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No.

Place of inscription

Dynasty

King

Date

Language
and
Alphabet

Remarks

 

BENGAL (WEST)

 

 

 

 

 

1

Calcutta.—Asutosh Museum—Image of Dēvī with child.

Pāla     .           .           .

Rāmapāla        .           .           .           .           .

….

Sanskrit, Gauḍīya       .

Damaged in parts.

2

Stone pedestal of a lost image in the same place.

     Do. .                       .           .                      

Dēvapāla         .           .           .           .           .

….

   Do.   .           .           .

Seems to mention Pāhuka, son of Dugarā, as the donor and
sculptor of the image.

3

Side of a stone slab in the same place .

….

….

Bengal year 1225,
Chaitra, and 1226,
Śrāvaṇa 20.

Bengali .          .           .

Speaks of a construction, which was begun on the former date and completed on the latter, by Gōrāṅga Sāhā who was a resident of Jiyāgañja-Ḍhākōyālapaṭi but originally hailed
from Padmāpāra-Chirastelakuṭhi.

4

Another side of the same stone          .           .

….

….

Śaka 1746, Bengal
year 1231, Māgha
2, Thursday = 1825
A.C., January 20,
Thursday, f.d.t. ∙22.

   Do.               .           .

Refers to the prayer of Gōrāṅga Dāsa, a residents of Jiyāgañja possibly hailing originally from Padmāpāra-chirahastanikshī (sic.), to god Rādhāgōvinda.

 

BIHAR
GAYA DISTRICT

 

 

 

 

 

5

Barabar Hill.—Image of Dēvī in the
Siddhēśvaranātha temple.

….

….

….

Sanskrit, Gauḍīya.      .          

Indistinct.

6

Pedestal of an image near the same temple.

….

….

….

Sanskrit, Nāgarī          .

Records that the image in question was the gift of a queen
(rājñī) whose name appears to be given as Maruk[ā].

7

Pedestal of another image in the same place.

….

….

….

   Do.               .           .

Speaks of the image as the gift of a certain person.

8

Pedestal of a Dēvi image in the same place

….

….

….

Sanskrit (verse),
Northern Alphabet.

States that the image was the gift of a distinguished lady.
In characters of about the ninth century.

 

MONGHYR DISTRICT

 

 

 

 

 

9

Amarpur.—Sculptured stone slab, No. 1.

…

….

….

Sanskrit, Nāgarī          .

Gives the Buddhist formula, yē dharmā, etc. In characters of
about the tenth century.

10

            Do., No. 2.      .           .           .           .

….

….

….

   Do.   .           .           .

                        Do.

11

            Do., No. 3.      .           .           .           .

….

….

….

   Do.   .           .           .

                        Do.

12

Chauki.—Image of Bōdhisattva Padmapāṇi.

….

….

….

Sanskrit, Gauḍīya       .

Seems to mention the image as the gifts of Lōkadatta. In
characters of about the twelfth century.

13

Gōḍī.—Buddhist image

….

….

….

   Do.               .           .

Gives the Buddhist formula, yē dharmā, etc. In characters of
about the tenth century A.D.



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