A

HAND BOOK
TO THE INSCRIPTIONS GALLERY IN THE
PESHAWAR MUSEUM
BY
M. A. Shakur, B. A., M. R. A. S.,
Curator, Peshawar Museum, Peshawar,
t WITH A FOREWORD
BY
HON'BLE KHAN MUHAMMAD YAHYA KHAN,

MINISTER EDUCATION,
N.-W. F. P.

1946
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A
HAND BOOK
To The Inscriptions Gallery
in the
PESHAWAR MUSEUM
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 A
HAND BOOK
TO THE JNSCR I PTIONS GALLERY IN THE

PESHAWAR MUSEUM
BY

M. A. Shakur, B. A., M. R. A. $.,

Curator, Peshawar Museum, Peshawar,
'I

WITH A FOREWORD
BY
HON'BLE KHAN MUHAMMAD Y AHYA KHAN

MINIS fER EDUCATION ...

N.-W. F. P.

]946
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 CONTENTS Pages
Foreword i-ii
Preface ... iii--iv
Introduction v-xii
1. Bedadi copper ladle inscription 1
2 Dewal stone inscription of the year 708 2
3. Gilgit Tablets inscription ... 4
4. Gyaintsa stone inscription. ···' 4
5 Ha ripur stone inscription of the year 1848 A. D 6
6. H -iz ,ra stone inscription of the year 538 . . . 7
7. Hund stone inscription of the year 482 A. H.
8. Hund stone inscription
9
{i
9. Hund stone inscription of the year 169 12
10. Jamalgarhi stone i 1scription ... 13
11. J a malgar hi stone inscription of the year 359 14
- 12.
13.
Jam.1lgarhi stone inscription •••
Jamalgarhi stone inscription . ..
15
16
14. Kaniza Dheri stone inscription 16
15. Khazana Dheri stone inscription 17
16. Khudu Khel stone inscription 18
17. Khudu Khel stone inscription 19
18. Khudu Khel stone in�cription 20
19. Kbudu Khel stone inscription 20
20. Khudu Khel stone inscription 21
21 Khudu Khel stone inscription of the year 168 21
22. Khudu Khcl stone inscription 23
 ERRATAS
Page-iv Line 13 read (29-31) for (31-33).
Page-iv Line 14 read 34 for 35.
Page-iv Line 15 read 1 fo, 49.
Page-viii Line 7 read makes for ma�e.
Page-ix Line • 9 read claims for clam.
Page-xii Line 3 read 49 for 11.
Page-13 Line 13 read 1907-08 for 1907-07.
Page-15 Line 15 read form for from,
Page-16 Line 1 8 read heads for head.
Page-17 Line 11 read runs for rnns.
Page-18 Line 15 read Bhu�a for bh�pa.
Page-20 Line 11 read a rehc for reltef.
Pagr-26 Line 20 read son for sons before brackets.
Page-39 Line 7 read Keane for Keen.
Page-41 Line 11 read E..for 44.
Page-51 Line 4 r,ad bowl for blow.
Page-55 Line 8 read a stone for as tone.
Page-13 Line 6 recsJ the following under TRANSL
TION. A·

Be it well: In the construction of the temple

by queen Kamesvaridevi, Jayantaraja, son of Upen­
dra, who was a resident of Avanti and a Suryadvija,
was the chief architect. Brahmana sri-Pillaka, son
of sri-viraditya was the Panchakula ( chief of the
Assembly?) . The composer of the record was the
Kayastha Bhogika, son of Vihenda, and a Suryadvija.
The construction commenced on Saturday the 8th
day of the dark half of Asvayuja in Samvat 168
and it was consecrated on Thussday the 12th day of
the [Link]. Asbadha in Samvat 169.
 .CONTENTS II
23. KJ-u2u Khel stone inscription 23
24. Kula Dheri casket inscription of the year 303 24
25. Kula Oheri casket inscription 26
26. Lahor stone inscription 27
27. Lalpura (Afghanistan) wrestlers' inscription 28
28. Mamane Dheri pedestal inscription of the
ye�� 29
29.' Palatu Dheri (Charsadda) jar inscription ... 31
30. Palatu Dber� (Cbarsadda) jar inscription .. . 32
31. Palatu Dheri (Charsadda) jar inscription ... • 33_
32. Palatu Dheri (Charsadda) pedestel inscription 33
33. Peshawar stone inscription of the year 1039
A.H. 34
�4 Shahji-ki-Dheri casket inscription .. . 26
35-40 Shahji-ki-Oheri glazed bricks [Link] . ... 38
41. Sbertalao stone inscription . . . 39
42-44 Stone inscription of unknown provenance
(forgeries) 48
45. Stone inscription of unknown provenan�e .. . 39
46. Takht-i-Bahi pottery inscription 40
47. .T:[Link]-i-Babi Buddha image inscription
48 . Talai Plain stone inscription of the year 48 42
41

49. Tochi Valley stone inscription of the year

243 A.H. 43
50-51 Totai stone [Link] (forgeries) 49
52. Wartir stone inscription 45
53. Yakubi pedestal inscription . . . 4•
 APPENDIX A
List of inscriptions with various scripts
LIST OF PLATES
Bedadi copper ladle inscription.
48
APPENDIX B I -1-5.

List of Dated inscriptions II . -1. Dewal stone inscription of the year 708.
... 48
2. Gyaintsa stone inscription.
APPENDIX C
III.-1. Haripur stone inscription of the yea r,
list of forg, d inscriptions ... 49 1848 A. D
APPENDIX D 2. Hazara stone inscription of the year 538
List of inscriptions with one letter 50 IV.-1. Hund stone inscription of the year
482 A. H.
2. Hund stone inscription.
APPENDIX E
Detailed list of inscriptions 50
APPENDIX F V.-1. Hund stone inscription of the year 169 .
List of Eras used in these records 2 Jamalgarhi stone inscription.
60 3. Jamalgarhi stone inscription of the year
Biblioaraphy 60 j59.
62
Index ...
VI.-1. Jamalgarhi stone inscription.
Map showing find-spots of Kharosbti insc
ripti��- 66 2 Jamalgarhi stone lamp inscription.
3. Kaniza Dheri stone inscription.
4. Khudukhel stone inscription.
5. Kbazana Dheri stone inscription.
VII.-1. Kbudukhel i:tone inscription.
2. Khudukbel stone inscription.
3. Kbudukhel stone imcription.
4. Khudukhel stone inscription.
5. Khudukhel stone inscription of the
year 168.
VIII.-1. Khudukhel stone inscription.
3. Takht-i-Bahi Buddha imag� inscription.
2 . Khudukhel stone inscription.
4. Talai Plain stone inscription of the
I

3. Lalpura (Afghanistan) wrestlers' year 48.

inscription.
4 Labor stone inscription. XV.-1. Tochi Valley stone inscription of the
year 243 A. H.
5. Mamene Dheri stone inscription of the
year 89. 2. W :1rtir stone inscription.
IX-1-4 Kula Dheri casket inscription of the 3. Yakubi pedestal inscription.
year 303.
.
x -I-3. Kula Dheri casket inscription.
XI.- 1. Palatu Dheri (Charsadda) jar inscription.
2. Palatu Dheri (Charsadda) jar inscription. Figures
3. Palatu Dheri (Charsadda) jar inscription.
4. Peshawar stone inscription of the year 1.-Bedadi copper ladle inscription.
1039 A.H. 2 -Gilgit clay. tablets inscription.
XII-1-4. Shahji-ki-Dheri casket inscription.
XIII -1. Shahji·ki-Dheri glazed brick inscription.
2. Shabji-ki-Dheri glazed brick inscription.
3. Sbahji-ki-Dheri glazed brick inscription. Map
4. Shahji-ki-Dheri glazed brick inscription .
5. Shahji-ki-Dheri glazed bKick isncription. Showing area and findspots of Kharoshti inscriptions.
6. Shahji-ki-Dheri glazed brick inscription.
7. Palatu Dheri pedestal fr,scription.
8. Sbertalao stone inscription.
Xrv. -1. St?_ne [Link] of unknown provenance.

2. Takht-i-Bahi pottery inscrjption.

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 FOREWORD
I have very great pleasure in writing a foreword
to the very valuable handbook p r epared by Mr.
M . A. Shakur, Curator of the Peshawar Museum .
The work bears traces of deep interest and areat
pains taken in a cause in which pioneering work
bas mostly been done by Europeans and it is
very refreshing _to find that me n of our own pro­
vince have now awakened to the value of the
researches in t:he archaeological side of history.
T wo types of v isitors generally pass a few hours
in an archaeolog ical Museum of the kind we
have at Peshawar. There are the intelligentsia
who come to lea rt• something and there are others
who get a p eculiar pleasure in looking at the
arts of ancient timef whether or not they under­
stand anything of them. Those who want to
add to thei r k no wledge are also -of two types,
the technical and non-technical or amateurish type
of people. It is chiefly the latter who by means
of ,uch guide s or handbooks as Mr. Shakur bas
prepared \Ire enabled to get the desired infor­
mation The specialist students and scholars are
very rare, but even if such visitors arrive they

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 ii Foreword
PREFACE
will find in Mr. Sh akur•s book a very systematic
account of various scripts wh ich are inscribed on
• • Th is h andbook is primaril y meant for guidance
the stones and which reve al very interesting facts of those visitors w h o would not care t o go into
"'bout the life of a time so long ago. I am sure details of these inscriptio ns either for w ant of
a long felt need of the times h as thus been time or specrnl aptitu de . An attem pt has how­
ever been m adi> to presen t it in a form which
tapped and I am prepared to say the very best I
may prove useful to non-techincal persons as well
can to encourage and help works of th is description.
as scholars an d s tu dents. Al l inscriptions d ealt
Peshawar, the Muhammed Yahya. with in these pages coul d not be exh ibite d for
19th April 1946 Education.
Minister want of space. The most imp ortant and c omplete
ones have only been arrange d in th e upper g aller y
which is reached by climbing the stairs at the
entrance to the main hall. They are p rovi de d
with trilingual labels-in English, Urdu and Pash tu .
Other inscribed stones would be found in differe nt
show-cases where they are displa ye d acc ording
to their provenance. There are still ochers lying
in the reserve collection. Re ference as to their
'whereabouts' in each case is given at th e en d
of sum mary. Forged writings on stones have
been excluded from this list, though their donors
fin dspots, sizes. etc, appear in the table of con­
tents and in Appendix.
As regards the • method and pla n adopted in
preparing this handbook, a few words must be
 iv Preface

•· said by. way of explanati0n. All epigraphs are

arranged alphabetically according to the name of
the findspots. Though the exact provenance of
the inscriptions presented to the museum by Sir
Harold Deane and Colonel Pipon is not known,
yet all of them come from the Khudu Khel country,
and they are, therefore, treated under this sub­
head. Unless of special interest, only those re­
c:,rds have been included in these pages which
contain, at least, two aksharas. Legends on coins,

