Mounds of Mathura District - INFLIBNETshodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/14433/12/12...TABLE I Mounds of Mathura District Katra-Mathura City TIME PERIOD SCULPTURE Early Bodhisattva!Buddhist

TABLE I

Mounds of Mathura District

Katra-Mathura City

TIME PERIOD SCULPTURE

Early Bodhisattva!Buddhist. Kushana MisceIJaneous Male figures.

Bodhisattva! Buddhist. Jaina tirthankaral1aina.

Kubera!Yaksha. Kushana DemonlY aksha.

Probably HaritilY akshi. Miscellaneous Male figures.

Flying Celestials. Vishnu/Brahmanical. Shiva! Brahmanical.

Gupta Female figure with Child probably HaritilY akshi.

Miscellaneous Male and Animal figures.

Jamalpur Mound-Mathura City

TIME SCULPTURE

PERIOD

Miscellaneous male and female figures. Kushana 5 Female figures on a plaque.

Buddha.

Gupta Buddha images.

Miscellaneous male figures. Female figures-shalabhanjikas.

Not known Female centaur. Bacchanalian group.

Buddha/ Bodhisattva images.

Chaubara mounds-Mathura City


RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS AS MENTIONED IN THE

INSCRIPTIONS

The inscriptions from the site mention the existence of two viharas. One is the Amohaasi vihara dated to

the Kushana period. The other is the Vasa

vihara dated to the Gupta period.


INSCRIPTIONS

There is the reference to the Huvishka Vihara and the Kakatika viharas from the site. There is also an incidental reference to a

Naga shrine at the site)hat may have co-existed with

the Huvishka Vihara.

RELIGIOUS

REMARKS

Bodhisattva ima also found at til

Galateshvara

De b

e

Mahadeva Math I lear Katra-belonoin o

b :::;.

the Kushana peri

REMARKS

to od.

Up till now there are 110 Jina images

recovered.

REMARKS ESTABLISHMENTS AS MENTIONED IN THE

INSCRIPTIONS '--______ -'--_____________ -'--______ -'-__ .....L ___ . ____ ... ___ ..... _. __ •.• '.'

189

1 I

-However excavations

at the site have The inscriptions do not revealed foundations of

Not known Buddha images. mention any religious a stupa and a steatite establishment at the relic casket has been

site. retrieved, confirming the Buddhist

association of the site.

Kankali Tila-Mathura City

RELIGIOUS

TIME PERIOD SCULPTURE ESTABLISHMENTS AS

MENTIONED IN THE REMARKS

INSCRIPTIONS

Pre Kushana Ayagapattas/Jaina. Jaina tirthankaral Jaina images.

Probably Kubera and Hariti Kankali Tila is depicted on Jaina pedestal. A celebrated Jaina

Kushana Goat headed God and Goddess mound that has yielded figures. a number of

Suryal Brahmanical images. inscriptions that Male attendant of a Nagi figure. mention donations

Gupta laina tirthankara images. made to the Jaina Pot bellied male figure. temple at the site.

Male figures There is a donation of Female figures in various poses- an ornamental arch to a holding a lotus, shalabhanjikas, temple, dated to 2nd

child in lap. century B. C. There is

Not known Possible image of Lakshmi- also a Kushana period

Brahmanical. inscription that refers Mahisasurmardini image- to the Vodva Stupa at

Brahmanical. the site. Shiva with Parvati image-

Brahmanical.

Bhuteshvar Mound-Mathura City

RELIGIOUS


REMARKS MENTIONED IN THE

INSCRIPTIONS

Naga figure. There are a number of

laina tirthankara image. Kushana railing pillars and bas-

Hariti image. The inscriptions do not reliefs from the site

Head of male figures. Gupta Ekamukhalinga with vertical eye.

mention any religious that depict Buddhist establishment at the scenes, and it is

Buddha image. site. possible that the site

laina tirthankara image. Not mentioned has Buddhist

Female figure. affiliations.

Female figure with a child.

190

Manoharpur Mahalla-Mathura City

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

Male figures.

Kushana Corpulent male/ female figure-

male holds a cup and the female is hooded and flanked by attendants.

Gupta Jaina tirthankara. There are no Female figures with child/also inscriptions from the

sometimes flanked by attendants. site. Shalabhanjika figures.

Not known Corpulent male and female figure (probably belong to a Vishnu

plaque). Vishnu image.

Arjunpura Mahalla-Mathura City

RELIGIOUS

1 TIME PERIOD SCULPTURE

ESTABLISHMENTS AS RE!\'IAnKS

MENTIONED IN THE

INSCRIPTIONS

Not known Female figure. Therc is only one

Female figure with a child in lap. The inscriptions do not

inscription from thc site engraved on a

mention any religious railing pillar, the

establishment at the Late Kushana Mahisasurmardini image.

site. religious affiliation of

which is probably Buddhist.

Sitala Ghati-Mathura City

RELIGIOUS


MENTIONED IN TI-IE REMARKS

INSCRIPTIONS

Kushana Gajalakshmi image. The inscription does not mention any

Not known Buddha and Bodhisattva image. religious establ ishmcnt at the site. --- -_.

Saptarishi Tila-Mathura City

RELIGIOUS

TIME PERIOD SCULPTURE ESTABLISHMENTS AS REMARKS

MENTIONED IN THE

191

INSCRIPTIONS

The site has yielded the famous Lion Capital

inscription that records the donation of a stupa The figure of Hariti is

Not known Hariti figure (?). and a monastery to the made in blue schist and Sarvastivadin sect of is probably an import

Buddhists. The from Gandhara. donation is made by the Kshatrapa royal

family. --

Potra Kund- Mathura City

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

Gupta Jaina tirthankara image. Jaina tirthankara image. There are no

Not known Corpulent male and female figure, inscriptions from the

male holding a moneybag and site. female a lotus flower. I

Dhunsarpara Ouarter-Mathura City

RELIGIOUS I


REMARKS MENTIONED IN TI-IE

INSCRIPTIONS -

The inscription I engraved on the

pedestal of the Buddha Kushana Buddha image statue does not

mention any religious establishment at the

site.

Dirgha Vishnu Temple, Bharatpur Gate-Mathura City

RELIGIOUS --I TIME PERIOD SCULPTURE

ESTABLISHMENTS AS REMARKS I

MENTIONED IN THE

INSCRIPTIONS

Gupta Vishnu image. There are no

Not known Naga figure. inscriptions from the

site.

192

Saptsamudari Well-Mathura City

-RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

Corpulent Surya image. Kushana Brahma image. There are no

Indra image. inscriptions from the

Gupta Surya image on a seven horse site.

chariot.

Gatashram Temple-Mathura City

RELIGIOllS



INSCRIPTIONS

Krishna lifting mount Govardhan There are no

Not known inscriptions from the plaque.

site.

Goplarpur Quarter-Mathura City

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS ----Kushana Kubera and Hariti plaques. The inscription does The inscription is

not mention any engraved on a railing I Not known Female figure playing the harp. religious establishment pillar but the religious

at the site. affiliation is unknown.

Dig Darwaza-Mathura City

RELIGIOUS


RDIARKS MENTIONED IN THE

INSCRIPTIONS -~--

The inscription is mentioned on a

The inscription does pedestal that depicts a Dharma chakra with

Kushana Jaina tirthankara. not mention any

lions. The religious religious establishment

affil iat ion of the at the site.

sculpture is not known. could be Buddhist in

nature.

193

Ganesha Tila-Mathura City

.-RELIGIOUS

TIME PERIOD SCULPTURE ESTABLISHMENTS AS MENTIONED IN THE

RE:\'IARKS

-INSCRIPTIONS Kushana Kubera image. There are no

Gupta Vishnu image. inscriptions from the

site.

Gayatri Tila-Mathura City

.-RELIGIOUS


REMARKS

INSCRIPTIONS Kubera image placed between There are no religious

The Kubera image Kushana attendants, depicted on a pedestal. establishments

could have been a par Head of male figure. mentioned in the

of some Buddha Gupta Vishnu image.

inscription from the Image_ site.

t

Water Works Compound-Mathura City

RELIGIOUS I ESTABLISHMENTS AS

TIME PERIOD SCULPTURE REMARKS MENTIONED IN THE

INSCRIPTIONS ---~- -

Yaksha image.

Kushana Nagi image. There are no

Head of male figures wearing inscriptions from the turbans. site.

Gupta Shiva head.

Purani Chhanvi, Sadar Bazar-Mathura City

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS A panel in which two male figures

are seated in European attire and have There are no Gupta haloes, probably representing two inscriptions from the

Surya images, the total number of site. figure on the plaque is not known.

Mathura City-Miscellaneous sites

RELIGIOUS


REMAI~KS

INSCRIPTIONS

194

There are many religious

Obtained from various estab I ishments Goblin with emaciated features and

mentioned from the sites like Suraj Ghat, grinning teeth.

various sites of Lal Gan,; Kubera and Hariti image.

Mathura city namely- Sitala Paisa mohalla, Kushana Hariti and Bhadra.

the Pravarika vihara, Bhadya ghat, Naga image.

Cutaka vihara, Mahadeo, Kachehri Naga images.

Srivihara and the ghat and Bharatpur Male and female figures.

Alanka vihara. Their gate. exact location in the

ci!y is not known.

Jaisingbpura

RELIGIOUS


MENTIONED IN THE REMAIU.S

INSCRIPTIONS

Kushana Bodhisattva image. There are no

Vishnu image. inscriptions from the

Gupta Shiva linga. site.

Pingala image.

Palikbera ---

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

195

Male figures. Probably Hariti Figures-standing under canopy, also with child on

lap, holding goblet. Hariti and Kubera plaques with

child on lap. Kubera images with mongoose and

a purse. Pot bellied Yaksha with dwarf

attendants. Surya images in a chariot-

Brahmanical. Kushana Vasundhara images with a vase

placed to a side-Brahmanical. Matrika plaques-Brahmanical.

Mahisasurmardini images-Brahmanical.

Lakshmi image-Brahmanical. Kartikeya-Brahmanical.

Shiva-Brahmanical. Vishnu in Virat form-Brahmanical.

Naigamesa/goat headed figures. Jaina tirthankara images.

Bacchanalian group. Buddha images.

Male figures, figures of worshippers.

Gupta Naga and Nagi plaque.

Surya images-Brahmanical. Lakshmi-Brahmanical.

Jaina tirthankara. Not known Yakshi figure.

Parkham


2M century B.C. Yaksha image.

Hanuman image standing on a Not known

prostrate dwarf.

Mahaban


Kushana Kubera and Hariti plaque.

Not known Durga with son Kartikeya plaque.

196

There are no religious establishments

mentioned at the site, though a lot of

inscriptions occur on the Buddhist images

that are donated at the site.

RELIGIOUS

ESTABLISHMENTS AS

MENTIONED IN THE

INSCRIPTIONS

The inscription does not mention any

religious establishment at the site.

RELIGIOUS

ESTABLISHMENTS AS

MENTIONED IN THE

INSCRIPTIONS

There are no inscriptions from the

site.

-- .

The site seems stronghold 0

Mahasangika s

to be a f the ect of known ption.

Buddhists as is from an inscri

REMARKS

----

---_._-

REMARKS

-

Mora

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

Kushana Female figures. The inscription from a doorjamb at Mora

Corpulent male figures. mentions a Bhagvata Not known Terracotta head of a female temple at the site,

figurine. during the reign of Kshatrapa Sodasa.

,

Anyor

RELIGIOUS


REMAllKS MENTIONED IN THE

INSCRIPTIONS

Early Kushana Buddha. The inscriptions are from the pedestal of the

Buddha statues, and The Buddha image was

Not known Buddha. refer to a Buddhist being worshipped as

vihara, by the name of Durga. Uttara Harusa at the

site.

Mat

--RELIGIOlJS



INSCRIPTIONS

The inscriptions from Mat are all dedicated to the establishment of the

Six female Matrika figures devakula that enshrines Kushana holding lotuses in their hand. the images of Kushana

I.mages of Kushana kings. kings. Other than that there are no religious

establishments mentioned at the site.

Ganeshra

---RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

197

Bodhisattva image. There are a few Yaksha figure. inscriptions from

Male and Female figure-male Ganeshra, one holding cup in right hand. inscribed on a railing

Not known Remains of a pedestal with only pillar, the other on the feet and in inscription. pedestal of an image,

Female figure. and others are engraved Fragment carved with a railing on brickbats, found

surmounted by a seated Buddha. from the site. These would have formed a

Terracotta head of a female figure. part of some monument Not known Terracotta head of a male bearded at the site, although no

figure. details are mentioned in the inscriptions.

Ral Bhadar

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

The inscription on the

Buddha image. Naga and Nagi plaque mentions the name of

Kushana Corpulent male and female figures,

the Naga and records hands broken.

Naga and Nagi plaque. the establishment ofa

tank and a garden dedicated to the deity.

Naugava

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

There is a mention of a

Not known Buddha image. viharas from the site, but the name of the viharas is not clear.

-

Girdharpur

RELIGIOUS


RE:\IARh:S MENTIONED IN THE

INSCRIPTIONS

Balrama figure. An inscription from the

Kushana Hariti image. site mentions the Naga images. establishment of a

Head of male figures. Punyashala or a

198

Hari-Hara image showing Shiva's charitable home for locks on one side and Vishnu's feeding Brahmans. The

Gupta mukuta on the other. donation is made in the

Surya image on a chariot drawn by reign of the Kushana seven horses. king Huvishka.

Kubera image.

Not known Nagi figure standing between two

armed attendants.

Chhargaon

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

The inscription on the back of the Naga figure mentions the setting up

Kushana Naga figure. of a tank dedicated to the Naga. There could be a Naga shrine at the

site.

Khamini

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

Naga figure. There are no

Not known inscriptions from the Male figure.

site.

Chaumuha ------.

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

Brahma figure. There are no

Kushana inscriptions from the Jaina tirthankara image.

site.

Brindaban

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

Early Kushana Bodhisattva image. There are no religious

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Female figure playing with a child establ ishments on her lap. mentioned in the

Shiva and Parvati seated on Nandi inscriptions from the bull. site.

Not known Lakshmi image. Male figure.

Female with a child. Male and female figures standing

with their hands raised.

Gukharauli --

RELIGIOUS


MENTIONED IN THE RE.\IAIU<S

INSCRIPTIONS

There are no Kushana Vasundhara image. inscriptions from the

site.

Sonkh

RELIGIOUS

TIME PERIOD TERRACOTTA AND STONE ESTABLISHMENTS AS

REi\lAIU,S SCULPTURE MENTIONED IN THE

INSCRIPTIONS

Pre 400 B. C. Terracotta animal figurines. The inscription on the Most of these Terracotta female figures, partly pedestal of a Buddha sculptures are found

Mauryan & hand modelled partly moulded with statue, dedicated to the from the fillings of late Sunga applied headdress reign of the Kushana Kushana hOllses.

Moulded plaques. king Kanishka mention

Terracotta female figures depicted the setting up of a in moulded plaques with elaborate vihara.

headdress. Other than this there Terracotta female figures on votive are the architectural

Kshatrapa tanks. remains of the two

Terracotta Nude dwarf and three Apsidal Naga temples legged male and female figures that are excavated at Other terracotta miscellaneous the site, but no

figures include that of riders, inscriptions are found couples etc. from the temples.

200

Terracotta figures of Gods and Goddesses including

Mahisasunnardini, Naga figures. Other terracotta figures include

seated male figures, couples, Female figures in various poses etc.

Matrika figures. Matrika figure with child.

Kushana! Late Mahisasurmardini plaques. Kushana Four armed Vasudeva figure.

Skanda plaques. Lakshmi depicted with lotus.

Kubera. Remains of the Naga Apsidal

temples-carved railing and gate architraves, independent sculptures

include shalabhanjikas, male figures, and Naga and Nagi images.

Terracotta figures of Gods and Goddesses-M ah isasurmard i ni.

Naga figures. Terracotta female and male figures.

Gupta Dampati plaques.

Garuda figure. Female figures. Male figures.

Animal figures-lion and bull. Fragments of stone haloes. -- - ----

Maholi

RELIGIOUS


MENTIONED IN THE INSCRIPTIONS -_._ .. _" -

Shiva image. There are no religious

Kushana Mithuna plaque. establishments Head of male figure. mentioned, the only

Atlantes dwarf figures. inscription from the

Gupta Nandi Bull with attendants. site is on a probable o'

Naga statue.

Isapur

------ ---RELIGIOliS


MENTIONED IN THE INSCRIPTIONS

201

Hariti figures with child in lap. Naga figure.

