North Indian Inscriptions

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PART B

7. B 70 â 76 INSCRIPTIONS REFERRING TO THE LEGENDS CONNECTED
WITH MOUNT NAḌODA^[1]

B 70 (755); PLATES XXII, XLVI

TOGETHER with Nos. B 71 and B 72 on the lowermost relief of the inner face of the same pillar as No. A 62, now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta (P 29). Edited by Cunningham, StBh. (1879), p. 45; 115; 135, No. 44, and Pl. XV, XXX and LIV; Hoernle, IA. Vol. XI (1882), p. 25 f., No. 19 a; Hultzsch, ɀDMG. Vol. XL (1886), p. 67, No. 62, and Pl.; IA. Vol. XXI (1892), p. 232, No. 62; Barua-Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 92, No. 215; Barua, Barh. Vol. II (1934), p. 165 ff., and Vol. III (1937), Pl. XCIV (142); Lüders, Bhārh. (1941), p. 84.

TEXT:
1 Bahuhathiko nigodho
2 Naḍode

TRANSLATION:
The banyan tree Bahuhathika (Bahuhastika; of many elephants)^[2] on (Mount) Naḍoda.

See the remarks on No. B 72. [B 70, B 71 and B 72 refer to one and the same sculpture.]

B 71 (754); PLATE XXII

TOGETHER with Nos. B 70 and B 72 on the lowermost relief of the inner face of the same pillar as No. A 62, now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta (P 29). The inscription is engraved on one of the pillars of the railing below the sculpture. Edited by Cunningham, StBh. (1879), p. 115; 135, No. 43, and Pl. XV, XXX and LIV; Hoernle, IA, Vol. XI (1882), p. 26, No. 20; Hultzsch. ɀDMG. Vol. XL (1886), p. 67, No. 61, and Pl.; IA. Vol. XXI (1892), p. 232, No. 61; Barua-Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 92, No. 214; Barua, Barh. Vol. II (1934), p. 165 ff., and Vol. III (1937), Pl. XCIV (142); Lüders, Bhārh. (1941), p. 84.

TEXT:
Bahuhathiko

TRANSLATION:
(The banyan tree) Bahuhathika (Bahuhastika; of many elephants).

See the remarks on No. B 72.
[B 71, B 70 and B 72 refer to one and the same sculpture.]

B 72 (756); PLATES XXII, XLVI

TOGETHER with Nos. B 70 and B 71 on the lowermost relief of the inner face of the same pillar as No. A 62, now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta (P 29). Edited by Cunning-
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^[1]There is an inscription classified under Group 9 (Fragmentary Inscriptions) probably referring to some legend connected with the Himavat mountains (see B 79).
^[2]Hultzsch, IA. l.c., note 42: “ Bahavo hastino yatra saḥ, where many elephants (are worshipping)”. Cf. also B 81.

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