NOTE :-S ince dots and mar k&

gems and seals do not come within the range
den oting various of this handbook. The lettering of inscriptions
s nd� and pro nun ciat ion s wer _ _it:� '
a e 1!1 thG . Press whe n the e not ava il­
br on earthen jars (No.�) is a thin black wash ;
was berng pnn �ed_ therefore the Handbook No. � ittecorded on a bronze casket of Kanishka ;
tion of all mscr1p,t10n s wer e left transcrip­
unm ark ed. No. 49 1 appedrs on a copper ladle. With the
exception of No. 6, which is recorded in relief,
all others are incised on blocks of stone, stone
slabs, pedestals of stone sculptures and stone
relic caskets.
Those interested in vari9us scripts used in tbe!e
records and wanting further information as regard!
the' reckoning of dates mentioned therein are refer­
red to the bibliography appended to this handbook.
Peshawar:
March 31, 1946. M. A Shakur
 INTRODUCTION
To the student of ancient Indian languages, the
enquiry as to how the various alp habets employed
in these inscriptions played their rule in different
periods of human history, is full of interest. The
invention and general diffusion of alphabetic wri­
ting in India took place about 800 B. C. It was
from a P hoenician centre eastward towards Mesopo­
tamia that Hindu traders, passing up the Persian •
Gulf, having commercial dealings with Aramaean
trader! i n Mesopotamia, and, becoming acquainted
with their graphic methods, imported the knowledge
and use of their phonetic signs into India. As
mentioned in the preface, :.ince this handbook
is intended for the help and use of 'common'
visitors to the Epigraphical gallery o f the museum,
hence c ontroversial matters have altogether been
avoided. A brief and simple account of the
various scripts used in these records may, how­
ever, help all readers.
1 he inscription-alphabets employed in these re­
cords are of three principal kinds. The first one
is called Kharoshti, The characters of this lan­
guage is derived from Aramaic, which was in
common use for official purposes all over the
 Vl Introduction

Achaemenian Empire during the period when it In troduction vii

comprised Norrh-Western India. It is beyond Dr. Sten Kono w is of .opin ion t hat its place
any doubt that it sprang into being as the result of
origin was Gandhara, perhaps more especially
of the intercourse between the offices of Satraps Taxila. 1 The P-nclosed map woul d show important
.i n d of the :.ative authorities. It has been developed sites where Kharo shti was regularly used.
on India soil for notmg dowo the sounds of an
India.n language. 1 It flows like all other Semitic The inscriptions published here do not belong
writings from right to left. The H mdus of ancient to t he period when K haroshti s cript first beean
India used at first the pure Ar:1maic script, fo be used and therefore none of them can be ,,
just as in much later times r hey adopted the broug ht into connecti,: m with the Achamenians
• Arabic characters for a number of their dialects.
or with the Mauryans, who succeeded them as
The period of its development was an accompli­
shed fact in the middle ot the third century rulers over the North-Wes t ern India . Most of
B. C. when irs alphabet� were used in the Mansebra them date to th:! period when the Yavanas, the
and Shahbazgarhi versions of Asoka' s Edicts. Sakas and t he Pahlavas had made themselves
The area within which Kharo�hti was current masters of the country, after the do wnfall of the
belong to the North -V.'est and may be defined Mauryan Empire. Of these three peoples, the
as extending from about 69° to 73°.30 E. and Sakas and t he Pahlavas, how-ever, had played a
from the Hindu Kush to about 3 3° N. Thc,ugh much more important role in the Kharoshti ins­
there is a Kharoshti record from Patna. yet the criptions. Some of their chief rulers and leaders
plaque on which it is written has evidently been are . mentioned by name and their history forms
left there by a person who came from the North­ the basis of t he chronological questions connected
West. There are many other stray instances, but with these records . Here lies the significance of
this does not show the actual limits of the area. these inscriptions as one of the principal source.s
for our knowledge of an i mportant period of
l ndian history.
1. Buhler's Origin of Indian Alphabrt�. 2nd, Edition of
Indian Studies, No. iii, pa ges 48 and 92.

l. l n$criptionum lndicarum , Vol. II, Fan I. Page xiv.

 Introduction ix
viii Introduction
Four of the Khciror�ti inscriptions are dated, Insc ript ion No. 24 = 245 A. D.
in years, months and days, but without any indi­ Ins crip tio n No 28 = 166 A. D.
ti insc. ript ions
cation of the era or eras used. It has been The rem aining und ated Kha rosh
and are rou ghly
m:iintained by so11e scholars th1t we have th rough­ pro bab ly rela te to the S:ik a Era
the fou rth cen tur y
out to d0 with one nnd the same reckoning. dare d bet wee n the seco nd and
But palaeographical cosideration, however, makes A. D.
�crip t used
i t impossible to accept this opinion. Others hold The seco nd kind of anci ent Indi an
mi. Its clain
that we have to do with, at leasr, two eras, viz. in these insc ripti ons is calle d Bra�
nam e Brah ma­
the Saka Era of 78 A. D. and the Kanishka Era to greater anti quity is proved by its
as they
which was probably established on the occasion give n to it by the Brah mans , beca u�e.
ma. 1 It
of the Indo-Scythian coalition some time after asser t, i t was inven ted by their god Brah
ct of
.
Wi ma Ka d P h 1ses ' d eath. 1 While calculating these was e mplo yed to expre ss the Prak rit diale
to right .
dates we must not ignore t hat the Greek pre ­ the Budd hist king s, and flowed from left
imcr ip­
decess ors of the Indo-S cythian s had of old a lts first appe aranc e on actually existing
earli er
secula r era- the Seleuc idan o f 312 B. C.- W [Link] " h tions discovered so far cann ot be place d
a'f
was also largely used by the Pnrthians , the over­ the third centu ry B. C. Ir is the script of Asok
! 0rds of the Sa kas before they made themselves inscr iptio �s in Ce11tral Irdia , and eve n in Nor·
urre ntly with
m �ependent. Taking i n to considera tion all these them Indi a whe re it i s foun d conc
poin ts• the datLs oi r le .. 1 1 tl m�crrp 11011l; No 1 1 bt that the Brah mi
1 Klia,os Kha, oshti. The re is no dou
and 2 l refer to the Saka Era , wh ile cl1ose m e nt10n- .' ch con nec t the m
. lett ers hav e cert ain feat ures whi
ed i �- Nos. 24 and 28 are refere d to the Malva and pt, and the refo re
wit h the anc ient Pho enic i·r n scri
Kanish k � �ras respectively, which corre.,;p ond to The sub seq uen t
the Christian dates i n the follo wirg order with t h e Gre ek and Rom an
into wha t is call ed
_
Inscr ipt ion
: dev elop men t of Bra hmi sym bols
No. 1 1 = 275 A D Gupta period and
Ins crip tion No 2 l Gupta script too k plac e in tht!
84 A. "• •
Y M. VI ilham 1,
1 . Corp u lnscri p tion um Ind icaru
' m, Vol. II, Fa, t I c,f I. Sansk rit-E nglis h Dictioni.r y l · Sir M .
1929, page xciii.
1899, paaie x:xv i.
 Introduction xi
X lntroductt'on
its la test phase rs Deva-N agari (Fin and Naskh was its subsequent development. 1 The
d t ) generally
thou g h t to be abou t 800 ye;ir Nastaliq was a later modifi..:'ltion under the in­
s old. Its :final
grow th into Sarada a nd its co-ordin
ated scripts fluence of old Pahlwi writing in Persia. The
are _ trac �abl e to the late r Pan dits Sh1k 1sta script is only a variation of Nastaliq
w h o tried
to imp rove the anci ent gra p'1ic srgn which is difficult co be read owing to om1ss1on
s by sett ing
them as upri ght as poss ible a n d of dots and too much use of ligatures. These
by d raw ing a
hor izon tal stro ke to serv e a s are the four main types of the A rabic characters­
a line from whi ch
the lett ers mig ht han g dow
n, and so fecu re a the first t w o being attributed · to Arabic writing
syst em of stra ight writing .
and the latter to Persian.
Th_e dat es recorded i n Brahmi
insc ript ion s refe r The [Link] writing is as old as the Arabic
to differen t eras and cor res;, ond
to the foll owi ng language itself. But it disappeared in the begin­
Chr istia n date s :
ning of the seventh century A. H . (13th . century
Insc ript ion No . 2 of the yea r 708
(V ikra ma Era) = A. D.) because of its fantastic decorative form,
651 A. D. yeildinj! place for Naskh. It was not until the
Insc ript ion No. 6 of the yea r 538
(La uki ka Era) = advent of the Mughal rule that the use of Nas­
146 1 A. D. taliq characters prevailed in India. 1 The Sh1kasta
Insc ript ion No. 9 of the yea r 169
(Ha rsh a Era) = scr:ipt was invented during the reign of hhangir
774-75 A. D by Mirza Muha mmad Hussain . 3 This brief analysis
Ins crip tion No. 15 of the yea
r 38 (Sastra Era ) • = I. Aini-i-A kb,,ri. English tran,lation by Blochmani,;Vol.
Inscription No . 48 of the yea r
48 (Harsha Era ) = I, page 99 .
. llir11t-i- A ftob Nama of Shah Nawaz Khan folios 132b-
653-54 A. D. 1�3a.
The rem aini ng und ated Brahmi
inscriptions ran ge 2 Ai11-i-Akb1,ri. Engliah tran5lation by Blocbmann, Vol.
from the sixt h to the 11th . I. page 102,
cen tury A. D.
The rigi n of Arabic wri ting 3. 7',,rikh-i-Kh11., h11 , nn is,oi of Maulana Gbulam Mu- -
� is attributed to bammad of Delhi, pages 105-06.
the Syriac wri ting . i Its primitiv
e form was Kufic 1' 11r ikh-i-Kft.,sh11 1tu·is,,.,, of Nawab Ziaud-Din Khan of
Laharu ( m anusC? ipt in pcuessicn of K . B, Maulvi Zafar
1• "J'w il,hi Da wal-i- '.Arab by Tal'at Bey, Hasan) fl. l l (a).
13J5, page 58.
 ..

xii Introduction
would suffice to explain the scarcity of kufic . .......
inscriptions i n the museum. No�9N. is the oldest INSCRIPTiON No. 1
Muslim epigraph yet discovered in India. It i s
A copper ladle, bearing this inscrip­
dated 243 A. H. corresponding t o 857 A . D . All
tion, w·as presented to the museum by
dates mentioned in Muslim inscriptions are:ass ign­
Mr T.B. Copeland. It was found at
ed to Hijra Era of 622 A. D .
Bedadi 1 a small village s ituated o n the
Peshawar river , Siran, some 12 miles to the
M arch 31, 1946. M. A. Shakur north-north-west o{;;Mansehra, D is­
trict Ha�ara. The _ ,s.,ite is of consi­
derable antiquity WP.-ere the late �fr
-Atirel Stei,n found numerous speci­
mens of coinage of Azes and the
Fig. 1 Hindu Shah is of Kabul, a fine silver
coin of Augustus, several coins of Soter Megas
and early Kushan kings. The ladle is 9 i nches
i n length a n d weighs 2.7 ounces. The bowl of the
ladle is 1.4 i nches high and has a diameter of 19
inches. There is 8.6 inches long handle joined at
right angle to the dia meter of the bowl and termi­
nates i n an oval ring formeci by bending it backwards.
The inscription runs round the bowl and the letters
consist ot punched dots, The characters employed
are Kharoshti of the Kushan perio d, having an avera­
ge size from 1/6" to f': The writing records the gift
to one of the religious establishments of Bedadi by
some zealous layman about the middle of the second
century A. D .
 '2 3

The text along with its translation run as fullows .-­ well by Kulasanka, the son of Puiya , at the
d­
TEXT instance of Sahasy�ra in Samv at 708, correspon
appe ar
�f:amgh arnkshi [das a da]n� samghe chadudise Ura­ ing to 651 A. D. But the script does not
ng.
saraje ach arya (n e)na Kashya viyana to be so old as the ye ar given in the writi
The text of the inscription toget her with its trans ­
TRANSLATION
Gift of Samgharakshita to the congregation of lation run as follows :
the four quarters, in the Urasa I kingdom, of the TEXT
Kasyapiya teachers. Line 1.-0 m svasti / / sa m vat 708 Asvayuja va­
The inscribed ladle is exhibited in Ta ble Case Line 2.-di 9 atra di (n)eha Trohakagrahare ?
ma­
No O• WJt • h No. 970-M, In the upper right-hand Line 3.-Sri-Puiya-putra Sri-(ku) lasanka (na)
ahas yara j­
galle
• ry. See plate I. 1-5. Line 4.-(mna) ayam kupa h Kritah Sri-s
Line 5.- na karapita h - --pativasam-
m-
Line 6.- (ti) Kapisikan salila karshana
INSCRIPTION No 2
This inscription, measu ring 12½ .. x 9"' X 3", w:s
Line 7.-An (e) na (tra) kupa karsnako-
presented to the museum by Sir John Maffey.
Line 8.-sapatati kriti--
It was found at Dewal, independent territory.
.
The s�rtpt of �he inscription i s Sarada, consisting
TRANSL ATION
on th'e 9th
of 8 Imes, which mentions the excavation of a Om Hail. In the Samvat yea r 708,
in the agrahara
day of the dark fortnight of Asvina
of T rohaka ? Sri-Kulasanka ? the
son of Puiya
e of Sahasyaraja ?
1. Urasa is tbe ancient name of tbe .Hazara District

sank this well at the instanc

. .
This name occurs on the -rli:rila Silver Scroll

isikas ( = the
of tbe year

T o take out water for the Kap

136. Tbe [Link] are related to the Kasyapiya School
of

y i. e. Kingdom
inhabitants of the Kapisa countr
Buddfats wh0 Were settled in tile modern Hazara District.
. .

