1838.] from the Sanchi Tope near Bhilsa. 563 



grammatical niceties. As all of them are read through their analogy 

 to Sanskrit words it is probable that my pandit may still err in appre- 

 hending some of the equivalents, especially of the adjectives. 



It is a rather singular fact that, while none of Captain Smith's dd- 

 nams mentioned the city of Ujein, the majority of the present list have 

 the initial word Ujeniyd, ' of Ujein! This I suppose must have pro- 

 ceeded from the former officer having taken his specimens chiefly from 

 one side of the tope, while Capt. Burt naturally undertook the opposite 

 side, as previously unexplored ; and the good people of Vjein may have 

 liked to see their names as much together as possible. 



There can be no doubt (as Capt, Burt writes) that the object re- 

 corded by each was the gift of a stone or pillar of the enclosure, or of 

 the money to pay for its erection ; and we know that the habits of the 

 Buddhist priesthood who live by alms, would lead them to the houses 

 of rich devotees in the flourishing city of Ujein, and the well endowed 

 monasteries and convents of the neighbourhood, to raise funds for the 

 work they had in hand, which was perhaps merely to make the enclo- 

 sure ; for the stupa itself, as we have seen by the published extract from 

 the Mahiivansa, was erected at the expense of the local raja, under the 

 circular mandate of the emperor Asoka. 



I have introduced the whole of these fresh inscriptions from 

 Sanchi in Plate XXIII. on a reduced scale ; numbering them in con- 

 tinuation from the former plate. 



It is unnecessary to repeat them in type, — I therefore confine my- 

 self to a transcript of each in Roman characters. 



No. 22. Ayachudasa antevdsino Balamitasa ddnam thabho. 



" This pillar is the gift of Balamitra, the well-tonsured pupil." 



Or Ay a chuda ^^xfS": may mean also, " having a fine jewel orna- 

 ment," fixed on the tuft of hair left when a child undergoes the 

 ceremony of tonsure; thabho or thambho for ^JW: pillar. See the 

 Carli cave inscription in the last volume, page 1044. 



No. 23. Aya chudasa, dhama kathaka, 

 antevdsino Bala mitasa ddnam. 



" The gift of Balamitra the well-tonsured pupil, reader of dhamma" 



This is perhaps the same party, more advanced in his studies. 



Nos. 24 and 25. Vasuliye ddnam. " The gift of Vasuli." 



There are several bearing the same name, some written Vasulaye, 

 an uncertainty naturally produced by the attempt to render without 

 compound letters the Sanskrit genitive ?^WT: 



No. 26. Sethino patikamakdlikdndm ddnam. 



" The gift of the serving women of the nobility." 



