North Indian Inscriptions

PART A

8. A. 129-136 UNCLASSIFIED FRAGMENTARY DONATIVE INSCRIPTIONS

A 129 (689) ; PLATE XXVI

FRAGMENTARY inscription on a pillar of a gateway, now at Batanmāra. Edited by Cunningham, StBh. (1879), p. 128, No. 3, and Pl. LIII; Barua-Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 3, No. 3.

TEXT:

1 hena.. .. .. ..
2 toraṇa cha .. .. ..
3 kata^[1]

The inscription apparently recorded the gift of a gateway, but no connected translation is possible. Cf. No. A 1 and A 2.

A 130 (892)^[2]; PLATE XXVI

EDITED by Cunningham, StBh. (1879), p. 143, No. 9 and Pl. LVI; Barua-Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 36, No. 127.

TEXT:

1 … tu rajan[o] adhirajaka^[3]…
2 …..yata…

TRANSLATION:
(Gift of the ?) ….. of the king (rājan), the supreme king (adhiraja ?)…

A 131 (888)^[2]; PLATE XXVI

EDITED by Cunningham, StBh. (1879), p. 143, No. 5, and Pl. LVI; Barua-Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 35, No. 123.

TEXT:
Mahā[da]…^[4]

TRANSLATION :
(Gift of ?) Mahā[da]…^[5]

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^[1]From Cunningham’s eye-copy. The transcript has toranam (i.e. toranaṁ).
^[2]Lüders’ treatment of this inscription is missing.
^[3]From the eye-copy of Cunningham. The inscription which runs in two lines is broken off on both sides.
^[4] From the eye-copy of Cunningham. The inscription is broken off to the right.
^[5] Barua-Sinha’s completion of the inscription as Mahād(evasa dānaṁ). ‘The gift of Mahadeva’ is no more than a suggestion. Mahadeva occurs in B 62 and B 81 as a designation of the Buddha.