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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
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I.-NORTHERN INSCRIPTIONS.
1. Jerruck stone inscription.-1854 noticed by Frere-Cole, Journ. Bo. Br. Roy. As. Soc. Vol. V. p. 357, and Plate V, 3.
Not read.
2. Shakori Buddhist rock inscription.1-1896 Bühler, Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 134, No. A. Sanskrit version of a verse in Mahaparinibbanasutta VI. 16.
3. Shakori Buddhist rock inscription.-1896 Bühler, Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 135, No. B. Sanskrit version of Dhammapada 183.
4. Shakōri Buddhist rock inscription.-1896 Bühler, Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 135, No. C. Sanskrit version of Dhammapada 281.
5. Kura (now Lahore Museum) Buddhist stone-slab inscription of the time of rajatiraja mahārāja Toramana Shahi Jauvla.-1889 mentioned by Burgess, Academy, Vol. XXXV. p. 29; 1890 Bühler, Ep. Ind. Vol. I. p. 238 f., and Plate; 1896 correction by Senart, Journ. As. Ser. IX. Vol. VII, p. 10.
-[ja] •
rāja-mahārāja-Toramāṇa-Shāhi-Jau samvatsare]
räjyē
drittyayam chandramagra]
gaga
[bhivardhamana
mē Mārgasiramāsa-sukla
vara
fuchi-sata-dhyan-adhyayana-moksha-citt-anukulē pradista
nakshatre.
Mixed dialect. Erection of a vihara for the congregation of the monks (bhikshusamgha) of bhagavat Buddha by the lord of the vihara (viharasvamin) Rota-Siddhavriddhi, the son of Rotta-Jayavrddhi, the lord of many viharas (anekaviharasvamin), whose name was honoured by the lord (pati) of Naschira, for the benefit of the relatives of the donor and the queens, princes and princesses of mahārāja Toramana Shahs Jaûvla, for the acceptance of the teachers (acharyas), the Mahisasakas. Mentions besides the son of Saddhaka.
6. Ghasandi stone inscription.-1887 Kaviraj Shyamal Das-Ram Prasad-Bendall, Journ. Beng. As. Soc. Vol. LVI. Part I. p. 77 ff., No. 1, and Plate V.
Mixed dialect. Fragment. Erection of a puja stone wall (siläpräkaru) at the Nārāyaṇavâța by... Gajayana (?), the son of a Părăsari, .. for bhagavat Samkarshana and Vasudeva.
7. Ghasundi stone inscription.-1887 Kaviraj Shyamal Das-Ram Prasad, Journ. Beng. As. Soc. Vol. LVI. Part I. p. 78 f., No. 2, and Plate V⚫. Mixed dialect. Fragment. No name is preserved.
8. Kanhiara rock inscription.-1854 Bayley, Journ. Beng. As. Soc. Vol. XXIII. p. 57 ff., and Plate I; 1855 Weber, Zeitschr. Deutsch. Morgenl. Ges. Vol. IX. p. 630 f., and Plate; 1858 Thomas, Essays on Ind. Ant. Vol. I. p. 159 ff., and Plate IX, 2; 1863 Dowson, Journ. Roy. As. Soc. Vol. XX. p. 254, and Plate IX, 2; 1875 Cunningham, Arch. Sure. Rep. Vol. V. p. 175 ff., and Plate XLII; 1902 Vogel, Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 116 ff., and Plate.
Brahmi and Kharoshṭhi. Mixed dialect and Prakrit. The garden (drama) of Krishamyasa or Krishnayasa (Krishnayasas), the Madamgi.
9. Pathyar rock inscription.-1902 Vogel, Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 116 f., and Plate,
The cloth-impression of the inscription published by Professor Rapson, Jours. Roy. As. Soc. 1901, p. 292 f. and read by me, ibid. p. 575 f., was apparently fabricated after this inscription.