. By thus injuring
A 11m,Jar copper ladle bearint; a Kharoahti inscripti

to the north of Kabul river)

on re-
cords that the o bJect
• was a g,'ft to the Kasyapiya sect (which

the well. . . He fal ls.

was ne f the eleven brancbe� of the Sthaviravada
� � School ) I

the upper gallery.

The inscrip tion is ·exhibited in
dwellm g in the 'Northern Grove• at Ta:rila.
Th ere is, how­

Se e Plate II.-1.
e er. no m e ntion of this sect which exists
� in epigraphs
hitherto publia hed.
 4
5
INSCR IPTION No.
3 The tablets, the [Link] a nd the caskets contain-
Major. E. . H. Cobb prese ing the inscribed tablets have been e xbib"tted i n
nted to the Table-Case �o. L in the Hall. s�e figure 2.
museum a collection of
(1) seventeen
circular tablets of un INSCRIPTION No. 4.
.,_ � r baked day ins-
Fig, 2 cri b ed wi th tbe Budd
hist formula }'e This • • 1· - n is record ed on the back of a
• mscnpt
dharma hetur,rabhav u . ..
racters of the sev ah hetum in cha­ stone relief, me asurma 3 7'.. It was presented
enth cen tury A. D, (2)
po rtion of a clay the upper to the museu m by MaJor
5
.� Xe• H . • G• Moore. It is
stupa containing a simil
(3) an other fragm ent ar tabl et : said to have been rou b ght from a m onastery near
ary of a day stupa wi .
impre ssion of a day tb an Gyamtsa
• 1 � t) • It contams mu11tras in Tibetan
(T"b
tablet in the co re and . .
a cy1endrica 1 cla
y caske r· with a day
(4) !cript wh•1cb w as dec1pher ed bY H • R • H. Prince
ing at the centre
of its core. All
tablet stick­ Peter of Greece as un d er, w1"th the f ollowmg
found from an a these were remar ks :
ncient stupa site at
na me of which Gilgit, rhe
Major Co bb did Om Om
The average diamet not mention. Om
er of the table ts Ca tja ( ? )
tion range from 8" with inscrip­ Shri
to 1.1" and con ta ha a ha
each. It is very . in six l ines
lik ely tha t the core re
casket (No.4) co of the day
ntains many more
in it. Similar ob1 tablets encased ha tse (?)
ecc s have been
sites in I ndia, such as found at many hung hung (?)
Shahji-ki-Dheri (Pesh
Nalanda (Bihar), awar), hung hung
Pharpur ( Bengal),
seem to ha ve been etc. etc. and
a fa milia r meth od phat Phat
offering • among of 'votive
the Bud dhists. The left hand muntra is Dem Chok (Sumrara) 's
The c,,mp .
l ine 1 . -Yelete formula run, as unde • the middle
spell while • a da-matra is very usuaI.
Line 2 -Prabbav dbarma hetu. . .
a betum The ng • ht hand one is incomplete Prince Peter
Line 3 -tat
Ljne 4. -yo ba.2ata b prah a tesha m.
r:­

tesha m cba. • fie d with his decipherment

was, h owever • not sat1s
nirod
Line 5 -mabash ra m ba evam vadi,
ankb. therefore squ eezes of the inscription were prepare d

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and sent to the Oxford University for complete Line 7.-AN D BEING BA 5ELY DESERTED BY
reading. Line 8.-HIS MEN HE SEIZED A LINSTCK
The inscription is exhibited in Table Case No. Line 9.-AND FELL SINGLY COMBATING
0 under No. 642. See plate II. 2. Line 10.-A HOST JULY 6TH 1848.
INSCRIPTION No. 5 The inscription is exhibited in the upper gallery.
This inscription recorded on a marble slab, See Plate Ill. 1.
measuring 11'' x 10" x lf'. was presented to the INSCRIPTION NO. 6
museum by Major J. N. Smith, who recovered it
from the grave of Colonel Canara at Haripur The stone on which this inscription is incised
(District Hazara) . Colonel Canara was a Com­ was 'recei ved from Sir Aurel Stein and is said
mandant of Ar tillary in the Sikh service who fell to hail from the Hazara D 1 strictt but nothing is
nobly in the performance of his du ties. Sir Fredrick- know n for certain about its origin. It measu res
g. The
Currie raised a rude monument to Canara's memory 18" X 10" and bears se v en lines of writin
r the
with this i nscription, on the spot where he feli. langu age of the inscription is Sansk it and
It recor ds the cons­
characters used are Sarad a .
The inscription is in English ;ind comists of ten anhadaka for the
truction of a tank by one sri-V
lines. The words and letters in italics are damaged a, the son of sri­
and cannot be read on the face of slab, which ben efit of his father sri-Isvar
gali Karai, the son
is broken i n several pieces. The inscription runs Surade . The sthapati was Sim
to be d escribed as belong-
as under : of Kali, and he seem s
agrama. The tank was ..
Line l•-TO THE MEMOR Y OF • g to the dranga of Nav
the thirteenth day of the
Line 2.-COLONEL CANA R A, complet ed on Saturday,
tika, in the year 38 in the
10

Line 3.-WHO FELL NOBLY IN THE bright fortnight of Kar

by the arrows (5) and
Line 4.-PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTY Lo kya -sa mv at denote d
elephants (8) and thirty.
Line 5.- [Link] SUMMONED BY THE REBEL hun dre d augmented by the
to the 17th. of Octobe r
Line 6 .-S/KH A R M Y TO SURRENDER HIS This date correspond s
G U NS, 1461 A . D.
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TEXT or- Saturday-on this day, a pond was made with

reference sri-Isvara, the son of sii-Surade by
(his) son sri-Vanhadaka. (L. 6) The sthavati (was)
Line 1.-Om svasti atasi-nava-kusma-nibham Man•
dara-pari-varta- Simgali Kargi, the son of Sri-Kali, a Pandit ( ?)
Line 2.-ghrishtakeyuram (1*) apaharatu duritam• from the Navagrama-dranga. (L. 7) Om. Prospe-
akhilam Madhu-Mura-Naraka- rity. May luck follow the place . . .. . . written of
Line 3.-ri-vahu-yugam ( 11 *) Lokya - samvach­ the linga (?).
chhara-sate gaja-trim-sadhike samvat The inscription is exhibited in the upper g;ill�ry.
Line 4 ·-38 Kartika (ka) su ti 13 Sanau / Atra dine See Plate III. 2.

Line 5. - sri-Isvaram udisva suta-sri-Vanhadakena

sri-Surade-suta-
INSCRIPTION No. 7

pushkararn kara tam The stone bearing the inscription is measuring

Line 6.-stnapati - Kali - suta - Si (m) gali - Kargi 25½" X 1611 x 12,,. It is said to have been originally
discovered at Hund (the ancient Udabhandapura
of Ka1hana. U-to-kia-han-cha of Hiuan Tasang,
Navagrarna-dranga-vradhajana
Line 7.-Om sri sthanasya sreyam bhavat. . .likhi­
Waihand of A lberuni and Ohind of M. Julien)
tam Lingasya in the Swabi Tahsil of the Mardan District, in
TRANSLATION 1894. It was built into the wall of an irrigation
well in the same village, from where it was
Line l.-Om. Hail. (V. 1) May the pair of arms removed, at the instance of the Deputy Commis­
of the enemy of Madhu, Mur:i and Naraka ( i.e. sioner, Peshawar, to the Tahsil building at Swabi.
.
Vishnu) turn away all evil, that which is like a The importance of the discovery was forgotten,
fresh [Link]-flower • and) the bracelets of which were and the tablet remained unnoticed for about 18
r�bbed a t the turnmg of (the mountain) Mandara
(m the churning of the ocea n). (LI. 3-5) in the
Lokya (Laukika) year arrow (five)-hundred in­
• • years, when it was secured for the Peshawar
Museum in 1913. The tablet of the inscription
creased by thirty and elephants (eight), Sarnvac is of grey lime stone, and the writing is engraved
38, the 13th. of the bright (fortnight) of Karttika, into the surface. The stone is semi-circular in shape.
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The language of the inscription is Arabic and Abdul Jabbar, 110n of Muhammad, native of Jurjan
the characters used are Kufic. The inscription, ( a Persian city named Gurgan), in the month of
including Bismillah, consists of six lines, the lase Zil-Qadah, in the year 482, from the Migration
two or three words forming the sixth line are
'
'
of the Holy Prophet (A. H.) may peace and
engraved to the left of the main epigraph out­ blessings of God· be upon him.
side the rectangular space e nclosed i n borders. The inscription is exhibited in the upper gallery.
The inscription mentions the building of a well See plate IV. 1.
by a learned theologian named Abu Jafar Muham­
med , son of Abdul Jabbar, son of Muhammad, INSCRIPTION No. 8
a native of Jurjan. The date recorded in the This inscription was received as a presentation
.. inscription refers to Zil Qadah, in the year 482 from the Khan of Hund. The stone bearing the
A . H., corresponding to 1090 A. D. Hund at this writing is measuring 10!" x 7{-" and contains 10
time must have been included in the Ghaznavide linas. The language of the inscription is Sanskrit
kingdom. and characters used are Sarada. The stone is
TEXT much damaged in centre and many of the letters
are obliterated. The date given at the end, of
&"')} �)/6,j]Jr, ( 1) which only the last portion can be read, appa­
�

