342 Translation of a Bactrian Inscription. [No. 4 
of them is similar in form to what has been read as 1 by Messrs. 
Bayley and Thomas, and 3 by Col. Cunningham, and the second is 
like a x which they unanimously take for 4, which would make the 
ciphers stand for 34 — 43 or 14 — 41, as we read from the left or right, 
and adopt the valuation of Messrs. B. and T., orC. Now as the moon’s 
age cannot exceed 15 according to the usual mode of reckoning, and 
even if the waxing and wane were counted together would not exceed 
30, either the ciphers do not represent the higher figures, or they 
cannot stand for the moon’s age. By accepting Messrs. T. and B.’s 
valuation and reading from the right, the ciphers might he made to 
stand for the fourteenth lunation, hut in the Eusofzye inscription 
above alluded to, the name of the month is followed by two crosses 
thus “ mitti x x ,” which if taken for the lunation would he absurd. 
It is possible that the five letters between chitrasa and mitti which 
are yet undecyphered, might show us that the two crosses in the 
record are not intended for the lunation, while there being nothing 
unintelligible before or after the ciphers in the Wardak inscription, they 
might be the representatives of the moon’s age. As long, however, 
as we have not the means thoroughly to determine the values of the 
ciphers, it would be a waste of time to argue upon the subject. 
The words imena gatrigena after the date, are distinct. Then 
follow samagusa putra TJgamategasya, the former of which may be 
pamagwsya putra and the latter Nagamanegasya or Vagamategasya. If 
the facsimile in Thomas’s Prinsep may be relied on, and there is not 
the least doubt of its accuracy, the y after the last two words and 
the t in the middle of the last, are undoubted ; while the initial letter 
of the last word is very unlike an n. 
Next follow the words iya “ this,” Masavamri sJielchala siga (for 
sringa) “ on the peak of the Khasavamri hill” (sekhala for sekhara) 
and TJgamatega vihdra “ the monastery (vihara) of Ugamatega or 
Vagamatega.”* Messrs. B. and T. read the second word differently. 
B. makes it Ichaba dharmasatasa siga and the latter Tcliannagravana 
siga, but the facsimile does not support their readings. The sa of 
Miasa and the klia of sikhala are however doubtful j the Telia is 
particularly so, hut more from its diminutive size than from its 
contour. Ihe use of the l for r in shekhala, and siga for sringa, are 
well known Pali peculiarities which need no comment. 
* Note “ Klmba” = “ Klmmba” = “ Stlmmba. — E. C. B. 
