35. Laksmanasena. 
By R. D. Banerui, M.A., Indian Museum, Calcutta. 
The present discussion is based on four stone inscriptions 
discovered in the Gaya District :— 
n inscription, which is at present stuck in the walls 
of a small shrine of Sirya near the Visnupada at Gaya dated 
the year 1813 of the Nirvana era.—According to this inscrip- 
tion a king of the Kama (Kumaon) country, named Purusot- 
tamasimha, seeing that the religion of Buddha was in a 
declining state, sought the help of two neighbouring kings, 
King Asokacalla of the Sapadalaksa (Savalakh) mountains 
and the king of the Chindas, and restored the religion to its 
pure state. The main object of the inscription was to record 
the erection of a temple (Gandhakuti) for the spiritual benefit 
of Manikyasimha, the son of Ratnasri, the daughter of Pur- 
rusottamasimha. The construction of the building was carried 
on under the supervision of the monk Dharmmaraksita, the 
Spiritual adviser of Purusottamasimha..! 
Seat & 
with some other sculptures and inscriptions which are now in 
the Indian Museum.? The last two lines of this inscription 
run as follows :— 
(12) Srimal= Lakh y ° = atita-rajya-sam 51. 
(13) bhadradine 29. 
5, i ipti dis- 
Ty in the Sapadalaksa mountains.—The inscription was 
covered by Mr. V. Hathorne at Bodh-Gaya. Prinsep ip 
his version of the text with an eye-copy 1m an early volume 
341. 
1 A.S.R., Vol. III, p. 126, pl. XXXV. Ind. Ant., Vol X, p. 
2 J.B.B.R.AS., vor. XVI, p. 359; Cunningham’s Mahabodhi, p. 78, 
pl. XXVII A. 
8 Or Laksvana. 