., , , , .,
� ✓ i

J _r-�1 /JJ.y ( rently gives the name of the seaso� and the month
J��r' �}
&s well a s the day. In line 8, we find the name
sic ) l1!
�.o d ( ? ) ;�11 � d �'°
(2)
1svara, perhaps as a [Link]:iym of Sambhu, and in
&ll- .�)u'.) ( ? ) J�JJ�))
(3)
J line 9, possibly the names Sambhusindhu and
[J..i!J aJ�] I:)'° uJ-o &1l...tu.; 1, ., �iSJ
(4)
�w (5) Chhandasan a . The words like ktitam k2rtti in
.rll-1 1 [�J line 8 would indicate that it is a Saiva inscrip­
tion recording the construction of a temple. Owing
(6)
TRANSLATION
to the damaged condition of the stone the writ­
I n the name of the most Merciful and Com­ ing does not admit of a complete text or trans­ •
passionate God. Abu Jafar Muhammad, son of lation. Fresh copies of its squeezes have, how-
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13
ever, been sent to the Government Epigraphist
to the Government of India for decipherment. Line 4. - tya-putra sn-Pillaka-Brahmanah Kayastha sii-vihe-·
The inscription is exhibited in the upper gallery Line 5.- nda-putra sri-Bhogika Suryadvijah lti
Lin e 6. - samvat 168 Asvayujavati 8 Sanauh ato
of the museum. See Plate IV. 2. Line 7. - dina arabhya samvat 169 Ashadhasuti 12 vrihau pra•_
INSCRIPTION 1':o. 9
Lin e 8. - tishtha Kritah
TRANSLATION
This inscription is incised on a block of stone, The inscription is exhibited in the upper gallery
measuring 18" x 16" X 12". It was originally set of. the museum. See Plate V. 1. �e [Link]/f for- ln111 ✓h'fiJ/')
in the foundation of an old wall at the village INSCRIPTION No. 10
Hund, on the bank of the river Indus. It was
discovered by Major E. H. Cobb, who presented The two fragments of stone containing this
inscription came from Jamalgarhi. One of the
eight lines in Sarada script of about the 8th.
it to the museum. The inscription consists of
fragment was obtained by Dr. Spooner in 1907-0l g
century A. D. It is written by one Bhogika son and another by Sir Aurel Stein in 1912-13. The
of Vihenda. It records the construction of a two pieces fit together and from the pedestal of
temple by the Maharani Sri Kamesvary Devi. a standing [Link], of which only the feet are left.
Both the fragments measure 11" x 5", bearing
Kharoshti inscription in two lines. The characters
The work was commenced in the month �f Asvina
of Samvat 168 and completed in • the month of
Ashadha in Samvat 169, corresponding to 774-75 are from i" to 1" high and are on the whole
well drawn. The inscription records the 'gift of
A. D. The date probably refers to the Harsha
a certain mother and wife for the benefit of
Era. The architect of the temple was one Jayantaraja,
health of the Master'. •
the son of Upendra, resident of A vanti (Malwa).
The text and the. translation of the .inscription ThP. text of the epigraph together with its.
are given below : translation run as under :
" TEXT
Line 1•vm
...,::\. avastt• 1 Ma baraJnt
• • sri-
" Kamesvaridevya satkaj
Line [Link] navakarmapati Upendra-putra-Jayantara• Line 1.-[am] bae sa Vasethabhariae danamukhe
Line 3 . t,r Avantiko 1 Suryadvijoh Pamchakula sri-V iradi• sa [rva][sa*] tvana puyae samiasa (cha a-]
Line 2.-ro [ga] dakshini [ae'�].
,,

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14
th e inscription is Kharoshti. It records the es­
T RANSLATION
tablishment of an asylum. The date mentioned
Gift of the mother (or, Amba) together with in the inscription refers to the Samvat Era.
· , the wife of Vasisbtba, in honour of all beings
Line 1.-sam 1 1 1 100 20 20 10 4 4 1 Aspai [uJ
• and for the bendit of health for the Master .
.. , The two pieces bear ing the inscription are exhi­ sa padharnmammi shavaena Poda [ena sa]
bited in show-cas e No. 24 in the upper r i ght­ haehi pida [pu] [trehi]
band gallery. See Plate V. 2. Line 2 -[U] diliakehi i [s] e rane prethavide dba­
maute [oke] parigrahe servasa [pana].
INSCRIPTlON No. 11
T RANSLATION
The inscription is engraved on a rough block
of greenish mica schist, whose full dimensions are A nno 359, on the first of Asvauj, an asylum
21" x 10" x 13". The i nscribed f ace of the stone connected with religion was established in th is
which is 21" x 3" is s moothly dressed. It was grove by the stravaka Potaka, with (or, for) the
found dur ing the course of excavations at Jarnal­ Uddiliaka companions, father and sons, in the
garhi while removing the debr is in court 7. The acceptance of all beings.
stone is broken at both ends and the back is The inscription is exhibited in the upper gallery.
See Pia te. V. 3.
irregular. It appears to be one of the courses
of a wall. The inscription consists of two lines, INSCRIPTION No. 12
separated by a deep line over the whole surface,
This stone slab, measuring 22" x 14!', was
and the average height of the aksharas is one found by S i r Aurel Stein not far to the east
inch. The writing is deeply cut and regular in of the main entrance to the stupa at Jamalgarhi.
shape, and can, on the whole, b� read without It contains one line of eleven letters in Kharoshti
difficulty. There is, however, a damaged portion script. Each character i s incised about 2f" long.
co<.1:ards the end of line one, and in a few places The slab contains a nu mber of holes, which were
the engraving has caused the stone to peel off intended to hold offerings of coins, a custom that
outside the outlines of the letter�. The script of continues e ven to the present day. Another such
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16 of slab, measuring 7½" x 6". It was found at Kaniza
• of Vasud e�a in one .
/
. opp er coin
slab, with a c nd at Jam alg aih l. Dheri, an ancient mound near Umarzai (Charsadda).
.its boles, b as actuall.Y been fou It was purchased for the museum in 1928 from
. . N o. F and
is ex h 1b1t ed to Table Case the man who removed earth from the said mound
which
-M .
be ar s N o. 935 for manure purposes and recovered it. This one
o n together with i,s
T he te xt of tbe inscripti kshi] da
line consists of seven aksharas, varying in size
·
tl on ru ns as follo ws : "[B] u [dh ara 'G' { from I'' to l¼". The characters of the inscriptio n
trans la ning tbetby 1 t
nam ,(ukhe 1 • m ea ' belong to the second century A. D. The writing
rLsa1 ta [da] which cannot be deciphered as a whole mentions
kshita.
of Buddbara collectio n
is lyi ng in the res erv e
I.A
tio n the 25th Day of a month ..The text rt\ns as masasadi.
Th e ins crip
20 4 1 ... , i. e. we have before us the last portion
Se e • Pl. VI. l . of rhe date.
l�SCRlPTION No . 13
am p, me asu nn g 5 4 x � •
• '" 2111 The inscription is lying in the reserve collec­
a sto ne l
A fragment . of • excavati ons tion See Pl. VI 3.
of
d dunng the cou rse ·
was recovere. con tam s six com - INSCRIP TION No , 15
rh1. Th'ts fragment ·
at J-amalga t l etters , var y mi
fragmentary Kharosht . The stone bearing the inscription was presented
, t� anu one
p1e 11" , wh ich are ver y plam1y mc1se
• • d
siz e fr o m !"
" to to the , museum by Captain A. H. Barnes, who
in Brst aksharas are
face. The hea<i;of the discovered it at a p lace called Khazana, about
o n tbe outer "" is somew hat doubtfu\. Tbe
. • "• and tbe readi n" . four miles from Mir Ali, on the Idak-Spinwam
m1s stnb .
.mscr1pt1o . n is ren der ed . ."sam1 eaatuvam..
.
Road in the Tochi Agency. It measurs 26" x
text of the . "in . . .sa, in the Aida-stupa.
r·J •" an d its trans1 ation is 12" x 10¾", containing a bi-lingual inscription, and
. . n 1s . lying in the teserve co11ecn•oo is divided by a vertical line at 1/3 of its length.
Th e inscriptio
L1

On the right and larger section of the stone,

See. Pl. VI. 2 • the characters of the writing are not well cut
IN SC RIPTION N o. 14 an d seem to be Mongolian. This portion of the
line in Kharoshti inscription is in four lines. The other characters
• cr1p t1on of a single
. .
• . ins
'::his of a stone to the left are in Sarada and are in five lines.
t is ne at1 Y cut on a s mall fragment
scrip
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19
The Mongolian characters are
so crude tha t it containing the termination of two lines of !<haroshti
is difficult to make out any sen
se fro m the rec ords letters, written in a cursive hand and slop1_ng �ov.:n-
al though deciph erment of som
e s tray wor ds, s uch war ds. Each line contains six aksharas, varying m s_1ze
as 'Bruain' in line o ne and .
'paigbambar· in line between i in. and 2 in , individually. Th e mscript1on
4, m ay be h azarded. Fresh
estam page1 'are h ow­ commemorates the establishment of a stupa.
ever sen t once more t o Mansi
eur Deny, A Mon­
.,. J

golian Scholar in Paris for dec The text of the inscription • rea d as • Line 1.-
ts
iphermen t . T h e • • .
first line of the Sarada insc
ription begins titama [vi] hara (m) svam [i] s • (r) a, Li�e 2 .- [prat1t?a]
( =- -tit etc. in English ) which
sho ws the origina l [v1'to] ( a] ya [tu] bo. and its runnmg translation
n umeral has been left out. is 'of the master of the ViLhara .. th'ts stupa was
After the se th ree
letters comes samvat 38 (?) or esta hlish ed.'
the year of the
Sastra Era, which om its centuries.
The thir d line The inscription is lying in the reserve collection
of this portion seems to give the
name of th e See Pl. VI. 4
kin g (Shupa J who was apparently
connected with
the records. This [Link] ma y INSCRI PTION No. 17
be taken to be
Na (va) -nachandra. Th e fifth • a fra g me nt of a building
This.-inscnpt1on 1s
line of the inscrip­
tion · ends with the wor d ,:,utra •
stone measurmg 6" x 4" It wa� presented to th e
( = son). Wh at '
comes after it is obliterated and museum b Y s·J r Harold • Deane wh o did not kno w
effaced altogether .
Th e inscription is exh ibited in • ovenance On one s1· de of this s tone
the upper galler y.
See Plate VI. 5. :!�� i; : r�:gh dra wi�g of a h and and on the fac�
t t

Kharoshti letters, eviden tly masons

INSCRIP TIO N No . 16
:;a:�:, :i�ced obliquely , against e�ch other an�
t

.
Th is inscri ption is record ed
on the upper left­ measurme 1 10• an d 2 in respectively. One o
them is mi, t•h e oth er pro it
hand corner of a stone slab
, wh ich was brough t • bably me' though
by Colonel Pipon from Khu m igh t be sit.a.
du Kbel countr:, wh o
presented it to the mu seu
m. Its exact 6ndspo t T he fragment is lying in the reserve collection.
is not kno wn. Th e 1ize
of the slab is 81• x s• See Pl. VII. 1
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INSCR!PTION No. 18
This is a wedged-shap e The ma of me has bee n placed almost on end.
d fra gm ent , of a sto ne . .
measuring, 9" X Il .., wh The text of the inscription IS : karav1·d e Me trey
ich was presente d to the .
mu seu m by Co lon el Pip [eJ [na 1 ] • The translation of this runs as : Cause d
on. It was brought from to be made by Maitreya : It 1s • 1yin.
· d in the
Kh ud u Kh el cou ntry but
no thi ng is known about reserve collection. Se e Pl. VII. 3
its exact :fin dsp ot. It co
nta ins remnants of two lin es INSCRIPTION No. 20
in KharDshti writing, wit
h l etters ¾ in. to 1¾ in. high.
Th e lette rs have no This stone fragment, measuring • 7" x 2"• was
characteristic features, but
ma ke the im pression ptesented to the museum Y "" b Sir Harold D eane.
of be ing comparatively lat .
The ins cription rec ords •
Its provenance ts not k nown. It contams two
th e establish me nt of � re I.'C . .
e.
by som e do no r wh ose lines of Kharoshti writing of which th�re rema�ns
na me is cu t off from the •
fragme nt. a few letters,· s.. m. h1·gb • The :firat line contains
The text of the inscr traces o f an unidtntified · lette r followed bY dam,·
iption is read as : Line 1.­ and the secon d 1·m e bears t r ace s of what may
ra [m] prati tbave di
• ne 2.- • [da [bha] gavhra [to].
•• [sa] [ri]
Li namu] kb [o ch a] . an b e called dhe. and t h e n a.
•
is 'establish
• es a relic d its translation
of Bbagavat. . . and the gift The £raiment is 1ymg • m• th e reserve collection.
The inscription is lying ... See Pl. VII 4·
in the reserve collect
See PI. VII. 2
INSC RIPTION No. 21
ion.

INSC RIPTION No. I9 This inscription was presented to the museum

This inscription is incis e d .
on a sma ll stone , measur by s·tr Aurel Stein who received it from Sir
ing 911• by 6!11 and was H arold D eane. I. ts :findspot is not known. It
rece ive d from Sir Harold
Deane. Probably, it hails measures 14" x - 6 . x 8". T h e script of the ms­ ·
4

from Khu du Kbel country. • . .