There are no religious Gajalakshmi image.

establishments Shiva in Ardhnarishvara form.

mentioned from the Vishnu image.

inscriptions. Though Kushana Goat faced god probably

the inscriptions from Naigamesha.

the sacrificial post from Jaina tirthankara images.

the site, dated to the Male figures.

Kushana period, commemorate the

Jaina tirthankara image. performance of Dwarf figure.

Brahmanical sacrifices Gupta Ganesha images. at the site.

Vishnu images. Male figures.

- - ~

Menagar Tila

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS ---There are no

Kushana Bodhisattva image. inscriptions from the site.

Azampur Sarai

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

Buddha image. There are no

Not known Male figure with elaborate headdress.

inscriptions from the Female figure with elaborate

site. headdress.

Jumna River ,

RELIGIOlJS

ESTABLISHMENTS AS REMARKS TIME PERIOD SCULPTURE

MENTIONED IN THE

INSCRIPTIONS

202

- ~

Jaina tirthankara images. Naigamesa figure with child on each

shoulder. Naigameshi figures holding child in

left hand. There are no religious Brahma image. establishments

Kushana Plaque showing male and female mentioned in the two figures, female figures holding child inscriptions found from

in their lap. the river. Vasundhara image.

Naga images. Mithuna plaque.

Male figures of warriors. Krishna lifting mount Govardhan

plaque.

Gupta Jaina tirthankara image.

Ekamukhalinga. Surya image on seven horse chariot.

Kubera and Hariti images. Tirthankara image.

Not known Yaksha figure. Gandharva and Apsara figures.

Saraswati Kund

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

There are no Not known Jaina tirthankara image. inscriptions from the

site.

Dhruv Tila

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS -

Gupta Shiva and Parvati in AlinRamudra. There are no

The site has yielded

inscriptions from the miniature stupa, but

Not known Naga and Nagi figure. other than that there· site.

no Buddhist sculptur

a

Baroda

-<-

RELIGIOUS


MENTIONED IN THE REi\IARKS

INSCRIPTIONS -

Not known Yaksha figure. There are no It was still worshipped

inscriptions from the as Jakheya when Vogel

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site. obtained it.

Kerani --

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

There are no Not known Probably Kubera and Hariti. inscriptions from the ,

I site.

Akrur

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

Female figure with elaborate There are no

Kushana inscriptions from the headdress.

site.

Kota .-----

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS -

Kushana Pedestal with inscription. There is only one inscription from the

Not known Female figure. site, and no mention of

any religious establishment.

Maholipur Ghati

RELIGIOUS


MENTIONED IN THE REM ARKS

INSCRIPTIONS

There are no Not known Female figure with Greek dress. inscriptions from the

site.

Tayapur

---"---RELIGIOUS

TIME PERIOD SCULPTURE . ESTABLISHMENTS AS


INSCRIPTIONS

Not known Female figure seated with child in lap There are no The figure is

and four children at her feet. inscriptions from the interesting, as it

204

site. resembles the H figures from Gan

._J-ariti dhara.

Ral

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

There are no religious

Not known Three female figures each holding a establishments

child. mentioned in the inscriptions. -

Dhangaon

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

A plaque showing seven female and There are no

Not known inscriptions from the one male figure.

site.

Narad Kund

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS -----There are no

Not known Agni image. inscriptions forms the site.

Midhauli -------

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

Kushana Kubera images with the money purse There are no

and mongoose. inscriptions from the Not known Mahisasurmardini image. site.

Hakimpur

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

Not known Krishna lifting Mt. Govardhan. There are no

inscriptions from the

205

Usphara


Not known Male and Female figures.

Tarsi


Male figure with a thunderbolt in left Kushana

hand.

Sakna


Fragment of a female figure, only the Kushana

feet are seen resting on a stool.

Pipalghat Well


Jaina tirthankara image.

Kushana Plaque depicting Lakshmi, Hariti and

Bhadra. Male figures.

Terracotta male figurine holding a Not known bird in his right and a fruit in his left

hand.

206

site.

RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS AS

MENTIONED IN THE INSCRIPTIONS There are no

inscriptions from the site.


INSCRIPTIONS There are no


RELlGIOllS ESTABLISHMENTS AS MENTIONED IN THE

INSCRIPTIONS There is no religious

establishment mentioned in the

inscription, which is engraved on the

pedestal of this female figure.


INSCRIPTIONS


site.

REMARKS

I

REMARKS

~---- .. ----

I I

REMARKS

~----I REMARKS

----- ..

Gopal Khera

RELIGIOUS




Kushana Four fold Jina image. inscriptions from the site.

Salempur Well ...

RELIGIOUS


REMARKS

INSCRIPTIONS Jaina tirthankara images.

Gajalakshmi image. There are no religious

Kushana Vasundhara image. establishments

Naga images. mentioned from the

Male figure. inscription.

Ganesha image. Gupta

Flying celestial figures.

Gosana Khera

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

Kushana Ekamukhalinga.

Early Gupta Yaksha image pot bellied in

appearance. Jaina tirthankara.

Vishnu image. The inscriptions do not Ardhnarishvara image. There are fragmentary

Gupta mention any religious Surya image standing flanked by inscriptions engraved

establishment at the Pingala and Danda.

site. on brickbats.

Kubera. Terracotta head and bust of a female

figure with elaborate headdress. Not known Terracotta head of a male figure

wearing a diadem and apparently winged .. _._-_ ...

Bajna

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

207

Vasundhara image. Kubera and Hariti images.

Naga image. Kushana Grotesque figures.

Dwarfs. Images of worshippers holding lotus

flowers. Jaina tirthankara image.

Gupta Balrama image with snake hood and

a musala. Pingala and Danda images.

Asgarpur


Gupta Shiva image.

Not known Head of male figures.

Barai

.


Surya image on a chariot with seven Gupta

horses.

Barsana


Not known Image of Surya with attendants

Pingala and Danda.

Baldeo

TIME PERIOD SClJLPTURE

Surya image on a seven-horse Gupta

chariot.

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site.








INSCRIPTIONS


site.

RELlGIOlJS ESTABLISHMENTS AS MENTIONED IN THE


inscriptions forms the site.

.-

REMARKS

--

REMARKS

REMARKS

The image has resemblance to SUlY a

r images found in Khai Khaneh in Kabul. -

REMARK S

,

_.

-_.

Kosi Kalan -

RELIGIOUS


MENTIONED IN THE REiVIARKS

INSCRIPTIONS

There are no Late Kushana Kubera image. inscriptions from the

site.

Sonsa-Sahipur

RELIGIOUS



INSCRIPTIONS

There are no Kushana Naga image. inscriptions from the

site.

Sitoha

.-

RELIGIOlJS



INSCRIPTIONS -

Terracotta fragment of a male figure There are no Not known with head and legs broken, standing inscriptions from the

with a sword in his left hand. site.

Raya

RELIGIOUS

TIME SCULPTURE

ESTABLISHMENTS AS REMARKS

PERIOD MENTIONED IN THE

INSCRIPTIONS --Terracotta female figurine with

elaborate headdress with a pitcher

Not known in her right hand. There are no inscriptions

Terracotta head and bust of a from the site. female figure with elaborate

headdress.

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TABLE II

Architecture and Epigraphs from The Ancient Sanctuaries of Mathura

Katra

RELIGIOUS

TIME ARCHITECTURAL EST ABLISHMENTS REMARKS

PERIOD SCULPTURE MENTIONED IN THE

INSCRIPTIONS The inscriptions from the site

Fragment of a cross bar carved mention the existence of two viharas. One is the Amohaasi

Sunga on the obverse with a humped

vihara dated to the Kushana bull, and the reverse with a

period. horned goat.

The other is the Yasa vihara dated to the Gupta period.

A lot of miscellaneous architectural pieces

comprising of fragments of Kushana lintels and pilasters carved

with lotus designs. Fragment of a doorjamb carved with a

male figure. -----.----

Fragment of a bas-relief depicting a scene from

Gupta Vessantara jataka. Another bas-relief depicting a

winged harpy. ---

Fragment of a doorjamb Gupta carved with a pot-bellied

Yaksha. Fragment of a pillar carved

Gupta with the figure of the river

goddess Yamuna, standing on her vehicle tortoise.

Miscellaneous architectural pieces comprising of lintels carved with Buddhist ogee

Gupta arches and auspicious

symbols, pilasters fragments, bracket pendants etc., carved with lotus rosettes and animal

figures. ---- -

Railing pillar with a female Not known

shalabhanjika. -

Buddhist torana architrave with figures of Buddhist

Not known monks and railing patterns. Another one with a Triton with protruding eyes and

curved horns. Not known Fragments of two cross bars

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carved with lotus rosettes . . ,

Jamalpur

TIME PERIOD ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE

The site of Jamalpur has yielded a number of Buddhist

railing pillars that depict scenes from various jatakas.

Kushana Also in a lot of these pillars are depicted seated images of

Buddha. The pillars are inscribed in most cases.

The site has also yielded bas reliefs depicting scenes from

Probably Dipiinkara jataka and the

Parinirvana of Buddha, and Kushana

other decorative scenes with flying celestial and female

figures.

The finds of three miniature Kushana stupas from the site. One of

them is inscribed on the dome.

Fragments of doorjambs Not known sculpted elaborately with male

and female figures. Fragments of coping stones

Not known with ogee arches enclosing sacred symbols.

Fragment of a railing cross bar

Not known carved with a prostrate dwarf with a female figure standing

on top of it.

Chaubara

TIME PERIOD ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTlJRE

Fragment of a copingstone Kushana carved with running winged

animals.


INSCRIPTIONS

The inscriptions on the pedestal of a Buddha image

and the other on a railing pillar mention.the existence of the Huvishka Vihara. We also have an inscription from a stone slab that refers to the viharas of the Kakatikas.


INSCRIPTIONS

No establishments mentioned in the inscriptions. The railing pillar however has a donative

inscription.

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REMARKS

The inscriptions also make an incidental

reference to the existence of a Naga temple at the site, when the priest of the temple by the name of Devila

makes a donation to a Buddhist vihara.

The inscription on the stupa records the

donation of a woman with the

name Nushapriya, daughter of Shurana that appears to be an

Iranian name. -

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REM ARKS

The pill the sam

ar is from e site that d the relic

from the therefore

has yielde casket

stupa and ,

I !

Railing pillar engraved with Not known an elaborate scene. Probably

Buddhist in nature.

Kankali Tila

TIME PERIOD ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE

Fragments of four railing pillars carved variously with

Kushana female figures and lotus

rosettes.

Fragment of a torana Kushana architrave carved with a fish

tailed alligator.

Kushana Fragment of a doorjamb

carved with a male figure. Fragment of a bas-relief

Not known depicting the infant Buddha with the two Nagas, Nanada

and Upananda. Stele carved with an elaborate

scene depicting male and female figures.

Not known Two other fragments of bas-reliefs showing corpulent

squatting dwarfs and female figures.

Bhuteshvar

Time Period Architectural Sculpture

Railing pillars probably Buddhist in nature, depicting

Kushana some scene from a jataka.

Fragments of torana Kushana architraves and lintels carved

with miscellaneous animals


INSCRIPTIONS Kankali Tila is a celebrated

Jaina mound that has yielded a number of inscriptions that

mention donations made to the Jaina temple at the site. There is a donation of an ornamental arch to a temple, dated to 211d

century B. C. There is also a Kushana period inscription

that refers to the Vodva Stupa at the site.

Religious Establishments mentioned in the

Inscriptions No establishments are

mentioned, although one of the railing pillars is inscribed.

but the reading is very doubtful.

the site is undoubtedly

Buddhist.

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REMARKS

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-~- ---- -

Remarks

The site has yieldc a Naga image that inscribed. record in the donation of til

Image.

.

d IS

o i

'"

.. _.--------. ----

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an~~inged creatures.

Not known Bas-relief depicting Buddha

and Bodhisattva figures. ----"-Four railing pillars that are carved variously with male

and female figures depicted in Not known various poses. One of the

panels in a pillar also depicts a Dharma chakra with a worshipper at the side. I

Arjunpura Mahalla-Mathura City

RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS

TIME PERIOD ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE AS MENTIONED IN THE REMAnKS

INSCnlPTlONS

There is no mention of any

Not known Two railing pillar at the site religious establishment at the

are carved with female figure. site, although the railing pillar has a donative inscription.

Sitala Ghati-Mathura City



INSCnlPTlONS - - -

Fragment of two bas-reliefs There are no religious

depicting a stupa being establishments mentioned

Not known worshipped in one and the from the inscription at Sitala

other carved with a female figure.

Ghati.

Fragment of doorjambs carved Not known with two panels depicting

female figures and dragons.

Saptarishi Tila

RELIGIOllS ESTABLISHMENTS REMAnKS

TIME PERIOD ARCHITECTUnAL SCULPTURE AS MENTIONED IN THE

INSCRIPTIONS The famous lion pillar

inscription from the site

Fragment of a railing pillar records the donation made by

15t century B.C. carved with lotus rosettes and the Kshatrapa royal family to

jataka story. the Sarvastivadin sect of

Buddhists, which include the establishment of a monastery

and a stupa.

Gopalpur Ouarter-Mathura City

TIME PERIOD ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS

AS MENTIONED IN THE REMAnKS ]

213

INSCRIPTIONS -The railing pillar at the site is carved with a male figure and There is no mention of any

Kushana is inscribed with the word religious establishment at the 'Rama', which probably was a site.

personal name.

Dig Gate-Mathura City .



INSCRIPTIONS

Fragment of torana with a There are no religious

Not known establishments mentioned shalabhanjika figure.

from the inscriptions. -

Gayatri Tila-Mathura City


TIME .PERIOD ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE AS MENTIONED IN THE REMAnKS

INSCRIPTIONS

Fragment of a cross bar carved There are no religious Sunga with a lotus medallion and an establishments mentioned in

elephant with two riders. the inscriptions from the site. Fragment of a bas-reliefs

depicting Buddha with Naga Kushana figures. Another fragment

carved with figures of devotees with folded hands. Fragment of a torana lintel

I Kushana carved with a fish tailed

alligator. Fragment of a doorjamb carve

Gupta with floral designs, a dampati figure, and a dwarf.

Maholi Gate-Mathura City

RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS TIME PERIOD ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE AS MENTIONED IN THE REMAnKS

INscnlPTloNS

Two railing pillars from the site depict female figures. One

Not known depicts a stupa with a parasol There are no inscriptions from and therefore these must have the site.

belonged to a Buddhist sanctuary.

Not known Stele carved elaborately with

female figures. I

Rajghat-Mathura City

I TIME PERIOD I ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE I RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS REi\IAI~KS

214

AS MENTIONED IN THE INSCRIJ>TIONS

Fragment of a bas-relief There are no inscriptions from

Not known depicting five scenes of the site.

Buddha's life.

Kans Ka Kila-Mathura City

RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS TIME PERIOD ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE AS MENTIONED IN THE REMARKS

INSCRIPTIONS --Fragment of a frieze,

There are no inscriptions from Kushana containing male figures

the site. probably Bodhisattvas.

Dhruv Tila-Mathura City

RELIGIOUS ESTABLISI-IMENTS TIME PERIOD ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE AS MENTIONED IN THE RDI.UU':S

INSCRIPTIONS Drum of a miniature stupa

There are no inscriptions Not known carved with eight scenes from

forms the site. Buddha's life.

Mathura City-Miscellaneous Sites

RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS TIME PERIOD ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE AS MENTIONED IN THE REMAnKS

INSCRIPTIONS -There are many religious

One small base of a miniature establishments mentioned from the various sites of

stupa and the other the drum Mathura City namely-the

of a votive stupa. The base has Kushana Pravarika vihara, Cutaka

sixteen sunken panes with vihara, Srivihara and the

seated Buddha images carved Alanka vihara. Their exact

and the drum. location in the city is not

known. Four fragments of bas-reliefs carved variously with seated Buddha figure, Bodhi tree

Kushana enclosed in a railing, male

figure seated cross legged and a slab carved with footprints that has an auspicious lotus

symbol. Votive miniature stu pas

Not known carved with seated Buddha figures.

Jaisinghpura

215

RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS TIME PERIOD ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE AS MENTIONED IN THE REMARKS

INSCRIPTIONS Two railing pillars engraved

with elaborate scenes. There are no inscriptions from

Not known Probably Buddhist in nature as the site.

both pillars depicts stupas in the centre panels.

