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Two more inscriptions of Western Kshatrapas
Rajkot when this author visited and taken eye-copy of the same in 1962 "
The photograph of this inscription was first published in the Chronology of Gujarat and read by Dr H. G Shastri as under:* १ र [[]ज्ञो महाक्षत्रपस्य स्य दस तर
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ख. म स सद् सेव पुत्रस्य
ससस्त्रहिता त तम्मतक
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But this reading of Dr. H G Shastri is rot satisfactory and complete The present author now leads this record as follows.
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१ राज्ञो महाक्षत्रप [स्]य स्य व स्य द्वि सवतर 10 २ शतमे १०० [+]५ पुत्र दपल सिंहसेन पुत्रस्य ३ सर्व सत्य हितसंखार्थ 'मैति [ प्रति]प्ठापितह नि
श्रुवेत्रि
Dr. Shastri has not succeeded in identifying the date which is clear to some extant in line two of the record His reading of second line is not acceptable, as he has read सेर पुत्रस्य instead सिंहसन पुत्रस्य The four letters for fan are obviously clear without doubt The first three letters of the second line are He has read the first alphabet as *, but it seems to me. The fourth letter of the same line stands for the figure of hundred The figure for tens is not clear This may be either digit figure or figure for tens This author feels that the figure stands for five If so, then the date tentatively may be read as 100+5 (of the Saka Era).
This memorial stone was offered and erected by someone, whose name is not legible. But the object of the record is for the benefit and hapiness of all creatures सर्वसत्वहितसुखाय
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So far the orthography is concerned the characters of this epigraph are bold and seem as if marked by overhead horizontal line. The most significant letter in this record is It 7 The photograph of this inscription has been supplied to this author by Shri J. M. Nanavati I am very much thankful to him for his kindness 8 General Editor Dr. M. R. Majmudar, Baroda, 1960, plate XVII A (e) 10 may be read as
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bid, p. 315.
11 It seems and not, but sign for U is not legible." -12 It should be f, but sign for I is missing
