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Tunulaurakasa Gahapatisa Pusi- lisa-putasa, Sethivadi-cha Sasivakasa, (2) gharaniya cha Munuriya, JamA&tukasa-cha Vachitasa, jama- tukasa-cha Vichitasa, jamatuka-(3)sa cha Maha+ jevasa, BAlikaya Budhdya, Balikaya Chanda- pusaya, Balikaya Chamaya, deya-dhama (4) pataka ba. V. Gadhikasa haghasa, (2) saputakasa, saduhu- (8)-tukasa chetiya thabho (4) danam. VI . (N&) rdyana dhama . os latiputasa . gahapatisa Dhana Mi(trasa) . . (j)Amatrika . sa saduhu(trika)sa putana dhisa . prapuri . . putra. VIL Mostly illegible. VIL. Kabu 5 ravatha vasa Budhi sama ‘ ya putasa mulihiri Sagha-Mitrakasa Akhatisa Dhawa Siriya Ba- , . siriya Saghaya Ayabaniga Sava, . kumudaputa rakasa Vahilasa _ ye. . Budhika sa Bhariya . Kusuma dhudu Kanayatasa dAsadati Maharaja Yadnya IX. Munakala . Kanhiya putasa ta . . 8a - Tuita balavass deya dhama. Siri Sadakani vatha, I. (Gift) of the householder Maditi’s, daughters Urvdsika, Sangha-Rakshitd, Sabhdsakd, (and) Sabhdgirind, together with their sons, and the slave Avjuna, and the slave (San)gha, . I. Pious gift of the Buddhist Négamuli, and of the Buddhist Balinanda, Pusiliyas (? descendants of Pusili). Gift of their sisters, of their sine ilar and of their (—?—), and of’ all friends, to the great Chaitya of Bhagavata of a slab . tooth (2) . III. Pious gift of a pillar (the remainder is unintelligible), . . enshrined IV. Be it auspicious! Pious gift of two -slab- — pillars of Tunulauwraka, the householder, son of Pusili, and of Sasivaka, the chief Banker, and of. his wife Munuri, and of his son-in-law Vachitu, and ‘of his son-in-law Vichita, and of his son-in- law Mahajeva ; his daughter Budhd, his daughter Chandrapusa, (and) his daughter Charmd. V..Pillar gift to the Chaitya of Hagha of Gadhika, together with his son and his daughter. VI. Imperfect,—but enough remains to show that the inscription is of the usual form,.and records the gift of the householder Dhana-~mitra, and of his son-in-law, his daughter, &. VII. At the end of the last line but one I read the word Muhdchetiya. ~ VIII. This inscription is engraved on five small pillars or stele, on one of the sculptured represen- tations of a Stupa. Many of the letters are quite clear and distinct; but no part can be read with certainty. IX. This is the most valuable of all the Amra- vati inscriptions; but unfortunately the slab has not come to England, and there is only a copy made by a draughtsman to refer to. The title of Maha- raja is distinct in the last line but one, and the name following it appears to be Yddnya, who wag one of the last of the Andhra kings. 240 X. radahapachepaya . . kasayanadha . kasapanoraya. 7 XI. . . patiputasa gahapatino Haghasabhaya cha Savanaya Chetiya vetika cha pats ‘deya dhama. XII. Rakhadiya ‘ite eee a ae pati- tatha, XIII. Lonavalavakasa, Saghirakhitasa-cha, Ma ritisa-cha, Bhariyayo Saghaya-cha, Sagha-dasiya- cha, Kumadaya-cha, danam. XIV. Akard Matriya danam patika. XV... daki chasa gabayatisa rana aswas, putasa . sakhatakasa deya dhama. . na, XVI. Akhasavédi cha Samariti gahapatina tuno Ajunasa deya dhama unisa. XVII. Valikachakasa gahapatino Papino bha- riya-cha Kanhdya paputikasa-danam. XVIII. Therasa Chetiyavadakasa Bhayata Bud- hino, Bhaginiya Bhikhuniya Budhaya-cha dana deya dhama’ Siha-thana. saBhariyasa, sa-Putakasa . APPENDIX E. X. Not read. XI, Pious gift to the Chaitya of a Vetika and a slab, of the householder patiputra, and of Haghasabhd, and of Savand. XII. Not read. XIII. Gift of Lonavalavaka, and Sanghirak- shita, and Muriti, and of their wives Sangha, and Sanghaddsi, and Kumddri. XIV. Gift of Akar&’s mother of a slab-pillar. XV. Pious gift of ——dakicha, the householder, son of Rana-~Aswa, . . . together with his wife, and his son, and his (~?