Palikhera

ARCHITECTURAL RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS


AS MENTIONED IN THE REi\IARKS INSCRIPTIONS

Fragment of a torana pillar There are no religious 151 century B.C. carved with a female figure establishments mentioned in the

in a shalabhanjika pose. inscriptions from the site. Fragment of a bas-relief showing Dampati figure,

and another fragment carved Kushana with a pot bellied Yaksha

with a money purse and a musala-probably-

Moggarpani Yaksha. Miscellaneous arch itecture pieces like a bracket carved with a crouching lion and a

Kushana capital of an Indo-Persepolitan pillar carved

with human headed winged lions.

Fragments of two parasols,

Gupta one seems to be a miniature

one probably crowning a small image.

Mahaban .-

RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS TIME PERIOD ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE AS MENTIONED IN THE REMAI~KS

INSCRIPTIONS Fragment of a bas-reliefs

There are no inscriptions from Kushana depicting the birth scene of

, the site.

Buddha. Fragment of a railing figure

Kushana carved with a female figure standing on a kneeling dwarf.

Anyor

RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS TIME PERIOD ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE AS MENTIONED IN THE REi\IARKS

INSCRIPTIONS -----_._------- --

216

The site has yielded one The inscriptions are from the

pedestal of the Buddha statues, The inscriptions are railing pillar depicting a male

Not known and refer to a Buddhist dated to the Kushana figure clad in an Indo-

viharas, by the name of Uttar a period. Scythian dress.

Harusa at the site.

Mat


TIME PERIOD ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE AS MENTIONED IN THE REi\I.\RKS

INSCRIPTIONS ---The inscriptions from Mat are

all dedicated to the

Fragment of a railing pillar establishment of the devakula

Not known that enshrines the images of carved with a female figure.

Kushana kings. Other than that there are no religious

establishments at the site.

Ganeshra

-RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS

REMARKS TIME PERIOD ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE AS MENTIONED IN THE

INSCRIPTIONS

The inscriptions There are a few inscriptions from the brickbats

from Ganeshra, one inscribed are attributed to the on a railing pillar, the other on Mitra dynastv - .

Fragment of a big stone the pedestal of an image, and (around 100 B.C.) of Kushana parasol carved with lotus others are engraved on Mathura, and

petals. brickbats, found from the site. probably some These would have formed a religious

part of some monument at the establishment was site. set up at the site

during this period. Fragment of a railing pillar

Not known carved with a panel depicting a Bodhi tree.

Girdharpur

RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS REMARKS

TIME PERIOD ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE AS MENTIONED IN THE

INSCRIPTIONS

Fragment of three railing An inscription from the site

mentions the establishment of pillars carved variously with

a Punyashala or a charitable female figures in different

Kushana home for feeding Brahmans. poses, and one with a

The donation is made in the grotesque yaksha beating a

reign of the Kushana king drum.

Huvishka.

Kushana Miscellaneous architectural

pieces comprising of a bracket

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-carved with a lion, a fragment

of a yaksha head, a lintel carved with animals, a stone

channel carved with ogee arches and winged animals,

and an inscribed lion capital. Fragment of a cross bar carved

Not known with lotus rosettes on either sides.

Brindaban


TIME PERIOD ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE AS MENTIONED IN THE REMARKS

INSCRIPTIONS

Fragment of a frieze and There are no religious

another of a bas-relief carved Kushana

with stu pas being worshipped establishments mentioned in the inscriptions from the site.

by devotees.

Maholi --



INSCRIPTIONS . -- .

Fragments of two railing There are no religious

Kushana pillars carved with female establishments mentioned; the figures standing under an only inscription from the site

Ashoka tree. is on a Naga statue. --Fragment of a small pillar

Gupta carved with the figures of the

river goddesses Ganga and Yamuna.

Fragment of a railing pillar carved on one face with a

Not known female figure standing on a dwarf and on the other side

with a male figure in an Indo Scythian dress.

Fragments of doorjambs Not known carved with male figures

. probably Bodhisattvas .

Isapur

RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS l TIME PERIOD ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTlJRE AS MENTIONED IN THE REMARKS

INSCRIPTIONS

Fragment of two railing pillars There are no religious

carved variously with female Kushana establishments mentioned

figures standing under an from the inscriptions at Isapur.

Ashoka tree. Kushana Fragment with a doorjamb

-

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---carved with four figures who

seem to be lay devotees. Fragment of a railing pillar

Gupta carved with a nude dwarf holding a garland.

Miscellaneous architectural Gupta piece carved with a male

figure. Fragment of a bas-relief

depicting the seated figure of Buddha. Two other fragments

Not known . of bas-reliefs carved with a number of male and female

devotees with folded hands in adoration.

--->------ --- .. _.

Kota


TIME PERIOD ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE AS MENTIONED IN THE REMARK

INSCRIPTIONS

The site of Kota has yielded a lot many railing pillars

depicting male and female There is only one inscription

figures in various poses. Some Kushana from the site, and no mention

of the pillars have depictions of any religious establishment.

of stu pas on them and it can be assumed that they were

Buddhist in nature.

Bajna

RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS ·1 I

TIME PERIOD ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE AS MENTIONED IN THE REMARKS I INSCRIPTIONS ------ .

Sunga Fragment of a torana carved There are no inscriptions from

with male figures. the site. ----

Kushana Fragment doorjamb carved

with Buddha figures. . .

Fragment of a railing pillar carved on one side with a

Kushana female figure standing on a prostrate dwarf, and on the

other side with lions. Fragments of three railing

No known pillars carved with female figures in various poses.

Fragments of four cross bars Not known carved with lotus rosettes and

leaves.

Balabhadra Kund

I TIME PERIOD I ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE I RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS I ----_ ... - ! REMARKS

219

-AS MENTIONED IN THE

INSCRIPTIONS

Two railing pillars, probably Buddhist in nature. One of the No establishments are

Not known railing pillars is engraved with mentioned from the a story from the Vessantara inscriptions.

jataka.

Not known Copingstones carved with ____ I ogee arches.

Salem pur Village



INSCRIPTIONS

Fragment of a railing pillar carved with a male figure There are no religious

Kushana under an Ashoka tree and the establishments mentioned in reverse is carved with a stupa the inscriptions from the site.

with triple parasols .

•

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TABLE III

Inscriptions from Mathura

SL. No. RELIGION SCULPTURE FIND SPOT AND

INSCRIPTION TIME PERIOD

The inscription is engraved on the

pedestal. It reads, 'By Amohaasi,

Vogel's, Black sandstone, Buddha the mother of

Buddhist Katral Kushana Buddharakhita, the Catalogue seated in Abhayamudra.

bodhisattva was set lip together with her parents in her own vihara for the welfare and happiness of

all sentient beings'. Sandstone, fragment of a The inscription on the

seated Bodhisattva of pedestal reads, ' ... (The which only the left leg, gift) ofthe .... Namda of right foot, and left hand

Galateshvara the Kshatrapa ... a

Vogel's Buddhist

remain, together with the Mahadeva

Bodhisattva .. for the Catalogue left leg of the attendant.

Math/ Kushana welfare and happiness of

The pedestal was all sentient beings for evidently cut in three the acceptance of facets and bears an Shavasth id iyanal11

inscription. (Sarvastivadins) .. ' . The inscription on the pedestal reads, '(An

Agrawala's Sandstone, Buddha image Found from the image) of Sakyasi

Buddhist with three standing figures well in Katra/ (Sakyasimha) (was set Catalogue

and a defaced lion. Kushana up) for the welfare and happiness of all sentient

beings' .

Sandstone, Buddha image The inscription reads,

Agrawala's 'The image of the holy Buddhist of which only the feet Katral Kushana

Catalogue Sakyamuni has been set remam.

lip (by the 1110nk)'. The inscription is dated

Agrawala's Not known Not known. Katral Kushana

to the second month of Catalogue winter. Nothing can be

said about its contents. ------

Agrawala's Sculpture showing an No sense can be

Not known attendant with a big belly Katra/ Kushana discerned frolll the Catalogue

wearing a garland. inscriptioll~ ___ --- -

The inscription reads, Agrawala's

Not known Fragmentary inscription

Katra/ Kushana 'Pravari', and could

Catalogue on a sillall piece of stone. mean 'of the cloak maker' . ----- ---- --

B10 The inscription on the

Lucknow Buddhist Sandstone, standing figure

Katral Gupta pedestal reads, 'this is

of Buddha. the pious gift of the Museum

Sakya nun Jayabhatta at

221

--the Yasavihara. What

merit there is in this gift, let it be for the

attainment of supreme knowledge by all

sentient beings'. The year 280. >--,

The inscription on the pedestal reads, 'Success! An image of Rishabha, the gift of Sangaraka to Samudra and Sagara.

Agrawala's Jaina

Sandstone, Jaina image Katra! Gupta

The image of Sagara'. Catalogue probably of Rishabhanath. The inscription is a little

puzzling, as it does not identi fy Sagara and

Samudra, and why is there an additional image of Sagara.

The inscription can be

Agrawala's The inscription is on a Katra! not read as 'Mokshi', and

Not known the way in which it was Catalogue piece of stone. known

written seems to be used as a stam2 or a die.

Vogel's The inscription is from a Bhuteshvar! not The inscription is on the

Not known railin o pillar the readin o Catalogue railing pillar. known b' b

is very doubtful. The statue was

The inscription on the currently

pedestal reads. 'In the worshipped in

year 52, in the third the shrine of

Not Naga Sandstone, Naga statue. Dauji, but is

month of the rainy mentioned I r lh d

said to have season, on t le) ay,

originated from (the image) of the holy

one' . Bhuteshvar! not

known The inscription is on the

The statue is upper and lower rim of the pedestal and reads,

found in Bhuteshvar, but

'At the request of the preacher, the venerable

could have been Not

Jaina Sandstone, Jaina

well from Rishidas out of the

mentioned quadruple statue. Kankali which

shakha (the quadruple

is very near to image of j ina was given

by) the mother of Bhuteshvar! not

known Bhat1idama, the

Abhisharaka (the native of Abhisara) ... '.

-The inscription is on the upper and lower rim of the statue and reads, 'I n

Lucknow Jaina

Sandstone, seated Jina Kankali Tila! the year 48 of maharaja Museum figure. Kushana Huvishka, in the 2nd

month of the rainy season, on the 17th day,

on th is date on the

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Lucknow Museum

Lucknow Museum

Jaina

Jaina

Sandstone, Jaina tirthankara, probably

Rishabhanath.

Kankali Tilal Kushana

Kankali Tila! Kushana

request of Dhanisri, the female pupil of

Dhanivala in the Koyila gana, the Bamadasiya

kula, the Uccenagri shakha, an image of

Sambhava, was set up as a gift of Vasa, the daughter in law of

Budhika, the grand-daughter of Sivatrata'. The inscription on the

pedestal reads, 'Success I In the year 60 of maharaja rajatiraj

devaputra Huvishka, in the fourth month of the winter on the 10'" day,

on th is date (on the request) of the ganin the venerable kharnna (the companion of) and the

pupil of the preacher, the venerable Vridhahastin in the Koliya gana, the

sthanikya kula, the shakha of the venerable V (ai)riyas, th is rei igious

gift (was made) by Datta, the wife of tile

cotton dealer. .. Vr.dhumtaka,

for the sake of the great happiness. May the holy and glorious Rishabha

be pleased'. The inscription on the pedestal reads, 'I n the year. ... 01' ... devaputra

Sandstone, standing Jina image of which only the

pedestal remains. Huvishka' .

~----------~--------~--------------------r-------------+~=-~--~~------The inscription reads,

Lucknow Museum

Lucknow Museum

Lucknow Museum

Lucknow Museum

Jaina

Jaina

Jaina

Jaina

Sandstone, inscription on Jina Ayagapatta.

Sandstone, Jina Ayagapatta.

Sandstone, Jina Ayagapatta.

Sandstone, inscription from a broken sculpture

from a torana.

KankaI i Ti la! not known

Kankali Tilal not known



'The tablet of homage was set up by ... the

daughter of Dhamnamitra ... the I

daughter-in-law of. ... '. I The translation of the

inscription is not provided.

The translation is not provided.

The inscription reads, 'The temple is the gift of Dhamaghosa, the female disciple of the venerable

Jayasena' . L_ ________ ~L-________ ~ ____________________ L_ __________ _L ______ _L _________ _

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The translation is not

Lucknow Kankali Tila! possible but could be a

Museum Not known Sandstone, large slab Kshatrapa donative one keeping in

period mind the current trend of the times.

The image in from Katholi The inscription reads, Kua but since 'this image of

the donor Maharishabha, has been

Not Sandstone Jaina belonged to the set up by Adihaka, the

mentioned Jaina

tirthankara, Rishabhanath. Jaina shakha of Rajapalikaya (member Rajyapaliyakas, of the Rajapalikaya the image must shakha). May the God be from Kankali be pleased'.

Tila! not known.

The inscription on the upper and lower rim of the image reads, 'In the

year 97, in the first

The image is month of the rainy

season (at the request Not Sandstone, Jaina possibly from

Jaina of) ... belonging to the mentioned tirthankara, Vardhamana. Kankali Tila!

Vaira shakha of the Gupta period

Koteya gana ... a small pavilion of Vardhamana

was erected by Damini .. tlle first wife

of. ... ' . The inscription on the broken pedestal reads,

'In the year 33 of maharaja devaputra Huvishka, in the 151

month of the hot season, on the 8th day, a

Bodhisattva was set up at the Madhuravanaka by the nun Dhanavati,

Lucknow Sandstone, inscription on Chaubara the sister's daughter of I

Museum Buddhist the broken pedestal of a mounds! the nun Budhamitra,

Bodhisattva image. Kushana period who knows the tripitaka, the female pupil of the nun Bala, who knows the tripitaka too ether , '"

with her father and mother ... '.

The nun Bala is mentioned again in the

Saheth-Maheth inscription, and again at

Sarnath.

Sandstone, inscription on The inscription reads,

Not Chaubara! not 'The gift of Kathika, the Not known the reverse of the railing

mentioned mentioned servant in the royal pillar.

J harem' .

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A coherent translation of the record is not

possible. The first line

Lucknow Sandstone, inscription on

Jamalpur/ consists of a string of

Buddhist the pedestal of a headless personal names, the Museum Kushana period Buddha image. second line contains the

date, 'in the year of maharaja rajatiraj

Kanishka'. The inscription reads,

'Success! In the year 26, in the 3rd month of the rainy season, on the 5(h

day, on th is date the stone slab was set up at the shrine of the holy

Jamalpurl lord of Nag a Dadhikarna

Sandstone, inscription on Kushana, the by the boys, ch ief

Lucknow date suggests amongst whom is Naga a stone slab dedicated to Museum that it was Nandibala, the sons of the Nagas. earlier than the actor of Mathura, Huvishka who are known as the

Chandaka brothers. May it be for the sharing of

the principal lot by their parents. May it be for

the welfare and happiness of all sentient

beings' . . _ ..

The inscription reads,

Vogel's Sandstone, Inscription on Jamalpur/

'In the year 28 of the Buddhist a fragment of a seated reign of .... Va siska, in Catalogue

Buddha image. Kushana rd , the 3 month of winter,

on the day ... '. --_. -

The inscription reads, 'In the year 51 of

maharaja devaputra Huvishka, in the I s(

month of winter, on this date, an image of the

holy Sakyamuni was set up by the monk

Buddhavarman, for the Sandstone, Inscription on worship of all Buddhas.

Lueknow Buddhist

the Buddha image of Jamalpurl Through this bestowal of Museum which only the feet Kushana this religious gift, let

remam. there be attainment of nirvana of the teacher

Saghadasa, for the cessation of all

unhappiness of his parents .... of

Buddhavarman, for the welfare and happiness of all sentient beings. In the

vihara of maharaja

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- devaEutra' . The inscription reads,

Not 'In the year 74 of maharaja rajatiraj preserved, the

devaputra Vasu (deva), slab Not known

Sandstone, inscription on Jamalpur/ in the first month of the disappeared a stone slab. Kushana rainy season, on the 30th

soon after its date, at Talakiya, of the discovery. great general Valana ...

