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14 The Hāthigumphā Inscription and the Bhabru Edict
(nadim)'...? (.) Palavabhāra3 Line 9 kaparukhao haya-gaja-radha-saha yamte sava
gharāvās(i)-pūji. - Th(ū). —.. ya Sava-gahanaṁ ca
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J - Yavana-rāj(ā) D(i)mi(ta)... B - Yavana-rājā? mi??sa?(ā)mo, Since Konow made out Dimita the readings of this passage have been generally based on the presumption that it contains a reference to Demetrius, the Greek King. This presumption is, however, not well founded. What has hitherto been supposed to read Yavanaräjā, actually reads Yamanānadim. The letters beyond it are indistinct. Barua also thought that Dimita could not be definitely made out. Yamanā-nadim also fits more appropriately in the context. The verb apayāto definitely suggests a geographical point and discounts the possibility of a reference to any person. J - ... yachati. ... B-dati???....sava(ra)-(rā)jāna ca...ga(cha)ti The passage is very badly mutilated and it is difficult to make out any reading. It should contain words to indicate the direction of the Yamuna river from Kalinga or to indicate that the river lay in the Madhya-desa or something else to qualify it. Thereafter there may also be a reference to Khāravela's marching in procession attended by the satellite kings, as is suggested by the reading made out by Barua - savara-rājāna ca .... gachati. This reading is, however, not free from doubt and can be taken as only a probable. J – palava. .. B - palavabhāra J - kapa-rukhe B - kapa-rukha – J - sava-gharāvāsa-parivasane aginathiyā B - sava-gharāvāsa-pa???? ya Prinsep - sava-gharavasapa Cunn. – sava-gharavasaya-anatikagavaya Indraji — sava-gharavasadham The letters after gharäväsa are not quite legible. The syallables pū ji tha and ya can alone be read with some certainty. The space is generally taken to contain 6 to 11 letters.
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