430 Remarks on the Taxila Inscription. [No. 4, 
it may be observed, that the words may be brought into pretty close 
agreement without any violation of the true meaning. S’dnta signi- 
fies “quieted, humbled.” The.words “rdjye Skandha-quptasya s‘dnte 
varshe trins’ad-dasaikottaraka-s'atame” may therefore be rendered 
“In the year 141 since the kmgdom of Skandha Gupta was humbled 
(by us)” which is much the same as saying that it was taken posses- 
sion of and ocewpied. The origi of this difference of translation is 
palpable. Professor Hall considered the matter from a Gupta point 
of view, I have looked upon it through the medium of the authors of 
the Inscriptions, who probably thought more of magnifying themselves 
than of recording the downfall of a by-gone dynasty. 
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