156(34). Amarаvatи coping-stone buddhist inscription. (No. 538 of 1907).
| The coping-stone which bears the inscription is described by Mr. Rea in the Director-General's Annual Report for 1905-06, p. 117 (Plate XLVIII, Fig, 1). It is also noticed by Professor Luders in his List, No. 1205 (1454). |
| R. Chanda, EI, XV. No. 13.34 |
TEXT. (RCh.)
. . . . . . . . sa Tulakichasa gaha-patisa Kubulasa putasa Budhino bhаriyаya Tukаya
sa-putikаya sa-bbaginikаya paтo deya-dhaмma
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'(This) slab is the pious gift of Tukа, the wife of Budhi, son of the householder Kubula,
a Tulakicha, with her son and sister.' (RCh)
(Luders takes Tulakicha in the sense of an inhabitant of Tulaka. But this is doubtful. The
Tukа of this inscription may be identical with Tukа of No. 32.
- RCh.)