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This inscription is engraved on a pillar discovered outside the eastern gate of the citadel in Site No. 36. There are five lines of writing covering an area about 14 inches in heigt and 14 1/2 inches in breadth. The characters are similar to those in the other records edited here; but their size is bigger, individual letters, excluding the conjuncts and those endowed with vowel-marks, etc., being nearly 1 1/2 inches in height. The elongation of the letters is less prominent in this record than in others. The initial vowel o and the consonant л oocur in the epigraph. No king is mentioned and there is no date. The language of the record is Prakrit.

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1 Sidhaм [|*] khaмdhаvаrаna okhaмdhakasa amita-
2 janasa dapa-damanasa Olabaku-
3 hathi-gаhakasa mahаsenа-
4 patisa Kuлahakаnaм siri-Chaмta-
5 puлasa chhаya-thabho [|]
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