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of the earth, king of the Tsutemama, the Wata people, Marwar, and 

 Fushiyama ; 2 hundred 2 score after Buddha." 



The next, No. 2, Plate IV., accompanies a naked standing figure. 

 General Cunningham says : " The first part of this inscription is the only 

 important part of it, the rest being a mere string of names of the donors." 

 Having suggested emendations, he continues : " Adopting these altera- 

 tions, the opening may be rendered as follows: 'Glory to the Arhat 

 Maharira, the destroyer of the Devas !' (In the reign) of the King Vasu 

 Deva, in the Samvat year 98, in Varsha (the rainy season) the fourth 

 month, the eleventh day. On that very date, etc.''^-' Now one ought to 

 be able to do a great deal better than that. The upper line of the main 

 inscription is complete, and the sense of that immediately below it, in 

 which two characters only are wanting, can be accurately determined. 

 The lower lines are very much broken, so that the left half only of the 

 first of these affords material for decipherment. The subordinate square 

 inscription on the right can be made out, but seems to lack a concluding 

 word. The latter may be called the fourth part of the inscription, the 

 other legible lines being 1,2, 3, from top to bottom. The reading is, as 

 usual, from right to left. 



No. 2. Line i. Kunihva niabu Buda Jdromeku Tsiimaki tama anolio atsu- 

 fushi magetsii liime tvo mire ftii odd tasJn Inin tsiiku 



Line 2, Sibir inafu ketarii torhvima Wataiand Doidota Sibir ga 

 ivabi Kitsiiuchi ga mito 



Line 3. Gorami ga yonie tstitarii betsii sai Ainrita tsuta Jdine 

 tatsuri 



Line 4. Tsuravd i mcku uiaki ^ sajuura kavd Kitsuuchi tsu tsudo- 

 tatsu zvo yobidata. nedo ga kifiita}^ 



The translation is: "The associated monks, proclaiming Buddha, affix 

 the edict, allowing to be seen this great effigy (resembling monument) of 

 the descendant of Tsumaki. Diodotus of the Wata people, king of Sibir 

 and the peaceful Kitsuuchi, tarries "to talk over (the affairs of) Sibir. 

 Amrita, the principal wife of (his) successor, joins the widow of Gorami 

 in setting up the monument. Tsurami summoned an assembly of 1,004 

 nobles of the Kitsuuchi (to inaugurate) the gift of the wife." 



As unsatisfactory is General Cunningham's rendering of No. 3, which 

 is on the pedestal of a life size naked figure. He reads : " (In the reign) 

 of Maharaja Vasu Deva, in the Samvat year 83, in Grishma (the hot 

 season) the 2nd month, the i6th day. On that very day the gift of an 



