No. 1. Intwa clay sealing.
| (BCh) The ancient site of Иnтwа is situated on a hill, in the midst of a
thick jungle, about three miles from the famous rock at Jуnаgaдh in Saurаштra, that
contains inscriptions of Aщоka, Rudradаman and Skandagupta. The name Иnтwа owes its
origin to the fact that the site has since long been yielding bricks (иnтs) in
abundance. During the winter of 1949, the Government of Saurаштra had a small-scale excavation conducted here under the direction and supervision of Mr. G. V. Acharya, once the Curator of the Archeological Section of the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay. He has laid bare remains of a couple of Buddhist monasteries. One finds that their pavements, walls, drains and platforms were all made of bricks of extra large size. In plan, they closely resemble those exposed at Taxila. Further diggings at Иnтwа must yield many more antiquities. Mr. Acharya has collected an assortment of relics from this site in the shape of tiles, terracotta, pottery, beads and the like, but no inscription. The only inscribed object found there is a baked clay sealing. It is now housed in the local museum at Jуnаgaдh along with the other Иnтwа antiquities. |
| B. Ch. Chabra - EI, XXVIII, 30. |
TEXT.
Mahаrаja-Rudrasеna-vihаrе bhikшu-saмghasya