—). XVI. Nineteen pious gifts of Akhasavddi and Samariti, householders, XVII. Gift of Papi, householder of Valikachaka, and of his wife the grand-daughter of Kanha. XVIII. Pious gift of a Lion-pedestal of the Thera (Sthdvira or Elder) Bhayata Budhi, the enlarger of the Chaitya, and of his sister the Nun ~ Budhd. XIX. dulena krita. Agheya Vachakita Vira Budharakhitasa atevasi- naya deya danam. . : VuapieEnue puma devagntans XX. Balikahi sahina tihisa nitya sanigama Khatana gena sahadama deya dhamana Dhanka- kata mahachetiya chetiya pat& be 2, bataka 3, datisa pupha gatiya patasa . . cha . . ha cha nebatasa tha . . tha Rajagiriyanam nata vadare paditha pita sanasa danam chahitasa pathati. XIX. ——(first part not read.) Pious gift of Agheya Vachakita Vira, pupil of Budha Rakshita. XX. Partsof this inscription are not intelligible ; but enough has been made out. to show that it records the gift of two slabs and three slab-pillars by certain persons of Rdjagiri, the ancient capital of Bihar. A. CUNNINGHAM, Major-General R.E. NOTE. The principal points of interest 5 in these inseripticns, with reference to the preceding text, are the allusions to the Tooth relic in No. II, to Yadnya Sri in No. IX, and to the Maha Chaitya of Dhanakakata- in the last. If on further investigation their correctness should be established, the history of the monument can hardly be considered doubtful—J. F. APPENDIX F. a4) APPENDIX F. THE two following tables contain the results of my lucubrations in the chronology of the principal Indian dynasties who are recorded to have reigned for seven,centuries before and as many after the Christian era. As mentioned in the body of the work (page 63), it is my intention to submit a paper embodying these facts, together with the data on which they are founded, to the Royal Asiatic Society, and perhaps it would have been prudent,to have awaited the remarks and criticisms which might arise in discussing it before printing it in the naked form in which it is here given, It was absolutely necessary, however, in a work involving so much history as this, that some system of chronology should be adopted, and as my investigations have led me to results in many cases widely different from any published tables, the work must either have been left incomplete in this respect, or my viéws staved in some form or other. All,I ask of the reader, at present, is . to believe I have a reason to give for every date and every synchronism. in these tables; whether it is a good reason or not must be determined hereafter. The whole, however, appears to me tohang so well together and to accord so well with what we learn from coins or inscriptions, or from the architectural remains, and historical traditions, that I feel confident that the scheme will be found correct within very narrow limits of error. All the dynasties here quoted will be readily.recognized as those published by Prinsep,* Wilson,+ Thomas,t and others. No novelty in this respect has been attempted, It is only the arrangement that is, in some instances, somewhat different from that usually accepted. The newest list is that of the Sah kings, which is copied with its dates from one by Mr. Justice Newton, which appear ed in the “ Bombay Times of India” in July last. ‘There are.several of the dates in these tables which I would like to adjust arbitrarily to the extent .of four or five years, and when I can give my reasons I shall probably do so. For the present I prefer leaving them as I have found them. . They are near enough the truth for the - purposes of the present work. — ; * Useful Tables, Calcutta, 1834. ‘3 : + Vishnu Purfna. “London, 18-40. { Prinsep’s Indian Antiquities. London, 1858. A (4799.) . H 20. DESCENTS FROM KaALiyuGa. Kritanjaya, Ist emigrant from Kosala. Rananjaya. Sanjaya. 7 Sakya. Snddhodane. Rahula, son of Sikya Muni, Prasenajit. Kshudraka. Kundaka. Suratha, Sumitra. APPENDIX F. 37 Descerts iv 600? Years ¥YROM YUDHISIITIRA. —— 4, A SarsunAGA Dynasty. Sigundga - - - - 691 Kakavarna, Kshemadharman.