It bears a fragme nta cnpt1�• n is contamm g three lines, and
ry Kharoshti inscription •
seven aksharas, varyin of
Kharoshti,
g in size from !" to the size of individual letters varies fr,om 1 to lJ11
Th e characters are sim lf 11. • • n there is a Svastika mark.
Be 1o w the mscnpt10
._

ilar t o those of Ar
• ••
ff

cription, particularly ka, a ins ­

de and va. The The inscr1pt1on records that in the year 168• o n
vertical of va is, left-h and
however, excep tionally long. 1. Inscription Indicarum-Cc.,rpu1, VoI II• part l P. 1 33.
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ti:i e firs t day of Jeth a, a well
was caus ed to he and the average size of letters is one inch. The
dug as the gift of the Travasakura
, com pac ion s fir st line containing the d ate b ea rs [Link] a few
in the Kudach a Vihara . The . .
da te me nti oned aksharas. The inscription mentions the construction
abov e cor responds to .
th e 24th April 84 A. D. of a we11 bY Vasudeva the son of In dr ad eva, .
Th e text of the inscription
-
a resident of Obhara.
.
togeth er wit h its
tra nsla tion runs as under :
1.J

TEXT
Line •1.-Sam 1 100 20 20 20
4 4 . Jetha m ase d i­ Line. 1.-maba [raja] sa
vas e pamch a das (e].
Line 2.-Khuda [chi] ami sa Line. 2.-masasa di ... ise kshunammi kbanavide
hayara Travas akur a na
danammu- [kuve]
Line 3.-khe kue khanavid e vih Line. 3.-Vasudevena. Indradeva putrena [bra]
arami. ·
TRANSLA TION m [b] anena
Anno 168, in the month
of Jyaish tha, on the Line. 4.-Obha [ra] vutavena Danas [y] a ava·ptir
fift een th day; (this) well astu
wa s ca� sed t o be d ug
as the gift of the Travas TRANSLATION '
[Link] companions
Kh udacha Vihara. i n th e
Of the MaharaJa • .. on t h e • day of tbe month. •
. ·
Th e inscription is exhibited •
in the upper g all ery. at this term t h" s well was caused to be dug bY t h e
See Plate VII. 5. • •
a � v t he son of Indr deva, a resident
INSCRIPTION No . 22 ::��:�a� :a; :here �e obtain men� of (the meri-.
a

This inscription is found on torious result s of) t� e gift

a sto ne measu ring • • •
• 10n
16 X 9 # X 611, which was presen The mscr1pt 1s exhibited in th e upper Gallery
ted to the mus eum
'"

by Sir Au rel Stein to wh om

it wa s given by Sir see Pla te VIII. 1
Ha rold Deane. Th ere is n INSCRIPTION No. 23
o record as t o the
place wh ere it has been fou •
nd. Th e inscri be d This inscription is recor d e d on a Gandha ra
portion meas ures 12'" X 5", •
con taining thr ee lin es 347 which representa t h e
and a part of the fourth. Th sculptur e bearmg No . .•
e script is Kharoshti
Budd ha in School writmg on a Board It is present-
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ed to the museum by Col. Pipon and probably comes writing are Kharoshti of the Kushan period, The
from Khudu Khel country. The Writing Boa r d in �cripcion begins on the rim an d. is continued
bearing the inscription measures 2r x 1 ! ... It ins ide, covering the base of the hollow, from where
contains one line of kharoshti, having five letters. again it is carried on to the outer face of the
These letters vary in size from ! ' te �" and are wall o f the casket . The inscription records the
well executed. Their shapes are however peculiar. consecration of a reliq•1ary ih a place called
The first akshara looks like sam and the seco n d Saravarana. Another place Avasaura is also men·
letter is the compound tsa. Then comes re, and, tioned in connection with the donation. The for­
therefore. the first three aksharas might be 1amtsare. mer was probably the name o f the particular
corresponding to Sans•k rit samsare. The fourth locality where the gift was made and the latter
akshara is like la, or, it may be read a1 Ii. The next that of a town o f which it formed part. The
akshara is de followed by va; and, finally a broad inscription further records that the casket" was
ma in the end. According t o this reading the text deposited by the 'novice'. Vesa who for this purpose
runs as : samtsare li, devama, meanina thereby also erected a stupa and a sangharama. The
" in the world (whichever) wr itings (of) gods and concluding portion o f the inscription mentions a
men (there are)" personage named A vaklaujhada t o whom honour
( v uja) is s hown. He ii: described 'the lord of villages'
The relief having the inscription is exhibited serving under an independent ruler.
under No. 347, in Show Case No. 16, in the upper
right-hand galle17. See Pl. VIII. 2 The inscription is dated in the year 303 of an
Era which is not specified. Probably it should
be referrea to .the Maiava Era of 58 B. C. Accord­
INSCRIPTION NO. 24
This inscr:iption which is engraved on casket of in& to this reckoning the year 303 corresponds to 245
blue schist was found at Kula Dheri (Charsadda) A. D., a date which agrees . we11 with the language
and acquired for the museum. The casket has a and palaeography of the inscription.
diameter of s.r· and is 1.5 high, with a circular TEXT
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cavity in the centre .711 deep. The writing is dis­

posed o f throughout in circular lines according to On rim.-Sabatsa 111 100 111 [I*] etak•eta-mite
the shape of the casket. The characters of the tu dona stbapa-pema [I*] se yema naviga
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Vesa Saravaranasi [sa]-thuba (o] sagha­ is of blue schist. The diameter of the casket is
ramu pradithaveti. 2.9", height 1.1 - and its central cavity is .61 deep.
On inner side, outer circle.-Ava1aurami mada-pidu It bears only one line of writing, engraved along
puya [e*] sarava-Budhana puyae sa- the outer s ide. The letters are formed b:, shallow
incision as on the other casket. The inscription
On inner side, inner circle.._rva-Pracha [ga*]-Bud­
records the deposit of a corporeal relics by a
hana puyae 1arva-rahatana puya [e*]
person named Trami.
Along outer face of wa!l.-putra-darasa puyae mitra­
nadisalohidana puya [e•] maharayasa The text of the inscription and its translation
gramasamisa Avakbajhadasa puyae Cbha­ run al follows :
travasa. Tramisa danamu [khe*] ime sarira presthevida
TRANSLATION Budhana puyae.
The year 303. And in such and such year as "The gift of Trami. This corporeal relic is depo­
here specified a reliquary is caused to be con­ sited in honour of the Buddhas."
secrated by us. Thus the 'novice' Vesa, establishes The casket bearing the inscription is exhibited
a Sanghara:na, together with a stupa, at Saravarana
in Table Case O in the upper right-hand gallery.
in Avasaura, in honour of all Buddhas, in honour See Plate X. 1-3.
of all Pratyeka-Buddhas, in honour of all arhats,
in honour of wife and son\ (or sons), in honour INSCRIPTION No. 26
of friends, kinsmen and blood-relations, and in A Gandhara s tone relief, measuring 22.811 X 1 7-4",
honour of the Maharaja's village-lord, the Satrap depicting a seated Buddha figure in Ohyanamudra
Avakbajbada. and are surrounded by seven adorers on each side,
The inscription is exhibited in the upper gallery. was recently acquired for the museum. It hails
See Plate IX. 1-4 from the ancient town of Salatura, the birth place
of the first Sanskrit grammerian Panini. This
INSCRIPTION No. 25 '
town has long been identified with the present
This inscription i_n Kharoshti characters was also day village of Lahar in the Swabi Tahsil of the
found at Kula D heri (Charsadda) on a casket which Mardan Distt ict. The pedestal of the relief,
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28 29
measuring 16.411 x 3.1" bears one line of an ins­ is rendered as Minamdrasa, meaning thereby 'Of
cription in Kharoshti character, having 1-t aksharas, Minandra', and this is probably the name ., of the
with a height from 8' to 1.8". The inscription donor. Minamdrasa is tpe Greek Menandros and
records that the image is a dedication from o n e represent an older form of the name than Pali
whose name is Vihama son o f Kumara. The Milinda. The chie f importance of the inscription
text and translation of the inscription is aiven rests with the fact that it furnishe s a ne w instance
below:- of the use of Gre e k names in North-Western
India at a comparatively late Date. See Pl. VIII. 3 .
Kuamaraputra [sa] Avihamas,1 danamukha.
The relief bearing the inscription under No. 1938
TRANSLATION
is exhibite d in show case No. 85 in the upper left
The gift of Vihama son of Kumara. hand gallery.
The reading pf the letter within the square
INSCRIPTION No. 28
brackets · is a little doubtfuL It.J oo�s more like
na or na than .,a. However, the interpretation is The inscription is incised on the pedestal of a
almost correct. sculpture, representing the 'Indrasaila Cave Scene'.
The relief is lying in the reserve collection, which was found at an ancient site , now occupied
See Pl. VIII. 4 by a small hamlet of about a dozen houses, called
Mamane Dheri in the Charsadda Sub-Division of
INSCRIPTION No. 27 the Peshawar District. The pedestal is 29J·· long
A stone relief representing two wrestlers. measur­ • and H" wide, but the writing thereon in Kharoshti
ing 15!'' x 10! • x 2f. comes from Lalpura {Af­ characte rs has got a length of 28 inches. There
ghanistan). In the upper right-hand corner there is a defaced portion in the middh�. where about
is a short Kharoshti legend consisting of four ei�ht aksharas are missing. The size of indivi­
aksharas, varying in size from 5/8" to 1' in height. dual character varies between f' and 1". -The
The type of the characters points to the later general character of the letters is of the same
Kushan period. The reading is perfectly clear. kind and period as Inscription No. 14.
The first character is mi, the second nom, the Of particular interest is the date mentioned in
third dra and the fourth letter is · sa. The whole the inscription which records that in the year
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89 a Buddhist mon k n amed D h armapriya de dicate d Th e sculpture bearing the inscription is exhibit­
this sculpture in honour of his t e acher Buddhapriya e d in Show Cas e No. 90, i n t h e centra1 Hal l.

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and oth e rs for the bestowal of h e alth on h is It bears No, 1944 See Plate No. VIII. 5.
broth e r. This date must, o n palaeographical basis,
b,elong to th e Kan ishk a Era an d th erefore corres­ INSC:RIPTION No. 29
ponds to 1st. November 216 A. D . But according This in scription runs horizontally round the body

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to the mor e orthodox view this date may corres­ of an earthen j ar recovered in excavations at
pond to 166 A. D. However, this d a te s e rves Palatu D h e ri (Charsadda). Th e distance of the
double purposes. In the first place it shows writing from th e spring of the neck is three to
that the Kamshka Era was used, side by side three and a half inches. Of the inscription we
with the older reckoning in the Ch arsadda Sub­ possess two fra2ments which evid ently repres ent
Division. In the second place it . enables us to its beginning and its end. Both fragments are 9"
date a Ga n dhara rel ief with comparative certainty long and consist of ten aksharas each . The script
in the s eco n d century A. D. of th e writing is Kharoshti of th e Kmha n p eriod
and th eir av e ra ge ,ize i s lf'. Th ese letters are
The Text of th e- inscription is g iven below with inscribe d i n a thin wash a n d can o nly be traced
its translatio n : Sam 20 20 20 20 4 4 1 Ma [rgasi] wit-h application of moisture. Th e jar is, according to
ras (r) a masi 4 1 i�e kshunami nirvaide ime deva­ th e text o f the inscription, a pres e ntation as a 'votive
dhar [me ] Dharmapriena Shamanena••.[[Link]] upa­ offering' to th e universal community of monks.
javasa Budhapriasa puvae samanuzeavana arogadak -
[Sam] g [he*] chadud [isi] s hama [na] na..... [pa*]
shinae.
[ri] gah [e*] Ga das [sa] danamukh [e*]. ,
TRANSLATION
TRANSLATION
Ann o 89, in the month of Margasiras, th e 5. To the order of th e four quarters, in' the ac­
(day), at th is term was bestowe d this religious ceptance of the .. st amanas, th e gift of Gad a ka (?).
gift by th e sramana D h armapr iya, in honour of...,
i n honour of his teach er B uddhapriya for the The jar is exh ibite d in Tabl e . Case No. G.,
bestowal of h�alth on his fellow discipl es. undei: No. 414, i n the upper left-hand galle ry.
See Plate. XI-1.

