162(40). Amarаvatи buddhist stone inscription. (No. 547 of 1917).

TEXT.

1 . . . . . . [sa] Chadasa cha mаtuyа . . . . . . . . . . .
2 . . . naм navakamikа Дadhаnaдаri . . . . . .
3 . . . . нo dhama-kadhiko aya-Даraдo cha

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'. . . . . . . . . of Chada (Chandra) and of his mother . . . . . the overseer of works, Дadhаnaдаri . . . . . and the preacher of the law, the venerable Даraдa.' (RCh)

( Дadhаnaдаri and Даraдо are very strange names. Rao Sahib H. Krishna Sastri suggests that the sign which I have taken as д may be considered as p. In that case navakamika-padhаna will mean 'the chief of the overseers.' - RCh.)