North Indian Inscriptions

LOCATION OF BHARHUT INSCRIPTIONS

as described by General Cunningham ^[1]

I. Inscriptions on pillars on pillars of gateways (toraṇa). A1 (687), A 2 (688), A 129 (689).

II. Inscriptions on coping stones (uṣṇīsa).

(I) A 70 (690)
(II) B 57 (691), B 63 (692), B 69 (693), B 50 (694), B 42 (695), B 77 (696), )
(III) B 64 (697), )
(IV) B 48 (698), B 68 (699), )
(V) B 41 (700), B 54 (701), B 65 (702), )
(VI) B 46 (703), B 54 (704), )
(VII) B 5 (705), B 58 (706), B 73 (707), B 74 (708), )
(VIII) B 56 (709), B 67 (710), B 75 (711).

III. Inscriptions on pillars (stambha) of railing and returns (gates).

(a) S. E. Quadrant (P 11) A 34 (712),
(P 12) A 38 (713), B 14 (714),
(P 13) A 68 (715),
(P 17) A 71 (716), B 11 (717),
(P 15) A 42 (718),
(P 18) A 14 (719),
(P ?) A 12 (720),
(M 5) A 50 (721), B 16 (722),
(P 21, M 2) A 24 (723), B 43 (724),
(P 6) A 21 (725),
(P 10) B 7 (726), A 94 (727),
(P 26) A 22 (728),
(P 14) A 98 (729), B 47 (730), B 32 (731), B 33 (732), B 34 (733),
(P 1) A 95 (734), B 6 (735), B 4 (736), B 5 (737).

(b) S. Return
(P 29) A 62 (738), B 23 (739), B 24 (740), B 25 (741), B 26 (742), B 27 (743),
B 28 (744), B 29 (745), B 30 (746), B 31 (747), B 60 (748), B 61 (749),
B 38 (750), B 39 (751), B 36 (752), B 37 (753), B 71 (754), B 70 (755),
B 72 (756), A 136 (757).

(c) S. W. Quadrant
(P ?) A 123 (758),
(M 7) A 40 (759), B 17 (760),
(P 9) A 74 (761),
(P 23) A 61 (762),
(P 27) A 8 (763),
(P ?) A 52 (764),
(M 10) B 78 (765),
(P 30) A 65 (766),
(P 25) A 6 (767),
(P 2) A 66 (768), B 52 (769),
(P 16) B 8 (770), B 9 (771), A 80 (772).

(d) W. Return
(P 3) A 59 (773), B 40 (774), B 21 (775), B 22 (776), B 18 (777).

(e) N.W. Quadrant (P 8) A 29 (778), B 13 (779),
(P 20) A 30 (780),
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^[1] A 1, B 1 etc, refer to our treatment of the inscriptions below. Group A consists of donative inscriptions, group B of inscriptions describing the sculptural representations. The numbers given in brackets are the corresponding ones on Lüders’ ‘List of Brāhmi inscriptions’. The arrangement in the List follows the order given by Cunningham in StBh.