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INSCRIPTION No 30 INSC RIPTION No. 31
This inscription also runs horizon tally roun d Thi s i s the thir d inscribed jar excavated from
the body of an earthen jar found i n excavations Palatu Dheri (Charsadda). The d istance of the­
at Palatu !:iheri (Charsadda). The distance of writing is a bout one inch from the spring of
the writing from the s pring of neck is three to the neck. The lettering of this inscription is
four and half i nches. The inscription, as far as
fainter than that of the other two and could
it is traceable, i s 18" long and seems to cont a i n
22 aksharas, the average size o f which i s 1".
only be deciphered with great difficulty. The
length of that portion of the i nscription which
.-
The characters of the inscription is i n Kharoshti
of the Kushan period. The writing can only b e can be traced is 6", the number of letters is 12
seen by application o f moisture, a s it is i nscr i be d and their average size }". -The characters are
i n a thin wash Con s i derable portion o f the tr.e same as those of the two other inscriptions
legend has completely d i sappeared. This jar was viz. No. 29 and No. 30.
also presented as a 'votive offering' to the unt­ The jar consists of several pieces rejoined and
[Link] community of monks. was presented, like the other two, as a 'votive
offering' to the universal community of monks.
The text of the inscription together with i t s The text and its translation i s given below :
translation run as follows :
TEXT
Samgh [e*] cha [du] d ise shamanana Bah [ u*] �havaasa Dhamasa [na] d i [gasamghe].
[shuti] a [ka] na Kash [y] aviyana [parigrahe*].
• TRANSLATION
TRANSLATION ( G ift) of the sravaka Dharma to the congre­
To the order cf the four quarters i n the ac­ gation of h is relatives.
ceptance of the Bahusrutiyaka and Kasyapiya The i ns cription . is exhibited along with the two
sramanas. other jars i n Table Case No. G., and it bears
The jar is exhibited i n Table Case No G., under No. 415. See Pl. XI. 3
No. 413, m the upper left-hand gallery. See INSCRIPTION No. 32
Plate XI. 2 This inscription i s found o n a stone pedestal
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of a standing Bu ddh a • tion is metrical Persian with the exception of the
Image, recove red in the last two lines in which prose is employed. The
course o f excavation s from
Palatu Dberi• (C har- characters are of the nastaliq script and the letters
sadda) b Dr. Vogel .
Of �he stat ue only the are ne atly cut. The writing is carved in the
feet rem;n. On the fron
t is a disfi gur ed reli ef surface of the slab and consists of six lines, ex­
and be1ow a Kharos"[Link]•
ins crzptt•on• two me
•
• h es cluding the top line showing Shah Jahan Badshah
1ong, with seve n Iett
•
ers, each, on an average ; inc Ghazi. T he date of the inscription which is con­
high• The fi rst akshara h
.. the lower part o f vert .
which is d ama ged , only
rca1 rem amm • • g may be rea d
tained in the chronogram Khair-i-jari bad abad .
according to the Abjad computation, works out
·
as ga, . Tbrs .
would grve th e read er th e na me
Ga dasa• the donor. 1039 A. H . corrosponding to 1629 A. D., being
The legen d o f S am • t Th om as the third year of Shah Jahan's reign. The inscrip­
mentions a broth of
_ Gondophares, ca ile d Ga tion commemorates the building of a bridge on
If this interpretat;:n
zs correct, the im ag e the Bara by one Abdul Latif.
d.
the gift of Gadasa. was
Besides the name of Shah Jah an, the inscrip­
The text of the mscr• .
rption togeth er wi th its tion records the name of three more persons­
tra nslation run as
foIIo w s ·. · tasa d namuk Lashkar Khan, the Mughal Governor of Kabul,
of . . ta. The pedestal : � he, Gift
be ;mg the Insc ription i s locally k nown as the successor of M ahabat Khan
exhibited in Shew C
e ; 27, unde r No. 626, and the predecessor of Ali Mardan Khan ; Abdul
in the left-hand upp::
g a 1{ ery. See P1a te XIII. 7. Latif, the founder of the bridge and Daud, the
INSC R IPTION No. 33 architec t. The text of the inscription together
This stone slab cont . with its translalion is given below.
ainin . .
me asuring 40" x 30" x 111 g . the znscriptzon is TEXT
2
sma11 mo sq ue in back t 2 which .
wa s fo und in • a
. s ree t of Q,ss akh ani,• p esha
1..5jl.i: it:.>� �� 11..:
city. Actu ally it
w as o btame . war
a bridge over the B d frum th e rm•o of .,� .>J\)�� c� ut'' J..a•jl r; 4,)JJ �!
ara _s tream on the Gr
Trunk R oad about three an d J!) f rttT ;JLo Lf1k ,f ,.s.;T ......i�JJ � J->J•' �'°
mi les east of p
an d was later on fixe . es awa r; J lH� .>!4 ,.}t«,..I; �J ;,!� ;JjJ ->/ J� IJ'it
d j a mc b of the facad e
h
of the said mosque ; ->l!. T .,4 v-;4' � � '-"".)¾-•'\_.;.o i.;i e?}; IJ�
• The anguage of the inscrip-
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37
�'°Fr�� J tjJ T}"-:"� t.., u-;bi� J.1:;
�� _..ib!- ¥;-' J the lid . between the flymg geese on the lower
u-.:�;i y.1 d"J'" .,)�.,_, "':-'; •� rl.a� edge of the lid a nd i n th � level spa a hove an d
-.:Jr;. pl [ -:>I_,;
.).6S\.O
:�n
below the figures decor� tmg the body of
....;l!,- W/ � .
the casket. The four Imes consts; of aksha ras,
each measuring from ab out 3116" to 3/8" in he1g bt. .
..,
. -
TRANSLATION
"Shah Jahan, the kin g The language ts • consciouslY Sanskritizing form of
an d Champion of the Faith
Praise be to God th ro . Prakrit• . Tbe casket wa s foun d in excavations of
ug h whose grace building
of great charity were s ShahJ'i-ki-Dheri, near Peshawar, t· n 1908- 09. •
founded by tha t frien d o
th e generous Abdul f
Latif, whose like the wo The casket ts • 1 ar and is composed of a n
• c1rcu
ha s seldom produced rld •
. He built a bridg alloy m w b'tcb copper pred om inates, but seems
Pe sh awar. Oh Go d, e in ..
as long as th e world en almost certain • to have been guilded ongma11 y.
ma y it remain . Fo du re s, . .
r th e da te of its comp The following is the tr� scrtp tion of inscription
the mathematician sa let io n
id : May this charita ble to!!cther with its translat10n :
ever endure an d work
Prosper." • .
"In the reign of H Lme 1.-s m (l m aJ [haraja*] sa kam. (m) [skhasa*]
is M ajesty, the shad �
God, th e second Lord ow of 1m;:ina (na) g (r) ar [e] dha . . g (r)
of the happy Conjunct aryaka
and (in) the days of th ion,
e rule of Na wab La
K ha n, un de r th e m sh ka r L•me ?- -deyadbarme sarvasatvana [m] ( nam) hid a-
ana ge m en t of
of Lo ve , Daud, the th e slave of G od subartba (m] bhava tu
so n of Ab u M uh am
Quraishi, it received th ma d L'rne 3 -das a Ag•1mla na ( na) vakarmia [ka*] n e
e blessing of complet
The in scription is exhi ion." (ne) shkasa vibare Mahasena ( na ) sa
bited in the upper ga
See Pl ate XI. 4 llery. sa mgha rame
.
L10e 4 -ach ary ana ( na) sarv a stivatina (na) parti-
The famous Kanish grabe.
INSCRIPTIO N No.
ka Ca sket, contai
34
relics of th e Budd ning th e " In the year 1 of (+-he Mabaraja) Kanishka,
ha, carries some lin •
writin_q, punched es of Kharoshti • •
into th e metal i in the town. 1':1 a , co nnecte d with t he . • . mansion,
faint do ts. They n a series o
f .
occur o n the uppe t h•is rel'gious
t gift-may it be for the welfare and
r surface of
h appiness of all bemgs, • -the slave Agis ala was
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the architect,-in Kanshika's Vihara, 39
in Mah asen a's
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Samgharama. in the acce pta nce of the All these fragements have bee n exhibite d in
Sarvastvadin
teacher." Table Case No. H., in the upper left-hand gallery.
�ee Plate XIII. 1-6 •
The cas ket bearing the inscript
ion is kep t in INSCRIPTION No. 4 1
an iro n sde and can be see n by
app lying to the This inscription, measuring 34" x 11", was receive d
Cu rato r of the mus eum . A rep
lica of the cas ket from Major �zr.e It was found at Shertalao
is exhibite d in the hal l of the
mu seu m. See Plain in the Tochi Agency. It is in Mongolian
Plate XII. 1-4
script, containing 20 lines. Estampages of it were
INSCRIPTION No . 35-40 sent to Professor Sylvain Levi of the Paris Uni­
Am ong the debris on the we ve rsity for de ciphe rment, but he reported that
ste rn e dge of rhe 'the Mongolian character of the inscription has
weste rn project of the ma in stu
pa at Shahji-ki­ just be�n asce rtained by two very competent
Dheri, there were found sev
era l fragments of Mongol Scholars. Owing to the condition of the
inscrib ed gla zed bricks in Kh
aroshti cha rac ter s stone, the text could not be read with any cer­
Six of the se fragments bea
ring from two t� tainty.' Professor Wladimirtizoo, how�ver, could
fou r let ter s have be e n sel ect
ed for rep roduction make out two undoubtedly Mongol words. Ano­
her e. No. 484 contains four
let ter s, o n an average ther attempt has recently been made and sque e ze s
211 high, and are rende re d
as Budhasena ; No . o f the inscription have been sent t o the Professor
485 bea rs three letters with an
ave rage hei ght • of the Paris University for further examination .
e>f l!' and is rea d as divasa
; No. 486 has got
three akshara�. having tra ces The inscription is exhibited in the upper gallery.
of a fou rth one
1!" t o 2" high, and rec ord s van Se e Plate XIII. 8
asa ; No. 489
pos ses es the lower part of t wo INSCRIPTION No. 45
verticles ; No. 490
be ars the upper portion of thr ee
aksharas, per hap s This inscription, which is measuring 14f' X 10½',
avad • • and No. 492 con
taining three le tte rs o f was pre s e nte d to the museum by Sir Aurel Stein. •
] ! " t o l" is inte rpr eted a s marami or,
perhaps. Its exact findspot is not . known. The language
of the inscrirtion is Sanskrit and its script is
matami.

