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king and king of kings ! May it be to the prosperity of (my) 
parents ! May it be to the prosperity of (my) brother Haspliani- 
matega ! May it be to the prosperity of the brothers of Tiga- 
mitra the ornament of Sachyami ! May it ensure, to the highly 
pure (or the great minister) Ugamatega, control over good fortune ! 
May it prove conducive to the moral improvement of mankind ! 
May it be (unintelligible) ! May it ensure control over good fortune 
to those who observe the autumnal fast abasatlia, as also to their 
domestics and such pious congregations as are capable of noble con- 
duct ! May it ensure good fortune to Mistugra ! 
This vihara is the asylum of the houseless of the great congre- 
gation. 
Note on the above. — By E. C. Bayley, Esq. 0. S. 
I have but little material to add to the remarks of Babu Rajendra 
Lai Mitra. My own share in the task of decipherment has not 
been large and did not extend to any extent beyond the two first 
lines, and even on those two lines I confess myself in one or two 
places, notwithstanding that Babu Rajendra Lai’s assistance has been 
rendered, still very dubious of the rendering attempted. 
I wish, however, to explain on one or two points the reason which 
induced me to adopt particular opinions, to some of which I am 
still inclined to adhere. 
In the first place I wish to say that the reading of the ciphered 
dates on the Muttra, Wardak and Eusofzye inscriptions given as 
those adopted by Col. Cunningham and myself are at present almost 
purely conjectural. 
But the Muttra and Wardak inscriptions both contain the name 
of the same king Huvishka (in all probability the Hushka of the 
Raja Tarangini and the Ooerki of the Indo-Scythians) and are 
probably* nearly contemporaneous. There is, I think, if this be the 
case, little doubt that both cannot have reference to the same atra. 
* I say “ probably,” the Wardak inscription roferring personally to the king 
Huvishka is certainly of his date or near it — the illustrative inscription speaks 
of the Vihar of the great king Huvishka and may possibly be of a later date, but 
as it is inscribed on an subcysal part of the main buildings it is not likely to be so. 
