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cnlar inscription admit of it, I would propose to read it 

 " Jetavana Andthapidiko (Pindiko) deti koti-santhatan 

 kitan" "Anathapindiko presents Jetavana bought by Koti- 

 santha "). The only alteration I propose is to read " kitan " 

 as the participle, instead of " ketd." There appears so much 

 confusion in the vowel symbols i and e in inscriptions, and 

 the language appears to differ from the modern grammatical 

 Pali, that I think I may be pardoned for suggesting this 

 alteration. 



There is another legend which has not been noticed 

 either by Professor Max Muller or Professor Childers, on 

 which I would offer a remark. It is thus given by General 

 Cunningham : — 



" Sudhamma Beva Sakha Bhagavatd Chudd Mahd. The 

 words Reva Sabha, I take to mean the assembly or synod 

 which was presided over by the famous Buddhist priest 

 Revato, just 100 years after the death of Buddha, or in B.C. 

 378." 



I have, of course, not seen the photographic copy of the in- 

 scription, but from the close resemblance of d and r in the old 

 Lat alphabet, I should have little hesitation in reading it 

 {< Sudhamu Devasabhd" " Sudhamma the council of gods," 

 the well-known council of Sakko (Indra) [Appendix FJ. 



APPENDIX. 



A. 



Camp, March 27, 1874. 

 Dear Sir, — I have lately had the good luck to find another great 

 tope of the age of Asoka, with a sculptured stone railing, which is of 

 the highest interest for the history of Buddhism as well as for the 

 history of India, 



Amongst the sculptures there are nearly twenty of the Buddhis t 

 legends known as " Jdtakas" with their titles written over them in 

 characters of Asoka's age. It is certain, therefore, that the Buddhist 

 legends are as old as the age of Asoka. Unfortunately I have no 

 means of illustrating the stories of these legends, as I know of no 

 book that gives any account of them. Spence Hardy gives a few 