Sarada. It appears to be a me morial stone . The

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inscription does not contain any names or any On the outer . face of the potsherd there are seven
date, but is apparently a little later than inscrip­ Kharoshti letters, each about 5/8 in. in height. The
tion No. 6. It impresses upon us the instabilicy last akshara of the inscription 'ka is probably the
of every thing ; only fame can make one immortal. beginning of the name of the donor of the jar,
It contains five lines the text of which runs as or, most likely, the namEc of the sect to which
follows : the monastery belonged.• The text togeth e. r with
Line 1.-Om svasti (A) chho (so) kina raa its translation run , as : •·.samghe chadudise Ka . . . "
Line 2.-Mahimatra (i) Am (ta) bhu (ti) a in the ''Samgha of the fo1,1r qua rters of ... "
Line 3.-na (ne) , a idi a-/ viohavai The porsherd containing' the instription is ex­
Line 4.-jana k (i) rtti (i ) te gaanahuga hibited • in Table Case No E:,N_ bearing No. 444-M
Line 5.-ahavti / / om Srandreya (o) bhavatin in the· -upper • left-hand gallery. See Pl . XIV. 2.
,,_
The translation of these lines is renaered as under. I N SCRIPTION No. 47
Line 1.-Om. Hail. By a griefless (person) ( or
proper name) : This inscription is recorded 0n the back of a
stone Buddha image recovered during 'excavations
Line 2.-Of unlimit�d wealth in the whole o f from Takht-i-Bahi. The characters are ·Kharoshti
the earth. having a n average height of f' a-nd • 'C<Dnsist of
Line 3:--Many .. prosperous two Jines. T here are. five a-k sharas wh ich are read
Line 4.- Persons sunt by the sky as Horashada5a. , T,his , n ame appears J:o be Iranian,
Line 5 -are. Om Sram. Let there be prosperit y. may be tqa� _ qi the sculptor or donor of the statue,
The inscription is exhibit ed in the upper gallery. mo:;t
. likeiy the latter. Because it is evident from
See Plate XIV. 1 the· �races o f the second line of the writing that
the first word is da, the second na, of a mu,
and, app�rently. also of a kha or khe And there­
INSCRIPTION No 46
This epigraph is inscribed on a fragm�nt of black fore it is with great confidence that it can be
pottery seems to be part of a large jar which restored da�am'ukhe. The· text would �cc6rdingly
probably held grain. It was recovered while ex­ run as Line 1.--[Hora] shadasa and Line 2 --da
cavating the low level chambers at Takht-i-Bahi. [namukhe] an:! its translation "Gift of Horashada."
 42
The im age beJ ring the inscription is exhibited The inscription is exhibited in t he porch of the
in the lower rig'1t hand gallery bearing No. 11 60. upper gaJlery. See Plate XIV . 4.
INSCRIPTION No. 49.
See Pl XIV.- 3
I N SC R IPTION No . 48
This inscription incised on an irregular piece of This i nscription is bi-lingual. The upper portiofl
sandstone, measuring 23" x 14i ", was found at consisting of 9 lines, which is complete, is in Ku{1c
the foot of a spur running out into the Talai characters and the lower one, which is evidenrly
plain in the Wano district, and was presenteJ incomplete, is written in Sanskrit-a mixture of
to the musPum by Mr. Crump. The alphabets Sarada and '}{af!-ri scripts. The latter writing con­
of the inscripti,>n are those of tbe Gupta period, tains 5 lines. The stone-tablet bearing the record$ •
consisting of seven lines and a second inscription measures 21" x 12" ; but the inscribed surface
bas been incised across the stone on the left occupied by the Kufic inscripticn is a bout g" X 8".
side. The stone is not [Link], a portion having and that by the Sarada and Nagri script lower down
been broken off on the right side. This appears measures 6" x 9". It was n: ceived from Mr. Pear?
from the fact that the right half of each line who found it in the Tochi Valley. Its exact pro,;e­
is incomplete. The letters of the inscription are nance is not known.
wry much effaced a n d hence only a part of t h e
The dates are recorded in both writing. In the
inscription could be d_eciphered.
Arabic s�ript it is mentioned as Jamadi-ul-Awwal
The date of the inscription must, on Palaeogra­ of the year 243 A. H. In the other script it is given
phical grounds, refer to the Harsha Era. It mentions as the second day of the dark (fortnight) in the
the son of a Ma haraja whose n:.me ends in Mih 1 ra month o f Kart-tika in the thirty-second year of the
the son's name beginning with Tossana. The tex; Sastra Era (?). Tho? inscription mentions the com1-
of the inscription together with its translation run truction of a building completed on Friday, the 13th
as foJJows : of Jumada I of the year 243 A H., corresponding
Siddh am V,jaya,um vat.�'-'re 4 0 + 8 Chai tra to 857 A. D. This inscription is said to be the
Hail I In the victo rious year 48 (on the earliest Inda-Muslim epigraph yet discovered in
- day) of
Ch aitra. • India.

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Line. 3--[ka] masa-va [ba]bula-tithau dvi[ti?]­
KU F IC SCRIPT,
(. C ) l1! � J'°) l.o )J,. (1) Line. 4--[ya] yam vadi 2 atra Deva-
�
. Jw d . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) Line. 5--(-bhidhe]da... .
..w f1t.., iio .illJ ( 3) Line 6--(va ?]. .. . ...
..,
( ?) Jj j 4'W ( C) �#
)
)-
(4) TRANSLATION
[Link] .)...�,,...,? � Om. Salutation in the thirty-second year, in the
�-,(� i.:.J'° 1.:,/)G.. . . . . .
(5 )
�c
( 6) month of Karttika, in the second day of the dark
�;! _, alu � L _, lJJ (7) (foctnii!ht).
"� (�) .illl (0 )1.o d-;k_, (8) The inscription is exhibited in the upper gallery
( d- ) .J• lbll .,_..r..o JI _, (9 ) See Plate. XV. 1
TRANSLAT ION
(1) This ( writing) was ord ere
INSCRIPTION No. 52
d by The inscription is recorded on a portion of a
(2) . . . . .. .. son of Am ar. May acc
ept milrble padestal of an im:ige (of which the fin­
\3) Go d his piou:, dee ds
(4 l and forgive his evil deeds, gures of the left foot only remain) which measures
Ce rta inly 8.2" x 3. 8". It was found at Wartir, Malakand
(5) recorded (this) on Fri
day , three ( + ) Agency, and was presented to the museum by
(6) ten days (13th) of Jum ada
A)!ha I nayat Ali Shah of Peshawar. The damaged
(7) I of the year 3 ( + ) 4C portion of the padestal contains three lines in
(8) and 200. Blessings the characters of the sixth century A. D., with
of God be upon Mu ha m•
ma d, the Elect an average height from 1/5 to l". The first two
(9) and his descendan ts. lines seem to contain fragments of a verse in the
Sragdhara metre. The inscription records the name
of the donor Jayanta son of K amsa who erected this
Sarada and N agri Script
Line. 1-- [O m na]mah sa[ mv
atsa] re dvatri (trim] i mage o f a god whose name end with the word Pa.
da [? sa]ti-
Line• .2-- [ta me sam] vat The transcription and translation of the inscrip­
32 Ka [r] ti-
tion run as under :

�-- �--•-·---------------------..l- - - - - - -- - - - -------------------

 47
TEXT
Line 1.--. • . data (?) na - nak ha - prollasa Though incomplete, yet the remaining writipg
[t...•] re;ords ' the dedication of a- Buddha image for the
Line 2.--• •. Pasya mur ttir-jvalad - anaka-si[
Li ne 3.--• • . ya hritah Kam sa-puttar-Ja ttro
kh :i -•J blessings of the people of a village-the name of
Ja yanta. which is missing.

Lin e 1.-- .. With shin ing nails.....

TRANSLATION
.
J'EXT

Line 2 .--...image, resplendent as the spar L•me. -1 ... aanamukhe sa [chabha]mitesh [u]jina-
k of burn­ kumaro [Link][r]amava [stanna*]
ing fire, of. . . . Pa I . ,,
Line.--�.. [Link]
Line 3.-- . (by) Jayanta, the
son of Kam sa. TRANSLATIQN
The pedestal bearing the insc Gift (of...... ), the young Jina among tho,se who
ription is lyin g in
the � eserve Collection. See .
Pl. XV. I were� confounded through truth, executed by the
residents of Hida village See. Pl. XVI. 2.
• The pedestal bearing this inscriponit is exhibited
INSCRIPTION No. 53
This inscription is fou nd on
the pedestal of a in1 Show Case No. 13 in t�e up��-\ , right-hand
f •

sculpture, representing the

miracle of Sravasti. gallery. See Pl. XV. 2 , . t _
le was presented by Mr. Wilson
-Johnstone to the
mus eum. The sculpture was
found in a nallah
ntar village' Yakubi in die Swa
bi Tah sil 'of the
Ma rd an District. The , inscription
on its t,ede'Stal
,.. .
is incised in Harosh ti, mea sur ing
• 13 9 " >< ., 1 �• con-
1
tainmg one lme .
hav ing six letters, with average
'I

size of ! in. The righ t-ha nd por

tion of the scul p­
ture has been broken awa y, with the resu
lt that
about six aksh aras are missing at the
' t 1, I • f

beginning.
Also the left-hand corner is dam
aged, with the
consequent disappearance of abo
ut three letters.

- -- ------------
 49
48
APPEND IX A AP PEN DI X C
LIST OF INSCR IPTIONS WITH VAR IOUS
SCRIPTS
S
LIS T OF FO RG ED INS CR IPTION
• 6 " X 3 "•
• on, s1ze
No. 42.-Received fr il Co l. P1p _
Figures in brackets indi'cate inscrirticn [Link] and
d by Dr .
containing 3 line s, Me nt1 0ne
r
others paJle numbers.
Kharoshti Inscriptions.-(1) 1. (10) 13, ( 1 1) 14, A. R . A. S. &J:.
(12) 15, ( 13) 16, ( 14) 16, ( 16 ) 19, ( 17) 19, Spooner in the
(18) 20, ( 19) 20. (20) 21, (21) 21, (22) 22, Frontier C ircle, 1906-07, page 2•
( 23 ) 23, (24) 24, (25) 26, (26) 7, (27) 28,
d Deane, size
(28 ) 29. (29) 31. (30) 32, (31) 33, (32) 34, No. 43 Rec eived f rom Sir Ha rol
lines. Men­
L

(34) 36, (35-40) 38, (46) 40. ( 47) 41, 10" X n". con tain ing 5
(53) 46.
tioned in the above Re por t.
Gupta Inscriptions-( 48) 42.
Stein, �ize
Sarada Inscriptions -(2) 2, (3) 4, (6) 7, (8) 11, No. 44. Received from Sir A ural
(9) 12, (45) 39, (49) 43, ( 52) 45. h cru� e
10" X 8r. X 4¼" Ca rved wit
Aiy_ar 1n
Tibetan Inscription. -( 4) 5 . designs. Me ntioned by Netis�
Mongolian Inscriptions- ( 15 ) 17, (41) 39. Fro nti er Circle ,
the A R A. S. of Ind ia,
I V, pag e
Nagri Inscription-(4()) 43. 1916-17, page 6 and Ap pen dix
Kufic Inscriptions -(7) 9. (49) 43. 28.
P ersian Inscription . -(33) 34.
ty Co mm issi 0n_er,
English lnscription.-(5) 6 No. 50. Received from De pu contam-
P eshawar, -s1'ze 25" X 8" X 5",
above
ing 6 line5. Me nti one d in the
A PPENDIX B
25 .
Report, Appendix IV , pag e
LIST OF D ATED INSCRI PTIONS
Kh1roshti Inscriptiuns-(1 1 ) 1-t, (21 ) 21. (24) 24,
<28) 29.
ru ty Co mmission­
Sarada Tnscriptions.-(2) 2 , (6) 7 (9) 12, ( 48 ) 42, No. 5 1. Received fro m the Dl! 9", .car ved
(49) 43. er, Pel>hawar, size 4.5 " x 2.4
Kufic Inscription s.-(? ) 9, (49) 43. wit h cru de de� ign s Me nti
oned rn the
Per sian Inscri ptions. -(33) 34. -
above Report of 1916 17.
English Inscription s.-(5) 6.
 APP'.ENDIX D
LIST OF INSCRIPTIONS WITH ONE
LETTER
No. 487-88-Kbarosbti le tter on a glaze d pottery
from Sbahji-ki-Dberi. The first �
read as me a n d the second as ma.

