No. 5. Ajaнта cave inscription. A fragment on a pilaster in Cave XX. (ASWI)
Cave-Temple Inscriptions, pp. 76, 77; ASWI IV.11.5; |
Text.
[1.] [deyadharmmo]ya[м] maндapa . .
[2.] . . . pautrasya Kрi . . .
[3.] . putrasya Upendra . . . .
[4.] . sya dharmma haga . . . .
[5.] trasya jayatам . . . . .
[6.] lyakalapri . . . . . .
[7.] mochаsakasya . . . . . .
[8.] nvаmika . . . . . . .
[9.] puнya(м) tadbha[vatu mаtрipitрi]
[10.] [pуrvaм] gamаnам sa[kalasattvаnаm utta]
[11.] [rajга]nаv[а]p[taye].
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According to this transcript, the inscription recorded the donation of a "hall,"
maндapa, by Upendra or Upendra[gupta], whose father and grandfather were named. The
father's name may have been Kрi[шнa] or Kрi[шнadаsa]. (ASWI)