No. 27. Inscription of the time of Ehavala Chantamуla, Year 16.

This epigraph\3 is engraved on a four-faced pillar excavated from a site where originally a temple was standing. As known from the record under study, this temple belonged to the god Mahаdeva or Щiva called Pushpabhadrasvаmin.
The inscription consists of 11 lines of writing and occupies a space measuring about 27" long and 21.5" wide. The lines of writing, except lines 1, 2 and 8, extend upto the light end of the fourth face of the pillar. The engraver appears to have taken care to see that words are not split up at the end of the line and this is the reason why the said three lines are shorter in length. The average height of a letter is 1/2 inch excluding the elongated vowel-marks often added to the top or bottom. The engraving of the record is neat and the preservation of the writing satisfactory.
The characters are Brаhmи of the third or fourth century A.D. and arc very much the same as found in the other records of the dynasty, which were discovered at the same place and have been edited in this journal.\4
The language of the inscription is Sanscrit.
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The present fashion is to spell the name as Nаgаrjunakoндa. instead of Nаgаrjunikoндa. Macron over e and o has not been used in this article.
3. A. R. Ep., 1957-58, No. B 4.
4. See, e.g., above, Vol. XX, pp. 1 ff.