabet. |
States that this was the dāyadharmma of the sthavira Bandhugupta. In characters of the 6th century. Published in AR ASI, 1904-05, pp. 80-81, Plate XXXII, No. XXII. |
| 471 | Do. Broken neck piece of a pillar. No. 1 | …. | …. | …. | Prakrit, Brāhmī |
Reads : Hāritīya thaṁbhā dānaṁ. In characters of about the 2nd century B.C. |
