No. 34. Inscription of the time of Ehuvula Chаntamуla, Year 13

A. R. Ep., 1958-59, No. B 79; D. C. Sircar - EI, V. XXXV No. 3.

This inscription is engraved on a pillar found in an area to the north of the sixteen-pillared Maндapa in Section IV of Site No. 61. There are 7 lines of writing covering an area about 7 1/2 inches in height and 10 1/2 inches in breadth. The preservation of the writing is not quite satisfactory in the upper three lines of the inscription.
The characters are the same as in many other epigraphs of the place, which can be assigned to dates about the third or fourth century A.D. The language of the inscription is Prakrit.

TEXT

1 Sidham | sаmisa rа[гo] Vаse[тhipu]tasa Ikhаkusa
2 siri-Ehavula-[Cha]tamуlasa savachhara ta(te)rasa[ma]
3 gиm[h]aнnaм pakha paмchama 5 divasa satama 7 ra[гo]
4 [Mа]дhari-pуtasa Ikhаkuнa[м] sa(si)ri-Virapуrusadatasa
5 mahisija(ya) Mahavalabhиkаya Yakhиlinikаya pu-
6 tasa mahаsenapatisa kum[а]rasa Elи-Ehav[у]-
7 ladаsaмnakasa chhaya-tha[м]bh[o] thаpito |

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From impressions.
L. 5. Probably we should not take it as mahisi-Jamaha-.
L. 7. The punctuation is indicated by a curved stroke preceded by visarga-like sign.