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sidhaṁ –namo bhagavato savasatotamasa saṁmāsaṁbudhaseti mahārājasa māḍharīputasa °ikhākuṇaṁ sirivīrapurisadatasa saṁvacharaṁ 109gimhapakhaṁ 4divasaṁ 103dhaṁñakaḍavathavasa saṁghilagahapatisa natukena vairavāniyaputena saghilena matāya dhaṁmavānikinīya bhātuno ca nāgilaṁnakasa bhaginiya budhaṁnikāya samudaṁnikasa bhariyāya sāgaraṁnikāya bhātubhariyāya saṁghanikāya bālakānaṁ ca vairasirinakasa caṁda kasa nāgilaṁnakasa bālakānaṁ ca dhamaṁnikāya patu kāya nāgasaṁmaṁnikāya ca °evaṁ sanātimitabaṁdhavagena saha i i paṭane mahā i
sidhaṁ –sidhaṁ omChhabra’s reading is criticized (p. 191, n. 5) by D.C. Sircar, the editor of the Epigraphia Indica volume in question, who interprets it as a variant of one found in Kuṣāṇa inscriptions, and refers to : 150, n. 3.°ikhākuṇaṁ°ikhākunaṁgimha-The form of the akshara meant to be mha is not regular: 191. Cf. EIAD 52, l. 3.natukena vaira-The na seems ambiguous, perhaps because the engraver started to write the v of the following syllable.saghilenasaṁghilenabhaginiyabhagini-Sircar (p. 191, n. 5) suggests restoring bhagininaṁ.samudaṁnikasasamudaṁnikāyacaṁda reads two anusvāras in the lacuna. Restore caṁdasaṁmaṁna-.patu-It is tempting to restore this word to pituchā.i iiiya ignored the trace of an i vowel on what must have been an 11th line.

Success! Homage to the Bhagavant, the best of all beings, the Perfect Buddha! In the 19th year of Great King Māṭharīputta Siri-Vīrapurisadatta of the Ikṣvākus, in the 4th fortnight of the hot season, on the 13th day.

By Saṅghila, grandson of the notable (gahapati) Saṅghila resident of Dhaññakaḍa, son of Vairavāniya, by his mother Dhammavānikinī, and by his brother Nāgilannaka, his sister Budhannikā, by Samudannika’s wife Sāgarannikā, by his brother’s wife Saṅghannikā, by his sons Vairasirinnaka, Canda ..., Nāgilannaka, by his daughters Dhammannikā ... and Nāgasammannikā — in this way together with relatives, friends and relations ... in the city, the great ...

vaira-Is this for vajira : vajra? The same name seems to figure in EIAD 43.

First edited by . Re-edited here from the published estampage.

: no. 21: no. Uppu 1: 183–4: 113–4 (no. 15)