I S3 7.] Facsimiles of Ancient Inscriptions. ' 879 



Translation. 



1. . . Blessings ; — whose kingly and priestly rule even among his ene- 



mies spreads : 



2. . . above his glory goes . . . .for pleasure 



S. . . the powerful flesh-eating Turushcas causing alarm to, 



4. . . . lavishing bland speech on spiritual superiors and brahmans 



without number. 



5. Such a prince as attracts all things to him ; persevering in the pro- 



tection of his people. 



what in the world is difficult (for him) to accomplish ? 



€. . . husband of Parbati ; went on a road, . . . 



7. . . .elephant whose mother's (?) and father's virtue 



8. . . . endure for ages, .... glory and excellence. 



9. virtue. . ... ... 



10. of Deva the great riches, . . . rule . ... moon . . 

 11 great . . . .sun . . . living among. 



12. ... . the cheerful-minded ;...,... 



13. . . then Sri Tillaka brahman, . . (shall be made beautiful ?) 



Of the inscription under the mutilated image I can make nothing 

 more than that it is Sanskrit, and of about the same age. I will 

 therefore conclude with an extract from Captain Burnes' letter, allud- 

 ing to the sketch of the Khaiber tope, made by Mr. Gonsalves, rough- 

 ly copied in Plate XLVII. 



" I have just seen the grand Khaiber tope of which so much has 

 been said. It is like all the others I have seen, but the pedestal, or 

 basement, or whatever it should be called is different. This looks 

 more like a sepulchral monument than any other tope. It is near 

 Lai be*g kd garhi in the very pass, and is a very conspicuous object on 

 the right hand as you pass. It has not been opened, and of course 

 is considered to contain great treasures, which I hope you will ere 

 long have the opportunity of investigating. Besides this tope there 

 are several forts in Khaiber of massive structure crowning the summit 

 of the hills, and attributed to the time of the faifirs, or of course the 

 era preceding Islam" 



I thus prematurely introduce a mention of this unopened tope, that 

 I may draw the attention of those who are about to undertake its 

 examination to some points of inquiry particularly solicited by a 

 German savant, Professor Ritter of Berlin, who has just favored me 

 with an essay on the architecture of these topes, and is now printing 

 a more elaborate memoir, lately read to the academy of sciences at 

 Berlin, on the curious proportions, construction, and destination of these 

 singular monuments, which he supposes to develop and designate 

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