130 Notes on Sanskrit Inscriptions from jlatlmrd. [No. 2, 



Plate VI. No. xvn. — On the base of a Pillar (deposited in 

 the Museum of the Asiatic Society). 



Grift of the mendicant Dharma-datta to ? Purva, on the 5th 



day of . If the compound letter before Purva, be read as sha- 



shtha, the meaning may be the nth preceding the sixth, a form of 

 expression still current in Nagari hundis or drafts, but this form 

 would scarcely be used in monumental records. 



Plate VII. No. xvm. — On the base of a Pillar (deposited in the 

 Museum of the Asiatic Society.) 



^rpr t *rc (a a ?) f^* * sre(?)ir*? ^f IV W ^^T^^ 



Gift of the mendicant Dharma-datta to the great Buddha 



on the 5 th day of ? 



Plate VII. No. xix.— On the base of a Pillar. 



The gift of the mendicant Buddha-bhima the unworthy 



Bhikshu, 



Plate VII. No. xx.— On the base of a Pillar. 



^Trfar^ ^T^f wnra ^TT f^irf * 



* * 



* * * 



The gift of Datta-bhikshu, son of Sangha, the rest illegible. 



Plate VII. No. xxi. — From the base of a colossal statue found 

 at Sahet Mahet, and deposited in the Museum of the Asiatic 

 Society. 



****** f^^ra inre fv^^T SQJ 



The gift of the mendicant (Purya Sadya) Mihira and the noble 

 mendicant Tripitaka, for the relief of involved mortals, and the 

 attainment of the fruit of (such a) gift, (as also) for the enjoyment 

 (lit. movement) of Bhagavan — (from) the donation of the well-be- 

 haved Bakrateya for the good of mankind. 



The document is very puzzling ; the translation here given is a 

 mere guess. 



