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7 ^Nf ^Tcr^ *ffa*i*Ti$ra*TO!rc«r: ft far) 



i ^ri(xr^:^nF irwTTr^Tf^fer .... 



5 fl-sinnr ^rrfTm cTcrfERhr trfT^TG*f*rr. . . . 



. ^^... f^ cf 



The few alterations found necessary by Mr. Yates will be best 

 understood from the insertion of his reading at length : we may however 

 here notice one or two peculiarities or faults of orthography remark- 

 ed by the pandits. The r of T*m\ in line 8 is written thus, THK.*H : — 

 the word ^Hf^, friend, in line 14, is written Surhhad with a double h, 

 and the r superposed : — The anuswara is often replaced by the U at 

 length : the ^T is a compound letter formed by suffixing nr to «T ; and 

 the ^r is in like manner formed by the union of the 3f and the *r, as 

 is observable in other old alphabets, proving that these anomalies to 

 the otherwise beautiful and perfect arrangement of the Sanskrit alpha- 

 bet, are of comparatively modern introduction. 



The purport of the inscription refers, in all probability, to the 



foundation and endowment of some Buddhistic institution by the 



monarch of the day. His name cannot be extracted from the passage s 



extuni. It is evident, therefore, that history will gain nothing by the 



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