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.