No. 491-Kbar oshti letter on a fragment gf a

glaze d brick indicating mi from Sh ah­
ji-ki-Dheri, Peshawar.

No . 493-Kbarosbit letter from. Sbahji-ki-Dberi

on a glazed brick, read as di

I .

....
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APPEN DIX E u,
I-'

DETAILED LIST OF I N SC R I PTIONS

Serial Period
Character Provenance Description
No.
-- -- - -
l line, runs round the [Link]-w-; Middle of
bow ,
Kharoshti Bedadi
with 28 lette rs, ha ving an second cen­
1
average �,ze ftom J 6" to ! •, tury A . D.
mea suril"g 9" x 1.4" x 1 9". l

2 Sarada 8 lines in stone, with letters • 651-A. D.

having nn average size of
Dewal

measuring 12½ n x 9" x 3 " .

3 Sarada Gilgit 6 lines on clay tablets w i th Seventh
letters having an average size century
ranging from. 8" to 1.1". A. D.
I
4 Tibetan 7 lines on back of a stone
I
relief measuring 5.8" x 3.7"
Gyaint,a

5 English Haripur 10 lines in marble �lab, with I 1848-A. D.

158 letters, having a n average
size of mrg. 11" x 10" x H ".

-= -==-------------

Sarada Hazara 7 lines in stone, with letters. , 14 1-A. D.

'
having an average size of
,I
6 mrg. 18' x 10". 6
Kufic Hund 6 �ines in stone, with letters, I 482-A. H,
71 I
having an average size of
mrg . 25} 11 x 16" x 12".
I
Sarada I Hund
I 10 lines in stone, with let- Tenth cen­
ters, having an average size 1 tury A. D.
of mrg. 10¼" x n".
Sarada Hund 8 lines in stone, with letters, 774-75 A.D.
I

having an average size of

91 I
measuring 18" x 1611 x 1211 .
10 Kharoshti I Jamalgarhi 2 · lines in stone, with letters,
having an average size from
� .. to l" ; measuring 11 " x 5-.
11 [Link] IJamalgarhj, 2 lines in stone, with letters, 275 A. D.
having anav�rnge size of
lettm meaming 2 l"xl0-'xl3".

a,
I.\.)
1
I J,
 ,.
'-

lJt
DETAIL LIST OF INSCRIPTIONS
Se1ial l Character vl
Provenance Description Period
No
' ____, ______
12 I Kharoshti
--- --- 1----

I Jamalg :irhi I 1 line in stone , with 1 1

letters, having an average
size of 2 J 1 1 ; m e asuring 22"x
l➔! ' '.
13 Kharoshti Jamalg arhi 1 line i i1 stone. with 6
let1 e r s. h;iving a n avern�e
size from ½ ' ' to 1{11; mea�ur­
ing 5{ x2! ' ' .
Kazina 1 line in stone, with seven Second
Dheri letters, having a 'il average century
14 i Kharoshti

size from l '' to l ! " . A. D.

15 Mongolian/
I Khazana 4 and 5 lines respectively, I
Sarada Dheri with an average size of
; measuring 26'1x 12.�xl01 1 1•
16 I Kharoshti Kbudukhel 2 ½ ,, lines in stone, with 9
letters, having an avera g e
size from } .. to 211 .

17 l<haroshti Khudu khel 2 letters in stone, with 1

line measuring 611 x 4" , hav­
ing an average size from
l" to 2".

K haroshti Khudukhel 2 lines in stone , with letters,

having an average size from
18

-1 ro ..1.¼"; measuring 1 111 x 911 .

K haroshti Khudukhel 1 line in stone, with 7 lecterr,
having an average size t11 to
19
1 �11; measuring 9"x 6; 11.

Kharoshti K hudukheJ 2 lines in stone, with 3

I letters, having an average size
20
of "¾: measuring 7 " x2" .

21 -i(baroshti Khudukhel 3 lines in stone measuring

l 4" x 6" x 811, with letters;
84 A. D.

having a n average size from

1" o 1r.
22 I [Link] I Khudukhel I
3 lines in stone measuring
16" x 9" x6" with letters lJt
\ having an average size of ,+>-
...,..___________;,_.......;_ \
 '-
"

DE TAILED LI ST .
OF INSC RIPTION
SeriaJI S
No �-· Cha racter vena nce
1 l'1
l� /_ _ Des c,ipti on Vl
23 Khar oshti _ Period
Kbudukhel 1 lin e in stone _
2� 11 x lj, ' ', with measuring 1
havin g a n a verage 5 letters /
¾"to } ". �ize fro m
24 Kharoshti
Kula 2 l ine s n a rim e
Dhe 1 i of �ii te�e° p and insi de 245
(Cha rsad I �Ii c Cdsk ec, hav1r.g A. D:
I da) a dia m. of 5-1.., 1-5,.
• 7" dee p ; wic high ;ind
/ ha, ing an av era ge h lette1 £
25 Kba ros hti size of ·I
' Kula Dheri
' ! 'I in e alo(\g outer
sto ne reli c ca;, side of n
a dia m. of 2 9,,,ket, having 1

26 Kha rosb ti
/
I Lah or
an d dep th 6•;
I havin g an ave
l Iin e on a
heig ht lT
with let ters
ra ge siz e of

sto ne rel ief mepedest;i l of a

X 3. 1 ", wit� 14 asu ring 16.4 " ...
v ing avera ge h abs h c. ras ha­
to 1.8,,. eig ht fro m. 8
11 :

27 1 Kharoshti Lalpure 1 line on a stone relief meas·

I \ uring 15¼'" x lOf,, x 2r: with 1
\

four letters varying in size

from 5/8" to l".
. D.
28 Khar o shti I M aman e 1 line on the pedestal . ofg I 166 A
1
Dheri 1 a sto n e scu lptu re, measur1 !1 .
havmg
(Ch arsadda) 29½" x H: with letters
1

an avera ge size from

I
29 I K haroshti I Palatu
Dberi
1 line roun d the body
earthen jar, with 10 letters
.(C harsadda) having an average si
1 line roun d the
of
ze H"
body of
an

an
I
I
30 I Kharosbti \ Palatu
Dheri earthen jar, with 22 letters
([Link]) having an average size I".
Palatu 1 1 line round [Link] body of a n
31 I Kharoshti I with 12 letters
Dheri eart hen jar,
(Charsadda) 1 having a n ave rage size of L,.

32 I Kharoshti I Palatu I 1 line on a with pedestal of a

Dberi stone imag e 7 letters
da
( Cba rsad \ ) havi ng an aver age size of r. U1

I The i,edestal measures

0\
 �· ,
DETA ILE D LI ST OF IN
SC RI PTIONS
Serial'
No . / Char acter I Provenan ce
Description
V,

Period
--.)

� I Persian --- ,Pesh

;war /
7 lin es in a ma rbl� sla
measuring 40 " x 30 " x b, / 1039 'A. H.­
with let ter s having an 2f'
age size of inches . av er-
34 Kh arosh ti Sha hji-ki­ 4 lines on the top of
Dheri the lid
betw een the flying gees'e Sec ond
mflin body of the kanishand cen tur y
relic caske t . ka A D.
35-40 I Khar o
shti Sh ahji -ki­ 1 line of 4 letters.
D heri with 2"
he ight; l line of 3 letter
1r · in height; l line s. wi th
letters. with height fro of 3
m
to 2" ; 1 line of 2 let ter 1¼,,
lin e of three le tters withs ; 1
average size from l } to an
respe ctively . 16!"
41 � ongolia n
i Shertala o 20 lin es in a stone me
ing 34 11 x 11 ", with asur­
letter
having an avera ge s\ze fro s
m.

•-
42-44 \ I t Forgerie s.
Sarada ... 5 lines in a �tone measuring 15th centu-
I
J 4 � '' x 10;" with letters hav- ry A. D .
45 I I I

ing an average size from

46 I Kharo'shti Takht-i- I ing1 line on a pottery. measur- 1 lst. century
Bahi with 7 letters having an \ A. D.
I

average size of 5/8".

1

47 I K haroshti I Takht-i- 2 lines on a back of a stone

I image
Bahi with 5 letters, having
an average size of 1 inch.

Gupta Talai 7 lines in a sandstone. mea­ 654-A. D.

suring 23· x 14{" ; containing
48
letters having an average size.
49 I Kufic Nagri Tochi 9 lines of Kufic and 51. of 243 A. H.
Nagri on a stone measuring
24" x 12,, ; containing,
respectively with an average
size from •
50-51 Forgeries. Vl
o:;i

•
 •
59
60
APPENDIX F.
LIST OF ERAS USED IN THESE RECORDS
Saka Era of 78 A. D.

j
Kanishka Era of 128-29 A. D .
.., Vikrama Era of 57 B. C.
Seleucidan Era of 312 B. C.
Harsha Era of 606 A. D.
z
Gupta Era of 319·20 A . D.
Laukika Era of 38 -39 A. D.
0

Hijra Era c,f 622 A. D

u
Cl)
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B
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•
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Budhasena, 38 Gyaintsa, 5
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63
( )

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( Q

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H
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Hiuan Tsang, 9 . King Nalanda. 4
N
Salatura, 27
Horashadara, 41 I Kudacha Vihara, 22 Samgharakshita, 2
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Kufic, LO, 43 N avagram, 7 Sa m gharanea, 38
Kula Dheri, 24 Saravarna, 25
Idak-Spinwam Road. 17 0
I
Kulasanka. 3 Saravast, bullen, 38
lsvara, U Kumara, 28 Obhara, 23
Ohind, 9 Savastika, 21
lsvara, Sri, 7 Kushan, 1, 25. 28, 31 Shahjah:r n, 35
Indra 23, Oxford, 6
Shahji-ki-Dheri 4, 37, 38
J ndrasala, 29 Ladle, 1. 2 Sher Talao, 39
L
Indus, 12 L:ihor, 27 Paighambar, 18 Sikh Army 6
p

Lalpura, 28. P;,li, 29 Smith, 6

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J

Jaffar, Abu, Muhammad, 1 Lamp, 16 P, nine, 27 Spooner, D. P., Dr.. 13

J amalgarhi, 13, 14, 15, 16 Lashkar Khan, 35 Paris. 18, 39 Sri-
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M
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K
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5 40 Stein, Aurel, Sir 1, 7, 13,
a m sa, 46 Mamane Dheri, 29 Professor Wladtmirtizoo,
K
Ma nda ra, 8
12
Ka nisbk a _ 39 Sethaviravada, 2
15, 21, 22, 39
M ard an , 9
•
Era, 30 Puiya, 3 Swabi, 9, 27
Cask et. 35 I Me hira Gula Sylvain, Prof., 39
Vihara, 3 Milinda, 29
0 Mura, 8
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U-to-kia-b a n-cha, 9
Takht-i-Bahi, 40
T

Thomas Saint, 34 Van bad aka , Sri, 7

V
•
Talai Plain, 42 Vasudevak, 23
Taxila, 2 Vasishtha, 14
Tib et, 5
Tibitan, 5 Ve ham a, 28
Tochi, 7, 39 Vihau da, 12
.., Tossana, 42 Vibara, 22
Totai, 49 Ve sa, 25
Trami Vishau, 8
I VogaJ, Dr .
Tra vasakura, 22 3J,
Travas,ka
Tro bak a, 3 Waihand, 9
Wano, 42 J
u
Ud aba ndapura, 9 WiJsoo-Johston, 46
Uddilaka, 15 Wa rtir, 45
Umarzai, 17 Wladimirtizo o, Prof.
, 39
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Ur sa, I
Yakubi, 46
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and Song Yun) .

8. Buddhist Art in India . (In Preparation)

9. 1'[Link] on Gems and Jewels with special re­

(In Preparation)
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