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PLATE XI.
ÅYÂGAPATA, OR TABLET OF HOMAGE, SET UP BY THE WIFE OF BHADRANADI.
This slab is said to have been found in December 1890 near the centre of the Kankalt mound. It is not so well preserved as several of the other examples, and the drawing is, in consequence, not quite satisfactory. The central Jina cannot be identified. The ornaments include two massive pillars in a style quite different from those depicted in Plate VII ante. The inscription, which belongs approximately to the period of the great Kushân kings, is almost perfect, and is as follows:
L. 1. Namo Arahattanath (mala] nasa dhitu Bhadraya fasa vadhuya Bhadranadina bhayaye
2. A[chala]yo a[yd]gapato pratithapito arahatapujdye.
“Adoration to the Arbats! A tablet of homage (Ayagapafa) was set up by Achala (?), daughter-in-law of Bhadrayaba (Bhadrayafas) and wife of Bhadranadi (Bhadranandin) for the worship of the Arhats." ("Epigraphia Indica," Volume II, page 207, No. XXXII.)
The plate seems to read Agola, rather than Achala, as read by Bühler with doubt.
