Jeypore.—Pedestal of a Sūrya image in the compound of the Nīlakaṇṭhēśvara temple.

Indistinct. In characters of about the 12th century.

Bhubaneswar.—Panel (right side) of the Mañchapurī cave on the Udayagiri Hill.

Do., do.

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Do.

Ibid., p. 160, Plate.

Do., Panel of the Sarpagumphā in the same place.

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Do.

Ibid., pp. 161 ff., Plate.

Do., Upper storey of the Vaikuṇṭha cave in the same place.

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Do.

Ibid., pp. 159 ff., Plate.

Do., Outer wall of the inner chamber of the Bāgh cave.

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Do.

Ibid., pp. 163 ff., Plate.

Do., Wall of the Hāthīgumphā in the same place.

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Two lines in ornamental characters. The last expression in line 2 is  snēha-prakāśa. In characters of about the 5th century A.D.

Do., same wall

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Brāhmī

Reads [matha]nāgnihōtra.      Do.

Seems to read Śīlākaṇṭaka Viśīla.  In characters of about the 2nd century A.D.

Sanskrit , East Indian characters.

Records the installation of the image by Rāhularuchi. Published in Ep. Ind., Vol. XXVI, pp. 247 ff., Plate.

Sanskrit , Northern Alphabet.

Do., sides of an image at the same place.

Prākṛit, Northern Alphabet.

Fragmentary. Buddhist creed. In characters of about the 10th century A.D.

Do., pedestal of another image at the same place.

Damaged and fragmentary. Buddhist creed. In characters of about the 6th century A.D.

Do., left side of the body of the biglion at the same place.

Brāhmī (ornamental)

Seems to read suryōhaṁbandha. In characters of about the 5th century A. D. cf. J.A.S., Letters, Vol. XVII, p. 115, Plate XII.

Reads sura[dha]n[ā]bha. Another line is engraved across in ornamental characters.            Do.

Do., fragment of a stone at the same place.

Prākṛit, Northern Alphabet.

Indistinct. A single line in characters of about the 10th century. A.D.

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