238 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. , (July, 1909. 
(3) An unpublished yr, Re on the drum of a pillar base 
of mee et Op only is still le 
est have been arranged as far as possible in a chrono- 
logical order — 
I. —Inscription on a pillar base (M. 2f). Four different ver- 
sions of this qeateiption have already appeared :— 
(a) Mitra—ert 2fafae cfuamefagtane a ve fora 
se | 
(b) Dow son—-D nati Devilasya Dadhikarnnadevikulikasya 
sam 47, gri 4, divase, 
iF Onnsiugbien”Danasb Devilasya Dadhi Kundi. 
devikulikasya sar 47, gr. 4, divase, 3 
(d) Li iders—Danam Devilasya Dadhikarnnadevikulikasya 
sath 40 7, gri 4, divase 20, 9.* 
But the sabdeiption is (see pl. i, no. 1). 
Danam cee pDadiikergpaderaliulikasys, samh 407, gri 
4, divase 20. 
There is no need of showing that “aaa ae oe the same 
meaning as devakula in Prakrit. There is no ark on the 
top of va of deva. Had it not been for another Mathura a cael 
2 
ay 
6 
4 
ee) 
"3 
B 
© 
of the merchant Devila-Dadhikarnna.” But as we 
cognate inscription that Dadhikarnna was tle name of a Naga at 
Mathura, we can’t differ from Dr. ‘Liiders’ translation. 
TRANSLATION, 
“(In the) year 47 the 20th day of the fourth month of the 
scene the gift of Devila, the servant (or priest) of the god 
arn 
II.—Inscriptions on a pillar base (M. 2e). There are two 
oman on this base of which one only has been noticed 
or 
(a) This inser 1 Pt been noticed by Mitra,’ Dowson,’ 
Cunningham,® and Lide 
t the pike reading is ; (see plate i, no, iia) :— 
+ Sativa are 407, va 2, divase 5, Asya purvvaye danam bhik- 
gusya Rae attaca? 
TRANSLATION, 
“In the year 47 on the 5th day of the second month of the 
= season on the gift of the mendicant Dharmmadata (-datta).” 
Vol. xxxix, pt. i, p.127, 
2TKaAs a Vol ae 166: ue re . 
3 Arch Sur. Rep., Vol. iii, p 34, no. i 4 Ind, Ant., Vol. xxxiii, p. 102. 
ili. 
8 Arch, Sur. Rep., Vol. ‘it, = ms ab ih. 9 Ind, Ant., Vol. xxxiii, p. 102. 