Kshandamihira' . The inscription reads,

'I n the year 77, in the 11th I

month of summer, 011

the 4th day, in the monastery of maharaja

rajatiraj devaputra

Indian Huvishka, the gift of the Jamalpur/ monk Jivaka, the Museum Buddhist Pillar. Kushana Odiyanaka (the native of Calcutta

Uddiyana), (consisting in) pillar base 25. May

the welfare and happiness of all sentient beings prevail. To the community of the four

quarters' . The inscription reads,

Vogel's Inscription on a pillar Jamalpur/ 'In the year 77, in the 4th

Buddhist month of summer, on Catalogue base. Kushana the 20th day on this day,

(the gift) of a monk'. The inscription reads, 'A

gift of the monk Buddhisreshtha, a

preacher who knows the four fold scriptures, to

Vogel's Buddhist 2 inscriptions on a pillar Jamalpur/ the community of the

Catalogue base. Kushana four quarters in the year 77, in the 4th month of

summer, on the 25 th day. The gift of

Budhishreshtha the preacher' . I

The inscription reads, 'The gift of Devila, the

Indian Inscription from a pillar Jamalpur/ priest at the shrine of

Museum Buddhist Dadhikarna, in the year base. Kushana Calcutta 77, in the fourth month of summer, on the 29th

dav' - . The inscription reads,

Indian 'In the year 77, in the 1st

Museum Buddhist 2 inscriptions on a pillar Jamalpur/ month of the rainy base. Kushana h ~th d

Calcutta season, on t e) ay, on th is date, the gift of the monk Dhannadata.

-----

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The gift of the monk, the preacher Dharmadata, to

the community of the four quarters ... may it be

for the welfare and happiness (of all sentient

beings)' .

Vogel's Inscription on a pillar Jamalpur/ not The inscription reads:

Buddhist The gift of the Illonk Catalogue base. mentioned

Dharmadata, the .... ' The inscription reads, '(The gift of the monk)

Vogel's Buddhist

Inscription on a pillar Jamalpur/ Datta, the pillar base no Catalogue base. Kushana 26, in the year 77, in the

I sl month of the rainy season, on the II th day'._

The inscription reads. 'The gift of the monk

Vogel's Buddhist

Inscription on a pillar Jamalpur/ Datta, the pillar base no Catalogue base. Kushana 37, to the community of

the four quarters, in the year 77 ... '.

, The inscription reads, 'The gift of the monk

Budharakshita, the Indian Inscription on the square

Jamalpur/ vadaksha, to the

Museum Buddhist base of the pillar and on community of four Kushana

Calcutta the torus. quarters, in the year 77, on the 20th day

The gift of Buddha raksh ita, the vadaksha' .

The inscription read, 'The gift of the monk

Budharaksh ita, the Indian

Inscription on a pillar base Jamalpurl vadaksha, to the

Museum Buddhist community of the four and torus. Kushana

Calcutta quarters. The gift of

Buddharaksh ita, the vadaksha' .

The inscription reads, 'In the year. ... on the

Indian 10th day, on this date, the

Museum Buddhist Fragmentary inscription Jamalpur/ gift of the Illonk

Calcutta on a margin of a stone. Kushana Budhanandi .. May it be

I for the happiness and welfare of all sentient

beings' . --~--

Vogel's Buddhist

Inscription from a railing Jamalpurl The inscription reads, Catalogue pillar. Kushana 'On the 18th day ..... '. Lucknow

Buddhist Inscription from a railing Jamalpur/ The inscription reads,

Museum pillar. Kushana 'O~ the 29th day ... '. ." The inscription shows a

Vogel's Inscription on a pillar Jamalpur/ Buddhist stranoe mixture of

Catalogue base. Kushana b

Kushana and Gupta --

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characters, and the difficulty in reading is enhanced by the bad preservation of stone. The inscription reads, 'The gift of the monk

Mitra, the Vojyavasika. Let it be for the worship of his deceased parents.

Let it be for the bestowing of health on

his companion Dharmadeva' . -

The inscription reads.

Indian 'Pillar base 2 the oift of , b

Museum Buddhist Inscription on a pillar Jamalpur/ the monk Buddhadasa,

Calcutta base. Kushana the companion of

sangham itra, the th irty fifth .... '.

The inscription reads, 'This pillar base is the

gift of monks Surya and l3uddharaksh ita, the

Vogel's Buddhist

Inscription on a pillar Jamalpur/ practioners of Catalogue base. Kushana meditation. May this

surrender of th is pious I

oift be for the bestowin o b b I

of health on all practisers of meditation'.

The inscription reads, 'this pillar base is thc

gift of the comm issioners of the

Vogel's Inscription from the

Jamalpur/ community, headed by

Buddhist square basement of a Bhadraghosha of Catalogue Kushana

pillar. Sanghadasa, l3uddhananda,

, Sanghdeva, sangha ..... Dharampriaya

, Sanghamitra···eri ': ___ The inscription reads,

Vogel's Inscription on the square Jamalpur/ 'This pillar base is a gift

Buddhist of the Commissioners of Catalogue basement of a pillar. Kushana the community headcd

by I3hadraghosa'. The inscription reads,

'Success! The gift of the

Vogel's Inscription from a pillar Jamalpur/ Comm issioners of the

Buddhist community headed by Catalogue base. Kushana I3hadila for the welfare

and happiness of all sentient beings ..... '.

Vogel's Inscription from a pillar Jamalpur/ The inscription reads,

Buddhist ' .. the gift of the Catalogue base. Kushana

Commissioners of the

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community, headed by Bhadila'. --_.

The inscription reads, Vogel's

Buddhist Inscription on the pillar Jamalpurl 'Success! The gift of the

Catalogue base. Kushana monk Bhadra and Bhadraghosha' .


Buddhist Inscription on a pillar Jamalpurl 'The gift of the monk

Catalogue base. Kushana Bhadra and Bhadraghosha' .

..


Vogel's Inscription on a pillar Jamal purl 'The pillar base is a gift

I Buddhist of the monk Catalogue base. Kushana

Sanghavarman and Vriddha' .


Buddhist Inscription on a pillar Jamalpurl 'Success! The gift of

Catalogue base. Kushana monk Sanghdeva, the pupilofYakuda'.

The inscription reads, 'The gift of the monk Buddhaghosha, the

Indian Phalapha ... '.

Museum Buddhist Fragmentary inscription Jamalpur/ not The meaning of the

Calcutta on a pillar base. mentioned words are unclear,

maybe along with Buddhaghosha, there is another person making

the donation. No sense can be made, maybe the name is the

Vogel's Buddhist

Inscription on a pillar Jamalpur/ not same as the earl ier Catalogue base. mentioned inscription Phalapha,

who is making the donation. - -

Vogel's Inscription on a pillar Jamalpur/ not The inscription reads,

Buddhist 'the gift of the monk Catalogue base. mentioned

Buddham itra ... '. The inscription reads,

Vogel's Buddhist

Inscription on a pillar Jamalpur/ not 'Gift of the elder orlhc Catalogue base. mentioned Community, the

venerable ..... ' . The inscription reads, 'The gift of vishvasika Vakam ill ira together

with his son Indian Two inscriptions, one on

Jamalpur/ Horamurndaga. By the

Museum Buddhist the pillar base and the donation ora pious gift Kushana

Calcutta other on the torus. let the sovereignty be I

I unshaken, I The gift of ,

Horamurddaphara, the son ofYakamihira'.

Indian Buddhist

Two inscriptions, on the Jamalpur/ The inscription reads, Museum pillar base and the torus. Kushana 'The gift orthe

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Calcutta vishvasika Vvaghamihira together

with his son Horamurdavaga. By the

donation of the pious gift, let the sovereignty

be unshaken. The gift of

Horamurddaphara, the son ofVakamihira'.

The inscription reads, 'The gift of vishvasika Vakam ihira together

with his son Indian Two inscriptions, one on

Jamalpur/ Horamunadhvara. By

Museum Buddhist the base and the other on th is donation of pious Kushana

Calcutta the torus. gift may the sovereignty be unshaken. The gift of

Haramarddphara, the son of Vakamihira'.


Vogel's Inscription from a pillar Jamalpur/ not 'The gift of vishvasika

Buddhist Ashyala, the pillar Catalogue base. mentioned

base ... No: ... together with his wife and son'.

.

It reads, 'By the treasurer of Svami

The Mahakshatrapa inscription Somadasa. a Brahman of

discovered by Not known/ the Shreoava ootra a b b ,

Cunningham Kshatrapa tank, the western tank, a was lost reserVOIr, a grove, a

immediately. pillar and this stone slab (was caused to be

made)' . The inscription reads. 'The cooking stone of

. the Kakatikas, which is permanently fixed in

their vihara in the .... park at

Srikunda .. which is not to be transferred to another dwelling place, has been

Lucknow Buddhist

Inscription from a Jamalpur/ not put up by the Museum rectangular slab. mentioned commissioners of the

comlllunity. the -merchants whose names are, StlIavarajata,

Buddharakshita, Jivasiri, /3uddhadasa,

Sanmgharaksh ita, Dharm ma vanllma,

Buddhadeva, Sukhila ... '.

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Kakatika seems to be the name of a local Buddhist

school. As for Sanghaprakritas, they

were laymen employed by the Sangha charged by the Buddhist monks

with support of the monastery.

Inscription on the base of Vogel took the two

a fragmentary image names mentioned in the

found in the clearing of inscription as names of

the well. The fragment the donors, but they do

consists of a lower portion not have the appearance

of a corpulent person of being personal names,

Vogel's Not known, seated in the front, with Jamalpur/ not and it is also un likely

Catalogue Goblin? another smaller male mentioned that they are names of

corpulent male figure sculptors. The

squatting between its feet. inscription probably

The large figure is refers to the sculpture

wearing anklets and itself but we cannot be

therefore could also be a female goblin.

sure.

The inscription reads, 'This is the religiolls gift

of the Sakya monk Yashadinna. Whatever

Vogel's Inscription on the base of Jamalpur/ reI igious merit thcre

Buddhist maybe, Ict it be for thc Catalogue the Buddha image. Gupta period

attainment of supreme knowledge by the

parents and his teachers and preceptors and all

sentient beings'. The inscription reads,

Inscription on the dome of '(The gift) of

Vogel's Jamalpur/ not Nushapriya, the Buddhist a miniature Buddhist I

Catalogue stupa.

mentioned daughter of Shurana'. Shurana appears to be an

Iranian name. -- ---

Lucknow Probably Inscription on the obverse

Jamalpur/ not The meaning of the

and reverse of railing inscription cannot be Museum Buddhist mentioned

pillar. known. .-

One side the fragment is Below the panel is a carved with a prostrate symbol that reads 'ha' dwarf on whose back a probably refers to the

female is standing (only sculptor who marked his

Vogel's _ Probably feet remain). On the

Jamalpur/ not work with the first two

obverse is a panel letters of his name, since Catalogue Buddhist mentioned.

enclosed between pilasters on the same place we showing an owl seated on find railing pillars with

the stool and two inscriptions which are monkeys pouring water on apparently the signatures

its head. of the artists. Lucknow Probably Inscription on the railing Jamalpur/ not There is an incised Museum Buddhist pillar. mentioned figure '5'.

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The inscription reads, ' .. in the 2'1(1 month of the

Lucknow Inscription on the upper Circular road rainy season, on the 6th

Museum Buddhist rim of the pedestal of a mound/ Pre- day ... the image of the

Bodhisattva image. Kushana Bodhisattva was set Lip by ..... na'.

, The inscription reads,

'In the year 20 of maharaja Kanishka, in

Mathura Inscription on the pedestal Mathura City/ the fourth month of

Buddhist winter, on the day ... the Museum of a Bodhisattva statue. Kushana

Bodhisattva was set up at the temple by ... of (h is) parents together

. I ' Wltl .... The inscription reads,

'Success I I n the year 22, . I 2nd I f III t le mont 1 o·

Mathura Inscription on the pedestal

Mathura City/ summer, on the 30th day,

Buddhist of a seated headless on this date the image of Museum not mentioned

Buddha image. Buddha was set up in the Pravarkavihara (vihara of the cloak makers) .. the daughter of..'.

Agrawala's Mathura City/ The inscription reads,

Not known Inscription on a stone slab 'of the king's barber. Catalogue not mentioned

Jada' . ----"

The inscription reads, '(in the year) in the 1st

Inscription on the lower month ... on the 30th day, and upper rim of a seated

Dhunsarpara on this (date) ... (the gift

Vogel's Buddha statue of which of) .. the daughter in law Buddhist quarters/ not

Catalogue only the lower portion is of Phalguyasha, the .... mentioned

preserved with the legs of Of Devarakshita ... for an attendant. the welfare (and

happiness) of all sentient beings' .

From the position of the

The railing pillar is carved inscription it is clear that

it cannot refer to the on one face with a male

person on the obverse figure, holding a bunch of

and the reading suggests flowers in his right hand, Gopalpur

Vogel's the name' Rama' which Not known which is raised to the quarters/ not

Catalogue is not in the genitive shoulder. The reverse is mentioned.

decorated with two case and therefore,

complete and one half cannot be the name of the donor, and most

lotus-rosette. probably refers to the

sculptor. The inscription reads, 'Of Traya the son of

Agrawala's Probably Fragmentary inscription Dasavatari Gali/ Mitravarman, the Catalogue Buddhist from a lintel. not mentioned Nagarakiya ( the native

of Nagar a or Nagaraka). What merit there is in

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--this gift let it be for my parents. In the current

70 th year, on the 24th day of Bhadravada'.

The inscription reads, '(there was) set up for the Mahasangikas, the

supporters of the Buddhist

religion .... residing in Cutakavihara ..... a

The inscription is Ksaran ika'. The last word may mean Agrawala's inscribed on a stone Mata Gali/ not Buddhist to be the object of the Catalogue fragment found in the mentioned grant, D.R. Sahni is of debris of a house.

the opinion that the inscription was inscribed on a channel for carrying

water and hence the inscription records the gift of this and thus the word 'Ksaranika' refers

to th is channel. .-

The inscription reads, 'The Bodhisattva was

set up together with the parents, together with

the preceptor Dharmaka, together with the male

pupils, together with the female pupils, at

Agrawala's Buddhist Inscription inscribed on a Gau Ghat weill Srivihara for the

Catalogue stone slab. not mentioned acceptance of the Sam intya teachers for

the worship of all Buddhas' .

This part of the inscription was probably engraved on the pedestal

of the statue to wh ich the slab was attached. The inscription reads,

'In the year 14 of maharaja devaputra

Kanishka, on the lOt" day of the month

Inscription on the pedestal Pausha, on this day Dalpat ki Khirki sanghila, the wife of Patna of a standing Buddha Buddhist Mohalla/ cloak maker Hasthi, set Museum image, of which only the

Kushana up the image for the feet remain. veneration of holy

Pitahmaha, the Supremely Enlightened, the god who holds his

own tenets, for the cessation of all misery' .

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Inscription on a broken Bharatpur state The inscriptions reads,

Mathura pillar, which is Buddhist mound/ not ' .... post and an

Museum surmounted by winged mentioned um brella' .

lions. .

Agrawala's Terracotta Inscription on a terracotta Bharatpur state

The inscription reads, mound/ not

Catalogue dabber dabber. mentioned

'Of Kachipa'.

Not known, Fragmentary inscription

The inscription reads, on a sculpture showing a

Agrawala's Corpulent Gayatri Tila/ ' ... by the daughter in seated male figure with a

Catalogue male and not mentioned law of Dasa ... by the big belly and two standing

female figure sister of Vridhi ... '. female figures.

Inscription on the upper

Not known, rim of a pedestal showing a Dharma-chakra with a The inscription reads,

Agrawala's Dharma- Dig gate/ not worshipping seated figure 'By ... Masi .. the

Catalogue charka with mentioned and a sejant lion turned housewife of Dasa'.

lions outwards on the either

side. The inscription reads,

'(something was

Agrawala's Bharatpur gate/ dedicated) at the Alanka

Buddhist Inscription on a pedestal. convent for the Catalogue not mentioned

acceptance of the Mahasanghiyas for the

worship of all Buddhas'. -

Fragmentary inscription The inscription reads,

Vogel's Sitala ghati/ not 'For the welfare and Buddhist on the pedestal of a seated

Catalogue mentioned happiness of all sentient Buddha image.

beings' . ._.

Probably Inscription on a Buddhist Arjunpura The inscription reads, 'A

Not known Mohalla! not gift from Buddhist pillar

mentioned Amogharaksh ita' . The inscription reads,

Inscription carved on the 'The gift of Ayala, the son of imdrasama, for

upper rim of the stone Agrawala's Jamna Bagh/ the worship of all Buddhist bowl carried by a male Catalogue not mentioned. Buddhas in the .

figure ofwhich only head Suvanakaravihara for the

remams. acceptance of the

Maha~lldesika teachers'. The inscription reads,

Agrawala's Inscription on the pedestal Jamna Bagh/ 'The gift of the monk

Buddhist Budhavala for the Catalogue of a standing image. not mentioned

worship of his parents and all beings'. ._-

Agrawala's Not known, Fragmentary inscription Isapur/2"a The inscription is of no Catalogue Round stone on a round stone. century S.c. particu lar interest.

