History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c14.s4.t1.47

c14.s4.t1.47

Serial no. 11 (Plate-figure no. 12) reads ‘[Śri] Haya-Nāga-śa, 20, 10’. What Dr. Smith read as ‘ra’, taking it to be a perpendicular stroke, is probably part of Ś[ri]. What he read as ‘tha’ is really a ‘ha’ and his ‘nāgi’ is ‘nāga’. What he read as ‘cha’ I read as the figure for 20. His ‘ma’ stands for the figure ‘10’. There is no ‘ta’ and ‘sa’ about which he himself was doubtful; a part of the foundation of the railings was supposed by Dr. Smith to be writing. On the top of the reverse side, what Dr. Smith read doubtfully as ‘ba’ and ya on its top is the taurine symbol. There is no letter below the animal. Dr. Smith’s has the reverse upside down. The whole legend is: [*Śri*] Haya-Nāgaśa; 30.