1898.] 
T. Bloch — Buddhistic statue from Qravasti. 
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in this Journal, Vol. XXXIX (1870), Part T, p. 130, and Plate VII, 
No. XXI, and by Prof. Dowson in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 
New Series, Vol. V, p. 192 and Plate 8, No. XXXII. 1 Both these 
editions are very unsatisfactory indeed, and it is for this reason that I 
now re-edit this ancient document. 
The pedestal which contains the inscription, measures 3' by 6"; 
the inscription consists of three lines of writing, the size of which 
varies between If" and . Unfortunately the greater portion of the 
first line and a few characters in the beginning of the second are 
entirely gone; the remainder, however, is in a fair state of preservation. 
The lost portion contained the date, and it is owing to its loss that we 
are to resort to palaeograpliic evidence for the purpose of forming an idea 
as to the age of the record itself and of the statue on which it is in¬ 
scribed. I have already above stated my opinion on this point in 
describing the characters of the inscription as belonging to the “ Northern 
Ksatrapa Type.” This type is to be found in the inscriptions of the 
Mahaksatrapa Cudasa or Codasa, the son of Ranjubula , whose reign in 
the North-West of India preceded that of the Kusana Kings Kaniska, 
Huviska, etc. Of p5dasa, hitherto three inscriptions 2 have been found, 
viz .:**■*- 
(1) An inscription from the Jail Mound in Mathura: Arch. 
Surv. Rep., Vol. Ill, p. 30, and No. 1, Plate XIII; 
(2) An inscription from the Kaiikali Tila at Mathura: Ep. 
Ind.> Vol. II, p. 199, No. II (with facsimile); 
(3) The Mora Well Inscription: Arch. Surv. Rep., Vol, XX, 
p. 48, and Plate V, No. 4. s 
Compared with the considerably larger number of Kusana inscrip¬ 
tion, the characters of these documents differ in the following points:— 
(a) the letter ya when -forming the second part of a compound 
(samyuktaksara) is expressed by its full sign, not by the ligature : so 
in No. 1 (Mathura Jail Mound Inscription) throughout, viz ., svamisya , 
mahdksatrapasya, Codasasya (A. S. R., Vol. Ill, PI. XIII) ; in No. 2 
and No. 3 no compound letter with ya occurs ; 
(b) the upper cross-bar of the letter sa consists only of a short 
horizontal line attached to the left hand vertical line of the letter, 
while in the Kusana sa, as a rule, it reaches as far as the right hand 
1 See also Cunningham, Z.c., p. 339, and Yol. XI, p. 87. 
2 With the exception of Mathura Lion Capital, of course, which is inscribed in 
Khardsthi. 
s This is, correctly spoken, only an inscription of a son of Rajuvula. His name 
is lost, but, in all probability, he was Qodasa. A photo taken from an impression 
of this inscription is in the Indian Museum. 
