Epigraphia Indica Vol 21

Author(s): Hirananda Shastri
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India

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No. 10.]
MATHURA BRAHMI INSCRIPTION OF THE YEAR 28.
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भारमनुसा(था)सि तवानुम[स]मेव ॥२(१२) । यद्यपि कदाचिदम्मिविपाकमधुरं तदात्वकट किंचित् । त्वं तस्मान्मा भैषो. यथातरी भेषवादयात् ॥३() अना घनाथ वाचाला: सुसभाः स्युदंथोस्थिताः । दुलं.
भा अंतरास्ते जगदस(स)जिहीर्षवः ॥४(३४)। परायत्तामुखाबःवं स्वायत्तं केवलं बरं । अन्यथा सुखिनामानक्षमा[]ि स्तपखिनः ॥५(३५)॥ उपायकोटिदूरक्षे स्वतस्तत रतोन्यतः । सर्वत: पतनपाये
काये कोयं तवाय ॥(२६)। अवस(क) नख(ख)रैरभिरायुःकायादिभिर्यदि। साख (मास) पदमायाति सुधायातमवैति ते ॥०(१७॥ गंतमहासनि:खासैरभ्यस्यत्वेष संततं । लोक: प्रथमितो' वांछत्यात्मा
[नमज*]रामरं ॥८(१८)। गलत्यायुः प्रायः प्रकटितघटीयंचय(स)खिल खल:(:) वायोप्यायुः गतिमभिपतत्येष समतं । किमस्य (प्य)न्येरम्य ईयमयमिदं मोवितमिह स्थितो भ्रांत्यानाविस्त(१)मिव मनुने स्थानु मरणं (णम्) [1] ८(२८) [१]
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No. 10.-MATHURA BRAHMI INSCRIPTION OF THE YEAR 28.
By Sten Konow. In a field opposite the Chaurasi Jaina temple in Mathura, 200 yards due south of the Govardhan Road, is a well called Lāl Kõvā. Some eight or nine years ago & pillar of red Mathurā sandstone was found here, and left on the surface till it was deposited in the Mathurā Museum, as No. 1119, on the 13th June, 1929, at the instance of the late Pandit Radhakrishna.
The pillar is 6' 7" high and 11.8" broad at the bottom. Up to a height of 2' 7" it is square, above that, octangular.
The pillar bears an inscription, 14" high and 11" broad, consisting of thirteen lines. The height of individual letters varies between t" and 1". The beginning of 11. 12-13 has peeled off. In other respects the inscription is in a perfect state of preservation.
The characters are Brāhmi of the Kushāņa type. In l. 1, after the word siddha, we find the crescent-like stroke with a bar in the middle, which occurs in two other Brāhmi records, in the same position. Bühler explained it as a stop, of the same kind as the crescent used after
1 Read प्राथमिकी. Ta is written on the left hand margin with the sign of kaka-pada before it.
• After my manuscript was sent to pross, the inscription was published by Mr. Jayaswal, J.B.O.R.S. XVIII, pp. 4 ff., and noticed by Mr. Harit Krishna Deb, Indian Historical Quarterly, VIII, pp. 117 ff. These papers have not brought me to modify my viows.
Indian Palanogrory.538.0.5.