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128 EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
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XII This fragment contains eight signs, the last two of which are only partly preserved and the first has its lower portion broken off. They read:
m[C] arogadaks[+[nae) Since the extant portion contains a well known formula, that frequently occurs in certain dedicatory Kharoshthi inscriptions, the missing portions of the letters can easily be supplied. Thus the first letter must bave been a no, showing & word in the genitive singular. The sign of the medial i in kshi has evidently been rubbed off and what follows must be real as nae to complete the expression. It means for the bestowal of health upon'. Compare O.I.I., II, 77, text lines 3 and 5.
XIII This potsherd has five complete letters and the vertical stroke of another at the end, which is not recognizable. They read:
di pa ma na a [ra '] It is not possible to explain this inscription at present.
XIV This piece has two complete letters, and traces of two letters one in the beginning and one at the end. They can be read:
[da] kshi na [e] Most probably here again we had the same formula as occurs in No. XII above, namely aroga dakshinae.
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This piece contains faint traces of three letters the first and the last of which are partly destroyed. They seem to read :
[da] sa (ära) No sense can be made out.
XVI The inscription on this piece is also too fragmentary to yield any sense. It has traces of five letters, only the middle three have greater portions preserved and can be read as:
....na a sa....
XVII The inscription of this potsherd is completely gone ; only a part of the stroke of some letters is now visible to show that the piece contained some writing.
XVIII This sherd has very faint traces of some letters, two of which can be read as :
sa la These are proceded by remnants of another letter now no longer legible. What follows these two letters is almost completely obliterated.
The
XIX This has three letters, the first of which is mostly destroyed but inay bave been an a. inscription reads:
[a]ma di The arms of ma are abnormally long.
