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of Budhuka, at the request of Dhujasiri (Dhurjasri ?) the female 
pupil of Dhujhavala (Dhurjavala ?) out of the Kottiyagana 
Bamadésiya (Brahmadasiya) Kula and the Pacanagari (Vajra- 
nagart) sakha. 
This is the earliest known instance of the mention of Sam- 
bhavanatha, the 3rd Tirthamkara 
VI. Inscrrpep DigaAMBARA IMAGE, THE YEAR 71. 
The discovery of this inscription was very fortunately 
recorded by Dr. Fiihrer in one of his six-monthly reports. ! 
came from the Kankali mound at Mathura. It is incised on the 
inscription is incised on the square base of the pilaster. The 
inscription contains many unusual words and characters :— 
Text. 
Sam 10, 1, va 1, di 10, 5 
e (2) taye (1 ) puvayi [rin] h a 
tiya (2) (3) Muna (3) Simita (®) yle] 
Manirava (4) Susoti (5) dhita 
Hemadevas [ya]........ 
wie ears 
Notes. 
The form of EZ’ in E’taye is quite unusual. It looks 
more like Bb 
he reading of the second syllable in the third line is 
eat It is unlike any Kharos‘hi or Brahmi single or 
compound letter. 
The word Munaésimita seems to be a proper n The 
letter ra has not been met with in Kusana Soretioas but is 
. well known in the inscriptions of the Satraps of Saurastra 
. The word Susoti in the 4th line seems to be a form of 
skt, Svasriya beat the whole line may provisionally be taken to 
mean ‘‘the sister’s daughter’s daughter of Manirava.”’ The 
dropping of the positive case ending may be the result of the 
ason’s carelessness. 
In susoti the marks for @ and w combine to form 0. 
Translation. 
‘In the year 71, the first month of the rainy season, — 
— mth day ; on that (date One | above .....- of Mun 
! Dr. Fiihrer, Annual Progress pigari 0 ore the pitied Survey. 
1 ie »P. ond a Oudh Circle (Epigraphical Section), 1891-92, and J.R.A.8., 
