- Support
- Fragment of a pillar; h. 101 × w. 23 × d. 37 cm.
- Text
- Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. h. 11 × w. 19 cm .
- Date
- Attributable to the Ikṣvāku period on palaeographic grounds.
- Origin
- Ghantasala.
- Provenance
- Nothing is known about date and location of discovery of this stone fragment. Identified at the Ghantasala Museum, on the ground in front of the building (without acc. no.), in February 2016.
- Editors
- Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier, with contributions by Stefan Baums and Ingo Strauch.
- Publication history
- Previously unpublished; edited here from our photographs and after autopsy of the stone.
(1)
///
masā[ra]gahapati[sa]
///
(2)
///
?
vana
? ?
sa
◊
pa
///
(3)
(de)
///
[ya]dha[ṁ]ma
thabo
(1) /// masā[ra]gahapati[sa] ///
(2) /// ? vana ? ? sa ◊ pa ///
(3) (de) /// [ya]dha[ṁ]ma thabo
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<w xml:id="tok5040">masā<unclear>ra</unclear>gahapati<unclear>sa</unclear>
</w>
<milestone unit="fragment" type="lost" subtype="right"/>
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<milestone unit="fragment" type="lost" subtype="left"/>
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<gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/>
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<space type="horizontal" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
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<lb n="3"/>
<w xml:id="tok5050">
<supplied reason="lost">de</supplied>
<milestone unit="fragment" type="lost" subtype="left"/>
<unclear>ya</unclear>dha<unclear>ṁ</unclear>ma</w>
<w xml:id="tok5051">thabo</w>
</ab>(This) pillar (is) the pious gift ... of the notable (gahapati) Masāra ...