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Vol. V, No. 8.] Records of the Scythian Period. 273 
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Translation. 
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Maeve a. the second month of the rainy season, the sixth 
day, on that (date specified as) above.........-.. a Bodhisattva 
image) was set up by........ na together with his father (and) 
mother (and)...... oP 
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Ill. Inscrrep Jaina IMAGE, THE YEAR 9. 
Nothing is known about the find spot of this image. The 
material is common red sandstone usually employed in the 
Mathura sculptures of this period. It was standing in the Jaina 
section of the Lucknow Museum without a label or number 
when it was discovered. ‘he inscription consists of three 
irregular lines. The characters belong to the Kusana period, 
and the language is corrupt Sanskrit. 
Text. 
__ 1. Siddham Sam 9 he 3 di 10 Grahamitrasya dhitu Siva- 
Sirisya vadhu Ekradalasya aes 
Kottiya to ganato / Arya Tarika [s] ya / Kutumbiniye 
3. Thaniyato Kulato Vairato Sakhato /[ni] vartana / Gaha- 
palaye dati. 
Translation. 
‘Success! In the year 9 the third month of winter, the 
tenth day; the gift of Gahapala, the wife of Ekradala, the daugh- 
ter-in-law of Sivasiri and the daughter of Grahamitra, at the 
‘request of the venerable Tarika out of the Kottiya gana, the 
Thaniya kula and the Vaira Sakha.’ 
; the space between the feet of the image bears a short 
Inscription consisting of two lines :— 
1. Arya Agha 
2. masya Sisini. 
‘*The female pupil of the venerable Aghama.’’ It refers _ 
most probably to the donor of the image. 
IV. Inscripep Jara IMAGE, THE YEAR 12. 
_ As before nothing is known about the provenance of this 
image. Dr. Fiihrer in his monthly report for the month of 
April, 1892, refers to ‘‘ one pedestal of a statue of a Tirthamkara 
inscribed Sakasarhvat 10. Excavated from the ancient site of a 
Digambara temple at Ramnagar in Rohilkhand.’’! Itis possible 
that our image is referred to by these words of Dr. Fuhrer. 
1 N.W.P. and Oudh Provincial Museum Minutes, vol. v, p. 6, App. A. 