Agrawala's Fragmentary inscription Isapur/ not The inscription is not

Not known legible it probably Catalogue from a broken pedestal. mentioned

records a gift. --- -

Fragmentary inscription The inscription reads,

Agrawala's Isapur/ not 'Success! At the request Jaina on the pedestal of a Jina

Catalogue mentioned of .... the pupil of Image.

Naganandi, (the gift of)

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the daughter of ... the housewife of

Bhavananda, the mother of Devila'.

The inscription reads, 'Success! In the 24th

year of the reign of maharaja rajatiraj

devaputra sahi Vasiska, in the fourth month of

summer, on the 30 th day, on this date, Dronala, the

Brahmanical son of Rudrila, a

Agrawala's Inscription on a sacrificial Brahman of Bharadvaja sacrificial Isapur/ Kushana

Catalogue post. gotra and a post Manacchandoga having

performed a sacrifice lasting twelve days, has

set up the sacrificial posts. May the (three)

fires be pleased'. The meaning of

Manacchandoga has not been ascertained.

The inscription shows

From Jamna that the figure

Agrawala's Naga

Inscription on the pedestal river/ probably

represented the Naga Catalogue of a headless Naga statue. Dadhikarna, who had a

Kushana shrine at the Jamalpur

mound.

Inscription from a small From Jamna The inscription reads,

Mathura 'Maharaja (?)' Buddhist Buddha statue, seated river/ not

Museum The word is written in a cross-legged. mentioned

cartouche. Inscription on a standing figure, discovered by Pt.

Radha Krishna from Tokri Tila near Mat. The head

and the arms of the statue The inscription reads,

Agrawala's Standing is missing, he wears a Mat/ Kushana 'The maharaja rajatiraj

Catalogue figure tunic reaching below the devaputra Kanishka'.

knees held by a girdle, and an overcoat. The

inscription is inscribed on the lower portion of the

lower and upper gannents. Inscription between the The inscription reads,

feet of the colossal seated 'maharaja rajatiraja figure of a king, devaputra, the scion of

Standing discovered by Pt. Radha the Klishanas, sahi

Agrawala's Krishna at Tokri Tila near Vema(?). By the figure ofa Mat/ Kushana

Catalogue Mat. The king is seated in banakpati of takshuma, king.

a European fashion, the I-illmaspala, a temple throne is supported by two was caused to be made, lions. In his right hand are a garden, a tank and a the remains of a hilt of his well, an assembly hal! ___

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sword, the left hand is and a gateway'. broken. The dress consists

of a heavy upper and lower garment and heavy

top boots. The inscription reads,

, ... of the .. maker, who is steadfast in the true Law, on whom, on account of

his devotion, the kingdom was conferred

by Sarva and Shchamdavira ... the tem pie, the .. of the

grandfather of maharaja rajatiraj devaputra

Huvishka .. and a tank was given .... '.

'And later on having seen that the temple was broken, fallen down and in a ruinous state .. and for the increase of the

life and strength Fragmentary inscription maharaja rajatiraj on the pedestal of a statue

devaputra Huvishka .. by from Tokri Tila near the the great general the lord village of Mat, now in the

ofShau .. and for the Mathura Museum. The Brahmans who are the statue represented some regular guests will be Mathura

Devakula Kushana prince. The Mat/ Kushana made' . Museum pedestal is badly

The inscription is mutilated. The proper divided into two parts, right side is missing and

the first ending with the an exact portion has come words 'the tank is down to us in 14 pieces

given'. The first part put together by Vogel. records the numcrous

gifts made, the temple, the tank and the image

of Huvishka. The temple is the same as the devakula already

constructed, so the real purpose of this

inscription is the restoration ofthc temple

by the great general which must have been mentioned in the lost portion of the second

part and the first part has to be taken as an

introductory account of the construction of the

temple and its belongings at an earlier

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- -times.

Fragmentary inscription on a standing figure from

Tokri Tila near a village at Mat, now in the Museum, No. 212. The image is a The inscription reads, torso, the head, the arms 'Mastana' . and the lower portion of The meaning of the three

the legs having syllables remains

Agrawala's Standing disappeared. The dress uncertain. All that can be

consists of a tunic, which Mat! Kushana said is that probably they Catalogue Image

is adorned across the chest are a part of the and along the lower designation of the

border with a broad band person probably this in imitation of word is Iranian in origin.

embroidery. The figure carried a sword as is

evident from the remains of a hilt and wore top

boots. A detached head with a The inscription reads,

Agrawala's Head ofa conical cap. It certainly 'Nayasa', probably belonged to the statue of Mati Kushana means a personal name,

Catalogue male figure an Indo-Scythian prince the meaning cannot be set up in the devakula. discerned.

The inscription reads, 'In the year 8 of the

maharaja rajatiraj sahi Inscription on the pedestal Kanishka, in the 4th

of a Naga image flanked (month) of summer, on by two Nagis. The the fifth day, on this

Agrawala's Naga

inscription is incised on Ral Bhadarl date, a tank and a garden Catalogue the base below a group of Kushana (was caused to be made)

worshippers consisting of for the holy Naga five males, five females Bhumo as the donation

and two boys. of ..... tra, the niyavadaki of mathura, for the

welfare and happiness of all sentient beings'.

The inscription reads. 'In the year 31 of

Vogel's Inscription on the pedestal Ral Bhadarl Huvishka, in the fourth

Buddhist month of winter, on the Catalogue of a Buddha figure. Kushana

20 th day, the gift of Khuda ... the female

pupil of the nunDinna'. The inscription reads,

Inscription on a sculpture 'May the siddha be

Not known, pleased' . representing the corpulent

Agrawala's Corpulent Ral Bhadarl not The words seem to be figure of a man and a

Catalogue male and mentioned the concluding portion woman seated to the front,

female figure of a donative inscription, side by side.

which was engraved on the lost side of the base.

Vogel's Not known

Inscription on a pillar. The Not mentioned Defaced inscription.

Catalogue only word possible to read

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is the numeral 48, the rest is all defaced.

Agrawala's Inscription from the Kota! not Not known

Catalogue pedestal of a statue. mentioned

Inscription on the base of From Agrawala's Catalogue

Male figure a male figure clad in an Brindaban roadl Indo-Scythian dress. not mentioned.

Agrawala's Inscription from Gosana! not Not known

Catalogue Brickbats. mentioned

Inscription from the base Agrawala's of a female figure of Saknal not

Not known Catalogue which only the feet mentioned

remam.

Agrawala's Probably Mora Well inscription.

Moral Catalogue Brahmanical Kshatrapa

Agrawala's Inscription on the pedestal Not known Moral Kushana Catalogue of a female statue.

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The inscription rea 'By Ghosha, the SOl

Jayadeva'. The inscription rea

ds, lof

ds, 'In the year 70, 2' "I . I I sl wmter mont 1, .

image' . Translation I, '0

Nagadata, the son Ananda'.

Translation 2 and 'Nagadata and hi

mother' . Translation 4,

f of

~

.J,

s

'Vasuguta ... ' , the n ame is probably the

beginning of a Ion ger Oil,

ds, and

dedicatory inscripti The inscription rca

' .... For the welfare happiness of (all

sentient) beings'. CI 'he y first line probabl

indicated a date bu t is not preserved. 'of the son of

Mahakshatrpa Raja vula, es of vlras the his

swamin ... the imag the Bhagvat Pancha

of the Vrishnis in stone shrine ... whic

the magnificent match less stone hou se of

eels of

Tosha .. the five obj of adoration made

stone radiant as it were ulv' , with the highest bea -

A coherent translati on IS

ne of ely

not possible, the nm the king is definit

Kanishka, an imag e IS

all set up by a WOIll'

called Tosha or Tosha, but we do know of any godd

of not ess third wife of

named Tosha, The line mentions, 'the

of the Kalavada Mathura', Kalava da

ligh ·a.

being the title of a I official at MathLII

Other than this notl can be said from I

inscription.

ling he

The inscription reads, ' .. by Vasu, a gateway of stone and the railing was

Inscription from a Moral erected at the ... ofthe

Agrawala's Brahmanical great temple of Bhagvata

Catalogue doorjamb. Kshatrapa Vasudeva, being pleased (promote) the welfare of

Svami Mahakshatrapa Sodasa' .

The inscription reads, 'Caused to be made by

Mathura Not known

Inscription on very large Mora/3 rd Yasamata, the king's

Museum brick. century s.c consort, whose son is living, the daughter of

Brahasvatimita' . -Ganeshra! 3rd

-Mathura Not known Inscription from a railing.


Museum 2nd centuries s.c 'gifts to the holy one .. '. The inscription reads,

Mathura Inscription from a round Ganeshral 'The stupa was erected

Not known by ( some female Museum piece of sandstone. Kshatrapa

relative) ... of Kshatarapa Ghataka ... '.

Inscription from the Agrawala's

Not known pedestal of a standing Ganeshral not

Not mentioned Catalogue figure of which only the mentioned ,

feet remain. There are two type of inscription, one reads,

'Of Rohadeva Kohada'. The other one reads,

Mathura Inscription from 26 Ganeshral not 'Caused to be made by

Not known Rohadeva, the Kohada, Museum Brickbats. mentioned

the min ister of Gom itra' . There seems to another longer version of this

inscription, now reading , of the king'.

Fragmentary inscription in three lines on the pedestal The inscription reads, ' ..

Vogel's of a seated Buddha image,

Naugaval not of the monk

Buddhist of which only the left foot Dharmahastika ... at the Catalogue mentioned

together with the drapery vihara an image ... was below the legs is setup'.

preserved.

Agrawala's Fragmentary inscription Girdharpurl The inscription reads,

Not known 'Of Golashvasta Catalogue from a lintel. Kshatrapa

Buddhayasha' . It is impossible to offer a

coherent translation of the inscription. It records

Agrawala's Not known

Inscription from a round Girdharpurl a gift of a lady who is Catalogue object. Kshatrapa called Gotam i, and is the

wife of some person called Baladhika. The

last line may be

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translated as ' for the worship of her father

and mother' Fragmentary inscription on the pedestal of a slab

Agrawala's showing a Nagi and a

Girdharpurl The inscription reads, Naga male figure with a spear in

Catalogue Kshatrapa ' ... of the cloak maker' . his left hand, and the right

hand raised in Abhayamudra.

The inscription reads, '(the bowl was given)

for the acceptance of the Agrawala's

Buddhist Edge of monumental Palikheral (maha)sanghiyas

Catalogue stone bowl. Kushana (Mahasangikas). Let it be for the welfare and

happiness of the parents, of. ... ' .

The inscription reads, 'In the year 39 of

maharaja devaputra Huvishka, in the 3,d month of the rainy

Inscription on the upper season, on the 5th day, Indian on th is date, the and lower rim of the Palikheral Museum Buddhist

pedestal of the Kushana Bodhisattva was set up

Calcutta by the nun Budhadeva, Bodhisattva statue.

the female pupil of the nun Pushahathini,

together with her parents for the welfare and

happiness of all sentient beings' .

Detached head with a conical cap, which is a characteristic feature of the Indo-Scythian dress. On the right side the cap

is decorated with a crescent. On the left side

there is a monogram The inscription consists Mathura consisting of the Brahmi Palikheral not Male head of a single word Museum letters reading' Lavana' . mentioned

'lavana'. A similar monogram has been found from Mat as

well, these could be personal names in abbreviated forms

embroidered on their clothing as a mark of

~roperty.


Mathura Inscription from the upper

Palikheral 'In the year 8 ... in the

Museum Buddhist and lower rim of a

Kushana second month of the

Bodhisattva statue. rainy season, (on the day) the (Bodhisattva)

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(was set up) the gift of Sihaka .. for the

happiness (of all sentient beings)'.

Mathura Inscription on the back of Palikhera/ It is probably a mason's

Not known mark, no sense can be Museum an architectural piece. Kushana

discerned. The inscription is

The inscription reads, engraved on the front side

, ... for the weI fare and Agrawala's

Not known and on the rim of the Palikhera/

happiness of all sentient Catalogue proper left facet of the Kushana

beings' . pedestal, but only the latter part is legible.

The inscription reads, Agrawala's

Not known Inscription from an Salem pur/ 'Dharma', cou Id be the

Catalogue architectural piece. Kushana abbreviated name of the sculptor. ---

The stone maybe a sculpture of a Naga, the

The inscription reads. inscription is incised on

Agrawala's Probably Maholi-Usphar/ 'Of Ashvadeva, the SOil

Catalogue Naga the front face, the second

5th century A.D. of the cloak maker line being continued on

Bhavanandin' . the proper left face of the

base. Fragmentary inscription

The inscription reads, on the pedestal of a statue rd

purchased by Pt. Radha 'In the year 51, in the 3

month of summer, Oil Krishna, where it was

the 4th day on this Vogel's being worshipped as Anyor/

Buddhist date ... the Bodhisattva, I Catalogue Durga. It is actually a Kushana

the gift of. ... for thc Buddha seated in

Abhayamudra, but in the acceptance of the teachers of the inscription it is called a Mahasangikas' .

Bodhisattva. .-

The inscription reads, 'The gift of Saka lay

Inscription on the upper brother Susa Harusa, an image of the Buddha at Vogel's rim of the pedestal of a Anyor/ pre-Buddhist the convent of Uttara Catalogue seated Buddha, now in the Kushana

Harusa, together with his Mathura museum.

parents, for the welfare and happiness of all

sentient beings'. The inscription reads, '

In the year) n,d of maharaja Kanishka, in

the 1 st month of summer,

Agrawala's Inscription on the base of Sonkh/ on th is date, Pushyada,

Buddhist the daughter of the lord Catalogue a Bodhisattva statue. Kushana of the vihara, Gunda, set up a Bodhisattva in her

own vihara (for the welfare and happiness) of all sentient bcings'.

Agrawala's Naga Inscription on the back of Chhargaon/ The inscription reads,

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Catalogue a Naga statue. Kushana 'In the 40tl1 year of maharaja Huvishka, in

the 2nd month of winter, on the 23ed day, on this date, Senahasti, the son

of Pindapayya, and Bhondaka, the son of Viravridhi, these two

comrades set up both the Naga at his own tank. May the lord Naga be

pleased' . All that can be said is

that the inscription recorded the setting up

Agrawala's Probably Inscription on a slab

Chhargaon/ of some image or shrine

found along with the that dated in the reign of Catalogue Naga Kushana

above Naga statue. some king who by the title of 'Maharaja' and 'Devaputra' cou lei be a

Kushana king. The inscription reads,

'The image of the Holy One was caused to be

Mathura Inscription on the pedestal

Parkham/ 2nd made by eight brothers,

Museum Yaksha of a colossal Yaksha

century S.C members of the

image. Manibhada congregation. It has been made by Gomitaka, the

pupilofKunika'.

Agrawala's Inscription on the torso of Parkham/ not The inscription reads, ,

Kubera ... the request of the Catalogue a Kubera figure. mentioned

venerable Nirvatttana ... ' Agrawala's

Kubera Inscription on the figure Parkham/ not No sense can be

Catalogue of Kubera in relief. mentioned discerned.

Agrawala's Inscription on the pedestal Parkham/ The inscription reads,

Not known ' ... the pupil of the Catalogue of standing female statue. Kushana period

... Sena'. .-

Inscription on the pedestal The inscription reads, 'of the first wife .... (in

Agrawala's of a Bodhisattva image of Unknown/ Buddhist the year)3, in the lSi

Catalogue which only the feet Kushana month of summer, on

remam. the day ... '.

Inscription on a pedestal, The inscription reads,

Mathura Unknown/ 'Success! (in the year) Not known of which only the upper

Museum Kushana ... ofmaharaja ... an right comer is preserved.

image .. '. Inscription on the

fragment of a railing pillar, the obverse shows

Agrawala's Probably the lower portion of a Unknown/ The inscription reads, Catalogue Buddhist female figure standing on Kushana 'Of Sanghadeva'.

a cushion and on the reverse two

compartments. In the

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upper ones, there are two figures wearing elaborate

turbans. Each holds a bunch of flowers in the right hand. In the lower

panel there is a male figure in Indo-Scythian dress wearing a conical

cap, a tunic, trousers and heavy boots. He rests his left hand on a sword and

has in his right hand a bunch of flowers and a

garland, the inscription is beneath the lower panel.

