29. An Inscribed Copper Ladle from Hazara. 
By N. G. Masumpar, M.A., Lecturer, Calcutta University. 
In March, 1924, I received through the kindness of Mr. H. 
Hargreaves, Superintendent, Archaeological Survey, Frontier 
Circle, five photo-prints of a copper ladle (see fig. I) bearing a 
Kharosthi inscription. Mr. T. B. Copeland, M A., I.C.S., Deputy 
Commissioner of Hazara, to whom the object now belongs, has 
very kindly supplied me with the following information :! 
“ The ladle was not found by myself, but was sold to me by a 
local villager who professed to have found it at the site of the 
Tuins of a building which Mr. Hargreaves tells me was a 
Buddhist Monastery. I have no reason whatever for doubting 
that the ladle was actually found at the spot indicated. 
his spot is covered with forest, and is situated in the foot- 
hills about one mile east of Shinkiari, the headquarters of a 
Police Station, 1] miles north of Manshera, in the Hazara 
District of the N.W.F. Province.” I learn from Mr. Hargreaves 
that the exact place where the ladle was discovered is called 
Bedadi. 
The ladle is 9 inches in length ; the height of the bowl is 
l-4 inches and its diameter 1:9 inches. It weighs 2°7 oz. 
occurrence of such unmeaning dots as e.g. those on the top o 
ra in Uraga, and between di and Se in diée. 
The characters are Kharosthi of the Kusana period and 
may be compared with those of the Sue Vihar Copper-plate 
of the reign of Kaniska.°—The language is Prakrit 0 
the Gandharian variety and shows close resemblance to 
Sanskrit. The use of the conjunct ry in acaryana and sy in 
asyaviana is to be noted. All the three sibilants are 
used; but the occurrence of s instead of § in the latter 

y with the Asiatic Society the above 
nd ishes me to mention 
se eg F. W. Thomas for his study. 
: Ind ., Vol. IV., p. 54. : : 
3 See my edition, Sir J sutosh Mookerjee Silver Jubilee Vols., Vol. IIL 
part 1, p. 459 and Pls, 
