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No. 23]
BRAHMI INSCRIPTIONS FROM BANDHOGARH
3 Datikasa putasa Ch[e]lãe etana[m] dona[th] jananam sahiya[m] putaka (ke)h Arimo lätäni cha chagavāra cha [1] dhamo va[dhatu] [/*]
4iyatharthika-lāta
IV. Inscription (No. 3) of Pothasiri, Year 86 (Plate I) [In Cave No. 3 in the Ganesh Pahär.]
TEXT
1 Siddham [] Mahārājasa Kochhiputasa Pothas[irisa] .savachhare ohhäsite 80 6 Hema[n]ta-pakhe patham[e] 1 divase paloba]
2 me 5 eta(ta)yah puruvayam Kosambeyasa [negama]sa Chakrakasa natikasa Phaguhathikasa putasa Rakhitikãe negamasa [Chhamikasa natikasa*]
3 negamasa D[e](Da)tikasa putasa Chelãe et[a]nam [dom]nam jananam putaka(ke)hi ärāmo Jatani chagavaro cha [1] dhamo vadhatu [
4 ima ya chha[to] [*]
V. Fragmentary Inscription (No. 4) of Pothairi [In Cave No. 4 in the Ganesh Pahär.]
TEXT
1 Siddham [*] Maharajasa Ko[ohhiputasa] [Po*]tha[sirisa].[pa*]
2 chame 5 etayam puruvayam Kosar[be]yasa...
[kasa pu]
3 tasa Rakhitikasa negamasa Chhami[kasa]....... 4 lãe etänam dona jananam sahiya putakehf.... lata.. 5.... tā ma[dha]va-[lat] [||]
[Che]
....iyam
VI. Inscription (No. 5) of Pothasiri, Year 86 (Plate II) [On the back wall of Cave No. 5 in the Ganesh Pahar.]
1 The punctuation is indicated by a horizontal stroke. The last sentence may be translated as ' This is the merchants' (earthika) cave'. The rest of
the text is similar to that of No. II.
The last four letters are not clear. The first letter may be di and the second va or pa. Obviously this portion contained the name of the cave. The text of this inscription is similar to that of Nos. II-III. [The reading of the last line seems to be ima dipayatu.-Ed].
This inscription apparently contained the same text as Nos. II-IV and VI. The last line gives the name of the cave as madhava which probably stands for Skt. mandapa, meaning 'a hall'.