Inscription from the fragment of a railing

pillar, on the obverse is a prostrate dwarf on which

a figure is standing, of which only the feet

remain. On the reverse is Agrawala's Probably a panel with a dwarf like Unknown/ The inscription reads Catalogue Buddhist figure in a short petticoat, Kushana 'Jotisha' .

carrying on his head a flat dish or a basket filled with

something. The panel is enclosed between

Persepolitan pilasters, under the panel is an

inscription. Inscription on a fragment of a railing pillar, on the obverse there are the feet of a figure wearing stout

Agrawala's Probably boots and standing on a

Unknown/ The inscription read cushion. On the reverse is Catalogue Buddhist

a panel enclosed between Kushana 'Dasa'.

s,

two pilasters that depict two men in the act of killing a tortoise with

sticks. Inscription on the

fragment of a railing pillar, on the obverse there

is a standing figure

Agrawala's Probably completely defaced. On

Unknown/ The inscription read the reverse are two panels, Catalogue Buddhist Kushana 'Jotisha' . on the upper panel are two

s,

figures, male and female standing. In the lower panel are a male figure and a crouching dwarf.

Agrawala's Probably Inscription on a railing

Unknown/ The inscription read pillar, on the obverse is a Catalogue Buddhist Kushana 'Shivara' . --'p'rostrate dwarf on which

s,

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stood a female figure of who only the feet remain. On the reverse is a figure of a man holding a staff in his left hand and pointing

with his right hand towards an object,

probably a bird, which is shown across the trunk of a palm tree. The scene is

enclosed between the Indo-Persepolitan

pilasters, probably refers to some jataka, the

inscription is beneath the panel and in inverted

letters. --The inscription reads,

'In the year 17, in the 4'11 month of the rainy

season, on the day, on this date, the housewife

Agrawala's Buddhist

Inscription on the pedestal Unknown! of the goldsm ith Catalogue of a seated Bodhisattva. Kushana Dharmaka, the female

lay-member Nagapiya set up a Bodhisattva in her own Caityakuti for the acceptance of thc

Dharmagutaka tcachers'. The inscription reads,

Agrawala's Inscription on the pedestal

Unknown! 'Success! By thc

Not known of a statue of which only illustrious Sri Sisllrika, Catalogue Kushana

the feet remain. the housewife of jayadasa ... ' .

The only word in the

Agrawala's Probably Inscription on the pedestal

Unknown! inscription that is certain

of a statue of which only is 'Sakya Bhikshu' and Catalogue Buddhist Gupta

the feet remain. that it must be a gift by a monk.

Inscription on the pedestal The inscription reads, Agrawala's

Buddhist of a Buddha image of Unknown! 'for the welfare and

Catalogue which only the feet Kushana happiness of all sentient remam. beings' .

The inscription rcads,

Fragmentary inscription 'In the year 8, in the ·1,11

month of the rainy on the pedestal of an I'd

Mathura image of a seated Buddha Unknown! season, on the 23 day,

Buddhist the gift of thc nun museum in red sandstone of which Kushana

only the lower part Budhadasi in the hakiya vihara ... for thc welfarc

remaIn. and happiness of all

sentient beings' . ..

Inscription on a stone that The inscription reads,

Agrawala's Unknown! 'Of the senior of the Not known must have formed a

catalogue Kshatrapa Order. .. by the sister'S pedestal. .

daughter ... '.

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The inscription probably Mathura

Not known Inscription on a piece of Unknown! recorded the gift for the

Museum stone. Kushana welfare of the relatives of the donor.

The inscription reads, 'Success l In the year 16

of maharaja Kanishka .. in the 1 sl month of the rainy season, on the .. day, on

this dale, the Bodhisattva (was set up)

as a gift of the monk

Inscription on the pedestal Nagadatta, a resident of the vihara in Kashtikiya

Agrawala's of an image of a seated Unknown! Buddhist vihara in his own

Catalogue Bodhisattva broken Kushana Caityak uti ... together

vertically into two pieces. with the residents of the vihara, for the worship of all Buddhas and for

the we I fare and happi ness of all sent ient beings, for the welfare of

the Mahasanghiya teachers' .

._--

Mathura Light purple coloured

Unknown! Inscribed with the Museum

Not known stone having the numeral Kushana numeral 100

100. Agrawala's

Not known Inscription on a piece of Unknown! No sense cam be

Catalogue stone. Sunga discerned

Agrawala's Fragmentary inscription

Unknown! The inscription reads. Not known on a detached piece of

Catalogue Sunga ' ... of gom itra' . stone. ---


Agrawala's Inscription on the base of Unknown! 'the Glorious oift of b b

Naga Vishnu, the son of Catalogue a Naga statue. Gupta

Gomindra, the grandson of Hakudatta'.

The inscription reads. 'Adoration of the holy .... ln the first year..on the I 11h

day ... by the great grand

Lucknow Inscription on a split Unknown! son of va-mitra, the

Not known grandson of Sau ... the Museum copingstone. Kshatrapa

son of Bhargavi .... standing

(in) ... belonging to the pancalas .. fallen in ... from hcre standing ... '.

Lucknow Inscription from a stone Unknown! The inscription reads.

Not known 'Najika', it seems to be a Museum slab of yellow sandstone. Kushana

personal name. Lucknow Not known Inscription from a piece of Unknown! The inscription reads,

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Museum stone. Kushana ' 108 for perfume' ,too little left to decipher. It seems to contain a list of sums, maybe to be spent

on some rei igious establishment. --

Inscription from a lower Lucknow Not known

Unknown! No sense can be Museum part of an image. Kushana discerned. Lucknow

Not known Inscription on a piece of Unknown! No sense can be

Museum stone. Kushana discerned -----The inscription reads,

Lucknow Inscription on the pedestal Unknown! 'The image of Buddha is

Buddhist a gift of ..... the Museum of yellow sandstone. Gupta

housewife of Buddhadeva' . ---


Lucknow Inscription on a Unknown! '(the gift of) the

Not known goldsmith Utara (urtara), Museum copingstone. Sunga

the son of Got i (Gaupti)' .

Lucknow Not known

Inscription on a Unknown! The inscription reads, Museum copingstone. Kushana

, t ' .... se up ..... -

The inscription reads' Lucknow

Not known Inscription on a doorjamb. Unknown! ' .. thc son of the

Museum Gupta householder. .. rppindatta , .. The inscription secms to have recorded a gift by a

I Lucknow Probably Inscription from a stone Unknown! female person, who is Museum Buddhist umbrella. Kushana characterized as a

daughter in law and I wife.

I The inscription reads, 'In the year 4 of

maharaja devaputra Kanishka, in the il t!;

I Indian Inscription from the month of winter, on the Museum Buddhist pedestal of a Bodhisattva

Unknown/ 14th day, on this I Calcutta image.

Kushana date, .... by I

Dhanyabhava, the .... 01' , i

the caravan merchant Bhavashri, the

housewife of. .. ni .. '. I Indian

_·------1

Inscription from a Unknown! The inscription reads, Museum Not known eopingstone. Sunoa 'the gift of. ... '. Calcutta b

.\ Indian Inscription from the Only the first word is Unknown! I Museum Buddhist pedestal of a Buddha

Gupta legible that reads I Calcutta Image. ' Mahara.i~~ _____ 1 -----

The inscription reads' I 'Success' The daughter

Lucknow Not known Inscription on a pedestal.

Unknown! in law of Saddhi, the museum Kushana daughter of Matisena,

the first wife of Nagadasa'.

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The inscription reads, 'The railing of the I-Ioly

Inscription on the coping noble souled one has Indian been caused to be made

Museum Probably stone of a railing cut out Unknown/

by the trooper Buddhist of a single slab of red Kshatrapa Calcutta Bodhayasha, the son of sandstone from Mathura. Bodhila and the son of

Kaushiki. May the Holy One be pleased'.

Indian Unknown/ not The inscription is too Museum Not known Inscription on a pedestal

mentioned fragmentary. Calcutta

A coherent translation is Indian

Inscription on a broken Unknown/ not possible. The gift Museum Not known here consists of a stone Calcutta stone slab Kshatrapa

palace, halls, and stone slabs.

The inscription reads, 'This is the pious gift of

the Sakya monk

Indian Inscription on the pedestal Dharamadasa. What Unknown/ merit there is in this gift. Museum Buddhist ofa statue of which only

Gupta let it be for the Calcutta the feet remain. attainment of supreme

knowledge by his parents and all sentient

beings' . The inscription reads,

'In the year 45 of maharaja Huvishka devaputra, in the 3rd

month of the rainy season, on the 15 th day,

on this date the image of the holy incomparable

Inscription on the pedestal Sakyamuni was set up at Prince of Alika in the

Wales Buddhist of a Buddha statue of Unknown/ Roshikavihara by the which only the feet Kushana Museum female lay worshipper remall1.

Khvasica for the gift of health to herself and for

the welfare of her parents, of her mistress,

of the mother of Shamanika, of

Shamanika, of Jivaka, of the mother of Jivaka and

all sentient beings'. The inscription reads, 'The oift of Mitra a b ,

Patna Not known Inscription on a piece of Unknown/ not Gotami, the nurse of

Museum stone. mentioned lmdragibhadra, daughter of king Vishnumitra, the

son of Mam itra'. - -

British Probably Inscription on a sculptured Unknown/ The inscription reads' Museum Nagaand stone slab in the British Kushana 'Success! In the year 10

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Nagi Museum. The sculpture of maharaja devaputra on the top of the stone K . hk . I 21lCi anlS a,mtle

shows a man and a month of summer, on woman sitting on a bench. the 9th day, on this date,

The man, and probably the temple was presented the woman also, had a in the Northern Naga hood. May we Navamika, May the

suppose that the female goddess be pleased with here represents the the village'.

goddess mentioned here in the inscription.

A translation of the text is not possible. All that

The image is Buddhist

Inscription from a Buddha Unknown/ not can be said is that it lost statue. mentioned recorded the setting lip

of an image of the holy Sakyamuni.

No coherent translation is possible. It evidently

records the setting up of

Not Inscription on a Buddha Unknown/ an image of Buddha,

Buddhist who is described as mentioned statue. Gupta

being, 'of renowned fame and virtues, the

best of the noble beings' .

The inscription reads, 'This is the pious gift of

Not Inscription from a small Unknown/ the Sakya monk

Buddhist Samghrakshita. What mentioned statue. Gupta

merit there is in this gift let it be for a II sentient

beings .... '. The inscription reads,

'This is the piolls gift of a Sakya monk, reverend

Not Inscription on the pedestal Unknown/ Bhrahmasoma. What

Buddhist merit there is in this gift, mentioned of a statue. Gupta period

let that be for the attainment of the highest

knowledge by all sentient beings'.

Not Not known

Inscription from a railing Unknown/ not No translation given. mentioned pillar. mentioned

J

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Mathura Inscriptions not mentioned in lanert's volume

SNo RELIGION SCULPTURE TIME PERIOD/

INSCRIPTION FIND SPOT


Agrawala's Inscription on the rim of

Not mentioned/ 'this image of Bhagwan

Buddhist the pedestal of a standing Sakyamuni was Catalogue unknown

Buddha statue. dedicated by the monk .... ' .


Inscriptions in two lines 'Gift of the monk

Agrawala's Not mentioned/ Budhavala, for the Buddhist on the pedestal of a

Catalogue unknown adoration of h is parents standing Buddha image

and for the happiness of all creatures'.

Inscriptions consisting of The inscription reads,

four lines in Kushana Brahmi engraved on a

'the image was Agrawala's Unknown/ not dedicated by the chief of

Not known small pedestal, above Catalogue mentioned the village named

which are visible miniature feet of a

Priyadeva, a resident of

standing image Rajapali' .

Two lines of inscription in The inscription reads,

'the image was Kushana Brahmi, on the

dedicated by the wife proper left half of the

Agrawala's Unknown/ of. ... , under the Jaina pedestal of a tirthankara

Catalogue Kushana guidance of the image carved with two

venerable, for the female devotees and a

lion. worship in the temple of

arhat' . Inscription engraved on The inscription reads,

Agrawala's the upper rim and the

Unknown/ 'Success! By Shishurika,

Jaina proper left side of the wife of lyadasa, at the Catalogue Kushana

pedestal, with crossed instance of the legs above it a Jina image. Bhikshuni Mugukisika'.

The inscription reads, , .. on the .Ath day-on the date specified as above ..

Gigla, a village the deity called

lateshvara was installcd Inscription in Kushana about 3 miles

by .... ishvara, in h is own Agrawala's Brahmi about 2nd century from Sadabad, a

Brahmanical field lying within the Catalogue A.D., engraved on the Tehsil in

sphere of his income, for pedestal of a Shiva linga. Mathura district/

the welfare and Kushana

happiness of his parents, his own self and those who assented (to the

gift)'.

K.D. Bajpai -The inscription refers to the establishment of the Jaina Inscription incised on the

Mathura City/ image of Vardhmana in Antiquary, Jaina pedestal of a tirthankara Kushana the 2nd month of summer

Vol.16;No. tmage. of the Saka year 92 (170

1, June 1950 A.D.). The names of the

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· donors have been lost.

The mentioned year falls in the reign of the

Kushana king Vasudeva. The purpose of the

K.D. Bajpai- inscription is the Jaina Inscription inscribed on

Antiquary, Mathura City/ installation of the imaae

Jaina the broken pedestal of a to>

Vol. 16, No. tirthankara image. Kushana

of Sumati or Sumatinath , by a lady named Mitra,

I, June 1950 who was probably the daughter of Somagupta.

The inscription reads, 'in the reign of devaputra king Kanishka, in the year 17, in the second

K.D. Bajpai-month of the winter

Jaina season, in the 25th day,

Antiquary, Jaina Inscription on the pedestal Mathura city/ on the date specified as

Vol. 16, No. of a tirthankara image. Kushana above, at the request of

I, June 1950 Kaushaki Griharakshita out of the Kottiya gana,

out of the santin ika kula , out of the Vaira shakha' .

The inscription seems incomplete.

The inscription reads. 'in the year 71, the first

R.D. month of the rainy Bandyopadhy Kankali Tila/

aya, JASB, Jaina Inscription on the back of

season, the fi fteenth

New Series, a Digambara Jaina image.

Probably day .. on that day of Kushana Munasimita ... the

Vol. 5, 1909 sister's daughter of Manirava ... of Hemadeva'.

The inscription reads, 'Success! In the year 84,

the first month of R.D.

Bandyopadhy Inscription in three lines

summer, the fifth day,

aya, JASB, Jaina on the pedestal of the Balabhadra

on that above an imaoe to>

New Series, statue of a Jina Kund/ Kushana

of Rishabha was set lip

Vol. 5, 1909 tirthankara.

by the ... daughter of B!1avadatta, the daughter

111 law of Bhataka, the wife ofEksidi ... , the

perfumer' . The inscription reads ,

'Success! In the year 9,

Inscription on the pedestal R.D.

the third month of

Bannerji-of a headless Jina

winter, the tenth day; the

Epigraphia Jaina Digambara image, two Unknown/

gift ofGhapala, the wife

Indica, Vol. short fragmentary lines Kushana

of Ekradala, the

10, 1909 are incised between the

daughter in law of

feet of the lina. Sivasri, and the daughter

of Grihamitra, at the request of the venerable Tarika out of the Kottiya

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gana, the Thaniya kula and the Vaira Shakha'. The inscription between the feet of the Jina is in

two short lines and seems to refer to the donor of the image.

R.D. The inscription reads, Bannerji, Inscription on the Kankali Tila/ 'the gift of Pushabala, Epigraphia Jaina waistband of a female Probably

the wife of Indica, Vol. statue. Kushana Dhamavadaka' .

