No. 20.
J.Ph. Vogel - EI, XX, 1;
G 1. Inscription on a stone pillar or stele decorated with carvings, at a distance of about two furlongs to the north-west of the Mahаchetiya. It consists of ten lines of writing. The inscribed surface shows three cracks and the right hand portion damaged. Some three or four aksharas at the end of ll. 1—5 are lost. Lines 9 and 10 are partly obliterated. The lines, when complete, must have been 15 inches in leanth. The average size of the aksharas is 1/2 to 3/4 inch. The lettering has become worn owing to exposure to the weather. The inscription records the foundation of a vihаra by Mahаdеvи Bhaтidevа, who was the wife (?) of King Siri-Virapurisadata and the mother of King Ehuvuлa(?)-Chа[м]tamуla. The date in ll. 9—10 is no longer legible.

Detached Pillar inscription G 1.

TRANSCRIPT.

(l. 1) [Si]dhaм namo bhagavato teloka-dhaмma-dhurа-vahasa mahаrаja[sa Virу-]
(l. 2) [pa]khapati-Mahаsena-parigahitasa Agihot-Аgiтhoma-[Vаjape-]
(l. 3) y-Аsamedha-y-[a]yi(ji)sa hiraмнa-koтi-go-satasaha[sa-hala-sata-]
(l. 4) sahasa-padаi(yi)sa savathesu apatihata-saмka[pasa] . .
(l. 5) [Vа]seтhiputasa Ikhаkunaм Siri-Chаtamуlasa sun[hа]ya [mahаrаja-]
(l. 6) sa Mадha[ri]putasa Ikhаkunaм Siri-Vиrapurisadatasa bhayaya ma-
(l. 7) hаrajasa Siri-E[huvuлa-]Chаtamуlasa mаtuya mahаd[e]viya Bhaтidevаya
(l. 8) . . . . . . . [i]maм vihаro sava-jаta-niyuto achariy[а]naм Bahusutиyаnaм
(l. 9) patiтhа[pito] . . . . i ra pu naм budhiнa . . . . [saмvachharaм]. .[bitiyaм]
(l. 10) [gimha-pakhaм] . . . . . . . . . . sughаya ti
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The first half of the inscription has been restored with the aid of the corresponding passage in other inscriptions.
L. 6. The second akshara (for Mадha[ri]putasa) may be either дa or дha; this mutilated word can hardly be anything but bhayаya.
L. 7. The aksharas -huvuлa are damaged owing to a crack, but hu is still legible.
L. 8. Or should we read sava-jina-niyuto ? The akshara, following sava- is certainly jа. In the other inscriptions we find savaniyuto.
L. 9. [. . . . . . Virapunaмbudhiнa . (proper name ?) raгo.—Ed.]
L. 10. The date appears to have been followed by a benedictory formula such as sava-loka-hita-sukhаya.