1872.] A. M. Broadley — The Buddhistic Bemains of Bihar. 309 
I must now bid adieu to the historical associations of Bihar, and endea- 
vour to point out in as few words as possible the practical results of my 
abours. First. The large number of inscriptions discovered by me, cover- 
ing for the most part the base of some Buddhistic image or frieze, will tend 
to throw considerable light on the history of the I>ala dynasty of Bengal. 
In the chapter on Bihar I have given two of the time of Madanapala 
and \ igraliapala ; in that on Ghosrawan and Titrawan three of Mahipala, 
Ramapala, and Devapala ; and I now proceed to give two others belonrino' 
respectively to the reigns of Gopala Deva and Mahipala. The former "was 
lound.m situ at Nalamla, on the base of a very curious idol, of which the 
following is a tolerably correct description : a four-armed figure of a goddess, 
hree feet high, seated on the back of a lion-couchant. On either side of 
the head are winged attendants. The hair is dressed in a conical shape, a 
miniature figure of Buddha being seated in the midst of it. The head is 
surrounded by an oval halo. The ornaments are as usual. The ri°ht lea- 
is dependent from the throne, and rests on a lotus-blossom The” left is 
gathered up on the lion’s back ; the sole of the foot, being turned outwards, 
touches the right thigh and exhibits the “royal sign.” The upper hands' 
are upraised ; the right holding a hammer, the left a mace. The lower hands 
grasp pincers, and are stretched forth right and left in the act of seizins 
the tongues of two unfortunate attendants who crouch at each corner of 
the figure, with their hands tied with cords behind their backs 
BSbu Rajendralala Mitrahas given the following transcript and transla- 
tion ot the inscription in the plinth — 
“ In the el s ,lth of the waxing moon in the month of A'svina, Samvat 7, 
the most worshipful, the great king of kings, the great lord, Sri Gopala Baja, 
and his wife the worshipful Vagisvari of the country of Suvallavi, erected 
Labu BajendraMk remarks that the verb “ erected” is a conjectural 
rendering of the doubtful letters ni md na, supposed to bo the remains of the 
word nirmdna, but General Cunningham sees in the same characters the 
word Nalanda. The inscription is of considerable historical importance 
The next inscription also comes from Nalanda, and from the jamb of 
the doorway described in the chapter on Buddhistic remains. The followi " 
reading of it is by Babu Bajendralak Mitrar— “ g 
5 iito s ?rft<nsT 131U5T ii 
