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No. 13.)
SOME UNPUBLISHED AMARAVATI INSCRIPTIONS.
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TRANSLATION. (The gift) of the city (nigama) of Dhamakataks (Dbanyakataka).'
In the following inscription Dhânyakataks (modern Dharapikota, near Amarivati) is written as Dhamakadaka.
No. 5 (No. 545 of 1907). ON A FRAGMENT OF AN OBLONG RAIL PILLAR.
TEXT.
Dhamakadakasa nigamasa
TRANSLATION. (The gift) of the city of Dhamilakadaka (Dhānyakataka).'
No. 6 (No. 540 or 1907). ON A PRAGMENT OF AN OBLONG RAIL PILLAR.
TEXT. Malamāvuka. . gå Retiya thabho
Two letters between ka and ya have been erased. The signs of medial a are visible in both CASES.
TRANSLATION. (This) pillar (is the gift) of ... Reti, an inhabitant of (? wife of ?) Malamāvuka.
No. 7 (No. 546 or 1907). ON A FRAGMENT OF AX OBLONG RAIL PILLAR.
TEXT. ... thabaka-kula[sa] thabho Note the difference in form of bh of this inscription and of Nos. 6 and 9.
TRANSLATION.. . (This) pillar (is the gift) of... thabaka family.'
No. 8 (No. 550 op 1907). ON A FRAGMENT OF AN OVAL RAIL DAR.
TEXT.
Pikotakinan
TRANSLATION. *(The gift) of the Pakðtakas.'
The Pakotakas probably afterwards came to be known as Vikatakas : see No. 27 aod rapra, pp. 260-1.
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