The Indian Analyst
No. Source Dynasty King Date Language and Alphabet Remarks
  UTTAR PRADESH-contd.
BANARAS DISTRICT-concld.
Sarnath-concld.

         
472

Sarnath Museum.─Broken piece of a pillar No. 2.

…. ….

….

Prakrit, Brāhmī

Fragmentary. Reads : . . [da]kasa sathavāhasa Vīsadē[va]. In characters of about the 2nd century B.C.

 

473

Do. No. 3

…. ….

….

Do.

Do.      Reads : … [thaṁ]bhō dānaṁ. Do.

474

Do. Broken stone

…. ….

….

Do.

Do.      Reads : Ujēnakasa [su] … Do.

475

Do. Piece of stone

…. ….

….

Do.

Do.      Reads : [su]gutāya thaṁ[bhō] dānaṁ.            Do.

476

Do. Fragments of Aśōkan pillar

…. …. …. Do.

Do.      Published in Ep. Ind., Vol. VIII pp. 168 ff. and Plate.

477

Do. Brick deposited in a wooden box

…. ….

….

Do.

Reads : prābhṛitaka [dhā]nya, meaning ‘grain which is an offering.’ In characters of about the 6th century.

478

Do. Broken slab

…. ….

….

Do.

Fragmentary. Contains the Buddhist creed. In characters of about the 4th century A.D.

479

Do. Broken piece of a pillar. No. 1

…. ….

….

Do.

Do.      Reads Ujēni. In characters of about the 2nd century B.C.

480

Do.,     do. No. 2

…. …. …. Sanskrit, Nāgarī

Do.      Only the letter naṁ is preserved.        Do.

481 Do.,     do. No. 3 …. …. …. Sanskrit, Gauḍīya

Fragmentary containing traces of three or more aksharas, the first of which is va.     Do.

482 Do.,     do. No. 4 …. …. ….

Sanskrit, Northern Alphabet.

Seems to read. . nāye thaṁ.    Do.

483 Do.,     do. No. 5 …. …. …. Do.

Do. Reads ujēni[ya] . . .          Do.

484 Do.,     do. No. 6 …. …. …. Do. Do. Reads .. nakasa Agathīputa[sa]. Do.
485 Do.,     do. No. 7 …. …. …. Do. Do. Reads pāṭa.          Do.
486 Do. Railing stone …. ….

….

Do.

Indistinct.

487 Do. Broken stone umbrella …. …. ….

Brāhmī

A passage from the Buddhist canon. Published in Ep. Ind., Vol. IX, p. 292 and Plate.

488 Do. Broken slab …. Rājan Aśvaghōsha …. Pali, Brāhmī Published in Ep. Ind., Vol. VIII, p. 172, and Plate.
  LUCKNOW DISTRICT …. …. ….

Mixed Dialect, Brāhmī.

 
489 Lucknow.─Provincial Museum. Terracotta piece depicting a kneeling woman (from Sahēṭh-Mahēṭh). …. …. …. Northern Alphabet Indistinct. In characters of about the 4th century A.D.



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