No. 23.
J.Ph. Vogel - EI, XX, 1;
K. Inscription along the lower edge of a long sculptured beam found on the mound Polugubодu. It consists of one line of writing, the beginning and concluding portions of which are almost entirely obliterated. The inscription, as far as preserved, measures nearly five feet in length. It records the donation of a slab (?) by a person whose name is lost, together with his sons, daughters, sons-in-law, grandsons, granddaughters, relatives and friends. The preserved portions contain no date.

TRANSCRIPT.

(l. 1). . . . . . . saputak[а]na[м] cha Dhamasa Padumasa cha [Bha]dasa Hughasa saput-[i]k[а]na[м] cha . . . . . . . . . . . . . .had[а]ya Budh[а]ya Padumаya M[isа]ya Chula-Budh-[а]ya N[а]k[а]ya cha saj[а]m[а]tuk[а]na[м] san[а]tuk[а]na[м] sanat[i]na[м] cha sanаdi-m[i]ta-ba[м]dhavаna[м] cha deyadham[o] paтa niba sapadaka . . . . .
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Perhaps sapаduka-paттa. [Perhaps the reading is 'paтаni be sapаdukаni', meaning two slabs with footprints.-Ed.]