No. 8. Bhaттiprоlu Buddhist casket inscription. Prakrit. Incised on the rim of the lower stone of the second casket, outside the No. VI, the letters being turned the other way.
| 1892 noticed by Buфhler, VOJ VI, p. 149, No. 7; 1894 Buфhler, EI II, p. 328, No. 7, and Plate; Luders list 1336; SI No.95e |
| Lu: - The ascetic (samaнa) Utara (Uttara), the son of Ghakhа (or Chaghakhа ?) presented the park (аrаma). |
TEXT.
Samaнo Chagha[гa]puto Utaro Аrаmu-tara . . [||]
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"Samaнa (Щramaнa), the son of Chaghaгa (? Jaghanya ?), Utara (Uttara) (Bu)
SI has Chaghaгa(kho?), tara [pу ?]ta [|*].