Inscription A.

This inscription consisting of a single line is engraved on the frontside of the pedestal of the first Buddha bronze image. It records that the bronze under question is the pious gift of a person whose name seems to read Nаgabhуti.

TEXT

Dеya-dhammо=ya[м*] Nаva(ga)bh[у]
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From the original.
The word dhamma (Sanskrit dharmma) shows Prakrit influence; (for Nаva(ga)bh[у]) - this name may be tentatively restored as Nаgabhуti.