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The Mahabharata is alluded to ; 

 Nepal and Assam mentioned ; and 

 Dbananjaya was ruler of the north 

 country. 



This is an inscription mentioned by 

 Col. Todd, but not published : it 

 was obtained from Jain authorities. 

 The character required a key, but 

 was known to the Jain hierarchs. 

 King Chandragupta reigning at 

 Ougein is unexpected. — T. R. A. 

 S., vol. i., pp. 140 and 211. 



Is also the name of one of the Chohan 

 princes of Ajmeer, grandson of |__ i 

 Manikya Rai, whose date is fixed ^* 

 a.d. 695, and his descendant, Pri- 

 thu Rai, was the last Hindu king 

 who reigned in Indraprestha, or 

 Delhi. 



These are notices, by Mr. Hodgson 

 of Nepal, of three tall pillars, or 

 columns, in North Behar, two of 

 the pillars surmounted by a lion, 

 and each having an inscription upon 

 the shaft, which was unintelligible 

 at the time Mr. Hodgson wrote, 

 24th April, 1834. The Bettiah 

 inscription is precisely the same as 

 that of Delhi and Allahabad, No. 1. 



Very numerous inscriptions are upon 

 the basement of a prodigious chai- 

 tya, or relic temple, of an hemisphe- 

 rical form, built without cement, 

 whose circumference is 554 feet, 



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Chandragupta . . 



Chandragupta 

 Piadasi,or Asoko 



Chandagutto in 

 Pali ; Chandra- 

 gupta in San- 

 skrit. 



Religion; or 



Divinities or 



Sages mentioned. 



Not mentioned. 



Buddhist 



Buddhist 



Character used 



in 



Inscriptions. 



Old character, 

 but intelligible 

 to the Jains. 



Old Pali 



Between Allaha- 

 bad No. 2, or 

 Kanouj Nagari 

 and Delhi Lat, 

 or Old Pali. 



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a.d. 371, but if 

 the Jain era of 

 Mahavira be in- 

 tended, the date 

 is b. c. 106. 



315. b.c 



B.C. 40 ? but the 



Samvat 18 may 

 not be of the era 

 of Vicramadi- 

 tya. 



Language 



Inscriptions. 



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Jain inscrip- 

 tion. Pali ? 



Pali 



Pali 



Location 



of 

 Inscription. 



Ougein 



1. Mathiah, 

 near Bettiah. 



2. Bakra. 



3. Radiah. 



Sanchi, near 

 Bhilsa in 

 Bhopal. 



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