10, 1909 Records that, 'the image

A. Barth- of Munisuvrata was Annual caused to be made by

Report of Inscription on the pedestal Kankali Tila/

Shravaka Vivaka, the Indian Jaina son of merchant

Epigraphy, of a seated Jaina image. Kushana Risiyaka, a resident of

1972-73, No. Vusavata and belonging 3625 to the Pragvata family,

and his wife Kundali'. The inscription reads, 'in the year 28, on the first

day of the month Gorpiaios (probably

Macedonian calendar), this Punyashala

(charitable home) has been given a perpetual

endowment by Prachininkana-

Sarukamana Scion, the lord of Kharasalera, the lord of Vakana. From its interest month by month

Agrawala's on the 14th bright day, 100 Brahmans to be fed Catalogue,

Inscription engraved on a From a well near in the Punyashala. Also Vol. XXIV-XXV,

Brahmanical pillar recording an Girdharpur day after day at the endowment. village/ Kushana entrance wi II be made JUPHS,

1951-52 available for distribution amongst the destitute

hungry and thirsty, three adhakas of groats, one prashtha of salt, one prashtha of sugar, a

kalapaka of vegetables, three bier jars and five o.

small pots. Whatever be the merit of this gift it

may accrue to devaputra Huvishka, and also to

those whom devaputra is dear, and may the merit

accrue to the whole earth. The erpetual

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Agrawala's Catalogue,

Vol. XXIVXXV,

JUPHS, 1951-52

G. Bhattacharya,

Indian Museum

Bulletin, Vol. 19,1984

G. Buhler, Epigraphia Indica, Vol.

II, 1894

G. Buhler, Epigraphia Indica, Vol.

II, 1894

Buddhist

Buddhist

laina

laina

Inscription on an irregular stone block carved on one side with the figure of a

moving caparisoned elephant.

Bi-scriptual inscription on the pedestal of a standing Buddhist figure, probably a Bodhisattva. The three lines on top are Brahmi,

the line at the bottom is in Kharoshthi.

Fragment of a building containing the inscription

Probably the image of Vardhamana.

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Mound of Rawal on the Jumna/

Probably Kushana

Mathura city/ Kushana

Kankali tila/ d 2nd aroun

century B.C.

Kankali Tila/ Kshatrapa

endowment is deposit~ thus-550 purana coins to ... guild and 550 purana coins to the flour maker

guild'.

The inscription reads, ' collar bone relic of the lord', the story depicted is from the Mahiival17sa and Dipaval17sa, about

the transporting of Buddhas collar bone as a relic to Ceylon where it

is encased within a stupa.

The record mentions, ' the gift for the welfare

and happiness of all beings, of an image of a

Bodhisattva by the Mahadandanayka

Eghatta, on the 6th day of the 3rd month of the

rainy season in the year 46 at the vihara at ,

Mathura' . The record is interesting

as it is the only biscriptual record from Mathura. The donor seems to be a NorthWesterner, who was

appointed as a military officer by the Kushana kina Huvishka (known b

years 25-60) in the Mathura region. He

donated the image and asked the scribe to

record the gift in two scri£ts.

The inscription reads, 'an ornamental arch for the temple, the gift of

the lay hearer Utaradasaka, son of Vachhi, disciple of

ascetic Maharakhita'. The inscription reads, 'Adoration to Arhat

Vardhmana! In the year 42 of the lord, the

Mahakshatrapa Sodasa, in the second month of

winter, on the 9th day an

--Aryavati, was set up by Amohini, the Kaushti, a female lay disciple of ascetics and wife of Pala, son of Hariti,

together with her sons, Palaghosha, Pothaghosa,

Dhanaghosha ... the Aryavati for the worsh ip

of arhats'. --


G. Buhler, 'Adoration to the

Arhats! By Sivaysa, the Epigraphia Kankali Tilal Inscription on a Jaina wife of dancer

Indica, Jaina Probably Ayagapatta. Phaguyasa ... a tablet of

Vol. II, Kushana homage was caused to 1894

be made for the worship of Arhats'.

Inscription on a small G. Buhler, sculptures frieze Epigraphia representing a large goat Kankali Tilal

The inscription reads, Indica, Jaina headed figure Probably 'the divine Nemesa .... '.

Vol. II, accompanied by one nude Kushana 1894 male, and numerous other

female figures.

G. Buhler, The inscription reads, 'Adoration to the arhat Epigraphia Inscription on a

Kankali Tilal not Mahavira! A tablet of Indica, Jaina beautifully carved stone known homage .. (gift of) ita,

Vol. II, tablet. wife of lavada, an 1894

inhabitant of Mathura'. G. Buhler, The inscription reads, Epigraphia Inscribed on the pedestal

Kankali Tila! not 'an image ... for the

Indica, Jaina of a small seated Jina known

worship of the Vol. II, image. arhats ... of Indrapala the

1894 son of Goti (Gaupti)'. The inscription reads,

'Success! In the year 4, the first month of

summer, the day 20 ... 01'

the female convert of G. Buhler, Sihamitra, the female Epigraphia

Inscribed on the base of a Kankali Tilal not pupil of Satisiha, the

Indica, Jaina squatted Jina. known

female pupil of Vol. II, Pushyam itra .. out 0 f the 1894 Varana gana, out 0 f the

Arya-Hattakiya kula, out of the Vajanagari

shakha .. the gift ... together with

Grahacheta, Grahadasa'. G. Buhler, The inscription reads, Epigraphia

Inscription on the base of Kankali Tilal 'in the year 5

Indica, Jaina Probably of. .. fourth month of Vol. II,

a squatted Jina figure. Kushana summer, on the 5th

1894 day .... ofthe preacher_

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Aryya, out of the Kottiya gana .. out of the

shakha' . "

The inscription reads, 'the year 18, the fourth month of summer, the

third day, on G. Buhler, that ... above a four fold Epigraphia

Inscription on the pedestal Kankali Tilal image, the gift of Masigi

Indica, Jaina Probably (?) mother of jay a ... (at of a four-fold Jina image.

Vol. II, Kushana the request) of ... a gan i 1894 out of the Kottiya gana"

out of the sam bhoga, out of the Vachchaliya kula. May it be for the welfare

of all beings'. The inscription reads~-

G. Buhler, 'the year 18, the second Epigraphia

Incised on the base of a Kankali Tilal month of the rainy

Indica, Jaina small standing Jina.

Probably season, the day 11 ... (the Vol. II, Kushana gift of) Mita siri, the

1894 daughter of a ... divine Arishtanemi' .

---The inscription reads,

'the year 31, the 151

month of the rainy

G. Buhler, season, the 10lh day at

this moment a gift made Epigraphia Incised on the base of a Kankali Tila/ by Grihashri, daughter Indica, Jaina

small squatted J ina. Kushana of i3uddhi, wife of Vol. II,

Devila at the request of 1894

the great Arya, out of the Kottiya gana, the

Aryaveri shakha, the Thaniya kula'.

The inscription reads' 'Success! In the year 32,

in the 4th month of

G. Buhler, winter, on the second

day, a four fold image of Epigraphia Incised on the pedestal of Kankali TiIal -, the arhat by Jitamitra, Indica, Jaina a four fold standing nude Kushana daughter of Ritunandi,

Vol. II, Jinas, wife of i3uddhi, mother

1894 of the perfumer .. at the request of gan i Arya-nandika" out of the

Varana gana ... ya kula'. The inscription reads,

'Success! In the year 52, G. Buhler, the 1 st month of winter, Epigraphia

Incised on the base of a Kankali Tilal the 25th day, the gift of

Indica, Jaina broken image. Kushana

the metal smith Gottika, Vol. II, the Sura, the son of

1894 Sramanaka, at the request of the preacher

Aryya-Divita, the

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convert of the gan i Arya-Manguhasti, the pupil of the preacher

Arya-Ghastuhasti out of the Kottiya gana, the

Vera shakha, the Sthanikiya kula and the Srigriha sambhoga. May it be for the welfare and

happiness of all creatures' .

The inscription reads, 'Success! The year 62,

G. Buhler, the 2nd month ofthc rainy season, the day 5, Epigraphia Incised on the upper part

Kankali Tila/ on that day, the pupil of Indica, Jaina of the base of a sitting Kushana the preacher Aya-

Vol. II, Jina image. Karkuhasta, of the

1894 Varana gana and the

atapika Grahabala, at his request. ... ' . --

The inscription reads, 'the year 79, the 41h

month of the rainy season, the 20 th day on

the above, !\rya-G. Buhler, Vridhhasti, a preacher in Epigraphia Incised on the left portion

Kankali Tila/ the Kottiya gana and in

Indica, Jaina of the base of a large Kushana

the Vaira shakha .. gave Vol. II, standing Jina figure. the advice to make the

1894 imaoe of the arhat b

Nandivarta ... the image the gift of female

disciple Dinna .. wife of .. was set up at the Vodva stupa built by the Gods~ __


G. Buhler, 'the year 8] on the first month of the rainy Epigraphia Incised on the upper part

Kankali Tila/ season, on the 61h day. Indica, Jaina on the base of a seated Kushana on this day, on the Vol. II, figure.

request of Datta, the 1894 female disciple of

Ayika-liva Grihashri ... '. -

The inscription reads, 'Adoration to the !\ rhat

Mahavira! The year G. Buhler, 93 .. the rainy season .. at Epigraphia

Incised on the base of a Kankali Tila/ the request of the gani

Indica, Jaina sitting lina. Kushana

Mandy, pupil of. the Vol. II, image of the divine, 1894 Vardhaman was set up

by ... the daughter of goldsmith Deva, for the worship of the arhats'-.:_

G. Buhler, Jaina Incised on the base of a Kankali Tila/ The inscription reads2

_

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--Epigraphia squatted Jina. Kushana 'the year 98, the first

Indica, month of winter, the 5111

Vol. II, day, at that moment out 1894 of the Kottiya gana, the

Uchanagari shakha ... '. G. Buhler, The inscription reads,

.

Epigraphia Incised on the base of a Kankali Tilal

'Success! Of the great Indica, Jaina

sitting J ina. Kushana king, the supreme king

Vol. II, of kings .... Sena the 1894 pupil of Ohanandi .. '.

The inscription reads, '(Adoration) to the

G. Buhler, divine Ushabha Epigraphia

Incised on the base of a Kankali Tila! (Rishabha)! At the

Indica, Jaina seated Jina. Kushana

request of Sad ita, female Vol. II, pupil of ... Dhuka, a 1894 preacher, in the Varana

gana, Nandika Kula and shakha .. ' .

G. Buhler, The inscription reads,

' .. the preacher Ghosaka. Epigraphia Incised on the left part of Kankali Tilal Pupil ofUggahini, a Indica, Jaina the base of a seated Jina

Kushana gani in the Sthanikya Vol. II, Image.

kula, an image of Arhat 1894

Parshava .. ' . The inscription reads,

G. Buhler, 'Adoration to the arhats l

Incised at the base of a A tablet of homage was Epigraphia beautifully sculptured Kankali Tilal set up by Sihanadika, Indica, Jaina

panel, the centre of which Kushana son of Vanika Sihaka Vol. II,

is occupied by a Jina. and son of Kosiki, for 1894

the worship of the Arhats' .

G. Buhler, The inscription reads, Epigraphia

Incised on the base of a Kankali Tilal 'Adoration to the Indica, Jaina sculptured stone slab. Kushana Arhats! ... the wi fe of

Vol. II, Shivaghosaka ... ' .

1894 The inscription reads,

'Adoration to the G. Buhler, Arhats! A tablet of Epigraphia Incised on the base of a Kankali Tilal homage was set up by

Indica, Jaina sculptured stone slab. Kushana.

Achala, daughter of Vol. II, Malana, daughter in law 1894 of Bhadrayasa and wi fe

of Bhadranandi, for the worship of the Arhats'. The inscription reads,

G. Buhler, 'An image of

Vardhamana, the gift of Epigraphia Incised on the base of a Kankali Tilal Dina, daughter of Indica, Jaina

squatted Jina figure. Kushana Vajranadya (daughter-Vol. II,

in- law) of Vadishiva, 1894

house wife of Badimasi ... ' .

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The inscription reads, 'for the acceptance of Arya-Sandhi, pupil of

Arya-Balattarata .. A rya-Bahma .. the female pupil of Arya-Balattrata, out

G. Buhler, of Uchenagari shakha, Jaya daughter of Epigraphia

Incised on the base of a Kankali Tila! Navahasti, daughter in Indica, Jaina

large slab. Kushana law of Vol. n,

1894 Grahasena ... mother of the brother Sivasena,

Devasena and Sivadeva, has set up an image of Vardhamana for the

welfare and happiness of all creatures'.

The inscription reads, , ".50. 2nd month of

winter, first day, on that day, an image of

Vardhamana, the gift of Vijyashri, daughter of

Bubu, first wife of Rajyavasu, mother of Devila and paternal

grandmother of G. Buhler, Vishnubhava. who

fasted for a month obeys Epigraphia Incised on the base of a Kankali Tila!

the Indica, Jaina broken image. Kushana

command ... ghakaraba Vol. n, 1894 the female pupil,

obeying the command or Ayya-Jinadasi, the

female pupil of Samadi". va Dinnara, the great preacher and

gan i out of Varana gana, the J\yyabhyista kula.

the Sa (mkasiya) shakha and the Srgriha sam bhoga .. ' .

The inscription reads, 'Success! The pupil of

Ayya-1eshtahasti, out of the Kottiya gana, the

Uehenagari shakha, the G. Buhler, Bamhadasia kula, Ayya-Epigraphia Incised on the base of a

Kankali Tila! Mihila, his pupil was the Indica Jaina large quadruple image of Kushana preacher Alya-Ksheraka, Vol. n, standing nude Jinas.

at his request the four 1894 fold (image was

dedicated as) the gift of Sthira, daughter both of

Varanahasti and of Devi. daughter-in-law of

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Jayadeva and daughter in law of Moshini, the

first wife of Kutha Kasutha, for the welfare

and happiness of all creatures' .


Incised at the base of a Kankali Tilal ' in the 57'h year, in the Indica, Jaina

small statue. Kushana 3rd month of winter, on Vol. II, the 13the day, on that 1894 day ... '. .-

The inscription reads, , Success! I n the year 5 of devaputra Kanishka,

in the first month of G. Buhler, winter, on the first day, Epigraphia

Incised on the pedestal of Kankali Tilal on that day, an image of Indica, Jaina Vardhamana was set up a small-seated Jina figure. Kushana Vol. I, by Khuda, consort of 1892 alderman Sen a, daughter

of Deva ... Pala, Kotiyya gana, the Bhamadassika ,

I kula, the Ucchenagari shakha' .

The inscription reads, , Success! In the yearl5,

in the 3rd month of summer, on the first day, on this day; a four fold image of the divine one,

G. Buhler, a gift of Kumaramita, the daughter of .. Ia, Epigraphia

Incised on the pedestal of Kankali Tilal daughter in law of .. , Indica, Jaina a four fold Jina image. Kushana first wife of alderman Vol. I,

Veni, mother of 1892 Bhattisena, ... the request of the venerable Vasula,

the female pupil of venerable Sangamika,

the female pupil of venerable Jayabhuti out

of the Mehika kula'. The inscription reads,

'Success! I n the year 19, in the 4'h month of the

rainy season, on the IO'h

G. Buhler, day, on this day, the pupil of the preacher, the Epigraphia

Incised on the pedestal of Kankali Tila! venerable Baladina, the Indica, Jaina a four fold Jina image. Kushana preacher, the venerable Vol. I,

Matridina, at his request 1892 the image of the divine

Santi, ... the gift of Le ... first wife of

Suchila, out of the Kottiya gana, the

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Thaniya kula, the Srigriha sambhoga, the

Arya-veri shakha ... Adoration to the Arhats .. the highest

ones in the whole world'.

The inscription reads, 'Success! I n the year 20,

in the 3rd month of summer, on the 17th day,

on that day, the preacher, the venerable Siha, the pupi I of the

preacher, the venerable Datta, the Shraddhachara

of the ganin, the venerable Pala, the pupi I

G. Buhler, of venerable Ogha, the pupil of great preacher Epigraphia

Incised on the pedestal of and ganin Ja ... mitra out Indica, Kankali Tilal Jaina a colossal standing naked of the Kottiya gana, the Vol. I; Kushana Jina figure. Brahmadasiya kula, the 1892

Uchchenagari shakha and the Srigriha

sambhoga- at his request for the welfare and

happiness of all beings .. the gift of mitra, the wife of Haggudeva, the daughter in law of

the iron monger Vadhara ... the daughter

of..Jayabhatti, the Manikara of

Khottam itta ... ' . ---

The inscription reads, , in the 25 th year, in the 31d month of winter, on

the 20th day, at th is moment a Vusuya(?),

G. Buhler, was dedicated by Rayagin i, the daughter Epigraphia Incised on the left side

Kankali Tilal in law of Jabhaka, from Indica, Jaina and back of the pedestal Kushana Nandigiri, wife of Vol. I, of a small statue.

Jayabhalta, the request 1892 by Graha.i ... the female pupil of Sadhi, pupil of venerable Balatrata out of the Kottiya gana, the Brahmadasika kula and Uchchenagari shakha'.


