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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
[Vol. xxiv.
TEXT.
On rim. Sabatua 111 100 111 [l*) otak-eta-mite tu dona sthapapema [1] se yema naviga Vena Baravarapast (sa)-thuba[0]" sagharamu pradithaveti
On inner side, outer circle. Avatatrami mada pidu paya[et] sarya-Budhaņa puyae sa
On inner side, inner circle. Ive Pracha[ga*)-Budhana puyde sarve-rabataņa puya[e*]
Along outer face of wall. putra-darasa puyae mitra-ñadi-salohidaņa puya[e*] Avakhajhadasa puyae Chhatravasa
maharayasa
gramasamisa
TRANSLATION The year 303. And in such and such (year) as here specified a reliquary is caused to be consecrated by us. Thus the novice Vesa, establishes a sanghārāma, together with a stupa, at Saravarapa in Avasara, in honour of parents, in honour of all Buddhas, in honour of all Pratyöka-Buddhas, in honour of all Arhats, in honour of wife and son (or sons), in honour of friends, kinsmen and blood-relations, and in honour of the Mahārāja's village-lord, the Satrap Ava hajhada.
2.-Inscription on Rolic-Casket II. This casket is 2.9" in diameter, 1.1' in height and its central cavity is '6" in depth. It bears only one line of inscription in Kharðshthi characters, engraved along the outer side. The lotters are formed by shallow trucision as on Casket I. As regards the forms of individual letters, the only point to note is that the letter y in puyae has the top bar as in 6. The two caskets are mimibar in shape and execution and palæographically there is no difference between this and the foregoing record.
The inscription records the deposit of a corporeal relic (sarira) by a person named Trami.
TEXT. Tramina dañamu[kho*) ime harira presthevida
Budhana puyae
TRANSLATION. This corporeal relic is deposited in honour of the Buddhas.
The gift of Trami.
* The letter na was omitted at first and added later above the line. * At first the latter ha was engraved, which was later changed to o. • The first and an additional flourish below, which may have been an attempt to write sa.
the stable wra probably standa for pura. C4. ateura for antab pura in the Mathura Lion Capital inscrip. tion No. A. 9.
