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PLATE VIII.
ÅYÅGAPATA, OR TABLET OF HOMAGE, SET UP BY AN INHABITANT OF MATHURA.
This fine work which is said to have been found north-east of the existing shrine of Kankalt in March 1891, has for its central object a sacred wheel with sixteen spokes. The upper right corner has been lost. The bands of sculpture surrounding the wheel offer il rich variety of ornamental and symbolic designs.
The inscription is not visible in the plate, but the heading indicates that the archaic inscription No. VIII ("Epigraphia Indica," Volume II, pp. 200, 313) belongs to this slab.
The inscription is as follows:
Namo arahato Mahavira Mathurake . . . lavadla (4] ... bhaydy ...... ... {taye [ayagapato).
"Adoration to the Arhat Mahavira (Mahavira). A tablet of homage (dyagapata, the gift) of ... ita, the wife of... lavadı (?), an inhabitant of Mathura.