Jaina Incised on the base of a Kankali Tilal 'in the year 29 of the

Indica, large statue. Kushana great king ... shka, in the Vol. I, 2nd month of winter on

259

1892 the 30th day, on this day the image of the divine Vardhamana was set up

by the order of Bodhinadi, a married

lady, the cherished daughter of Grihahathi,

at the request of Gahaprakiva, the pupil

of the venerable Data. A ganin in Varana gana and the Pushyamitriye kula, in the honour of

the Arhat'. The inscription reads,

'Success! I n the year 35, in the third month of the

rainy season, on the tenth day, on that day-the female pupil of the venerable Baladina, out

G. Buhler, of the Kottiya gana, the Epigraphia

Incised on the pedestal of Kankali Tilal Sthaniya kula, the Vaira

Indica, Jaina shakha, the Sirika a small seated Jina figure. Kushana Vol. I, sambhooa b' 1892 Kumaram itra .. her son

the dealer in perfumes, Kumarabhati-his gift the image of Vardhamana at

the request of the whetted, polished and awakened venerable

Kumaramitra' . The inscription reads,

'Hail! Adoration! In the year 44 of the most

illustrious king, I-Iuvishka, in the third

G. Buhler, month of summer, on Epigraphia

Incised on the pedestal of Kankali Tilal the second day. On that Indica, Jaina day on the request of the a large Jina image. Kushana Vol. I, venerable Nagasena, the

1892 pupil of Haginandi, a preacher in the (Varana)

gana, in the Arya-Chetiya kula, in the

Haritamalakadh i shakha .. ' .


G. Buhler, ' Success! In the year 45, in the third month of Epigraphia

Incised on the pedestal of Kankali Tilal the rainy season, on the Indica, Jaina a small squatted Jina. Kushana seventeenth day-on the Vol. I,

above .... by the daughter 1892 in law ofBuddhi ... thc ... of Dharmavriddhi .. '.

260

·_.

The inscription reads, '(Success! I n the year)

40, in the month of . I loth wlllter, on t le

day" . on th is day above-a stone pillar a gift of

Sihadatta, the first wifc of the village headman

Incised on the four face of Jayanaga, the daughter G. Buhler, in law of the village Epigraphia the pedestal of a

Kankali Tila/ headman Jayadeva, Indica, Jaina quadruple image Kushana daughter of. ... at the Vol. I, consisting of four

request of Akaka, the 1892 standing Jina figures. female pupil of Nan ada and of Balavanna, the

sadhachari of Mahanandi, female pupil

of Dati, out of the Varana gana, the Arya-

Hatikiya kula, the Vajanagari shakha, the I Siriya sambhoga'.

-The inscription reads, 'in the year 86, in the

first month of winter, on the I i h day(was G. Buhler, dedicated the gin Epigraphia

Incised on the pedestal of Kankali Tila/ of) ... daughter of Dasa, Indica, Jaina a small seated lina. Kushana wife of Priya, at the Vol. I,

request of the vencrable 1892 Vasula, pupil of

venerable Sangam ika, out of the (Mehi) ka

kula' . The inscription reads, 'in the year 87, in the G. Buhler,

first month of summer, Epigraphia Incised on the pedestal of Kankali Tila/ on the twentieth day- at Indica, Jaina a small squatted Jina

Kushana th is moment, .. of Mitra, Vol. I, figure. pupil of venerable 1892

Kumaranandi, of him of Uchchanagara ... '.

The inscription reads, 'Success! The Pupil of

the venerable leshthahasti out of the

Kottiya gana, the G. Buhler, Brahmadasika kula, the Epigraphia

Incised on the pedestal of Kankali Tila/ Uchchenagarishakha indica, Jaina a seated Jina figure. Kushana and the arina sambhoga, Vol. I,

the venerable Mahala, 1892 the pupil of venerable

Jyeshthahasti, the venerable Gadhaka, at

the request of his female pupil, the venerable

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.-Shama,

(was dedicated) the image of Ushabha

(Rishabha), the gift of Gulha, the daughter of

Varma, the wife of layadasa' .

G. Buhler, Incised on a broken base The inscription reads,

Epigraphia under the left knee of Kankali Tila/ ' ... on that( date as

Indica, Jaina what had been a seated Kushana specified) above, out of

Vol. I, lina. the Kottiya gana' .

1892 The inscription reads,

G. Buhler, ' .. (an image) of the

worship Arhat Epigraphia Incised on the pedestal of Kankali Tila/ Vardhamana, (the gift)

Indica, Jaina a small seated J ina figure. Kushana of. .. the daughter of

Vol. I, Kala, the sister of 1892 Sinavishu, at the request

of ..... Sati'. The inscription reads,

'Adoration to the Arhats! A torana has

G. Buhler, been erected by the Epigraphia Inscribed on the upper

Kankali Tila/ order of ... Iahastini

Indica, Jaina portion of a sculptured Kushana

(Balahastini), a lay pupil Vol. I, torana. of the ascetics, together 1892 with her parents,

together with her mother in law and her father in

law'. The inscription reads, 'Success! I n the year 7

of the oreat kino o 0'

supreme king of kings, the son of the gods,

Shahi Kanishka, in the G. Buhler, first month of winter, on Epigraphia

Incised on the base of a Kankali Tila/ the fi fteenth day-on the

Indica, Jaina large seated Jina figure. Kushana

above, the preacher Alya Vol. I, (sand h) ika, the pupil of 1892 ganin Arya- Budhashri

of Aryaodehikiya( Arya-Uddehikiya) school of Arya-Nagabhutikiya, line of teachers, his

sister Arya-Jaya, Arya-Goshtha . .' .

-The inscription reads,

G. Buhler, 'Success! In the year 22,

in the 2nd month of Epigraphia Incised on the base of a Kankali Tila/ summer, on the 7th day-Indica, Jaina

seated Jina. Kushana a statue ofVardhamana, Vol. I,

from the Varana gana, 1892 from the Petivam ik j kula' .

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G. Buhler, On the seated image of Epigraphia goddess Saraswati, found

Kankali Tila/ Indica, Jaina near the first temple on

Kushana Vol. I, the south east of the 1892 mound.

G. Buhler, On the upper part of the Epigraphia sculptured panel, which

Kankali Tila/ Indica, Jaina has a stupa carved on it Kushana

Vol. I, with four worshippers, 1892 one being a Naga.

G. Buhler, Epigraphia

Kankali Tila/ Indica, Jaina Incised on a broken panel. Kushana

Vol. 1, 1892


Incised on the base of a Kankali Tila/ Indica, Jaina seated J ina. Kushana

Vol. 1, 1892


Incised on the base of a Kankali Tila/ Indica, Jaina statue. Kushana

Vol. I, 1892

G. Buhler, Jaina

Incised on the base of a Kankali Tila/ Epigraphia small standing Jina. Kushana

263

._-The inscription read s,

'Success! In the year 54, in the 4th month of

winter, on the tenth d av--on the above, one (statue) of Saraswat I,

va, at

gift of the smith Go son of Siha, (made)

the instance of the preacher Aryya-De va, the shraddhachara ( )f

asti, her

aanin Arya-Maohah b' b

the pupil of the preae Arya- Hastahasti, fr om the Kottiya gana, th e

Sthaniya kula, the V shakha and the Srigr

alra iha set all Illy

sambhoga, has been up for the welfare of

beings. In the avatala stage dancer (?)' .

The inscription rca 'Success! In the year

ds, 95, of ay-

in the second month summer, on the 18th d

at the request of Dhamatha, the felm lie

1a tiya Iya 'a the the

pupil of Aryya-Aral (dinna) from the Kot gana, from the Than

kula, from the Vail shakha .... (gift of) ... daughter Grahadata, wife of Dhanahati .. The inscription rea ds,

na, 'From the Varana ga from the worshipfl tI

Kaniyasika kula (fr( Jill

the) Od ... (shakha) The inscription rea ds,

, Hail! In the year 8 o of maharaja Vasudeva .. . 111

le the first month of tl rainy season, on th e

twelfth day-on that above, the daught

day er aw of. .. the daughter in I

of Samghanadhi C ), the .... of Bala ... '.

The inscription rea ds , ' .. In the first month

the rainy season, on 30th day, at that time

on that festival) ....

of the (or,

The inscription rea ds, Isa, 'Chiri, the son of D,

Indica, his gift..'. Vol. I, 1892

G. Buhler, The inscription reads,

'An image of Epigraphia Incised on the base of a Kankali TilaJ Vadhamana Indica, Jaina

seated Jina. Kushana (Vardhamana) has been Vol. I,

set up ... out of the 1892

Thaniya ..... '. The inscription reads,

'Success in the year 20, summer month 1, day 15-at the request of the

preacher Aryya-Singhasiha, out of the

Kottiya gana, the G. Buhler, Thaniya Kula, the Veri Epigraphia

Incised on the base of a Kankali Tila/ shakha and the shirika

Indica, Jaina standing Jina figure. Kushana

sambhoga, the image of Vol. I, Vardhamana, the gift of 1892 female lay hearer Dina

the .... of Dati la ... the housewife of Matila, the

mother of Jayavala, Deavadasa and

Nagadina (Nagadatta) and Nagadina (Nagadatta)' .

The inscription reads, 'Success' The year 22,

sumlller(month) I,

G. Buhler, day ... on the (date

specified as) above, at Epigraphia Incised on the base of a Kankali Tila/ the request of the Indica, Jaina

seated J ina. Kushana preacher Arya-Vol. I,

Matridina, the gift of 1892

Dharmasoma, the wi fe of the caravan leader.

Adoration to the arhats!' .

The inscription reads, , The year 47, summer (month) 2, day 20- on

that above, at the request G. Buhler, of Sena, a teacher in the Epigraphia

Incised on the base of a Kankali Tila/ Varana school and the

Indica, Jaina J ina statue. Kushana

Petivamika family, and Vol. I, the pupil ofOhanadi, 1892 (the gift) of. ... the

daughter in law orthe lay hearer Pusha, the

housewife of G iha .... the mother of Pushadina'.

G. Buhler, Incised on the base of a Kankali Tila/

The inscription reads, Epigraphia Jaina

seated Jina. Kushana 'Success! Adoration to

Indica, the Arhats!(Adoration to

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Vol. I, the Siddhas),(At th~-1892 request of), in the

Varana school, Aya Hathiya family, the

Vajnagari branch, the Arya-Srik iya

sam bhoga .... ' . The inscription reads,

G. Buhler, 'By Nanadighosha, the Epigraphia

Incised on the border of a Kankali Tila! Tevanika, son of

Indica, Jaina carved square panel. Kushana

Te .. rusa-namdika, tablet Vol. I, of homage were set up 1892 in the bhamdira of

the .... ' . ----~-

Annual Records the Report Of establ ishment of a stu pa

Indian Buddhist

Incised on a fragment of Kankali Tila! for the Buddhist monks Epigraphy, stone. Kushana Gramadeshika, a 1958-59, resident of a monastery

p-104 called Vendavihara. Annual

Report on Records, that the statue Indian

Yakshi Not known. Nagala Jhinga! of the Yakshi Layava

Epigraphy, 2nd century B.C. was made by Naka, the 1972-73, pupil of Kunika. pp. 80-81 .

Records the dedication, Annual ' by the wife of ... the

Report on daughter in law of DinnCl Indian

Jaina Incised on the pedestal of Kankali Tila! (Datta), (at the request

Epigraphy, a Jina image. Kushana of) ... Bhatibala ... out of 1972-73, the Kottiya gana, the

p-117 pra( sna)v( a)ha(na)ka-kula, the Majhama ... '.

Fragmentary architectural piece representing a male The incomplete epigraph

R.C. Sharma Not known with a bow, and a female

Katra! Kshatrapa informs that the gateway

with a quiver on one side, was erected by the wi fe and another woman with a of a minister of Sodasa.

child on the other. The inscription reads,

'The image of Sakyamuni Buddha was set up for the welfare of all beings by Yaksha,

R.C. Sharma Buddhist Inscription on the pedestal Near Govardhan! daughter of Grahadina, of a seated Buddha image Kushana mother of Hasti and

Datta and housewife of goldsmith Kayastha

Bhattipriya who is the son of Bhattisena and

grandson of Bhattihasti'. Not known,

Inscription on a stone Western The inscription reads,

R.C. Sharma probably outskirts of 'A water tan k, garden, slab.

Brahmanical Mathura near assembly hall, stone

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Chaurasi/ tablet and temple were Kushana erected by the son of

Goti, grandson of Rahila, the son of Vasisth i, son of

Prahasta, son of Kotsi of Magaka of Kalatota?

May God Maheshvara be pleased'. -

The inscription reads, 'in the 93,d year of maharaja devaputra

Vasudeva, in the fourth month of winter and on the 25 th day an image of the Buddha, who has full

The sculpture represents a grasp of knowledge, and standing Buddha flanked

Not mentioned/ whose faith is

R.C. Sharma Buddha by four men on the right, Kushana unshakeable, was set up

and four women on the along with a parasol by a left. Buddhist monk who was

a Kayastha after paying due respect to h is father Sarvanandi, mother of

livashri and Arya Dhanneshvara, Arya

Magha and Arya Dhana' .

--,"- --The inscription reads,

'Senaka, the son of Sreshthahasti, who was

the son of Sindhuka installs (this image) of

R.C. Sharma Buddhist Lower portion of a seated Brindaban/ Bodh isattva ... for the

Bodhisattva. Kushana worship of all Buddhas and for the wei fare of all beings in the honour of

parents ... By Sen aka and son of

Dama' . The inscription reads,

Inscriptional on the Govindnagar/ 'in the (month of winter)

R.c. Sharma Buddhist square base of an 12th year of the great Kushana

octagonal pillar. king, son of gods, Kanishka .... ' .

The inscription reads, 'on the 26th day of the second month of the

rainy season in the year

Inscription on the pedestal Govindnagar/ 26, on this occasion the R.C. Sharma Buddhist image of Amitabha of an Amitabha Buddha. Kushana

Buddha was installed by Nagarakshita son of

Buddhabala, grandson of merchant Sattvaka and grandson of the trader

.-

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Balakriti for the worship of all the Buddhas.

Whatsoever merit is in this charity let it be for listening the supreme

knowledge of the Buddhas' .

The inscription records the donation made in the year 4 of Kanishka, of a

D.C. Sircar, Buddha image by the

Mahadandanayaka Epigraphia Inscription on the pedestal Not mentioned/ H umm iyaka at the indica, Buddhist

of a Buddha image. Kushana Shaka vihara. The name Vol. 34,

of the person no doubt 1961--62

suggests foreign origin, and the person must be

in the service of the Kushana king.

The objective of the inscription is to record

the establishment of the stupa of the Buddhist

D.C. Sircar, monk Gramadeshika,

who was the resident of Epigraphia Inscription on a slab of Not mentioned/ the Buddhist monastery indica, Buddhist

stone. Kushana called Venda vihara, Vol. 34, apparently situated at 1961--62 Mathura. The person responsible for the

donation is not mentioned in the

inscription. There are a series of inscriptions on the

capital: A-'By the chief" queen

of the great satrap Rajula, daughter of

Ayasi Kamusa, mother of the heir apparent Kharaosta, Nandasi-

F.W. Thomas, akasa, together with her Epigraphia

The inscription on the so-Mathura city- mother Abuhola, her

indica, Buddhist Saptrishi Tila/ paternal grandmother called lion capital. Vol. 9, Kushana Pispasi, her brother

1907-08 Hayaura her dauohter , b

Hana, her household and court ofhorakas (ladies), a relic was deposited in this piece of land in a

stupa with the thought, "May it be for the

eternal ..... of the Holy Sakya sage Buddha" and

the stupa and the

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268

monastery arc for the acceptance for the

universal sangha of the Sarvastivadins' .

B-' Sudasa, the son of great satrap Rajula,

being satrap'. C-'Kalui younoer , b

brother' . D-'Nauludo' .

E-' Kharaosta, lIeir apparent, Khalaillasa,

kumara, Maja, youngest..' .

F-'Ofthe Naoara b

bhikshu Buddhila, a Sarvastivadin' .

G-'For the honour of the Great Satrap, the

Kushulaka Padika, and the Satrap Mevaki

Miyika'. J-'For the acceptance of

the Sarvastivadins'. H-'In the cave (Guha)

vihara, Religious donation' .

N-'To the Sarvastivadin acharya Buddhila, a

bhikkhu of Nagara, an exercise ground in the

knowledge in the nature of proof to the vanguard of the Mahasangikas'. 0-' Honour to all the

Buddhas, Honour to the Dharma, Honour to the

Sangha' . P-'For the honour of all

Sakastana' . Q-'Of the satrap

Kharda' . R-'of Racchita,

Kaundinya' .

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