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In point of execution and beauty of the letters, this inscription 

 is superior to the preceding, which itself is vastly superior to 

 Inscription No. I. It looks indeed as if all following inscriptions 

 had taken this one as model. Even the latest inscription of 

 Nucrah Shah of Satganw of the 10th century shews the same 

 manner of execution. With the establishment of the Mughul 

 government in India, the characters commence to change, and 

 though Tughra letters are still in use, they gradually drift into 

 modern Nasta'Uq. 



The following inscription, which stands to the right of the Mihrdb 

 gives the same date as No. III. 



Inscription IV. (Arabic.) 



Blessed is God, the great creator, the creator of the people, * * 



Blessed is He in whose hands the kingdom is. His power extends over 

 every thing. 



Blessed is He who has sent down the Qoran to His servant, that he may be 

 a warner to all generations. 



Blessed is God, the great Creator. O God, God of the heavens, and the 

 earth # * 



Dated 1st Muharram. 713. 



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Inscriptions V and VI. (Arabic.) 



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