334 Examination of the Inscriptions [April, 



VII. — Examination of the Inscriptions from Girnar in Gujerdt, and 

 Dhauli in Cuttack, continued hy James Prinsep, Sec. As. Soc, 



Sanskrit Inscription, No. I, from Junagarh. 



After the announcement made in the proceedings of the Society, 

 published in the present journal, that the Governor General has acced- 

 ed to my request for the deputation of an officer to take exact facsimiles 

 of the several inscriptions in Gujerat which have turned out to be of so 

 important a nature, it may seem premature or superfluous to continue 

 the publication of the analysis of the less perfect document now in my 

 hands, But it is only in a few uncertain passages that the expected 

 corrections are desired. The body of the matter is sufficiently intelli- 

 gible, both in the Pali edicts of Girnar published last month, and in 

 the Sanskrit inscription from Junagarh, which I have chosen for the 

 subject of my present notice. 



I should indeed be doing an injustice to Captain Lang who executed 

 the cloth facsimile for the President of the Bombay Literary Society, 

 and to Dr. Wilson himself, who so graciously placed it at my disposal, 

 when doubtless he might with little trouble have succeeded himself in 

 interpreting it much better than I can do, from his w r ell known proficiency 

 i i the Sanskrit language ; it would, I say, be an injustice to them, were 

 I to withhold the publication of what is already prepared for the press, 

 which may be looked upon as their property, and their discovery, 

 and to mix it with what may hereafter be obtained by a more accurate 

 survey of the spot. 



Before, however, proceeding to the inscription itself, I have much 

 pleasure in inserting Dr. Wilson's account of his visit to the place, 

 and of the mode in which the inscriptions were taken down under his 

 instructions. It was printed in the Bombay Christian Spectator, whence 

 the author has kindly extracted it at my request, in a letter first receiv- 

 ed from Bombay. 



Account of a visit to Girnar hy the Rev. J. Wilson, D. D. 



It was on the 13th of March, 1835, that I visited the Girnar moun- 

 tain. The following is the extract from my journal which you have 

 asked me to send to you. 



" After leaving the Nawab of Jundgad (with whom and his darbar 

 I had spent the preceding night in keen, but friendly discussion), 

 I rested for a little, and then proceeded in a doli to the celebrated 

 Girnar hill. I found myself at the base of it (the road leads 

 through thick jangal) about day-break. The ascent is very difficult, 



