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OLD BRAHMI INSCRIPTIONS
II. Kbāravela's Inscription
I. 4-Dampa-nata-gita-vādita-samdasanāhi kidāpayati nagarim. I. 1-Sava-kara-vana.anugaha-anekāni-sata-sahasāni visajati pora-jāna
padam. Striking, indeed, is the resemblance in respect of the prose style and letter-forms which exists between the Barhut inscriptions attached as labels to two companion suenes depicting one of the Buddha-legends presupposed by those in the Lalita-Vistarat and the Hāthi-Gumphā inscription of King Khāravela, although the latter shows a maturer development :
I.
Barhut Inscriptions
(a) Utaram disa tini savata-nisisāni.
Dakhinam disa cha-kāmávacara-sahasāni. (6) Sāờikarsammadam turam devānam.
II. Hāthi-Gumphā Inscription
(a) I. 3-Sātakanim pachima-disam haya-gaja-nara-radha-bahulam
damdam. (6) I. 12-Anupadabhavanam ca terasa-vesa-sata-katam bhidati
tamiradaha-samghātam.
- 1. Cunningham's Stūpa of Bharhut, Pl. XIV, S, Gate, Prasenajit Pillar, Middle and Lower Bas-Reliefs. The point is discussed by the author in the Buddhist India, a Buddhist Quarterly edited by Barua and Dharmacharya, Vol. I, No. 3.
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