Old Bramhi Inscriptions In Udaygiri And Khandagiri

SR No.: 020516
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Benimadhab Barua
Publisher: University of Calcutta
Publication Year: 1929
Total Pages: 354
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

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NOTES
1. THE INSCRIPTIONS AND THEIR AUTHORS
Of the fifteen old Brāhmi inscriptions in the Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves, No. I is the Hathi-Gumphā inscription of King Kbāravela; No. II, the Vaikunthapura Cave inscription of Kbäravela's chief queen; No, III, the Pātālapura Cave inscription of King Kadampa-Kudepa; No. IV, the Yamapura Cave inscription of Prince Vadukha-Varikha; No. V, probably the Chota-Häthigumphā inscription of the same prince; No. VI, the Sarpa-Gum phā inscription of Cūlakamma ; No. VII, the Pāvana or Haridas-Gumphā inscription of the same donor; No. VIII, the SarpaGumphä-side Cave inscription of Kamma and Khīņā; No. IX, the Bāgh-Gumpbā inscription of the Town-judge Bhūti; No. X, the Jambesvara Cave inscription of the High-functionary Nākiya of Bāriyā, or it may be, of Mahāmada, Bāriya and Nākiya; Nos. XI and XII, the Ananta-Guimpha inscriptions of some donors ; No. XIII, the inscription of some donor in the Tattva-Gumphā No. 1; No. XIV, the inscription of the menial Kusuma, or it may be, of Kusuma of Padamūla; and No. XV, a table of Brāhmi alphabet in the Tattva-Gumphā No. 1.
2. THE RELATIVE TOTAL OF THE CAVES
AND INSCRIPTIONS
The fifteen inscriptions edited in the present volume, and arranged serially as No. I, No. II, and so forth, are the oldest known Brāhmi inscriptions which have hitherto been discovered as epigraphic records relating to different caves on the Udayagiri and Khandagiri hills in Orissa. The first ten of them belong to the caves on the Udayagiri and the remaining five to those on the Khandagiri hill.
Though, as a general rule, each of these inscriptions is meant to refer to a particular cave, it will be a mistake to presume that there are as many caves as inscriptions. For instance, there are two inscriptions, one of which (No. XI) is incised on the architrave outside the AnantaGumpha, and the other (No. XII) on the rock outside the verandah of the same cave. The concluding words of No. XI, samaņsā]nam leñam,
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