Hathigumpha Inscription of Kharavela and Bhabru Edict of Asoka

Author(s): Shashi Kant
Publisher: D K Print World

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The Hāthīgumpha Inscription and the Bhabru Edict pāsādam kārayati athatisāya-sata-sahasehi ( .) Dasame ca vase Damda-samdhi-sā(ma)mayo1 Bharadavasa-pathānam mah(i)-jayanam .... kārāpayati_ (.)....p(ā)yātānam maniratanāni-saha
yātio: Line 11 - (mamdam) ca Ava-rāja-nivesitamá Pithudam
gadabhanagalena kāsayati ( , ) janapada-bhāvanam?
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J— damda-samdhi-sā(mayo) B-dada-ni?dhita(bhisa)mayo J - mah(i)-jayanam. . kārăpayati B - ?hi..?yanaṁ. . . .kārāpayati The sentence ends at kārāpayati. The mutilated portion before kārāpayati should have contained some word to mean “preparations' which were caused to be made by Khāravela. J- .... pāyātānam ca B- ????? tanam The mutilated portion before payātānam should have contained
Ekadasame ca vase. Ca after payātānam is obscure as well as redundant. J - upalabhate B - saha-yāti J-(mamdam) ca Ava-rāja-nivesitam B - ?? puvarāja-nivesitam The initial part of Lines 11-17 has been obliterated. That much space in Lines 1-10 contains 10-12 letters. The best that can now be done to restore the lost text is to make a suggestion in keeping with the context and the size of the space. The record of the second year seems to indicate Khāravela's style of describing his expeditions with reference to cardinal points in relation to his dominions. If so, the obliteration here could have contained dakhina disam, to mean "in the southern direction". The not-so-distinct characters after obliteration strongly suggest mamdam, which also seems to fit in the context. J - Pithumdam gadabha-namgalena kāsayati B -- Pithuda gadabha Nagale nekāsayati J-janasa dabhāvanam (janapada-bhāvanam?) B -- janapada-bhāvanam